In a study known as, «Big Bets,» it was found that domestic stock portfolios with strong weightings in a relatively
small number of holdings delivered higher returns — both before and after expenses — than portfolios which held more uniformly weighted positions.
Nowadays, I believe that DRIP portfolios are best suited to
a small number of holdings that can be easily followed and are somewhat predictable.
I am beginning to hate the idea of market cap weighting, especially in a fund with
a smaller number of holdings like REZ.
Not exact matches
Shannon used to run large diversified funds — she was once a star manager at CI Financial — but she now manages portfolios that
hold a
smaller number of mostly Canadian stocks.
Wellins recently relocated from Texas and has
held senior leadership roles in retail, digital and
small business banking for a
number of well - known financial institutions in Texas, New York, Arizona and California throughout his more than 20 year career.
Amid this volatile economic climate,
small business owners may be facing a
number of challenges, such as
holding too much inventory or sluggish receivables, which can send a business's cash flow into the red.
The Swedish privately -
held company behind Minecraft is also unusual in that it employs a
small number of people but generates a healthy profit.
Rather than
hold an ETF, which mirrors an index that can contain hundreds
of companies, a concentrated portfolio would
hold only a
small number of securities (sometimes as few as two or three).
While Site C
holds the prospect
of creating a substantial
number of jobs, the vast majority would be camp jobs in one
small district
of the province.
I'm
holding for the long term and will consider selling
small amounts as I get closer to that magic
number of retirement.
There are strings and conditions,
of course, but essentially it gives angels the benefit
of a zero capital gains rate for investments made in «qualified
small business stock» that is purchased within a set time frame and
held for a minimum
number of years.
What the authorities admitted
holding as
of last summer was almost unbelievably
small compared to what even the official figures streaming through Hong Kong alone, plus domestic production add to the total, and China is now the
number one global gold producer.
While the chances that one
of the bonds in the portfolio will default are higher because
of the mutual fund's large
number of holdings, the loss in relation to the total
holdings will be
smaller.
The
number of shares that an investor needs to
hold to have these rights is typically set low enough to ensure that the
smallest venture fund (or significant angel) in a syndicate receives the rights and high enough to avoid giving rights to numerous
small investors.
The
Small - Cap and SMid - Cap Equity strategies are concentrated strategies that are not managed to a benchmark, so there are material differences in characteristics, such as the
number of holdings and sector and industry weightings.
The important essay entitled «Jewish Intellectuals and the De-Christianization
of American Culture in the Twentieth Century»
holds that the old Protestant cultural hegemony was defeated in no
small part by the growing
number of Jews championing «a secular vision
of American culture» in the «American academic and literary intelligentsia» and in the best and most influential universities.
She research [ed] and verified how a very
small number of families created an «interlocking directory»
of relationships through owning major businesses,
holding significant or controlling interests in multiple forms
of media (both print and broadcast), serving on major philanthropical foundations and / or non-profit boards, and involving themselves in the shaping
of local politics.
To take a single example, last year I had the privilege
of participating in one
of these schools in a
small university town, where in a parish
of about one thousand members over two hundred persons (including a goodly
number of interested «enquirers» who had heard
of the program through a carefully planned advertising campaign) attended eight night sessions,
held from eight until ten o'clock, with a choice among eight different courses, dealing with theological, ethical, historical, devotional, and scriptural subjects.
Bales reminds us that while today's 27 million may be the largest
number of slaves ever
held at one time, historically it is the
smallest proportion
of slaves relative to the world's total population, which suggests that slavery as an institution is declining.
Pastor Stan Weatherford told WLBT TV in Jackson he was surprised when a
small number of church members opposed
holding the wedding at the church.
I suggest in all seriousness, sir, your sort
of vanishingly
small number of fans are those
holding our club back from vital change.You are, in effect, our enemy.
You're
holding grudges against EVERYONE for something a very
small number of people did.
Second, because the
number of teams to play for is
smaller, it should
hold that only the best players are on the teams and thus the court.
For the Republicans, voters back the plan to provide sweeping tax cuts and credits to
small businesses and a 46 percent approval rating
of the chamber where they
hold a narrow 32 - 29 majority — an unusually high
number given the Legislature's historically awful reputation with New Yorkers.
Four parties are likely to clear the 5 per cent hurdle to gain a portion
of the 225 party - list seats: United Russia, the centrist «party
of power,» which currently
holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist Party
of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party
of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a
small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 seats).
and in addition, if a significant portion (even a
small minority)
of the parliament asks for referendum, they can ask a certain
number of citizens to sign the referendum, and if this certain
number of signatures is reached, a referendum is
held.
