It has posted three consecutive
years of declining market share, for example, as value - based competition chips away at its core franchises.
Not exact matches
For now,
market participants expect the rupiah to continue to face pressure though they don't anticipate the kinds
of precipitous
declines seen in past
years.
The company saw 2014 revenue
of more than $ 100 million — 10 times its figure for the previous
year — and Mullen says the service is profitable in some
markets, though he
declined to elaborate.
A poorly managed expansion plan had resulted in five consecutive
years of declining revenues, even as the larger
market grew.
Their
declining currencies against the dollar (8 - 9 percent over the past 12 months), falling stock
market values since the beginning
of the
year and high (India) and rising (Brazil) bond yields are reflecting their funding difficulties.
The
market share
of the iPhone and iPad maker is projected to
decline from 51 percent to 46 percent this
year.
However, we do know that the impact
of a
market decline in the early
years of retirement is even worse than in later
years.
The PC
market itself has gone straight down the toilet in the nine
years since the acquisition, with 2013 seeing the worst
decline in its history, but Lenovo emerged as the king
of the whole stinky pile.
The horse - race quality
of reporting in the monthly sales numbers will support this, as the
market almost has to post
year - over-
year declines — sales running above 17 million for
years on end isn't sustainable.
The more plausible explanation for the stock
market's success this
year has less to do with Trump, and more to do with the woman he just
declined to reappoint as chair
of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen.
Summit ESP's revenue last
year was about $ 180 million, a
decline of 10 percent from 2015, according to
market researcher Spears & Associates.
Like many luxury
markets, south Florida is leveling off after
declines last
year, said Jonathan Miller, president
of Miller Samuel.
If the Fed raises rates this
year, as most
of his colleagues expect, «things could go okay, but you are creating a risk
of further
declines in where
market - based inflation expectations are, basically to the credibility
of our inflation target, and I think you are creating downside risks our pursuit
of our employment mandate.»
Research from digital
marketing agency Catalyst Canada found the number
of apps Canadians have on their phones
declined from an average
of 26 in 2014 to less than 19 last
year.
Apple competes with services like Vudu and Amazon's Prime in the
market for digital video rentals and sales, with Apple's share
of that
market declining in recent
years amid increased competition.
«Butter consumption remains solid after
years of decline and increasing in terms
of domestic per - capita consumption,» said BB&T Capital
Markets analyst Brett Hundley.
In his nearly 40
years of investing, Cramer has noticed one thing about broad - based stock
market declines.
Weisler explained to analysts that the troubled personal computer and printer
market is still continuing its
decline, but he sees some hope for PCs in the «back half
of this
year» as technology improves.
«All
year this reading has been in focus as activity in the US manufacturing sector, particularly driven by a
decline in oil - related activity and the strengthening
of the US dollar, has slowed,» Business Insider
markets editor Myles Udland reports.
Market declines of between 5 % and 20 % happen at least once a
year, on average.
«The current bull
market is not going to end simply because «stocks have gone up too much»... The buyside is fairly cautious, seeing downside stemming from: (i) deflationary pressures
of the 40 %
year - over-
year oil
decline, deceleration in China, Eurozone weakness, and the fall in 5 -
year inflation breakevens; and (ii) Fed monetary tightening... Capital stock is again showing signs
of pent - up demand, and as a consequence, companies and households will have to invest.
And there was the steady
decline in the bitcoin
market price, which accomplished the remarkable feat
of making it an even worse investment than the Russian ruble last
year.
All the «other» operating systems, such as BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone, combined to comprise 11.2 per cent
of the
market, with BlackBerry representing 8.9 per cent overall, a
decline of 6.1 per cent from a
year earlier.
For
years, overwhelmingly bullish sentiment has made it so when the
market sees a
decline of any degree, traders are waiting to scoop up exposure at discounted prices.
That made it the best
year on Wall Street since 1995, and it would take more than some short - term
declines in stock prices as investors convert theoretical profits to the folding - money kind or even the inevitable downward
market correction (the bursting
of the proverbial bubble) to take the bloom
of this particular rose.
The
declines in recent weeks is part
of a pullback from the optimism that has defined
markets in recent
years, said Fehr, though
market fundamentals remain strong.
