Sentences with phrase «rates than a fund»

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The company — which doesn't release its exact finances, but reportedly has an annual revenue run rate near $ 1 billion — is said to be raising a new round of funding that would value it at more than $ 5 billion.

The low - interest - rate environment has allowed it to borrow to fund operations at levels that are about half the 10 percent interest rate the company paid for its financing more than a decade ago, says Clark Balderson, the company's chairman and chief financial officer.

In his opinion, the Federal Reserve funds rate should be closer to 3 % rather than the current 0.5 %.

An adviser who earns a flat fee - such an hourly rate or a set percentage of your portfolio value - is much better aligned with you than an adviser who earns commissions for selling you particular mutual funds, insurance policies, or other products.

From that date, funding would be capped at the rate of medical inflation, a pace slower than the rise in total health care costs because it considers only prices, not how many visits or procedures folks are consuming.

As tuition rates continue to rise and colleges suffer painful funding cuts, football Bowl Subdivision schools spend more than $ 91,000 per athlete.

Average five - year growth rate among the 2001 Inc 500 that had Venture - capital funding at start - up: 4,619 % CEO with an M.B.A.: 2,542 % CEO who took 5 days or fewer of vacation yearly: 2,385 % Open - book management: 2,283 % CEO who took more than 10 days of vacation yearly: 1,983 %

But despite a steady increase in their share of entrepreneurial activity, founders from Latino communities along with those from other minority groups — which made up 40 percent of the U.S. population in 2015 — still receive less funding and fail at faster rates than their white counterparts.

Carried interest, which is a fund manager's profit, is taxed at the capital gains rate, rather than the higher rate on ordinary income.

«Only a wealth addict,» says Polk, «would earn hundreds of millions as a hedge - fund manager, and then lobby to maintain a tax loophole that gave him a lower tax rate than his secretary.»

The Fed's projections for this year show a median forecast of 2.1 percent for the funds rate, but eight officials are above the median (more than half of the committee).

Their forecasts average out to a funds rate of 2.4 percent, that is, one more hike than the median — for a total of four this year.

More than half of the members of the Fed's policy committee predict the fed funds rate will be no higher than 2 % at the end of next year.

«Largely for this reason, we are revising our near - term forecasts for the funds rate, and see two fewer hikes through the end of 2017 than we did previously.»

«It appears that the funds rate should be significantly higher than it is now,» he said in prepared remarks.

That may seem like a bold prediction, but consider that Gemvara, which is just more than a year old, had a $ 10 million run rate at the end of last year and, as of this spring, is venture capital funded to the tune of more than $ 25 million.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Quarterly NVCA reports: If the NVCA reports show rising VC - fund internal rates of return of higher than 8 %, it could become be easier for the funds to go to their limited partners and raise fresh capital.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

The Federal Reserve Board again held off raising its benchmark federal funds rate on Thursday, citing less than desirable economic circumstances.

Web - based lenders can command higher interest rates than traditional banks, but the odds of securing funding are substantially higher.

An advisor who earns a flat fee — such an hourly rate or a set percentage of your portfolio value — is much better aligned with you than an advisor who earns commissions for selling you particular mutual funds, insurance policies, or other products.

Many investors accept less than the 3.75 % rate of return to fund start - ups, sometimes in return for equity.

It's best to wait to start your business until you have the funds you need in place rather than crippling your new business financially and perhaps ruining your personal credit rating.

If interest rates rise bond funds get slammed and you'll be a loser (it has happened to me before, ouch)... but if you hold the bond nothing (other than the scenario of a default) happens & your principle is returned.

U.S. Equity Funds enjoyed a record - breaking surge of fresh money during the second week of March, as investors shrugged off an impending U.S. rate hike and the internal struggles of Trump's administration and chased a rally that saw the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average Index climb more than 400 points in a day.

The methodology for the post-1980 recessions is slightly different than that Reifschneider used, as he uses «intended» fund rates beginning in 1990, which differ slightly from effective rates, but they tell the same story.

They are the maximum and minimum effective federal funds rates in any given month spanning from 6 months before the recession began to 6 months after the recession ended, with only one exception: the end period extends to only the official end of the 1980 recession in July of 1980, and not 6 months afterwards, because rates began rising afterwards and including those months would have made the drop appear larger than it actually was.

