Smart beta funds may be cheaper than active mutual funds, but they can still be half to three -
quarters of a percentage point more expensive than traditional ETFs.
Reservists and National Guard members usually pay about one -
quarter of a percentage point more than active - duty personnel.
Reservists and National Guard members normally pay about
a quarter of a percentage point more in fees than active - duty members pay.
Not exact matches
More than one third
of business owners said they expect to decrease capital spending in the year ahead, an increase
of about 10
percentage points from the previous
quarter.
More importantly, 23 percent said they plan to add workers, a decrease
of three
percentage points from the first
quarter; 9 percent said they planned to scale back on the number
of workers they have, an increase
of two
percentage points.
These fees can vary from a
quarter of one percent (25 basis
points) to manage a stable portfolio
of cash and bonds to a full
percentage (100 basis
points) or
more to manage a
more active portfolio
of small cap stocks.
But in the
quarter ending Dec. 31, which included the key holiday season, handbags costing $ 400 or
more generated 50 %
of sales, up 20
percentage points from a year earlier.
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of Economic Analysis dubs motor vehicles -LRB-...), production
of which hiked first -
quarter GDP by 1.12
percentage points,
more than double the rise they provided in last year's fourth
quarter.
After all, gross profit margin improved by
more than a full
percentage point in the prior
quarter, rising to 52 %
of sales.
But despite the fact that joblessness has fallen by
more than two
percentage points since then, median hourly wages were the same in the first
quarter of 2015 as a year earlier.
85 %
of schools in the top 500 admit fewer FSM pupils than live in their catchment area, with over a
quarter having a gap
of five
percentage points or
more.
Schools with 26
percentage points more poor students received ratings that were one -
quarter of a letter grade lower.
More than a
quarter of colleges and universities have black - white graduation gaps higher than 20
percentage points, but the data also show that improvement is possible, Nichols said.
In the four years PowerMyLearning has worked with her, Ms. Arenas has increased the number
of sixth grade students achieving year - end proficiency by
more than 25
percentage points (that's moving
more than a
quarter of the sixth - grade students over the proficiency line).
S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy said that while sales
of e-books rose by one
percentage point in the
quarter, sales
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The most recent iterations
of the Federal Reserve policy - setting committees have all shown a preference for small changes in the Federal funds rate, usually a
quarter -
percentage point at a time, with a few half -
point (or
more) exceptions, most often on the downside.
With the exception
of Fannie Mae, the experts agree that interest rates will increase by three -
quarters of a
percentage point, costing you
more to pay back your loan.
Average card rates have climbed steadily this year, expanding by
more than three
quarters of a
percentage point in just nine months.
Since January 1, the average card APR has climbed by
more than three
quarters of a
percentage point.
At the population level, however, with
more than 9 million men in the United States in their early fifties, a 3
percentage point reduction in heart attacks would be seen as a major public health achievement, because it would mean a
quarter of a million fewer heart attacks in this group over a decade.
The average 30 - year, fixed mortgage rate is 4.22 percent — hitting
more than a one -
quarter percentage point increase since the start
of the year, according to Freddie Mac's recently released Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®).
The average occupancy rate
of Post Properties declined
more than five
percentage points from 95.4 % in first -
quarter 2001 to 90.3 %.
Just 0.05 percent
of Fannie Mae's were 60 or
more days behind in their payments, down 0.04
percentage points from the first
quarter.
In anticipation
of the Fed's move, the market has already seen mortgage rates increase
more than a
quarter of a
percentage point over the past few weeks.
The reduction
of 25 basis
points, or a
quarter percentage point, was meant to help
more borrowers gain access to the mortgage market.