Sentences with phrase «than a gain of»

The study, titled «Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk,» found that loss aversion «expresses the intuition that a loss of $ X is more aversive than a gain of $ X is attractive... for example, most respondents in a sample of undergraduates refused to stake $ 10 on the toss of a coin if they stood to win less than $ 30.»

Cramer predicted that the first two sectors to bottom would be the banks, dragged down by Wells Fargo after the Federal Reserve placed restrictions on its business, and health care, which has seen more pain than gain of late.

A loss always appears larger than a gain of equal size — when it goes deep into our pockets, the value of money changes.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and the man that gaineth understanding For the gaining thereof is better than the gaining of silver and the profit thereof than fine gold.

We found Ninjas boosted the average students» fluency with mental strategies and the key skills by at least 70 % more than the gains of a control cohort.

«Teachers who were paid in advance and [were] asked to give the money back if their students did not perform — their [students»] test scores were actually out of the roof: two to three times higher than the gains of the teachers in the traditional bonus group.»

The damages are far greater than the gain of $ 3 million on the takeover.

Since OHC uptake efficiency associated with surface warming is low compared with the rate of radiative restoring (increase in energy loss to space as specified by the climate feedback parameter), an important internal contribution must lead to a loss rather than a gain of ocean heat; thus the observation of OHC increase requires a dominant role for external forcing.

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The tax code also permits the owners of a corporation, however small, to use his or her company to shelter income from passive investments, and to convert surplus revenue into capital gains, which are taxed at lower rates than income.

A rival cryptocurrency to Bitcoin, Ethereum rose as high as about $ 425 Thursday, a gain of more than 16 % in a 24 - hour period.

Put another way, Goldman Sachs alone is responsible for more than 400 points out of the Dow's total 1,400 - point gain during the «Trump Bump.»

By its launch last September, the program's endowment had swelled to $ 435 million, securing contributions from more than 70 international corporations, and had gained the support of advisors such as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Numerous studies have found that sitting for long periods of time can do more than just contribute to weight gain and metabolic disorders.

Shareholders who held stock on the date of Bertolini's announcement and still hold it today have seen the value of their original stake more than double (compared with the more modest 34 % gain for the S&P 500 during the same period).

According to the Post, being part of the project has already translated into significant traffic and audience gains for the newspaper, which recently bragged about having more unique visitors than BuzzFeed.

Signs are accumulating that, after 6 1/2 years and price gains of more than 200 %, the Bull Market has entered into the «Late Innings.»

New Conference Board of Canada research finds that companies that proactively innovate and adapt their EU offerings will be able to achieve much larger gains than companies that sit passively and wait for the deal to boost their sales.

As they won wage increases higher than the current rate of inflation they would, for a short time, gain real wage increases.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — The cost to develop and gain FDA approval for a new drug today is more than $ 2.5 billion, according to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.

So when the time comes to dispose of it for good, the reported capital gain will be bigger than if the investor had just bought and held.

Companies seem to be increasingly offering insurance on all manner of things in part because of something known as loss aversion, which is when people feel a more psychological impact from a loss than from a similar - sized dollar gain.

Ironically, his refusal of Darby's proposal to help him gain publicity has resulted in more attention than her posts and videos ever would have garnered.

And when Vimpelcom's use of suspect payments to gain market share in Uzbekistan was exposed, it was Telenor man Jo Lunder who took the rap, rather than any of Alfa's people.

Keith Parker, a strategist at UBS who has a 3,300 target on the S&P 500 for 2018, said only 35 - to - 45 percent of the tax plan is priced into the market, noting the index's recent gains have been mostly a product of better - than - expected economic data and strong earnings.

Over the course of 2017, bitcoin saw more than a 1,000 % gain in price, creating some pretty significant capital gains for some investors.

A movement by scientists to march on Washington as a protest against the Trump White House's treatment of science has gained traction, with more than 115,000 supporters joining a Facebook (fb) group for the cause.

Hospitals and health insurers are gaining confidence that their nightmare scenario — millions of Americans instantly losing health insurance once President - elect Donald Trump delivers on a promise to «repeal and replace» Obamacare — is looking more like a bad dream than becoming reality.

But she also stresses creating the environment for long - term economic growth, which is why a significant increase to the capital - gains tax for investments less than six years in duration is at the center of her plan.

The dollar, measured against a basket of currencies, has now given up more than half of the gains it notched up this month when investors rushed into the greenback as equity markets suffered a violent sell - off.

After it hit 14,000 at the height of the housing bubble in 2007 — less than three months after passing 13,000 — the Dow wouldn't gain another 1,000 points until six years later, in May 2013.

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Battery - powered cars offered by the likes of Tesla are gaining traction faster than fuel cell vehicles backed by Hyundai and Toyota Motor Corp..

Sotheby's has been a strong performer in the stock market recently, gaining more than 138 % in value after hitting a low of $ 19.13 in mid-February last year.

The average Mattermark Growth Score — a measurement of how quickly a company is gaining traction — for studio companies was about 26 percent higher than the average score for accelerator companies.

That easily breezed past expectations for a smaller gain of 6.2 %, and was a noticeably stronger than the 6 % level of August.

And contrary to the boycotters» wishes, and SPI's, it plays right into the hands of Putin, who'd like nothing more than to see SPI damaged — so he can gain full control of Stolichnaya again.

Price gains will vary across foods, with increases in some products more dramatic than others as the type of wheat used varies.

«Prospects for renewed gains, other than a relief rally following the election results, would require somewhat larger wage increases and continued job growth as well as the maintenance of low inflation.»

Clearly this is easier said than done, but even if the business has gone broke because of our own mistakes, nothing can be gained by holding on to a sense of failure.

The crux of the problem, Richard Mattoon, a senior economist at the Chicago Fed and a lecturer on real estate at Northwestern University told Canadian Business, is that dividends and capital gains make up a much larger share of top earners» pay than they did in the past — and that part of their compensation package tends to be very volatile.

The stock soared, rising from $ 14 to $ 21 by the end of 1995, creating a paper gain for Trump of more than $ 69 million.

Martin Schulz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has stated repeatedly that the party wants to stay in opposition rather than joining another coalition, despite gaining 20.5 percent of the vote in September's election.

Productivity — the ability to eke out sustained gains in wages and profits — is the thing that determines whether you have a better standard of living than your parents, whether your children live more comfortably than you.

Micron Technology shares rose more than 1 percent, shares of Cirrus Logic gained nearly 3 percent, and Broadcom climbed 2 percent.

You can build up a lot of wealth through the careful investment of your money, but it's far easier to lose money than to gain it.

Deutsche Bank shares dropped more than 3 percent on Thursday morning after reporting lower - than - expected revenue for its first quarter at a time when banking stocks have seen sharp gains after centrist Emmanuel Macron emerged as the winner in the first round of French presidential elections last week.

As president of Y Combinator, of which he was part of the first class, Altman has gained popularity through a nuanced, founder - focused personality, less brash than many founders and venture capitalists, and Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham famously said that «Sam is, along with Steve Jobs, the founder [he] refer [s] to most when... advising startups.»

The important lesson for brands of all kinds is that the advantage gained by first movers like Starbucks is now greater than ever, because the pace of market change is so rapid.

At a time when Chinese wages are rising by double - digit percentages annually, Bangladesh has gained market share: it is now the world's second - largest exporter of apparel (behind China), sending more than $ 19 - billion worth abroad in 2012.

The stock pared some of its early gains, but was last still trading more than 4 percent higher.