Sentences with phrase «remain strong this year»

Greifeld said the IPO market remains strong this year despite a steep drop in initial public offering volume in the third quarter amid extreme market volatility.

Inflows to these funds have remained strong this year.

With a few titles like Mark of the Ninja Remastered, Lightfall, and The Banner Saga leading the way, the indie scene on Nintendo's hybrid console is looking to still remain strong this year.

Though many did not make it into law, legislative activity is expected to remain strong this year.

He added that 2018 will remain a strong year for cryptocurrencies, but he sees the larger and more established blockchain networks such as bitcoin and ethereum dominating again.

«Home renovations will remain strong this year, with 13 per cent of surveyed homeowners reporting they were ready to undertake renovations this year, costing $ 1,000 or more,» says Dugan.

Not exact matches

Private equity returns remained strong but were lower than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income investment portfolio increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity investments and higher short - term interest rates.

Nevertheless, luxury - goods companies were trying to maintain a buoyant attitude last year as 2009 approached; Bain & Co. even suggested in an October 2008 report that some ritzy categories (particularly watches) would remain strong.

Clearly the company has had its product and operational issues, but while global sales remain strong and the company's marketshare with younger consumers actually grew earlier this year, a huge part of RIM's problems can be traced back to image.

For investors who got in before the 2014 gains, Ackman «s record remains strong with his flagship Pershing Square International fund still earning an average 12 % a year over the last decade.

Profits: After - tax corporate profits growth is expected to remain strong, rising 6.7 percent next year after expanding by 3.8 percent this year.

The Perth CBD retail property market remains strong with rents up in the December quarter on the previous year, according to research from CB Richard Ellis

«The Exact Sciences team delivered strong growth to start the year by remaining relentlessly focused on our core priorities.

Orders also remained strong, with combined net orders in the third quarter for the Model S and Model X rising 68 percent from the same period a year ago.

The company says North American lumber demand remained strong in the last quarter with U.S. housing starts in line with a year earlier and Canadian housing starts up 16 per cent from 2016.

However, this year originations by our subprime lenders ramped in Q4 and remained relatively strong through Q1.

The bank views corporate profits as the key driver of equity markets, and expects these to remain strong throughout the year.

Global growth has slowed more than investors had previously anticipated and political risk has risen; yet over the past four years flows into emerging markets funds have remained very strong despite their underperformance.

Rosengren however said there remains «strong rationale for continuing our highly accommodative monetary policy,» and he predicted inflation will remain «well below» the 2 - percent target over the next two years, paving the way for more easing.

Yum Brands, in reporting third - quarter earnings, stated «foreign currency translation remains a strong headwind» and that it expected the exchange rate «to impact full - year earnings per share by about 5 percentage points.»

The company's gold division, despite the strong rise in the bullion price, remains second - rate and most of this year's forecast pre-tax and pre-interest profit of $ 132 million (up 12 per cent on 2003) will come from tantalum.

While Scorsese's career in the two decades since has remained strong, De Niro hasn't really had a critically acclaimed lead dramatic role in several years.

Growth, meanwhile, is expected to remain above potential over much of the next two years, starting with a strong rebound this quarter.

The declines in recent weeks is part of a pullback from the optimism that has defined markets in recent years, said Fehr, though market fundamentals remain strong.

The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated and without communication after Maria hit the island Wednesday morning as a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years.

For turnover in FX derivatives, several things stand out (Graph 4): (i) activity has generally risen over the past decade even when scaled by a measure of cross-border transactions; (ii) developed Asian markets stand out as having a high degree of turnover; (iii) there was a particularly strong increase in turnover in these markets between 2013 and 2016; and (iv) FX derivatives turnover in emerging Asian economies has also increased significantly in the past few years, but remains a small part of the global market.

Even after the recent drubbing in this corner, VWO remains the strongest one - year performer via a 17.9 % total return.

It is closely connected to the United States, which is still one of the strongest performing DM economies and whose manufacturing data has remained in expansion this year, according to Bloomberg data.

In a housing report published in February, the Center City District concluded that while the record number of new rental units completed last year may slightly outpace demand, «The fundamentals of the homeownership market likely will remain very strong.»

The impact of a stronger dollar is likely to remain a hurdle for earnings, but U.S. equities are also contending with high relative valuations and a likely increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve (Fed) in the second half of this year.

While the Dow has been quite strong, the S&P 500 Index remains down for the year, as are most mutual funds.

In addition to a lack of alternatives, the U.S. stock market is strong because it has remained relatively stable over the past few years, which encourages investors to stick around, says Tim Courtney, CIO of Exencial Wealth Advisors in Oklahoma City.

Despite years of consistent profit growth, margin improvement, and strong competitive advantages, this firm's stock remains highly undervalued.

Overall, we remain confident that this year, we'll deliver strong results in what's likely to be a sluggish growth economic environment.

«Revenue growth remained strong in the first quarter, carrying the momentum we saw exiting last year, and the company demonstrated good expense control,» said Chief Executive Kevin Sayer in a conference call.

US large - cap stocks returned more than 9 percent in the first half of 2017, the most since 2013, and although prices are close to all - time highs, analysts are of the opinion that valuations are not very expensive for a majority of these stocks, as stronger earnings upped the price - to - earnings ratio, which has generally remained above average for quite a few years.

If unemployment continues to move down and job additions remain at anything close to the strong pace we have seen over the past couple of years, we think it should translate into wage inflation moving up.

Once volume starts to rev up, we may see the sweet spot of the historically strong mid-term election year rally, which typically starts in late September, so I remain confident that we'll ride through this market «hurricane season» into a stronger fourth quarter.

«I've known Missy for over 30 years and while she's now in Florida and I remain in Marietta, the family ties that are so much a part of Marietta City Schools run strong,» Meaders wrote.

Though the US dollar has remained the strongest fiat currency in a pool of rapidly devaluing fiat currencies over the past two years, if one calculates the declining purchasing power of the US dollar in the past couple of decades when using real rates of inflation inside the US (versus the bogus rates produced by federal entities), then one can easily reach the conclusion that the US dollar has crashed as well.

As mentioned, updates from the Chinese economy remained broadly positive, adding to evidence of its reasonably strong start to the year.

Export growth has eased a little, following the surge in December 2003 as exporters sought to avoid the cut in tax rebates on 1 January, but growth over the year remains exceptionally strong at 43 per cent.

Continued strong growth in the household sector's assets, however, has resulted in the ratio of household liabilities to assets remaining roughly stable for the past few years.

Growth in industrial production has slowed gradually but remains strong; production expanded by 14.4 per cent over the year to December, down from a peak of 19.4 per cent in March.

In addition, the Rabobank survey suggests that investment in the farm sector — which is not included in the Capex survey — is likely to remain strong over the year ahead, at close to pre-drought levels.

Household consumption remained strong in 2004, increasing by 5.4 per cent over the year to the September quarter.

Wages growth has remained moderate in recent quarters, and thus far provides little evidence of any increased pressures despite the stronger labour market conditions over the past year.

Nolte added that despite concerns about the valuation of the FAANG stocks, something he noted has persisted for years with little impact on the stock prices, the group's prospects remained strong by many measures.

The IMF foresees Indian real GDP growing around 7.5 % this year and next, slightly stronger than its neighbour, China, and dramatically outpacing the remaining BRICS — Brazil (negative growth), Russia (negative growth) and South Africa (tepid growth).

Although export growth remains healthy, net exports subtracted 0.7 percentage points from GDP growth over the year to the September quarter, reflecting growth in imports from strong domestic demand.