Sentences with phrase «year market slump»

We were in the third year of a seven - year market slump, and deals were hard to come by.

The new year market slumps of 2018 haven't seemed to phase bitcoiners, as many of the attendees still believe «the moon» values are still very much in sight.

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Exxon's profits have improved over the last year as the oil market continues to recover from a prolonged price slump.

Blackstone said on Thursday first - quarter earnings per share fell 20 percent year - on - year, as a stock market slump weighed on the value of its holdings.

It's hard to verify independently the claims of retail traders who say they have made good money this year, when worries about a slowing Chinese economy and the slumping oil price have wiped up to $ 8 trillion from world stock markets in January alone.

A larger export market would be welcome to Belarus, whose economy has been battered this year by a slump in the currency of Russia, a key trading partner and source of remittances from migrant workers.

China, a country that some critics say should be in a category of its own, is the best - performing in the group, with gross - domestic product growth of over 7 percent a year but still faces a sharp slump in its property market.

HTC's market value has slumped about 75 percent in the last five years to $ 1.8 billion as its smartphone market share dipped below 2 percent.

HP (HPQ), along with legacy tech companies like IBM (IBM), has seen its business slump over the past few years as the market for personal computers continues to decrease.

Editor's note: The below is a fictional letter by an imagined banker on how the foreign exchange market looks from London's financial district at the end of a week when the pound slumped to a 31 - year low against the dollar, rounded off by a humiliating «flash crash» of 6 % in overnight trading on Friday.

And perhaps most critically: Lululemon is aiming to shake off a stock market slump after it reported disappointing financial targets for the new fiscal year, mostly blaming a soft performance for the company's e-commerce channel because it didn't feature enough bold colors.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Monday that it hired Justin Schmidt as head of digital asset markets to help clients gain exposure to cryptocurrencies, and cryptocurrency - focused hedge funds have continued to open even amid the market slump earlier this year.

Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, 61, is trying to ride out a years - long bond - trading slump that's being compounded by market swings and stiffer regulations — challenges that have forced many competitors to scale back.

Equity markets in the G7 will fall year - over-year as this recent turmoil episode is not a temporary slump but the beginning of a bear market.

But considering some of the market's wild ups and downs of late and that this bull market is in its ninth year, it's only prudent to make sure your savings are invested in a way you'd be comfortable with should stocks go into a major slump.

Dow slumps as IBM's stock logs worst day in 5 years; energy sector buoys broader market Energy shares rally on surging oil pricesThe Dow industrials end lower on Wednesday as IBM's shares get walloped; however, gains in shares of energy - related firms help the broader market post modest gains.

Builders express more excitement about the new construction market than they have in years, especially after a market slump.

China's average home prices rose in December, ending eight straight months of year - on - year declines, signaling the country's property market is recovering from its lengthy slump.

China's average home prices rose from year - ago levels for the second month in a row in January, signaling that the property market recovery is gaining momentum after last year's slump.

HOUSTON — After several years of sluggish rent growth, heavy concessions and tepid absorption brought on by the oil slump, investors are returning to Houston's multifamily market with quite a bang.

While still down overall from last year when sales started slumping in the face of fears about the housing market and tighter mortgage lending rules, high - rise condo construction starts came in 22 per cent higher in major urban centres in May compared with April.

Over the first six weeks of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 10 %, as the prospect of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, a slump in oil prices, and concerns about economic conditions in Europe and China caused the long - running bull market to stumble.

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For the past few years, the Finance Minister has been trying to prevent Canadian house prices and consumer debts from rising too quickly — without causing a major slump in the real estate market that would hurt the economy.

Key monetary indicators in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China are flashing signals of an economic slowdown later this year, raising fears of a global recession in 2019 and a stock market slump without a shift in policy.

3M's long and stable dividend history mean that investors can rest assured that 3M likely won't pull back on its dividend payouts when the market slumps or if the economy takes a nosedive — and that's a reassuring thought when you're relying on dividend income in your retirement years.

