We also discussed the importance of the transition from a Defense-weighted U.S. approach to a more State Department-weighted approach, and the need to make sure that we are adequately funding and supporting all the diplomatic measures that are going to be necessary so that we can partner effectively with a new Iraqi government over the long haul.
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In America, Japan's competitive cars and the value of the yen (at a 20-year low on a trade-weighted basis) threaten to become political issues again.
Keane again had a chance one-on-one with the keeper after a well-weighted pass from Kamara but Kello again denied him his first home goal for the club.
The five-year performance quoted above (like the ones in the tables beginning on page 136) is a time-weighted return, measuring results for a hypothetical investor who put in a sum at the beginning and stood pat.
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This week, it reached its lowest level in eight months on a trade-weighted basis, according to the Fed, and is within a whisker of an all-time low against the euro.
This computation, which is known as a time-weighted return, assumes something, however: a hypothetical investor who started five years ago and stayed put.
His conclusion: from 1998-2010 the index returned only 2.1% annualized on a money-weighted basis, not 7.3%.
In fact, the decline of the dollar has already begun measured on a trade-weighted basis, it is now around 10% below the level a year ago.
Mr Bhalla also takes issue with a suggestion that the Reserve Bank adopt an exchange-rate target a band of plus or minus 5% around a currency-weighted rate.
We're already seeing that in large sovereign-wealth funds, such as the decision by Norway's oil fund to adopt a GDP-weighted bond portfolio that ramps up the exposures to emerging markets.
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With this small bias comes increased risk, but PXI has managed to generate excess risk-adjusted returns of more than 9.5 percent over the past year when compared with a cap-weighted benchmark of U.S. energy firms.
On a trade-weighted basis, it is 2.3% weaker than it was on June 18th.
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It covers the entire MLP sector using a cap-weighted methodology of the 50 largest MLPs.
One is that these returns are calculated on a time-weighted, rather than asset-weighted basis.
The euro has appreciated nearly 8 per cent since July on a trade-weighted basis.
On a trade-weighted basis the dollar today is close to where it was before Lehman failed.
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However, the Scarlets had the consolation of Sean Lamont's late try from a perfectly-weighted Stephen Jones cross-kick.
James then unleashed a perfectly-weighted cross-kick for Banahan to claim the first touchdown.
Mikael Silvestre was the provider, picking up the loose ball and sending in a perfectly-weighted cross to the Italian.
If Apple doubles in price, the manager of a capitalization-weighted fund can take the day off, neither buying nor selling.
The value of sterling against a trade-weighted basket of currencies is now around 25% lower than in mid-2007, before the financial crisis began.
Between September 2008 (when Lehman Brothers failed) and March 2009 (when America's stockmarkets hit bottom), the dollar rose by almost 13% on a trade-weighted basis.
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After a welcome appreciation alongside a stronger dollar in 2008, China's currency has fallen on a trade-weighted basis in recent weeks as the dollar has tumbled.
Doyle set it up with a superbly-weighted through pass and Keane, displaying typical coolness, outpaced James Collins before chipping the ball over the advancing keeper Wayne Hennessey.
The central bank also said it would peg its plunging currency at a level of 131 kroner to the euro, or a trade-weighted index of 175, in the inter-bank market.
Corrected for deflation and on a trade-weighted basis, including trading partners such as Switzerland with robust currencies, the yen has been relatively flat since the 1980s, according to a Bank of Japan analysis.
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After rising 7%, the yuan again stopped appreciating in early August as the world economy threatened to come unglued and as investors fled the euro for the dollar, which rose sharply on a trade-weighted basis.
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Largely dictating the play despite that early setback, the visitors nearly scored in the 17th minute when Baines jabbed a nicely-weighted pass inside for Steven Pienaar who curved the ball casually out of Brad Freidel's reach but against the bar.
Sterling has fallen more than 1% on a trade-weighted basis from its late-September highs on fears that the U.K. economy could contract again in the final three months of 2012 after having only pulled out of recession in the previous quarter.
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