The other factor is whether your school's score went up or down compared with the previous year or a 3 -
year average for graduation rates.
In music, students averaged 150 on a scale of 300 eight years ago, and
last year the average score was 147 — not a statistically significant difference.
While these returns vary, the dividend is calculated based on a five -
year average in order to smooth out the short - term effects of market fluctuations.
It'll be interesting to see what kind of money he gets but top receivers are getting over a $ 9 million
per year average on new contracts.
The worst strategy was the combination of low price - to - book companies with companies that had the highest 5 -
year average earnings yield.
As well, its five -
year average growth rates for real GDP per capita and after - tax income are fairly solid by North American standards.
One metric that many investors like to use for individual stocks: five - and 10 -
year average price - to - earnings ratios.
The pristine balance sheet of 2008 was very short in its interest rate sensitivity for its assets — maybe 3
years average at most.
We looked for stocks that were trading at current yields within 10 % of their seven -
year average high dividend yield.
In this week's economic review, the 30 -
year average mortgage rate increased, payroll growth surpassed expectations, and credit spending slowed.
The base year remains constant over time so that across
years the average value - added will increase with any improvements in teaching.
That's well off the pace of 11,000 new locations per
year averaged between 2002 and 2008, but given the depth of the recession, the growth was viewed as a positive sign.
One important aspect of core bond funds — their relatively short 5.5 -
year average duration — should prevent big losses.
We did an eight -
year average PE test in the book, and it did seem that there was a small advantage over the single - year metric.
The minimum number of transactions many brokers expect an agent to complete per
year averages out to about ten, which is almost one per month.
We also tested the ratio in two ways: trailing 12 - month operating income divided by enterprise value, and 5 -
year average operating income divided by enterprise value.
These amounts are derived by translating current year results at
prior year average exchange rates.
The firm says the option market is pricing in an earnings - related move of 3.6 %, above its three -
year average realized move of 2.5 %.
That's not too far from the 20 -
year average where profitable companies represented about 65 % of the market.
The sector's 10 -
year average contribution to the index dividend is high, mostly because payments held up during the financial crisis.
At the end of 2007, mutual fund managers will report their 5 -
year averages using the 2003 — 2007.
The resulting equity risk premium comes in at 3.8 per cent, well above the 10 -
year average equity risk premium for the index of 2.7 per cent.
The correlation has been recently decreasing, with a one -
year average now at 70 %.