Sentences with phrase «useful measure of risk»

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Historically - reliable valuation measures are remarkably useful in projecting long - term and full - cycle market outcomes, but the behavior of the market over shorter segments of the market cycle is driven by the psychological inclination of investors toward speculation or risk - aversion.

Two measures useful in identifying stocks at risk of a short squeeze are (a) short interest and (b) short - interest ratio.

In the future, measuring substance P levels in the tear film might become a useful, noninvasive test for assessing the risk of peripheral neuropathy in patients with diabetes.

Gilead's scientists say their drug may be useful as «an early treatment after exposure to HIV... or as a preventive measure for those at risk of infection».

Based on these findings, researchers suspect hand grip could one day become a useful measure for identifying people at high risk of developing heart disease.

Your waist - hip ratio is a simple and useful measure of fat distribution and can help determine overall health risk.

An ELISA method for measuring 2 - and 16 - alpha - hydroxylated estrogen (OHE) metabolites in urine is available and the ratio of urinary 2 - OHE / 16 - alpha - OHE (2 / 16 - alpha ratio) is a useful biomarker for estrogen - related cancer risk.

In a scientific review article published this year in the journal of Vascular Health and Risk Management the authors conclude: «Sibutramine, in conjunction with lifestyle measures, is a useful drug for reducing body weight and improving

If we really want to improve teaching, we should look to develop such models of effective evaluation rather than pursuing problematic schemes that mis - measure teachers, create disincentives for teaching high - need students, offer no useful feedback on how to improve teaching practice and risk driving some of the best educators out of the profession.

He points out that in a covered call strategy, the distribution of returns is not «normal» and that standard measures such as the Sharpe ratio are not very useful in measuring risk.

Our large network of bad credit mortgage lenders in Pelham will provide useful loans without asking about the credit report, bankruptcy, or consumer proposals because they have other methods of measuring risk.

IRTORISKI The study investigated how the use of cost benefit analysis in climate change adaptation planning can be streamlined such as to be useful both for initial prioritisation of natural hazards according to their risk and for initial comparison of measures regarding a particular hazard, while avoiding complex model exercises.

The government has been talking and will continue to talk with stakeholders about measures that might be useful to ensure that the change does not increase the risks of real estate fraud.

At the end of my previous post on the application of the E-Commerce Act to land transactions, I mentioned «measures that might be useful to ensure that the change does not increase the risk of real estate fraud».