Sentences with phrase «smaller declines during»

Investors who have focused on defensive industries and individual stocks that are less vulnerable to swings in the economy have tended to outperform the broader market with smaller declines during bad periods.

Historically, strategies that focus on less volatile stocks have posted smaller declines during down markets than those that track the entire stock market.

Not exact matches

During an employment recovery, such as the one in the United States, we tend to see full - time jobs increase with small declines in part - time jobs as part - time positions are converted into full - time ones.

«Often in the hands of entrepreneurs or families, small businesses with up to 99 employees are typically more flexible when economic shifts occur but can lack the deep pockets to survive a major decline in the economy,» notes the Index besides a graph showing a sharp decline in wages during the worst years of the economic crisis and a steep increase over the last three quarters of last year.

That's really what happened with small cap stocks during the 2000 - 2003 decline: small stocks still declined substantially, but they declined by less than the more overvalued large - cap stocks.

This represents a small decline in year - ended inflation from the June quarter, and a more sizeable drop from an average inflation rate of around 3 per cent during 2002 (Graph 68).

Hunt said some of his clients «nibbled» during the decline — bought a small amount of stocks they had an interest in before the prices fell.

Bratton's comments came at a wide - ranging state Senate hearing on public safety during which he forcefully defended comments Mayor Bill de Blasio made after a grand jury declined to indict in the Eric Garner case and acknowledged the size of the NYPD's patrol force is too small.

Exposure to fumes released during the firing of military small arms can lead to a decline in lung function, according to a new study.

A small reduction in cellular growth due to ocean acidification caused the population size to gradually decline during the pre-bloom phase.

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While the declines are not good news for schools — it means they're competing for a smaller number of candidates — a recent paper found that teachers hired during the recent recession tended to be stronger than those hired during better economic times.

Ravitch found that during Klein's five - year tenure academic gains have been smaller than during the previous five years and that the reading scores of cohorts of students are actually declining as they progress through the system.

The first problem: How to reverse the rural, small town, and industrial belt decline so evident during the past four decades?

The Russell 3000 Index declined 0.64 % in the quarter, and, broadly speaking, small cap companies outperformed large cap companies during the period.

The 20 bp rise in 10 - year Treasury yields during the recent market turmoil resulted in a 1.6 percent decline in the price of the Treasury note — a small fraction of the more than 6 percent decline in the S&P 500 on February 2nd & 5th.

The bad news is you will have eliminated the asset class that is likely to hold up best during major market declines, plus you will have 2/3's of your equities in small cap companies.

During the recent Activision Blizzard conference call, the Blizzard side of the operation announced record profits despite seeing a small decline in subscriptions to its juggernaut MMO World of Warcraft.

They are now just much smaller than they were during the Wii era and are declining every year.

Since then, atmospheric CO2 declined as the Indian and Atlantic Oceans have been major depocentres for carbonate and organic sediments while subduction of carbonate - rich crust has been limited mainly to small regions near Indonesia and Central America [10], thus allowing CO2 to decline to levels as low as 170 ppm during recent glacial periods [11].

Urban to non-urban differences are also typically largest during the evening, decline slightly by the time of minimum temperature in the early morning and are much smaller during the day (Figure 11).

The highest solar activity during the period 1950 to 2000 was during cycle 19 so it is quite possible that a small decline in thermosphere temperature would be observed over the period without that contradicting my assertion that generally a more active sun warms the thermosphere (but that is something you admit anyway).

The 55 to 64 cohort has registered a smaller rate of decline compared to the other age groups -LRB--4.6 percent), but its homeownership rate also slid to its lowest point on record during the first quarter of 2012.

However, here is something else to consider: With a small down payment homeowners could find themselves underwater with even a minor decline in home prices, a real and serious issue during the housing crisis several years ago.