His data shows that during the bear
market year of 2008, the overall
market, as represented by the SPY E.T.F.,
declined 36.8 percent.
Indeed, the downturn in the US government - bond
market at the end
of 2016 and earlier this
year benefited many fixed income arbitrage managers who were able to take advantage
of the price
decline in US Treasuries during those periods.
Total indexed annuity sales for 2017 were $ 53.9 billion, a
decline of 7.1 percent from the
year prior, according to Wink's Sales &
Market Report.
What we have really seen over the past several
years, in terms
of the appreciation
of markets and the
decline of interest rates based on what the Fed has been doing, is a result which has eliminated the possibility
of investors in bonds and stocks to earn an adequate return relative to their expected liabilities.
Wall Street had upped the ante for the quick - service brand, which has revamped its image following several
years of market share
declines.
Marketing and promotional costs were only 1.8 percent
of sales in the quarter, a
decline from the
year - ago period.
In its report,
Market Implications
of Foreign Buyers, released in June
of this
year, BCREA finds that the main drivers impacting housing affordability are the
decline in the stock
of single detached homes, and densification policies favouring apartments and townhouses.
Never before in my experience (which goes back fifty
years on Wall Street), have I seen seven days
of steady
decline in the stock
market.
The
year certainly included its share
of challenges for the heavy equipment manufacturer, with sluggish end
markets contributing to sizable
declines in both sales and earnings.
«The
year - over-
year decline of $ 27 million was largely due to a $ 24 million
decline at NRT, which was primarily a result
of greater agent commission costs and softness in the New York City
market,» said Anthony Hull, the company's treasurer.
The end
of the decades long bull
market in bonds has been anticipated for
years, but that doesn't mean the bond
market is headed for a precipitous
decline.
Historically, liquidity in capital
markets starts to
decline in Q4 as banks begin to wind down their balance sheet ahead
of year end.
Although the start
of 2018 has seen the overall
market cap
of cryptocurrencies
decline, many investors have high hopes for litecoin to pick up speed again and continue on from last
year's impressive gains.
The next phase
of public pension reform will likely be touched off by a stock
market decline that creates the real possibility
of at least one state fund running out
of cash within a couple
of years.
A colleague
of mine who works at a pension fund did a study last
year in which he concluded that, because
of the extreme degree
of public pension underfunding, a 10 %
decline in the stock
market for a sustained period — i.e. more than 3 or 4 months — would cause every single public pension fund to blow up.
After 5
years of declining prices, Emerging
Markets finally turned a corner last
year and are currently the top performing asset class
year - to - date.
According to the New York Times, solar installations
declined 2 percent this
year, the victim
of saturated
markets, financial issues at top manufacturers and a targeted lobbying effort from traditional power companies.
What if, at the start
of the
year, you had a crystal ball and you knew January and February would see severe stock
market declines leading to the worst start
of any
year, Britain would shock the financial
markets by voting to exit the European Union, and Donald Trump would be elected President?
, solar installations
declined 2 percent this
year, the victim
of saturated
markets, financial issues at top manufacturers and a targeted lobbying effort from traditional power companies.
Worldwide smartphone shipments
declined 0.5 % in 2017, the first
year - over-
year decline the
market has experienced since the introduction
of what we now know as smartphones.
They note, for example, that the size
of large trades
of US investment grade corporate bonds (so - called «block trades») has continuously
declined in recent
years.6 Furthermore, in most corporate bond
markets, trading appears to be highly concentrated in just a few liquid issues, and concentration appears to be increasing in some
market segments.
Jonathan Krinsky, MKM Partners» technician, starts the
year off with a «bull
market checklist» looking at trend, momentum, breadth and sentiment for the overall US stock
market (Russell 3000, S&P 500) and determines that there are no current warning signs
of a
decline — although sentiment could be coming close.
Mac — in a
declining PC industry, we expect Mac to continue its
market share gain and support our forecast for its strong performance
of 7.3 % revenue growth in FY 2015, followed by 3.6 % in FY 2016, and 4.6 % in FY 2017 on flat average selling prices over the three
year period
of $ 1,230.
Bear
market declines average 1.25
years in duration, during which time stocks fall at an average rate
of about -28 % annualized.