Sentences with phrase «year end performance»

Training lawyers to build business would be amazing, but at this point I'd settle for firms recognizing it in year end performance reviews.

At the annual sales meeting (decade or two ago) discussing year end performance, noted that this years focus on maintenence renewals, was very successful, in fact too focused as product sales dropped, alot.

What a perfect thing to do with your year end performance bonus (yeah, right!).

Not exact matches

If end - of - the - year bonuses are given every year regardless of performance, they no longer serve as a motivating factor; they are expected payments.

Marks & Spencer ended up by more than 1.3 percent after keeping its fiscal - year guidance unchanged on Thursday and announcing a better - than - expected performance in both clothing and home - product sales for its third quarter.

On the other hand, more spending cuts could certainly stifle the economic rebound everyone expects to see in the second half of the year after the flimsy performance of this just - ended second quarter.

There are also annual formal performance reviews at the end of each year, with a 360 - degree peer review a month beforehand.

Bets the European Central Bank might consider raising interest rates by the end of 2018 due to evidence of higher inflation and business activity in the euro have lifted the euro, which was poised for its best yearly performance versus the greenback in 14 years.

Furthermore, many institutional investors close their books at the year - end, a deadline for taxation and performance reporting, a time seen leading to dollar selling pressure, analysts said.

Employee performance reviews are often given at the end of the year and have a big impact on an employee's future performance manipulating factors like motivation, engagement, and morale.

For hedge funds, 2017 ended with a clean sweep — positive returns in every month that resulted in the best total performance in four years.

«Although we are pleased with these annual results, this relatively short - term performance is far less meaningful than our long - term results as financial markets can move sharply in either direction over shorter time horizons,» CPPIB chief executive Mark Wiseman said Friday as the fund manager released its annual report for the year ended March 31.

That's why a brightening economic picture in 2013 (U.S. GDP grew by an average of 3.4 % in the second half of 2013 and job growth was the highest since the end of the recession) helped improve TravelCenters» performance and stock last year.

New studies on oil and gas safety issues tumbled out this week as if their authors were scrambling to trigger their year - end performance bonuses.

The end of the year is a great time to reflect on the company's performance, talk about challenges and accomplishments and plan for the year ahead.

If Shake Shack's early pop holds until the end of the day, it will have reported the best first - day performance among the seven restaurant chains that have gone public over the last 10 years.

This is helpful for my team and me, as we, like most companies, spend time at the end of the year analyzing performance and looking ahead to changes in social media and content marketing trends to plan and budget for the new year.

The single year - end performance measure was abolished, as were relative rankings.

In August, the investment firm Richard Bernstein Advisors compared the performance of the average investor — based on the monthly flows of money in and out of mutual funds — against a variety of stock indexes, commodities and other asset classes over a 20 - year period ending Dec. 31, 2013.

Nick Foles proved he could still play with a steady performance against the Giants in his first start for the Eagles this year after Carson Wentz went down with a season - ending injury, and the Philadelphia defense proved they're still fearsome when they essentially won Eagles» Christmas game against the Raiders on their own.

Worries about charging infrastructure and an official bias toward bolstering homegrown competition may have contributed to the company's lackluster Chinese performance last year, which ended with the resignation of Tesla's China president.

Over a 12 - month period (ended June 30, 2017), global hedge funds, as measured by the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, delivered decent gains of 6.0 % in US dollar terms.1 That's a vast improvement in the performance of these alternative investments from the prior two years.

For the individual serving as the chief executive officer of the Company at the end of the taxable year and for the individuals serving as officers of the Company or a subsidiary at the end of such year who are among the three highest compensated officers (other than the chief executive officer and chief financial officer) for proxy reporting purposes, Section 162 (m) of the Code limits the amount of compensation otherwise deductible by the Company and its subsidiaries for such year to $ 1,000,000 for each such individual except to the extent that such compensation is «performance - based compensation.»

For five years, the city has sought to put an end to the performances and drinking at the club, located in the 4200 block of Dixie Highway...

High - yield bonds delivered another year of strong performance in 2017, with the benchmark Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield 2 % Issuer Capped Index returning 7.2 % as we approached year - end.

They lagged in the first three quarters of 2017, but ended the year in positive territory after strong fourth quarter performance.

Forward - looking statements may include, among others, statements concerning our projected adjusted income (loss) from operations outlook for 2018, on both a consolidated and segment basis; projected total revenue growth and global medical customer growth, each over year end 2017; projected growth beyond 2018; projected medical care and operating expense ratios and medical cost trends; our projected consolidated adjusted tax rate; future financial or operating performance, including our ability to deliver personalized and innovative solutions for our customers and clients; future growth, business strategy, strategic or operational initiatives; economic, regulatory or competitive environments, particularly with respect to the pace and extent of change in these areas; financing or capital deployment plans and amounts available for future deployment; our prospects for growth in the coming years; the proposed merger (the «Merger») with Express Scripts Holding Company («Express Scripts») and other statements regarding Cigna's future beliefs, expectations, plans, intentions, financial condition or performance.

