Sentences with phrase «yield a loss in»

Charcoal rot is a relatively unknown disease causing yield losses in crops across South Africa, including maize.

None of the strategies tested offset the expected fall in wheat production, but the study identified directions for wheat breeding (canopy vigour and root characteristics) and management to minimise yield losses in a hotter and drier climate.

«By synthesizing the results of field studies across the globe, we wanted to better characterize the factors that determine the magnitude of yield loss in legumes due to drought stress, which must be considered in agricultural planning to increase the resilience of legume production systems,» Wang said.

Dr. Calderwood has observed as much as 80 - 90 % yield loss in northeastern hop yards due to arthropod pests.

Alien species are one of the main threats to biodiversity and native species as well as causing immense economic damage, e.g. via yield losses in agriculture.

Options for mitigation of GHG emissions from industry fall into the following categories: energy efficiency, emissions efficiency (including fuel and feedstock switching, carbon dioxide capture and storage), material efficiency (for example through reduced yield losses in production), re ‐ use of materials and recycling of products, more intensive and longer use of products, and reduced demand for product services.

Not exact matches

«The credit quality, this move up in interest rates, this loss of a four - decade uptrend in bonds, downtrend in yields, that's the source of the volatility which I think far surpasses these amazing developments technology has come across in the last couple of decades,» said Gordon.

Ripple Rugs have been returned to Amazon 219 times — that's nearly $ 8,000 in losses since December — and while Ruckel can't prove they were all arbitrage - related, he says that sales through his own website have yielded only one return.

In a year that the main office was predicting massive losses, initial meetings with company executives yielded nothing but good reports.

MF Global's stock price declined two - thirds in the final week of October 2011 and its credit rating was reduced making its debt high - yield debt following huge quarterly losses.

As discussed below, the Department believes the approach adopted in this final rule likely yields the most desirable outcomes including avoidance of costly market disruptions, more compliance cost savings than other alternatives, and reduced investor losses.

target and maximum levels, assumed, for Mr. Hoyt's Wholesale Banking Group, continued double - digit loan growth and favorable credit quality; for Mr. Oman's Home and Consumer Finance Group, improvement in the home mortgage business due to cost control and expected improvements in the yield curve favorably affecting earnings from hedging activities; and for Ms. Tolstedt's Community Banking Group, growth in deposits, especially low or no - cost core deposits, continued loan growth, and stable credit loss rates.

In viewing your chart in one of your other posts regarding the long term returns of long bonds when current yield is under 3 %, why would I want to diversify into almost certain loss, after effects of inflatioIn viewing your chart in one of your other posts regarding the long term returns of long bonds when current yield is under 3 %, why would I want to diversify into almost certain loss, after effects of inflatioin one of your other posts regarding the long term returns of long bonds when current yield is under 3 %, why would I want to diversify into almost certain loss, after effects of inflation?

And retail investors, who have poured massive amounts of money into bond mutual funds because cash had a near - zero yield, can now park money in T - bills and earn close to 2 % with no risk of loss.

The losses in major Asian stock markets on Wednesday morning tracked losses on Wall Street overnight, and with increasing risks seen in tech shares, weak copper prices, and high US Treasury yields.

Regardless, we believe that the S&P 500 is likely to experience flat returns or losses over the coming decade, and we remain concerned about growing financial distortions driven by yield - seeking malinvestment, as we were in the runup to the global financial crisis.»

The markets» low - yield environment hit the bank with tighter credit spreads, which were reflected in a $ 567 million pretax debit valuation adjustment loss.

US stocks cut sharp early losses to end mostly down slightly on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising drop in euro zone inflation data.

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Investing in higher - yielding, lower - rated, floating - rate loans and debt securities involves greater risk of default, which could result in loss of principal — a risk that may be heightened in a slowing economy.

Increase in bond yields in the current quarter of the financial year 2017 - 18 resulted in losses in the company's long - term maturity investments, it said in the filings.

In an unconstrained bond fund, the manager can hedge interest rate risk with futures, options, or swaps, or even short Treasury bonds or notes, and make up the loss in yield by overweighting crediIn an unconstrained bond fund, the manager can hedge interest rate risk with futures, options, or swaps, or even short Treasury bonds or notes, and make up the loss in yield by overweighting crediin yield by overweighting credit.

Investing in high yield fixed income securities, otherwise known as «junk bonds», is considered speculative and involves greater risk of loss of principal and interest than investing in investment grade fixed income securities.

If you first grow and then rebalance to more yield returning investments, you will have to realize your gains at some point along the way... I assume ideally you would prefer to do that in a slow and steady process after retirement, but when you deal with growth stocks you might also want to protect your gains by setting stop losses which could then create a huge taxable event on some random Friday morning...

