Sentences with phrase «target year level»

The assessments include questions that match the general range of ability of students in the target year level.

Not exact matches

Just a few years ago, privacy was a big issue as regular people started to understand that big companies like Facebook, Target, Walmart and others were using sophisticated technologies to understand users on an individual level.

Once you have reached the target level, annual inflation adjustments should take care of increases; but the level should be reviewed every five years, in case things are getting out of whack.

Calvasina and RBC have a 3,000 price target on the S&P 500 for 2018, representing a roughly 9 percent increase from current levels and 12 percent rise for the full year.

Meanwhile, global oil stockpiles in developed countries could actually fall below the five - year average — the level OPEC is targeting — as inventories approach normal levels, oil demand potentially outstrips Goldman's estimate and OPEC possibly cuts output too deeply.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

British inflation fell to its lowest level in more than 12 years in November, coming in at half the Bank of England's two percent target and leaving it under no pressure to raise interest rates anytime soon.

And now that the time for revisionist history has arrived, and strategists no longer have to serve a political agenda and scare investors and traders into voting with their wallets, the research reports calling for precisely the outcome that we expected are coming in fast and furious, starting with none other than Goldman, whose chief strategist David Kostin issued a note overnight in which he says that «the equity market response to the election result will be limited» and adds that «our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level of 2140.»

Market: Our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level of 2140.

The rate has averaged around 36 basis points, about 25 basis points above its average level over the analogous year - ago period, when the target range was zero to 25 basis points.

Targets are set for both the annual and long - term incentive programs at aggressive levels each year.

Bonus amounts under our bonus plan are tied to overall corporate and individual performance, and the bonus pool for executive officers is based on our performance during the fiscal year compared to pre-established target levels for three equally - weighted measures: revenue, operating cash flow and non-GAAP income from operations.

Rather than let your investments drift with market movements, it may make more sense to rebalance your holdings periodically (say, once or twice a year) or when your mix drifts a set amount from your target (you may allow your mix to fluctuate a maximum of 10 percentage points above or below the level you target).

They've taken out full page ads (one in the latest issue of Barron's) giving a 1 - year target for the S&P 500 of 1835, which is 54 % above current levels.

Trinh predicts the yuan will depreciate another 2.5 percent by year - end to 6.56 per dollar, while Lai at Daiwa Securities Co. has a target of 6.6, a level last seen in early 2011.

Suppose the price level rises at 2 % a year («sticky inflation») and the CB has a 2 % inflation target.

One reason the Federal Reserve (Fed) has delayed initiating its first rate hike in years: Headline U.S. inflation has been persistently running below the stated 2 percent level the central bank seeks to target.

For each of the last two years, our NEOs» annual and long - term incentive payouts have been significantly below target levels.

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

Our Investment Strategy Report published on March 19 compared equity and bond yields over multiple business cycles and found that the 10 - year Treasury yield might have to sustain levels exceeding 3.5 % (far above what we believe is likely this year) before compelling a year - end 2018 S&P 500 Index target range below our current year - end target of 2800 - 2900.2

I mean we missed our initial targets for the year fairly significantly and that's reflected in incentives from the top all the way down through the restaurants as we reset to normalized levels with an expectation that we will hit our plan and pay out at normalized levels as you said — as Brad said, that's worth about $ 0.15 a share.

Saudi Arabia, OPEC's de-facto leader, has recently indicated the participants could continue to hold back output into next year, despite evidence the glut in global supplies have shrunk to levels just above the oil cartel's target.

Before this week, many economists had begun to speculate that the Fed might raise rates four times this year if inflation measures edged closer to the 2 percent target level.

If the 3.05 percent level on the 10 - year is broken easily, rates could climb more quickly to the 3.25 percent level that some strategists have set as a year - end target.

You could invest your money in a target - date retirement fund in line with your approximate retirement year, choose a target allocation fund based on the level of risk and return that you're comfortable with, or go with a managed account and let an advisor help you make decisions.

While not exactly hitting the Federal Reserve's revered 2.0 % annual inflation target, it was apparently close enough to create more jitters in the bond market, with the yield on the U.S. Treasury's benchmark 10 - year note immediately climbing seven basis points to 2.91 %, its highest level in more than four years.

