Sentences with phrase «real drag on»

Under performing marketing assets, when identified, are a real drag on your firm's revenues.

Fees are a constant, real drag on returns.

They simply don't know that holding money under a metaphorical mattress can be a real drag on their portfolio.

Debt payments and house expenses are a real drag on Louis's lifestyle.

The energy and materials sectors of the bond markets have been a real drag on performance on the junk bond markets as bond prices have fallen.

And you want them to last, because having to replace brakes too often can be a real drag on your bottom line.

Side mirrors can be a real drag on efficiency, not to mention the wind noise they typically create.

Ty Goddard, head of the British Council for School Environments, said waste and bureaucracy had been a real drag on BSF, but said it was important to remember how important it was to invest in school buildings.

I believe that Senator Clinton as the Democratic nominee would be a real drag on the chances of Democratic candidates in red states.

Massey's business success and pro-business view provide significant affinity with the Conservative and Republican parties, but the pro-choice and pro-gun control Massey's views on some social issues creates a real drag on his Conservative Party prospects.

Not exact matches

Many of these tools, apps and games are teaching children how to code through dragging code onto a screen - great to teach fundamentals and basic of coding, but we wanted to create a language that was hands - on, where kids are actually typing code and seeing results in real time.

«Our view has been that the boost to real incomes from lower energy prices — and its positive impact on consumer spending — would offset the drag from energy - related investment, resulting in gains for US GDP growth on net,» Hui Shan and Zach Pandl said in their report.

By the middle of 2016, Buiter reckons China's real growth could be around 2.5 %, which would certainly weigh heavily on global growth, and provide a drag on stock markets around the world.

A sharp sell off in the equity market «exerts a significant drag on world growth» in the period that follows, according to Deutsche Bank, with real GDP reduced by about 0.5 percentage points.

Analysts at Bespoke Investment Group noted on Friday that inventories plunged in the second quarter, providing a drag on the headline GDP figures, while real final sales were up 4.8 %.

Weakening currencies in the post-Soviet states threaten to raise default rates on foreign - currency mortgages as collapse of the Baltic real estate bubble drags down Swedish banks, while the Hungarian property plunge threatens Austrian banks.

The family's East Coast - based real estate empire is under a fiscal and ethical cloud, shunned by some investors who fear being dragged into the spotlight trained on the Kushner nexus with President Trump.

Morgan Stanley U.S. chief economist Ellen Zentner estimates that a 20 % broad - based tariff increase could, after four quarters, result in a 1 percentage point drag on real U.S. GDP growth.

And with real exports of goods growing in Q3 at about a third of the pace estimated by the BEA, and real imports of goods growing faster in the quarter than what the agency had anticipated, it seems that trade may have been a drag on the economy in Q3 rather than a contributor as depicted in last week's GDP report.

The result is that excessive saving acts as a drag on demand, reducing growth and inflation, and the imbalance between savings and investment pulls down real interest rates.

It seems unlikely that Hellas will manage to repay its summer debt obligations without the agreement of its creditors or a significant drag on its real economy (in the form of default on obligations against its suppliers and employees).

Crocodiles and rattlesnakes and pythons are at this moment vessels of life as real as we are; their loathsome existence fills every minute of every day that drags its length along; and whenever they or other wild beasts clutch their living prey, the deadly horror which an agitated melancholiac feels is the literally right reaction on the situation.

The retired MP missed being crowned the winner of the reality show after the RuPaul's Drag Race star Courtney - real name Shane Janek, was announced as the winner on Friday.

The final minute of the Utah - West Virginia nail - biter in the NCAA regional semifinals last Thursday dragged on for nine minutes in real time partly because it was saturated with 4 1/2 minutes of ads.

While Mourinho didn't confirm that it was real, he offered a decisive update on the transfer saga which has dragged on for weeks as question marks were raised over whether or not Chelsea would sell to their Premier League rivals.

total failure... Can you believe Wenger spent 32 millions on 2 average players (Chambers and Welbeck) and is penny pinching when is sbout real class players?What is in his mind?Pay a fortune in salary for mediocre players live Walcott, Ramsey and Wilshere and have hesitations about increasing Sanchez wages... keeping on books failures like Sanogo... The truth is - I say it for years and years - until the «British core» disapears, we are not going to be succesful.The low quality of British players is dragging the team back.Last time Arsenal was a powerhouse NONE of the first 11 was British.Wanna see how the British quality looks like in a football team - look no further than national sides of England, Scotland, N Ireland, Wales, even Ireland (not British but same style)- all mediocre teams «able» to be defeated by any team coming to mind.And you are asking about Chambers?He is in the same mold like Wilshere,Walcott,Ox,Ramsey,Gibs,Jenkinson - mediocre overpriced and overpaid players.The world is full with hungry, ambitious and skilled players living in poverty and dreaming of moving to the top at any cost or sacrifice (did you see the poor house - if you can call that house, looking more like an old tent - in which Alexis Sanchez grew up?Or Suarez?)

On a real tho if there's any PTs in the Stoke area who fancy dragging me out of bed / fridge to help me source the missing abs pls message me??