Higher rates effected performance, but nominal returns were still positive because eventually investors were able to make up for the price losses through the increases in yield.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- U.S. stocks cut sharp early losses to end mostly down slightly on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising drop in euro zone inflation data.

As US consumer prices declined unexpectedly on a month - to - month basis, Treasury yields retreated, while the Dollar remained under pressure against the Euro (although a break above 1.24 didn't happen in the EUR / USD), while the safe - haven Yen regained some of its recent losses against the Greenback.

As shown in the following chart, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI)-- a benchmark for crude oil — fell early in 2016, sparking a global loss aversion shift as investors began looking for a potentially higher - yielding investment opportunity.

If five years from now the yield simply returned to its level of a decade ago (and just in case you think I'm cherry picking, over the past 25 years it has averaged a 7.5 % yield and at the low in 1981 was twice that), bond investors would suffer a meaningful loss of capital.

In 2008, we maintained a very concentrated SmartKnowledgeU Crisis Investment Opportunities portfolio allocated to just a couple of asset classes, and we ended up the year with not a lesser 20 % loss against the 40 % + losses of a diversified US S&P 500, but we ended up with slightly positive yield for the year.

Higher yields also offset some of the losses that occur in bond prices, which can help stabilize total returns.

If every commercial firm utilized the same diversification strategies, then in up years, every firm's financial advisers more or less returned the same yields within a tight range to their clients, and in down years, every firm's financial advisers more or less returned the same losses within a tight range to their clients.

As long as investors aren't too concerned about the risk of capital losses - that is, as long as investors are in a risk - seeking mood (Iron Law of Speculation), a mountain of zero - interest hot potatoes will also embolden investors to chase yield further out on the risk spectrum, for example, in junk debt, stocks and mortgage securities.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

The downside for investors, if a high yield bond is called, is the loss of interest return for the years remaining in the life of the bond.

European bonds have even lower yields than dollar - denominated bonds and, if they have less chance of capital losses in 2017, they are unlikely to add a capital gain to those piddling yields.

In contrast, the present syndrome of overvalued, overbought, overbullish, rising - yield conditions is typically associated with abrupt and often steep losses, but is more commonly resolved over a period of months rather than years.

Meanwhile, I've been my own harshest critic — particularly with regard to the unfortunate timing of my stress - testing decision in 2009 — and have been very open about the challenges that QE and yield - seeking speculation have posed for the methods that resulted: deferring market losses that resulted much more quickly following extremely overextended market conditions in prior historical cycles.

For example, in a world where short - term interest rates are zero, Wall Street acts as if a 2 % dividend yield on equities, or a 5 % junk bond yield is enough to make these securities appropriate even for investors with short horizons, not factoring in any compensation for risk or likely capital losses.

NEW YORK U.S. stocks cut sharp early losses to end mostly down slightly on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising drop in euro zone inflation data.

High - yield corporate bonds are rated below investment grade and are subject to greater risk of default, which could result in loss of principal — a risk that may be heightened in a slowing economy.

The Dow and S&P indexes suffered some of their worst losses of the year last week, and a shocking price move in the bond market sent the benchmark 10 - year Treasury yield below 2 percent, the lowest level in over a year.

If we can avoid capital losses in the near term and then buy investment - worthy assets after they have dropped in price and offer much less capital risk and much higher income yields again, then there is hope for higher compound returns for many years thereafter.

They fall in price, imposing losses on investors, until their market yields increase to a value that's competitive with the new higher rates.

During the late morning and into the afternoon, losses in US stocks accelerated (S&P -23 to 2623, Boeing and the energy, materials, and industrial sectors lead decliners) and the 10 - year yield retreated to 2.962 %.

In 2010 and 2011, lesser overvalued, overbought, overbullish extremes were followed by significant market losses, even though Treasury bill yields were only in the range of 10 - 15 basis pointIn 2010 and 2011, lesser overvalued, overbought, overbullish extremes were followed by significant market losses, even though Treasury bill yields were only in the range of 10 - 15 basis pointin the range of 10 - 15 basis points.

From a speculative standpoint, then, what we presently observe is a rarified syndrome of overvalued, overbought, overbullish, rising - yield conditions that has typically resulted in profound market losses within about 2 years, but that doesn't entirely rule out further speculative gains.

There is also the prospect of price loss as the Federal Reserve (Fed) has started raising its benchmark lending rate amid a stronger U.S. economy (a bond's yield moves in the opposite direction of its price).

Washington Prime Group (WPG), a mall and shopping center REIT, had a 1.2 % yield, 35.7 forward price - per - earnings ratio and a 33 % loss in its 52 - week share price movement through Dec. 6, 2017, according to Thomson Reuters as reported by Investopedia.

% yield, 9.44 forward price - per - earnings ratio and a 3 % loss in its 52 - week share price movement through Dec. 6, 2017, according to Thomson Reuters as reported by Investopedia.