Sentences with phrase «yielded a loss for»

Jones, Nicolla's attorney in the bid - rigging case, said the monetary loss on the garage, plus the cost of imploding the hotel annex, yielded a loss for Columbia.

The yield losses for potatoes, wheat and celeriac are between 18 to 19 percent and therefore somewhat higher.»

Not exact matches

For example, a 5 % dividend yield is also a 5 % cushion against losses.

The average and median real returns for yields under 3 % over ten and fifteen years were annual 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.

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.

Even with low yields and rising interest rates, bonds still tend to do their job by dampening volatility and minimizing losses for the overall portfolio.

As yield - starved investors looked for relatively safe alternatives to low - yielding Treasury securities, they turned to mortgage securities, which had to - date never experienced major losses.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 lossFor 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 lossfor investors with short horizons, not factoring in any compensation for risk or likely capital lossfor risk or likely capital losses.

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.

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.

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

Blast caused great yield loss on traditional glutinous rice varieties and farmers were spraying fungicides for up to seven times.

The UK is recognised as the world leader in chilled food production with c # 10Bn annual sales yet inherent process problems mean manufacturers typically aim for 2 % yield losses yet often deliver between 5 % and 10 %.

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.

But, he added, in order to close the import - export gap, farmers need help making ends meet during the three transition years in which they must farm organically and often experience lower yields than under conventional methods, but do not yet qualify for the higher price premium of organic to compensate for their losses.

She indicates that for the mother and for many of the adopted people, knowing each other is necessary to resolve the loss, even if their search yields news that is less than ideal.

Minimizing yield losses while reducing groundwater usage is a continual goal for Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists on the High Plains, where quantities of water from the Ogallala Aquifer are diminishing.

With their low light loss and high photoluminescence quantum yield, these novel one - dimensional microstructures could serve as an effective platform for the development of new systems of color tunable optical waveguides with polarized emissions.

The two basic movements in the sitting - rising test — lowering to the floor and standing back up — are each scored on a 1 - to - 5 scale, with one point subtracted each time a hand or knee is used for support and 0.5 points subtracted for loss of balance; this yields a single 10 - point scale.

In the future, the knowledge about beneficial fungi could also help to develop sustainable solutions for agriculture, the scientist says: «Inoculants based on these beneficial microbes help to «immunize» the plants against pathogens and pests, thereby reducing yield losses due to infections, in a sustainable way.»

An international community of conservationists, scientists and sociologists needs to join the concerned citizens and researchers of Nicaragua in demanding two things: first, independent assessments of the repercussions of this mega-project; and second, that the Nicaraguan government halt the project should the assessments confirm fears that this canal will yield more losses than gains for the region's natural resources, indigenous communities and biodiversity.

Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) is a fungal disease that affects worldwide wheat production due to dramatic yield loss, and reduced grain quality from toxins that make harvests unsuitable for consumption.

The research opens up a whole new area of exploration for scientists as they try to increase the yields of wheat and decrease losses due to excessively humid conditions.

Blast caused great yield loss on traditional glutinous rice varieties and farmers were spraying fungicides for up to seven times.

Such studies may yield druggable targets for weight loss therapies.

Well, it was not made for weight loss, but if you are willing to try it out, it will yield results.

I feel that a combination of all three (not necessarily during the same phase of your workouts) will yield the best results for overall muscular development, body fat loss, and athletic performance.

According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, consuming a low - carb diet containing less than 35 percent of your daily energy intake from carbohydrates yields a reduced calorie intake and is effective for weight loss.

Therefore, diets longer than two to four months yielding weight loss of approximately 0.5 to 1 % of bodyweight weekly may be superior for LBM retention compared to shorter or more aggressive diets.

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However, for the defensive income investor looking for a little dividend yield at the cost of total return, they're a safe bet... safe in the sense that water utilities won't be going out of business any time soon, though capital losses should be expected should rates rise.

And then it makes more money per dollar of loans it makes because it receives a high yield for these loans while simultaneously charging off a lower than normal amount of each loan each year for its losses.

From a percentage standpoint, this «10 % Trade» will deliver an instant 3.4 % yield for selling the covered call ($ 1.38 / $ 40.26) and a -0.6 % capital loss -LRB-- $ 0.26 / $ 40.26).

At a 10 - year Treasury yield of 1.7 %, interest on reserves of 0.25 %, and a monetary base now at about 18 cents per dollar of nominal GDP (see Run, Don't Walk), further purchases of long - term Treasury securities by the Fed would produce net losses for the Fed in any scenario where yields rise more than about 20 basis points a year, or the Fed ever has to unwind any portion of its already massive positions.

Bond Swap: Selling municipal bonds (usually at a loss) and using the proceeds to buy other municipal bonds, to establish a loss for tax purposes, to diversify a portfolio, to increase cash flow, or increase yield.

Yes, defaults have been less than predicted, but defaults tend to persist for at least two years, and current yields for junk don't reflect a second year of losses in my opinion.

It means that people have invested so heavily in low yielding debt, that if rates return to «normal» higher levels, people will take large losses on «principal» to compensate for this fact.

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.

From a percentage standpoint, this «10 % Trade» will deliver an instant 5.0 % yield for selling the covered calls ($ 1.80 / $ 36.02) and a 0.1 % loss -LRB-- $ 0.02 / $ 36.02).