With Atleti and Barcelona playing out a goalless draw on Saturday it presented a real opportunity for Madrid to drag themselves back into the title race.

«Based on comparing the current economy to past recession episodes, we once again conclude that real estate weakness will remain a significant drag on the economy, leaving us treading water in 2008 but not slipping under the waves into recession,» cites the Bruin forecast.

This leads me to speculate that the real goal here is to bolster Long just enough that she isn't a drag on down - ballot races, particularly the contested congressional conetsts and state Senate battles.

Foot dragging on this particular bill has to do with Republican suspicions that Spitzer's real power point is to keep them out of office next election — in New York, curtailing contributions from folks who do business with the state is a real career killer.

Key features of the portal include intuitive controls with auto - completed variable names, the ability to filter the data in real time through user - specified criteria, the ability to select data by dragging on the screen, and the ability to perform arithmetic operations on the data in real time.

Key features of the portal include the ability to filter the data in real time through user - specified criteria, the ability to select data by dragging on the screen, and the ability to perform arithmetic operations on the data in real time.

I'm only 5» 3 so finding a maxi dress that doesn't drag on the floor is a real struggle.

Forge is a real - time Drag and Drop page building plugin that helps bloggers to craft responsive web design layouts on any WordPress theme out there.

As hardened, duplicitous real - estate broker Rick Carver, Shannon grants such horrors little more than a disinterested glance before taking a drag on his e-cigarette and moving on to the next victim.

The weakest character is the engineer's wife, who is a real «drag» on any positive energy in most any episode she appears.

That being said, the best battle on paper is a real let - down and the side quests can drag on a little.

Lemmon hams it up in drag and Marilyn Monroe transforms her troubled real life of needy desperation, closet alcoholism, and sexy / innocent flirtations into bubbly comedy, but Tony Curtis steals the film with dead - on vamps of both Eve Arden and Cary Grant.

So: since dwelling on the worst can be a real drag, let's imagine the movies I hate as something I truly love: the queens of RuPaul's Drag Rdrag, let's imagine the movies I hate as something I truly love: the queens of RuPaul's Drag RDrag Race.

This leads him to become obsessed with her and as he is dragged into Catherines world, he begins to lose grasp on what is real.

Quickly we find ourselves in a generic gangster trope, that seems to drag on forever with no real insight to these two lunatic's psyche.

They also find strong traction, aided by a tightly - wound limited - slip differential that drags the nose out of corners with real aggression: acclimatisation is a process of getting on the gas earlier and earlier through corners and each time being amazed that the nose doesn't wash wide on corner exit.

But the real purpose behind this Corvette isn't to blow out the competition at the drag strip or race track — it's to serve as a memorial of all the Marines who have given their lives for our country, and specifically the 34 that are listed on the back hatch of this Z06.

But of course the real thrill comes when launching the Demon on the drag strip.

Available features and services include: Handsfree phone calls or texts Built - in radio options, which allow drivers and passengers to stream internet radio through Bluetooth or plug - in compatible personal devices in to USB or AUX ports Uconnect Navigation with turn - by - turn directions Touchscreen with customizable menu bar, using the Drag and Drop feature Drag and drop the most used app icons to the main menu bar for one - screen usability SiriusXM Radio, Travel Link, Traffic and SiriusXM Guardian connected services provide real - time information and a variety of entertainment options: The vehicle can be commanded from virtually anywhere, allowing owners to remotely lock, unlock doors or start their vehicles via a smartphone app In the event of a minor collision, medical or other emergency, the occupant can press the SOS button located on the rearview mirror to be connected to a trained call center agent who can send emergency assistance to the vehicle's location Send & Go sends the destination directly to the Uconnect Navigation system before entering the vehicle.

And when the reader turns the page — by dragging a finger across the page from right to left — the page appears to curl from the edge and turn, exactly as it would on a real book.

On Ms. Phelan's page, it talks about what work she is accepting (YA and MG, literary adult fiction, etc.) and goes on to say «I am looking for complex fiction that pulls you in immediately, characters that you wish were your real friends and plot lines that drag you away from reality to a world you never want to leavOn Ms. Phelan's page, it talks about what work she is accepting (YA and MG, literary adult fiction, etc.) and goes on to say «I am looking for complex fiction that pulls you in immediately, characters that you wish were your real friends and plot lines that drag you away from reality to a world you never want to leavon to say «I am looking for complex fiction that pulls you in immediately, characters that you wish were your real friends and plot lines that drag you away from reality to a world you never want to leave.

prompt on initialization — > If not installs a virtual Blackberry device, so that non-BBowners can get native VPN, Email, Autotext, etc — More gestures (like the Android App — Thinking Space)-- Spelling correction — Camera should have a Flash and Autofocus — Some option to drag and drop text between applications without using a Clipboard concept (using the borders)-- Vigilantly quarantine «Joke of the Day» style apps away from real Apps..

Most clubs charge around $ 50 a month which adds up to $ 600 a year and a drag of 2.4 % on a portfolio of $ 25,000 in real estate.