DR's simulations assume that last dot climbs in time to give the Fed some height to drop from when the next downturn hits (importantly, he stresses that the neutral funds rate is very likely lower than it used to be), but, as I argue in the piece, with some evidence from market expectations of the funds rate, I'm skeptical.

The fund may invest in asset - backed («ABS») and mortgage - backed securities («MBS») which are subject to credit, prepayment and extension risk, and react differently to changes in interest rates than other bonds.

Seeks to provide a high level of current income, while providing lower volatility than a fund that invests in fixed - rate securities.

Even though research shows that actively managed mutual funds regularly underperform their benchmarks, Morningstar analysts are 20 times more likely to give a positive rating to a fund rather than a negative one.

It can fund a home renovation or even help consolidate credit card debt, as most personal loans offer better interest rates than credit cards.

Spending on commissions by its $ 21 billion Equity Dividend Fund increased by 39 percent from the 2014 to 2016 fiscal years, but the fund's transaction activity more than doubled, meaning that its commission rate overall decreased consideraFund increased by 39 percent from the 2014 to 2016 fiscal years, but the fund's transaction activity more than doubled, meaning that its commission rate overall decreased considerafund's transaction activity more than doubled, meaning that its commission rate overall decreased considerably.

Funding Circle offers lower rates and larger loan amounts than Kabbage.

Since changes in interest rates impact bond funds differently than bonds and CDs, estimates of price sensitivity may be less accurate the larger the shift in interest rates.

Cash alternatives, such as money market funds, typically offer lower rates of return than longer - term equity or fixed - income securities and may not keep pace with inflation over extended periods of time.

Broward County's rate of census forms returned, including our hard - to - count populations, was higher than the national average resulting in an increased flow of federal funds.

In theory, Sweden has such a rate, but banks there have not taken advantage of it because they already have more funds than anyone wants to borrow.

Another thing to notice in the chart is how the Fed Funds rate (red) is much more volatile than the 10 - year treasury yield (blue).

WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund projects moderate economic growth for Canada this year and next, albeit at a rate lower than last year's and significantly slower than in the United States.

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 per cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

Borrowings under our credit facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at our option, either (a) for LIBOR loans, LIBOR (but not less than 1.0 %) or (b) for ABR loans, the highest of (i) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the prime rate, or (iii) one month LIBOR plus 1.0 %, plus a margin ranging from 3.25 % to 3.75 % for LIBOR loans and 2.25 % to 2.75 % for ABR Loans, depending on our leverage ratio and on certain factors relating to this offering.

The components of the securities held by the Fund will be rated by Chinese credit rating agencies, which may use different criteria and methodology than U.S. entities or international credit rating agencies.

In addition, the New Deomcratics do not include the various initiatives affecting Employment Insurance Benefits as a Use of Funds and the freezing of Employment Insurance premium rates at $ 1.88 per $ 100 of insurable earnings rather than letting them fall to $ 1.49, as specified in the April 2015 Budget, as a Source of Funds.

Borrowings under the refinanced Term Loan bear interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (a) LIBOR (not less than 1.0 %) plus 3.0 % per annum or (b) 2.0 % per annum plus the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the Prime Rate, or (iii) one - month LIBOR plus 1.rate equal to, at our option, either (a) LIBOR (not less than 1.0 %) plus 3.0 % per annum or (b) 2.0 % per annum plus the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the Prime Rate, or (iii) one - month LIBOR plus 1.Rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the Prime Rate, or (iii) one - month LIBOR plus 1.Rate, or (iii) one - month LIBOR plus 1.0 %.

a margin ranging from 3.25 % to 3.75 % or (b) a margin ranging from 2.25 % to 2.75 % plus the highest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the prime rate, or (iii) one month LIBOR plus 1.0 %, with the applicable margin depending on certain factors relating to an initial public offering with gross proceeds of not less than $ 300 million and on Desert Newco's leverage ratio.

You can get funds within 24 - 48 hours after you are approved for a loan, and APRs range between 19.99 % and 49.99 %, which is comparable to rates offered by other online lenders (though this still may be higher than APRs offered by a bank or credit union).

As savers, pension funds and insurance companies sought relief from the pain of low interest rates, the issue now is «whether they ended up taking up risks that were greater than they realized,» said Donald Kohn, the Fed's former vice chairman under Bernanke.

Although our fund breakdowns were very close, they are getting almost a 2 % higher personal rate of return than I'm getting which has more than made up for the fee cost.