One thing Stimpson didn't change: a bias toward finding geniuses chiefly from the left.
Barclays said investors should expect neutral monetary policy with a bias toward tightening liquidity through open market operations.
It may be a bias toward believing what you want to believe rather than what the facts may tell you.
"We have a bias toward action, jumping on crazy things, betting on incomplete management teams and unproven technology, " says partner Steven Jurvetson.
Were Simon alive today, he would say that companies with a bias toward optimism and fun are better bets to seize the upside surprise.
Hedge fund managers will usually buy exchange-traded fund (ETF) puts as they accumulate certain equities, thereby creating a bias toward put buying on these ETFs.
In managing a portfolio that has a bias toward equities the balance is usually a combination of cash equity and index or sector tracker funds.
Given that managers usually have a bias toward a particular style of investing, this causes even more money to flow to the most popular stocks.
But it does so inefficiently, with a bias toward the elderly.
You also have to have a bias toward innovation.
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"They're still showing a bias toward tightening, though that doesn't mean they will actually do it, " says O'Sullivan, who believes the key rate will remain at 5.25% through the end of the year.
He characterizes this as a bias toward action.
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The moral of this story is leaders need to be honest, have a demonstrated track record of success, be excellent communicators, place an emphasis on serving those they lead, be fluid in approach, have laser focus, and a bias toward action.
The lower intensity of dietary intervention for the control group during the first few years might have caused a bias toward a benefit in the two Mediterranean-diet groups, since the participants in these two groups received a more intensive intervention during that time.
In the past several years, one of the most respected institutions in the area of disease prevention has come under scrutiny for allowing its assessments to be colored by a bias toward positive results and to be swayed by advocacy in the wider society.
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Takeovers happen and the acquiring firm has a natural bias toward keeping its own people.
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In an act of desperation, Donziger formally requested that Kaplan be removed, arguing that he had shown a consistent bias toward Chevron.
But not this Federal Reserve, which has a strong bias toward disinflation and many of whose members seem to have had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the insufficient amount of easing we have had to date.
He laments "a tremendous bias" toward quick-fix treatments like CBT.
Zacks.com reports that 19 of the 31 analysts following the shares rate them a Hold or worse, pointing toward a bearish bias within the brokerage community.
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First, CXO may have had a grading bias derived from some unintentional animus toward gurus.
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If anything, he believes, the central bank shows more bias toward another rate increase than toward a cut, given that its last three statements show less tolerance for rising prices than those statements prior to June.
Throw in solid global economic growth that helped spur a narrower than expected U.S. trade deficit from this month, and it's no surprise that the Fed's bias is probably toward another raise, rather than a cut.
History has shown, however, that franchised properties are less likely to run into financial problems than independent properties, so it's going to be a few more years before mortgage lenders are ready to give up that bias toward some franchise being in place.
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