And since we're talking about relatively
small numbers of voters on both sides (via back -
of - the - envelope calculation, a VA state legislative district should
hold about 60,000 people), a few dozen ballots here and there might matter.
In my experience in recent years, the
number of Labour Party members locally who
hold similar political views to me outnumber all
of the
smaller parties combined.
A
number of state legislators once eager to
hold hearings into drinking water contamination by a cancer - causing chemical in the
small town
of Hoosick Falls now seem loathe to even discuss the matter.
«The media overlap in Johnstown - where all three stations are either owned or managed by the Baltimore - based Sinclair Broadcast Group - is part
of a trend that has spread across the country,» they write, «as a
small number of large
holding companies are taking over local TV stations, often more than one in the same market.»
The race to be the city's chief fiscal officer has, like the public advocate contest, been a sleepy one, with the incumbent Democrat
holding major financial and other advantages, and heavily favored, as the higher profile mayoral race has sucked up the attention
of most
of whatever
small number of voters is paying attention to the municipal elections.
«I ran for NYC Council in 1997 after a career as a teacher, city planner,
small business owner, district manager
of a community board, and having
held a
number of civic leadership roles.»
Christine received 62 votes against a
small number of write - in votes in a special election
held March 20, 2018.
While the 19th and 20th Council Districts are
held by two Republicans, Dan Halloran and Peter Koo, the local political clubs are
small in
number and are often a heaven's waiting room
of senior citizens jockeying for a free cup
of coffee and stale Entenmann's crumb cake.
It's actually a
small, fanny pack style bag that will still
hold a
number of different items (as well as your beverage).
Observers agreed that Congress was likely to try hard to
hold the line against budget increases and to provide extra funding only for a
small number of high national priorities.
Even a relatively sedentary fish like the lingcod can rack up a large
number of detections by swimming back and forth or circling in a
small vicinity within the receiver's range — or simply by
holding still and hovering over a given spot within that range while the receiver tallies pings.
Although they make up a
small fraction
of the Ozarks» biomass, lichens
hold a disproportionate
number of its nutrients.
MiSciNet: A
small number of minority scientists
hold postdoc positions in national laboratories and academia.
However, about 10 percent
of them are common across multiple cancers, suggesting that a relatively
small number of therapies targeting these core dependencies might each
hold promise for combatting several tumors.
A congressionally mandated committee is
holding public hearings on the issue, a series
of recent symposia have focused attention on the
small number of female researchers, and faculty women and sympathetic male colleagues around the country are debating the matter more openly with administrators (Science, 11 June, p. 1757).
Raman spectroscopy is now increasingly available in single purpose hand
held units that can identify the presence
of a
small number of target substances with ease -
of - use appropriate for field work by law enforcers, first responders or researchers in the field.
You can also use these to
hold smaller travel documents and important
numbers in case
of an emergency.
Field in the
small number of scenes she gets does her best to
hold her own, but it is impossible not to notice how much better she is in the
small moments
of quiet madness, such as when she dresses down Republican Leader Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) in front
of a White House party, than when she falls to screeching.
He uses still shots
of street life as the visual connective tissue between capturing meetings
held by various minority groups: Columbians celebrating a World Cup victory and then taking their party to the pavement; a mature LGBT community circle discussing the venue for future meetings; a Halal butcher blessing chickens prior to slicing their throats and having their still - twiching bodies dragged through various grubby processing machines; a group
of Hispanic activists gathering stories
of small business being forced out
of their premises due to unfair rent hikes; and even a group
of Christian urban beautifiers who are seen descending into intense prayer when one
of their
number explains that her father is dying.
A
small but growing
number of lawsuits around the country are seeking to
hold school districts responsible for the sexual harassment
of students by their classmates.
Science is our middle name British Science Week offers a
number of ways for schools and colleges to get involved in a national science celebration, from
small - scale activities
held during a lesson to all - day events that involve not just the students, but parents and the rest
of the community as well.
«For every one percent
of a public school's students who leave for a charter,» concludes Mr. Winters, «reading proficiency among those who remain increases by about 0.02 standard deviations, a
small but not insignificant
number, in view
of the widely
held suspicion that the impact on local public schools... would be negative.»
«But it is only right that the
small number of academies that are struggling to stretch their pupils are
held to account to ensure all pupils fulfil their potential.
We have summarized the research on how well value - added measures
hold up across years, subject areas, and student populations, but the evidence is based on a relatively
small number of studies.