I decided to look at sectors who under - performed the broad market and one of such sectors is Utilities, which took a hit lately and
year growth amounted only to +4 % compared to +23 % of S&P.
Not exact matches
There's been consistent
growth, and the U.S. has not fallen back into a recession — both positives in Bosworth's estimation — but in many ways the economy is stagnant, only growing the necessary
amount each
year just to stand still, as Bosworth put it.
We're seeing a gigantic spike in the
amount of video consumed over mobile devices; it's something like 75 %
year - over-
year growth.
Growth: In 2016, the number of U.S. startups related to autonomous vehicles that landed VC deals nearly doubled to 14, and the total dollar
amount invested shot up to $ 459 million from just $ 59 million the previous
year, according to Pitchbook data.
Two major concerns for investors and analysts over the past few months have been Netflix's
growth prospects internationally, as well as the massive
amounts of cash ($ 5 billion this
year alone) that it is spending on developing new shows.
That's been our strategy, to have a reasonable
amount of [initial]
growth and then plan further
growth over three to four
years.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full
year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain
growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the
amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
At the point the
growth began to slow, the multiple would contract, meaning that even if its earnings do grow 600 % in the next few
years, if it becomes subject to the law of big numbers - that ever increasing
amounts eventually forge their own anchor - the result would be a market capitalization substantially similar to today, leading to no increase in the stock price over a long period of time.
Right now with earnings
growth very strong and the bond market already reflecting a fair
amount of Fed tightening (pricing in 5 rate hikes over the coming 2
years), my sense is that the stock market is in OK shape to withstand some tightening of financial conditions and not unravel in the process.
Sales Tax revenue is projected to rise based primarily on
growth in consumer spending after adjustments for measures and prior -
year amounts.
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.
Preliminary figures show faster
growth in the
amounts governments are budgeting for healthcare over the past three
years, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
Blockchain technology is growing in many countries around the globe, as can be seen in South Korea where a tremendous
amount of
growth has occurred within this
year alone.
Our research, and
years of investment and operating experience in Canada, highlights a persistent imbalance between the large number of technology companies seeking emerging -
growth financing and the
amount of capital targeting companies in their initial
growth phase.
Every
year of slow
growth decreases the
amount brought in from payroll taxes.
The recent United Kingdom UK economic
growth economics information and the analyses have recently revealed that there are very few chances of a significant
amount of United Kingdom UK economic
growth in 2009 fiscal
year.
«When you look at the
amount of
growth for Canadian oil sands this
year and next
year, we're going to run into trouble — I mean we're certainly going to have to tap into rail.»
If you invest $ 100,000 to create a portfolio that yields 4 %, with a 6 % dividend
growth rate, and reinvest the dividends for 20
years, the dividend
amount you will receive per
year when you decide to withdraw dividends in
year 20 will be $ 24,289.
Other factors can also be considered, such as the
amount you request,
years in business and
growth trajectory.
Overall this
year, the company said it expects to add 7 million new streaming subscribers — roughly the same
amount as 2010 — not exactly robust
growth.
While economic
growth accelerated, the trade deficit in goods and services widened to $ 566 billion last
year, the largest
amount since 2008.
While it doesn't provide an immediate tax credit, it provides tax - sheltered
growth and allows for tax - free withdrawal of capital and any capital gains, along with re-contribution of the withdrawn
amounts in future
years.
If you've subscribed to the maximum
amount in your LendingCrowd IFISA (# 20,000 for the current tax
year) and want to invest more, you can do so via our
Growth Account, Income Account or Self Select Account.
Daily 7 guarantees a 7 % minimum
amount of
growth of the Withdrawal Base applied for income calculation each
year, for up to 15
years or until your first withdrawal.
Fee income
growth is expected to be about seven percent this
year, with Lake noting that the company has lapped Sapphire reserves taken in the past, and acquisition costs are lower, which
amounts to a tailwind.
In the past two or so
years, we have noticed a shift away from donor - advised funds at Single - Issue Charities, with fewer reporting overall, a decline in the
amount of new contributions made in 2016, and a high
growth in the
amount of grantmaking, perhaps suggesting a «spend down» process may be underway at some of them.
However, Facebook's
growth (including Instagram) is far more impressive than Google's, with 40.4 %
year - over-
year growth amounting to a net total of $ 17.37 billion.
