Sentences with phrase «than the historical average»

This remains significantly higher than the historical average of 2.8 %, but is down from the 5.8 % registered in the first quarter.

If a business is trading for lower than its historical average price - to - earnings ratio, it is likely trading at fair value or better.

A quick way to tell if a stock is worthy of further research is to determine if it is trading for less than its historical average price - to - earnings ratio.

If a stock is yielding more than its historical average, that suggests that it is a better value than usual, because you are «paying less» for the stock's dividends.

It's nearly five inches shorter than the historical average for the position.

The idea is that a stock with a higher yield than its historical average, all else equal, might be undervalued.

Currently, summers with temperatures 1.6 degrees Celsius (2.9 degrees F) greater than the historical average now happen every five years, rather than every 52 years like before.

Most are now vastly more expensive, trading at spreads or valuations considerably richer than historical averages.

A bull market may also be a prolonged period of time when prices are rising in a financial market faster than their historical average.

The study also looked at «long» fire seasons, defined as any season more than one standard deviation longer than the historical average season for that area.

I would argue that the first - time buyer share is lower than historical averages because access to mortgage credit is particularly tight for younger buyers.

This estimate is conservative in terms of considering today's labor market, as average unemployment duration today is much higher than its historical average.

If a stock is yielding more than its historical average, that suggests that it is a better value than usual.

That makes their conclusion worthless when (eg) interest rates are far lower than their historical average.

The idea is that a stock with a higher yield than its historical average, all else equal, might be undervalued.

He said the good news is that the economy is in no danger of a recession; however, this year will likely mark nine straight years of subpar growth of less than the historical average of 3 percent.»

The nearby Columbia River's sockeye, along with steelhead (also known as rainbow trout), which face temperatures 2.5 degrees warmer than the historical average, have shifted their migration times to avoid peak summer temperatures.

We still think that that's, obviously, really going to be even more important going forward because a lot of firms are projecting that returns could be a little bit lower than historical averages going forward.

Given the significant increase in share buy backs in recent years, which will probably continue in the future, it is quite likely that this component will contribute more to total returns going forward than its historical average.

To sum up, although it's pretty clear we should expect lower than historical average returns for stocks, there is little evidence for a strong downward force on stock returns due to expected interest rate increases that is anything like the bond situation.

His 9» 1 broad jump was 10» shorter than the historical average for running backs.

These budget gaps are larger than the gaps projected by the city in February 2014, but significantly smaller than the historical average over the past 34 years when measured as a share of city revenue.

Since then, Ngoring Lake, the largest of the lakes in the Reserve, has seen its water levels rising and is now larger than its historical average.

A measure that looks at price and longer - term earnings trends popularized by economist Robert Shiller, a Nobel prize winner, is also more expensive than its historical average.

If the dividend stock's yield is higher today than the historical average then it's a SCREAMING BUY.

Places now wetter than the historical average include Northern Europe, eastern North and South America, and northern and central Asia.

However, this does represent a lower rate of increase than the historical average — China's average annual growth rate for coal consumption from 2000 to 2013 was 8.8 percent.

Achievements include creating data regression models to predict company stock prices with 25 % more accuracy than historical average.

Meanwhile, in Quebec where affordability has improved, levels are slightly worse than its historical average.»

It's important to note that if you are retired during a period when the stock market returns less than its historical average, and you withdraw 8 % a year from your retirement savings as Ramsey recommends, you can deplete your retirement funds to the point that it deals a severe blow to your standard of living.

«The western provinces, with the exception of B.C., still show affordability levels that are better than the historical average.

But this is in a period that the Bureau has predicted is likely, based on statistical analysis of historical data and current sea surface conditions, to be warmer than the historical average (see here.

The sum of draws on revolvers and term loans compared to total debt outstanding for REITs is now at about 25 percent, which is slightly higher than the historical average of 20 percent, according to Fitch.

Today, that number is roughly 3.36 times higher, 50 percent higher than the historical average.»

Austin built 79.5 percent more than its historical average, while Boston built 72.4 percent more.

Very simply, I strongly believe that stocks should currently be priced with a risk premium that is somewhat higher than the historical average.

We believe fiscal policy should be more effective, and thus the multiplier higher than the historical average.

As of January 2013, intermediate - term real interest rates are about 4 % less than their historical average.

And because mortgage rates are lower than historical averages, home - buying power is up, according to Fleming.

«If these gauges are higher than their historical averages, property is overvalued; if they are lower, it is undervalued.»

Since 2005, the Consumer Price Index has gone up just 2 % annually, less than the historical average.

(If you're sensible, your estimates will be less than the historical averages to build in a margin safety: most financial planners I know assume stocks will returns about 7.5 %.)

Interest rates rise much higher than their historical average and reach previous highs (this would be a worse case scenario for variable rate student loan borrowers)

Stock returns over your retirement are far less than their historical averages (and lower than the returns you were planning on), or

This is also borne out by the average contribution of this component to total returns since 2001, which was 2.2 % — higher than the historical average.

The empirical literature shows that dividend yield and CAPE (cyclically adjusted PE) can predict future equity market returns.1 Put simply, when the equity market rallies for an extended period of time, its CAPE ratio becomes meaningfully higher than the historical average.