Sentences with phrase «traditional benchmarks such»

The company is well - known for using proprietary algorithms to evaluate the creditworthiness of an applicant, instead of relying solely on traditional benchmarks such as credit score and income.

An absolute return strategy is independent of traditional benchmarks such as the S&P 500 Index or the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which gives it the freedom to invest in a wide variety of securities as well as a variety of strategies to hedge specific types of risk.

Not exact matches

In the paper, they address the prevalence of purportedly green products, the problem of selecting benchmarks to which they are compared, the limitations of traditional LCA approaches to assessing green products, and the unintended effects such products have on markets.

The trouble is, most of the data we currently monitor are traditional «benchmarks» such as cost, completion rates, headcount, and hours spent training.

Charters would be responsible for achievement and growth as well as for benchmarks that traditional schools don't have to meet, such as closing achievement gaps and graduating students who are ready for college without needing remediation.

Overall results of the study indicate that the RLT model is effective in training general educators to implement such interventions as the Benchmark Strategy Instruction Process, but they also show that «traditional in - service without any follow - up was not effective staff development, since none of the control group teachers consistently implemented the [intervention].»

Traditional lending institutions such as banks and credit unions have raised their lending benchmarks considerably since the mortgage debacle of the last decade.

In the traditional approach, the benchmark is a single large - cap blend index, such as the S&P 500 ®.

But, for investors willing to assume higher tracking error relative to traditional market capitalization - weighted benchmarks, a multifactor approach, such as the WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund, has the potential to enhance returns, while providing greater factor diversification and thus, may lower volatility compared to single - factor approaches.»

Traditional benchmarks, such as the S&P 500 and Russell 3000, weight companies according to their stock - market value.

Their annual crafts exhibition has become a benchmark of innovation and quality produced within traditional craft forms such as ceramics, fibers, basketry, metals, wood, glass, jewelry, papermaking and book arts.

To avoid systemic risks such as climate change, investors will have to demand to go beyond the traditional definition of risk as underperforming the benchmark