At the end of each year, the Committee determines compensation by assessing performance against these financial targets, as well as in light of HP's performance relative to its peers on other financial and non-financial factors and unusual or extraordinary events.

So far, investors are not buying the prediction made by top - ranked strategists from Haitong Securities and Bocom International Holdings, who had forecast at the end of last year that the big - caps» out - performance would be less conspicuous in 2018, with more mid - and small - cap shares joining the rally.

All these powerful tidbits of knowledge, and many other psychological trading lessons we've learned over the past 11 years, are regularly shared with subscribers of The Wagner Daily end - of - day trading newsletter, and we we proudly display the cumulative trading performance results of our long - term efforts to prove it (Q4 of 2012 will be updated this week).

Before the end of the first quarter of the relevant fiscal year, the Committee establishes financial and performance targets and opportunities for such year, which are based upon the Company's goals for Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) and are linked to our budget and plan for long - term success.

But for those who take the broader view, recognizing both that even best - in - class healthcare businesses like Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson have underperformed for years on end and that also choose to analyze the company itself, GlaxoSmithKline looks more promising than its track record of investment performance would suggest.

Why investors should dread the month of May — especially this year Mays during midterm years tend to be worse, historically speakingThe U.S. stock market is preparing to end a positive — but volatile — month of April, and investors may be hoping that performance in May is even better.

The thinking is that if you want exceptional performance, you align employee objectives with end - of - year bonuses for hitting certain milestones and then employees will turn up their work ethic to reach them.

We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including volatility in the economy and the credit markets, supply and demand changes for vacation ownership and residential products, competitive conditions; the availability of capital to finance growth, and other matters referred to under the heading «Risk Factors» contained in our Annual Report on 10 - K for the year ended December 30, 2011 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC») and in subsequent SEC filings, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied in this presentation.

Last year, Kotick ended up getting about $ 22 million in performance - based cash and stock awards, about the same as the prior year, even as net income dropped 17 percent.

EPS is also a major determinant of even bigger bonuses for a three - year performance cycle ending this year.

Gorman missed out on performance stock units granted as part of his 2009 pay after the firm missed the targets attached to those awards in the three years ended in 2012.

As disclosed in our Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010, HP matching contributions under both the HP 401 (k) Plan and the EDS 401 (k) Plan in fiscal 2010 were on a quarterly, discretionary, performance - based match of up to a maximum of 4 % of eligible compensation for all U.S. employees to be determined each fiscal quarter based on business results.

A bout of euro and yen strength earlier this year raised some doubts about corporate performance, yet ended up doing little to dent improving profitability.

The PARSUs have a two - and a three - year performance period that began at the beginning of fiscal 2014 and will end at the end of fiscal 2015 and 2016, respectively.

The study examined performance data from 10,228 open - end mutual funds and 2,874 separately managed accounts over the last seven years and found that investing in sustainability has usually met, and often exceeded, the performance of comparable traditional investments.

That said, and for a multitude of reasons, we are also seeing signs of tactical profit - taking into year - end from some of the leveraged - fund universe — where the performance (or outright «survival») focus has been well - documented.

By the end of 2000, many of those who had invested all their money in the high - tech sector welcomed in the New Year with negative signs beside their performance numbers for the yYear with negative signs beside their performance numbers for the yearyear.

Wes et al have set up an experiment comparing the performance of the stocks selected by the investors on the VIC — arguably the best 250 special situation investors in the US — and the top decile of stocks selected by the Magic Formula over the period March 1, 2000 through to the end of last year.

We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including volatility in the economy and the credit markets, supply and demand changes for vacation ownership and residential products, competitive conditions; the availability of capital to finance growth, and other matters referred to under the heading «Risk Factors» contained in the Information Statement filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended December 30, 2011 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC») and in subsequent SEC filings, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied in this presentation.

The award was earned for the fund's consistent performance over the three - year and five - year periods ending 11/30/16.

Dan Loeb's hedge fund firm Third Point LLC has just recently disclosed their Offshore Fund's performance and we see that they were up 3.4 % for the month of April and were up 19.2 % for the year compared to the S&P 500 which was only up 7.1 % for 2010 at the end of the month.

(ii) Any accrued but unpaid Annual Bonus earned with respect to any fiscal year ending on or preceding the Termination Date («Earned Bonus»); plus for the fiscal year in which the Termination Date occurs, a pro rata Annual Bonus based on actual performance for the entire performance period and calculated and paid at the end of the performance period, at the same time as continuing executives are paid their bonuses (but no later than March 15 of the year following the year with respect to which the bonus is calculated)(«Pro-Rata Bonus»);

Performance for Canoe Energy Class (Series A) for the period ending July 31, 2017 is as follows: 2.03 % (1 year), -9.09 % (3 year), 8.29 % (5 year), 3.35 % (since inception, February 14, 2011).