Bitcoin investors have been on a wild ride this year, with the digital currency more than doubling, before slumping this week into what technical analysts label a bear market.

Although Russia has always been a key market for Dubai, especially for upscale communities including Emirates Hills and Palm Jumeirah, interest dipped after the record fall of Rouble earlier this year amid the oil price slump.

Natural - gas prices had slumped to three - year lows on worries that moderate weather will limit indoor - heating demand and keep the market oversupplied.

Last month, OMSCo — which has been working intensively to develop export markets since a slump in domestic prices 10 years ago — warned that Brexit posed a risk to UK organic producers looking to export to the US.

Last year, in an effort to capitalize on the growing demand for eco-friendly products, the potato chip giant began aggressively marketing a new, compostable bag for its flagship «green» brand, SunChips, only to suspend the product a few months later due to slumping sales.

Unfortunately, as dogfish numbers have boomed in recent years, international markets have slumped, owing to a rebounding Northeast Atlantic cod fishery and changing tastes.

In Jane's first 2 years at BioPharmGene, the stock price sinks to about $ 1.50, because of a general slump in the stock market.

The business makes the majority of its revenue from online advertising, and the results show the online advertising market is continuing to bounce back from a slump that hurt IAC throughout most of last year.

With the UK still in the grip of an economic slump, yet decent university degrees increasingly necessary for anyone wishing to enter the country's fiercely competitive job market, private tuition is a rapidly growing sector with as much as a quarter of 11 - 16 year olds benefitting from it some form1, as families do all they can to better their children's prospects.

With the UK still in the grip of an economic slump, yet decent university degrees increasingly necessary for anyone wishing to enter the country's fiercely competitive job market, private tuition is a rapidly growing sector with as much as a quarter of 11 - 16 year olds benefitting from it some form

After the market slumped in 2000 and remained in trouble for the next several years, the system kept up the illusion that it was well funded by using smoothing techniques which blended the recent performance of the fund with prior years when the market was doing well.

Despite a minor sales slump in the compact segment of the market, General Motors» small - car division turned in another solid year in 1997 with coupe, sedan and wagon models that were redesigned in 1995 and 1996.

Apple remains the leader in a global tablet computer market which has been in an extended slump for the past two years, according to surveys released Thursday.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., October 31, 2016 — The worldwide tablet market continued its slump as vendors shipped 43 million units in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), a year - over-year decline of 14.7 %, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker.

According to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) quarterly tablet tracker, the worldwide tablet market has seen a slump with a 14.7 percent year - on - year decline in terms of shipments.

Apple remained the top seller with a 25.9 percent market share, even though its iPad sales slumped 18.8 percent from a year ago, IDC said.

But considering some of the market's wild ups and downs of late and that this bull market is in its ninth year, it's only prudent to make sure your savings are invested in a way you'd be comfortable with should stocks go into a major slump.

It's no secret that the housing market has been in something of a slump over the last few years.

They aggressively bought back their own shares ahead of the 2007 stock market peak, slashed their buying during the market slump that followed and now, with stock prices up sharply over the past nine years, they're once again aggressively buying back shares, according to statistics from FactSet.com.

3M's long and stable dividend history mean that investors can rest assured that 3M likely won't pull back on its dividend payouts when the market slumps or if the economy takes a nosedive — and that's a reassuring thought when you're relying on dividend income in your retirement years.

As we have seen over the past decade, stock prices do sometimes reach a market peak or «top,» then go into a deep slump that lasts a year or two — sometimes even longer.

One - year returns of junk bond funds averaged 20 % in 2003 after a two - year slump, tracking the stock market rebound.

If, for example, the financial markets go into a deep slump or your nest egg's value takes a hit because you make an unusually large withdrawal to handle a large unanticipated expense, you might need to forgo an inflation increase or even reduce the amount you withdraw for a few years to give your portfolio a chance to recover.

The slump in oil prices and energy markets over the past several years has also weighed on profits.