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Participants agreed to elaborate on the text by including language stating: «Projected impacts vary across crops and regions and adaptation scenarios, with about 10 % of projections for the period 2030 - 2049 showing yield gains of more than 10 %, and about 10 % of projections showing yield losses of more than 25 %, compared to the late 20th century.»

Short - term returns on paid book advertisements often yield losses of 40 % or more.

Once infected, these plants absorb less water and nutrients, resulting in yield losses of up to 75 percent.

There is a 1 - in - 20 chance of yield losses of those crops of more than 20 percent, it says.

Studies at IRRI showed that sheath blight causes a yield loss of 6 % across lowland rice fields in tropical Asia.

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.

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.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

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 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.

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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.

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 sell early — either because you need cash or you change your investment plans — you will be exposed to additional risks, including the risks of loss or decreased yield from your ladder.

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.

A big part of the reason Vanguard High Dividend Yield didn't give investors relatively smaller losses during the recent sell - off has to do with the nature of what caused the correction.

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.

The impact of central bank asset purchases on the financial markets remains wholly dependent on investor psychology, particularly the willingness of investors to chase yield and to ignore any risk of capital loss.

The one - day loss for many funds, including Vanguard Total Bond Market, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond, Pimco Total Return and Metropolitan West Total Return, while less than a half a percentage point, still amounted to more than 10 percent of their current yield.

So with the more price stable gilts of short or medium term we are looking at a negative real yield with a potential capital loss when one day rates rise.

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.

Despite their diversification rule, dollar - denominated high - grade bonds offer low yields and a great likelihood of capital losses this year as the Federal Reserve (Fed) raises interest rates.

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.

The results of our study are consistent with financial complexity being a by - product of banks catering to yield - seeking investors: we found that products offering high headline rates and products exposing investors to complete losses are more complex.

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.

That's because most states and health insurers found a way to price their plans after the loss of cost - sharing reductions so that they actually yielded better deals for many Americans who buy insurance through Obamacare.

Most of the higher yields got cut with corresponding capital losses.

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 the deflation deadlock is ever broken and yields are rising several 100 basis points, the resulting mark - to - market losses of bond and swap portfolios could lead to systemic pressure.

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 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).

With a year - to - date loss of 6.77 percent, the yield is a lofty 10.79 percent.

Erosion and the loss of soil fertility cause further complications, and as yields decline, more and more petrochemical fertilizers are applied to the soil, finding their way into already polluted water supplies.

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• 30 - 50 % increase in shelf life • Eliminate risk of product recalls • Little to no yield loss • Energy efficiency

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The Tunnel of Fire can be applied before cooking to achieve maximum flame searing with minimum yield loss or after cooking for pasteurization.

However, critics argue that organic agriculture may have lower yields and would therefore need more land to produce the same amount of food as conventional farms, resulting in more widespread deforestation and biodiversity loss, and thus undermining the environmental benefits of organic practices5.

These yield advantages have been attributed to more efficient use of nutrients, water and light and a combination of other factors such as the introduction of new regenerative elements into the farm (e.g. legumes) and fewer losses resulting from pests and diseases.

The focus has been on continuously improving efficiency, yield and quality of the steam peeling process, while reducing peel loss.