The document presents good practices and good practice principles on the development, selection, and
use of indicators used in the monitoring and evaluation of adaptation interventions.
Not exact matches
In this year's revamped report, 10
indicators were
used to evaluate the innovation performance
of Canada and 15 peer countries.
Although an APR is a fairly specific
indicator of cost,
using it as the sole metric risks confusing some customers, says Brock Blake, Lendio's co-founder and chief executive.
The manager, who's based in Provo, Utah, explained that companies can
use meeting - room management systems, for example, to find out how long employees spend in meetings, and that that information can be an
indicator of productivity.
For the purpose
of analyzing its results and defining its targets, the Group also
uses the following
indicators:
To monitor and analyse the financial performance
of the Group and its activities, the Group management
uses alternative performance
indicators.
Although the set
of indicators used is somewhat different than in past years, there is enough overlap to allow for some comparison.
Depending on the scope and purpose
of the research, happiness is often measured
using objective
indicators (data on crime, income, civic engagement and health) and subjective methods, such as asking people how frequently they experience positive and negative emotions.
The combined ratio, loss and LAE ratio, and underwriting expense ratio are
used as
indicators of the Company's underwriting discipline, efficiency in acquiring and servicing its business and overall underwriting profitability.
I've looked previously at some
of the arguments made by the housing bears, for example in «Housing crash predictions
using wrong
indicators.»
While it doesn't stand alone as a negative force, market pundits like John Hussman — a former economics professor who is president
of the Hussman Investment Trust — have
used it in tandem with other breadth
indicators to make bearish proclamations.
A grease - stained work shirt or apron covered in pizza sauce is a far better
indicator of success than being able to
use 14 different variations
of the word «disrupt» in a single sentence.
He also admits the
indicators being
used aren't perfect, «but they do have the virtues
of being relatively good, easy to measure and not too expensive to monitor.»
Consequently, management
uses these non-GAAP financial measures as
indicators of the company's business performance, as well as for operational planning and decision making purposes.
In the course, Bunn aims to teach students simple ways to identify value in the market by
using price charts as an
indicator of an assets future success or failure.
Coach Dave
used indicators that were unconventional as a means
of benchmarking his intangible concepts.
Those first - line -
of - defense
indicators give you a solid look at what kind
of candidates are
using what kind
of devices — for how long, and with what degree
of success.
It observes: «The Economist has developed an unofficial «Keqiang index», based on Li's own technique
of looking at
indicators such as electricity
use and rail freight volumes to assess what is really going on in the economy.»
The main rankings list
uses «carefully calibrated performance
indicators» to determine where each institution is placed, and puts U
of T at 21st place.
It's more than just not understanding how technical
indicators are
used, this very amateurish approach also includes the misplacement
of trend lines, support and resistance levels.
Minor changes are evident in the key
indicators used to compute the USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber
of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (CCI)-- backlog levels, new business opportunities and revenue expectations — but contractor beliefs about revenue forecasts are the only driver
of confidence that rose this quarter.
We measured this through employee Net Promoter ® scores (eNPS), a widely
used indicator of employee loyalty and enthusiasm.
Personal FICO credit scores and other credit scores are
used to represent the creditworthiness
of a person and may be one
indicator to the credit or financing type you are eligible for.
In effect, open interest measures the depth
of the market rather than the amount
of trading activity, but it can be
used as an
indicator of future trading activity.
Moreover, simple forecast models
using the
indicator provide current - quarter estimates
of growth in business investment and gross domestic product.
The Economist has developed an unofficial «Keqiang index», based on Li's own technique
of looking at
indicators such as electricity
use and rail freight volumes to assess what is really going on in the economy.
More importantly,
using the 10 - day moving average as a short - term
indicator of support enables us to TRADE WHAT WE SEE, NOT WHAT WE THINK!
Another essential part to investing in stocks is to learn how to
use key financial
indicators that reveal signs
of the company's financial strength.
Backtests
of an
indicator using the yield curve (which is anything but random, owing to Federal Reserve control
of the short end) show that some value can be added
using this
indicator to adjust maturities.
When
using any
indicator, it's important to have an understanding
of why the signals might be useful.
If you're new to technical analysis, the title
of this sub-heading may sound like an Italian rock band, but both terms are actually technical
indicators I more frequently
use in bearish or downtrending markets.
Based on a dynamic factor model (DFM) methodology, we
use a broad range
of international economic
indicators (close to 300) to estimate external demand for Canadian exports.
It's important to understand that the USCI isn't a random concoction
of data, but rather the gold standard for measuring current economic growth, as it summarizes the key coincident economic
indicators used to determine the official start and end dates
of U.S. recessions; namely, the broad measures
of output, employment, income and sales.
Examining the Cracks in the Ceiling surveys the corporate diversity practices
of S&P 500 and provides an in - depth analysis
of the 10 Key Diversity
Indicators used to rate them.
Though we don't
use the Coppock
indicator in its popular form, the 29 signals in this measure since 1900 have been associated, on average, with market returns
of 19.6 % over the following year, and only 3 yearly losses among those signals (one because
of the entry into World War II, and the others because the signals were driven by the reversal
of a very weakly negative reading, as was the case for the latest signal).
As marketers start treating their business blogs as in - house news publications — and as they start to optimize for its other
use cases in the middle and bottom
of the funnel, they'll realize the limitations
of traditional blog performance
indicators like traffic and inbound links.
All
indicators are derived from price movement anyways, so if we have a solid method to trade based only on price movement (price action analysis), it only makes sense that we would
use that instead
of trying to analyze messy secondary data.
Describes how inflation is measured, explains how different
indicators of underlying inflation are calculated, and outlines some
of the limitations
of using the Consumer Price Index.
Now, let's look at an example
of a clean and simple price chart next to a price chart covered with some
of the most popular
indicators that many traders
use.
The saying «the trend is your friend» can be applied to this scenario, the rate
of change
indicator can be
used to identify the trend direction.
We rarely see the
use of such complex
indicators in binary options robots.
Technical Analysis — Examining a stock's price through the
use of metrics,
indicators, past data, and other techniques to identify trends
Rather, the 20 - EMA is a very helpful tool, just like several other reliable technical
indicators used in the stock and ETF trades
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One reliable technical
indicator I
use to help determine significant support and resistance levels is called Fibonacci (click here for an overview
of how it works).
When you learn how to interpret subsequent price action that follows the touch
of a 20 - EMA, this stellar
indicator can be
used by swing traders as the proverbial «line in the sand» for knowing whether or not a trend is maintaining very bullish momentum.
According to the CIA's World Factbook, which
uses the so - called «Gini coefficient,» a common economic
indicator of inequality, the United States ranks as far more unequal than the European Union and the United Kingdom.
Demonstrate significant commitment to social impact and track clear measures
of social and / or environmental impact (GIIRS rating,
use IRIS metrics, or other
indicators to be determined)
A pivot point is a technical analysis
indicator used to determine the overall trend
of the market over different time frames.
Buying a break is a strategy often
used by traders who incorporate the
use of chart patterns, trendlines and other technical
indicators into their trading.
The second way traders approach technical analysis is through the
use of indicators and oscillators.