From a high base, created by rapid
growth in 2014, rewards Crowdfunding grew over the last
year in excess of 25 % — 27 % as measured by
amount raised — with participation (the numbers of pledges) increasing significantly (12 %) while the success rate fell by 2 % as publicity attracted those less prepared for the process.
Over the past 10
years, the value fund used (VTV) has trailed the
growth fund avoided (VUG) by a huge
amount — 1.25 % annually.
For over fifteen
years, rapid Chinese
growth and industrialization brought a tremendous
amount of demand for fossil fuels and metals around the globe.
One frequently cited bar graph has been used to suggest, for the decade 1965 - 75, a severe diminution of seven mainline Protestant bodies by contrast both with their gains in the preceding ten
years and with the continuing
growth of selected conservative churches (see Jackson W. Carroll et al., Religion in America, 1950 to the Present [Harper & Row, 19791, p. 15) The gap in
growth rates for 1965 - 75, as shown on that graph, is more than 29 percentage points (an average loss in the oldline denominations of 8.9 per cent against average gains among the conservatives of 20.5 per cent) This is indeed a substantial difference, but it does not approach the difference in
growth rates recorded for the same religious groups in the 1930s, when the discrepancy
amounted to 62 percentage points.
If farmers cop a price cut, it couldn't come at a worse time, with Australia's top dairy producing areas facing dry conditions and the least
amount of grass
growth in more than 40
years.
The company outlined a big rise in the
amount of high - end wines it has sitting in storage ready for bottling and sale in
years to come, which will underpin continued profit
growth and an increase in profit margins.
A remarkable
amount of
growth and learning occurs during the first
year of life, and all that development can make it difficult to get some shuteye.
To me she is living proof that nursing a child beyond one
year drastically helps with brain development ive read hours of research on the matter that breast milk provides dha that is critical to brain
growth that children should be receiving for at least the first 3
years of life that they can not recieve anywhere else in the
amounts that they require I feel you should do some research before making such arrogant comments
Even though the
amount that a child eats may change from week to week, most children eat enough to meet the demands of
growth over months and
years.
«Under the eight
years of the NPP government, from 2001 - 2009, taxes and loans
amounted to GHC20 billion and without oil, economic
growth increased from 3.7 per cent to 9.1 per cent.
In subsequent
years, the
amount going to Upstate transit would increase at the same rate as sales tax
growth.
The
amount of revenue raised by taxes slowed down significantly in the last half of 2013, with preliminary figures showing even slower
growth this
year, the Rockefeller Institute of Government found.
He said any programme between his party and the Liberal Democrats should stretch over the next two or three
years — «the minimum
amount of time it would take to steer this country out of danger and get us back to normal levels of
growth».
The state has seen slow population
growth in recent
years, while New York actually lost a small
amount of population last
year.
The # 2.6 bn pot, spread over five
years, is also the same
amount that the old Regional Development Agencies had at their disposal in a single
year, at a time when
growth and confidence were not in such short supply.
The mayor, whose own administration has been partially responsible for pension fund
growth, now wants to require most new municipal workers to work at least 10
years, or double the current
amount, to qualify for a pension, and bar them from receiving pension checks until age 65.
Fiscal watchdogs and independent budget analysts have estimated those proposed cuts — which include a shift in how the City University of New York schools are funded, city assumption of its own
growth in Medicaid costs, and a state clawback of savings the city achieved through a debt refinancing — would cost the city nearly $ 1 billion in the coming fiscal
year, an
amount that would increase with each passing
year.
Inside of these layers scientists have found pollen, allowing them to estimate the total
amount of plant
growth of that
year by the pollen count.
They found that when thale cress and lettuce plants were subjected to increasing
amounts of biochar mixed with soil, using the equivalent of up to 50 tonnes per hectare per
year, if applied in the field, plant
growth was stimulated by over 100 percent.
Tree
growth and the
amount of carbon dioxide exchange both varied greatly over the 16 -
year period, and both were correlated with temperature.
This earliest period of star
growth lasts a mere thousands of
years, an astonishingly short
amount of time in astronomical terms, given that stars typically live for millions or billions of
years.
Ten thousand
years ago, at the dawn of the Neolithic era, the agricultural revolution began to yield vastly larger
amounts of food from cultivated crops and livestock, allowing rapid
growth in human populations.
Over 10
years the scientists measured the
amount of new
growth (productivity) generated by all species in each plot, and the variability of that productivity (stability) from
year to
year.