Sentences with phrase «useful predictors of»

«Identifying VXX / XIV Tendencies» finds that the Volatility Risk Premium (VRP), estimated as the difference between the current level of the S&P 500 implied volatility index (VIX) and the annualized standard deviation of S&P 500 Index daily returns over the previous 21 trading days (multiplying by the square root of 250 to annualize), may be a useful predictor of iPath S&P 500 VIX Short - term Futures ETN (VXX) and VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short - term ETN (XIV) returns.

«Identifying VXX / XIV Tendencies» finds that S&P 500 implied volatility index (VIX) futures roll return, as measured by the percentage difference in settlement price between the nearest and next nearest VIX futures, may be a useful predictor of iPath S&P 500 VIX Short - term Futures ETN (VXX) and VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short - term ETN (XIV) returns.

In summary, evidence indicates that a high level of investor sentiment during a bull market may be a useful predictor of low future returns for speculative stocks.

However, in malnourished populations motor development may be a useful predictor of subsequent human function.5 A study conducted in Denmark6 found a positive relationship between breastfeeding duration and an earlier ability to crawl and perform the «pincer grip» after adjusting for potential confounding variables.

This is perhaps because in well - nourished populations, infants» motor development has not been identified as a useful predictor of intellectual function later in life.

Here we demonstrate that the multidcadal variability in NHT including the recent warming hiatus is tied to the NAT - NAO - AMO - AMOC coupled mode and the NAO is implicated as a useful predictor of NHT multidecadal variability.

Substantial research evidence demonstrates that CBMreading is a robust indicator of reading development and a useful predictor of student performance on state tests.

Greenbackd has recently been posting some great stuff about how the price to book ratio is a demonstrably useful predictor of future investment returns.

The series is only 42 data points long (equating to 126 years), so is hardly robust, however, it may be a useful predictor of future temps since it is gistemp that lags the SST.

Insurance companies see your credit history as a useful predictor of future driving behavior and may charge higher rates if you're a Pennsylvanian with poor credit.

Not exact matches

The track record of a fund is useful knowledge, but it is a poor predictor of future results.

In summary, the proportion of the electorate who are satisfied both with a leader and with their party may be a useful supplement to other predictors of electoral outcomes.

In the case of a home birth, most mothers do not submit to cervical checks since they provide little useful information and are poor predictors of labor progression.

But rather than supplanting BMI as the best predictor of diabetes risk, waist circumference might be most useful if it's simply added to the mix, says Jane Bolin, Ph.D., an associate professor of health policy and management at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, in College Station.

To the extent that test scores are reliable predictors of lifelong outcomes, they can provide useful information for decision making by policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders.

Achievement tests are useful but they are not nearly strong enough predictors of later life outcomes to empower a portfolio manager to close a significant number of schools because he or she «knows» that those schools are «bad.»

When asked about Amrein - Beardsley's criticism of using tests that weren't designed for evaluating teachers, Kane countered that the Gates Foundation MET study used random samples and concluded that differing tests could be used in a way that was «useful in evaluating teachers» and valid predictors of student achievement.

-LSB-...] is demonstrably useful as a predictor of future investment returns.

As I've discussed in the past, P / B and P / E are demonstratively useful as predictors of future stock returns, and more so when combined (see, for example, LSV's Two - Dimensional Classifications).

As these data sets expand (paleo - sea level / paleo - temperature) there's every chance we can home - in on some really self - consistent interpretations of temp / sea level / greenhouse gas relationships going back several millenia which we be extraordinarily useful as targets for modelling and as predictors of future scenarios.

Pielke apparently did not understand why the temperatures before 1910 hardly affect this conclusion (in fact increasing the probability from 78 % to 80 %), and that the linear trend from 1880 or 1910 is not a useful predictor for this probability of breaking a record.

Change in average surface temperature is a useful proxy or predictor of other phenomena.

The Smart Reply system has two layers of hierarchy: The first makes each feature useful as a predictor of the final result, and the second combines these features.

Promising school - based interventions (Gross et al., 2003; Reid, Webster - Stratton, & Hammond, 2003) may not be useful if ODD symptoms occur primarily at home, and interventions and referrals originating in pediatric primary care offer certain advantages: (a) other than teachers, physicians have the most professional contact with the families of preschoolers; (b) pediatricians report that research on the role of the primary care provider in treating mental health problems is important to them (Chien et al., 2006); and (c) parents tend to trust physicians» opinions, and pediatricians» recommendations are the best predictor of help - seeking for preschoolers» behavior problems (Lavigne et al., 1993).

The current study examined the hypothesis that discrepancies between parent and child reports of parenting can be useful as predictors of future child outcomes.