Its options include (a) cut marginal rates from -0.1 % to a more negative overnight rate target (b) increase purchases in one or several asset classes from current levels (JPY80trn annual in JGB's; JPY3trn in ETF's; JPY90bn in J - REITS)(c) further lengthen the average maturity of holdings (on average somewhere between 5 and 7 years by our estimates)(d) apply forward guidance with respect to its balance sheet or (e) an extreme derivative of (d)-RRB- espouse a «helicopter drop» strategy, wherein the BOJ offers unlimited monetisation of government debt.

But by the end of the year, his price target by the end of the year is only $ 22 per share, which would represent a 24 percent drop from current levels.

Pretending that these set backs will be caught up over time without topping up contribution levels to target each year, is irresponsible, wishful thinking.

If you went long DIA in July (the year is irrelevant), you could have used the 0.382 and 0.50 retracement levels as targets to take profits on your long position.

Because prospective 12 - year annual market returns have never failed to reach at least 8 % by the completion of a market cycle, regardless of the level of interest rates, we view a 40 % market decline as a rather minimal target over the completion of this market cycle.

Kostin's team has a generally bullish market view but sees the index already past the level where it will end the year — Goldman has a 2,100 target though it says 2,150 is possible before a pullback occurs.

The United States: Economists are convinced that the Fed's preferred inflation measure, the core PCE, will reach the 2 % target this year and move beyond that level over the next couple of years.

Greetings, The United States: Economists are convinced that the Fed's preferred inflation measure, the core PCE, will reach the 2 % target this year and move beyond that level over the next couple of years.

At the end of each fiscal year, the Committee certifies performance against the applicable performance targets, and units representing the level of achievement during that fiscal year are «banked» for potential payout at the end of the three - year performance period.

In accordance with the terms of the Executive Bonus Plan, each year the Compensation Committee assigns each participant a target award cash bonus opportunity and establishes the financial performance measure or measures and related target levels that must be achieved before an award actually will be paid to the participant for that year.

Salt levels in crispbread have hovered around 1.2 and 1.1 g over the past six years, just above the Salt Partnership's target of 1.0 g.

Mainstream beer consumption has fallen to its lowest level in Australia in 68 years, prompting Lion to establish a global markets unit to tap opportunities for its beer, wine and spirits brands in targeted markets overseas.

Europe is already in the vanguard of climate change action: a European Environment Agency report published last month said within five years emissions on the continent may have been slashed by a quarter on 1990 levels, «meeting and overachieving» its 2020 target of 20 per cent.

Our goals are established on a target to implement projects that provide absolute reductions equaling 10 percent of our base year level.

The recently turned 22 year - old is labelled one of the best right - backs in Europe, despite lacking any competitive games at international level for the senior side as of yet, and is supposedly being targeted by Manchester City and Barcelona.

And while Patterson was the most effective target of the three, he played just one year at the FBS level.

The Champions League runners - up Juventus have two such examples of the type of player we need, and with Arturo Vidal being 28 years old, Paul Pogba is certainly the most likely target for Arsenal to take us to the next level.

The level of consistency that Carvajal has shown over the years, coupled with his winning mentality and the fact that he's still only 26, makes him a top player and a sensible target for any club to add real quality down the right side of their team.

The 25 - year old was also on target in the game as he leveled the scores with his strike, but it was that run in the game that has espied a couple of eyes.

I've set myself that target this year on a personal level so every time I'm on the pitch it's important that I try and contribute in some way and a goal or an assist is what I need to do.»

This project identifies and targets the community aspects that influence obesity and active living, specifically focusing on policies, funding, physical assets, programs and services that influence health and fitness levels of youth ages 10 — 14 years.

And there is simply no realistic risk that feeding children school meals compliant with even the most aggressive of targets (430 mg per meal in, K - 5; 470 mg, 6 - 8; 470 mg; 500 mg, 9 - 12, for school year 2022/23) is going to push them substantially below what the IOM continues to say is a safe level: http://www.iom.edu/Global/News%20Announcements/~/media/442A08B899F44DF9AAD083D86164C75B.ashx

On the environment, Europe's target under the Kyoto protocol is to cut carbon emission by eight per cent by 2012, but Mr Cameron will warn that with just six years to go, emissions are down less than one per cent on 1990 levels.

Just a few years ago it was noteworthy for a local - level political campaign to experiment with Facebook advertising at all — when DC Republican Patrick Mara talked about using social ads to deliver targeted messaging to the city's gay community and to recruit volunteers five years ago, it was a new trend at the time.