Yet, ROE may work better as an indicator of risk than of potential return.
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And each time, their visit served as an indicator of the state of their season.
If so, take the taciturnity as an indicator of what not to do with the next person.
The bottom line is whether a 12.5% reduction in binding is meaningful as an indicator for abstinence or reduction.
As a result, they placed too much weight on recent increases in property prices as an indicator of fundamental value.
On another front, we look at how bonds are priced in the market as an indicator of deteriorating finances or enhanced risk.
As an indicator of how deeply Copious is betting on Facebook, people are required to use Facebook to log in and join Copious.
Economists pay close attention to the data, though, for their use as an indicator of consumer spending, the key driver of U.S. economic growth.
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In Saxon England, knives called scramasax were worn everywhere, perhaps as an indicator that the bearer was a free man, and were often intricately ornamented.
Maybe the public-sector premium arises from an incentive problem and hence higher public-sector pay can be used as an indicator of poor quality in this sector.
As an indicator, in 2011, about 2.3 gigabytes of IMS primary seismic, auxiliary seismic and hydroacoustic data were sent in near-real time daily to tsunami warning organizations.
It may therefore matter less as a harbinger of how future elections will be run than as an indicator of how Mr Brown will fight this one.
All eyes are on JPMorgan in particular as its diversified business model generally acts as an indicator of what to expect from other banks over the coming weeks.
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The overwhelming response to our Caliber gaming line ahead of IFA is promising, and we see it as an indicator that we are heading in the right direction.
As a rule of thumb, the larger the company and the larger the buyback the more reliable the buyback is as an indicator of the future stock price.
Some in the industry view the deal as a way for Facebook to elevate online social behavior closer to search as an indicator of consumer interest and purchase intent.
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Industry group, in general, as an indicator of business model, has the strongest influence on performance metrics used, with size and valuation premiums having little impact on metric selection.
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He said that the Airline did not have any plans to lay off any additional employees but will look at this week's business as an indicator to outlook the future.
Online companies pounce on every whisper or cryptic comment from Google about how it ranks pages as an indicator--up or down--of how online traffic will flow for millions of Web sites.
Elsewhere, the housing market was buoyed in November by low mortgage rates, with housing starts rising 4.5%, but building permits, which are seen as an indicator of future activity, slipped 5.4%.
If, as researchers have suggested, some schools in London have a majority of children being privately coached, then how reliable are school test results as an indicator of their teaching quality?
It found every 10% rise in body mass index (BMI) - used as an indicator of body fat - led to a 4% drop of available vitamin D in the body.
The Coin: Used as an indicator of great value.
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The Globes - which recognise both film and television - are often regarded as an indicator of the movies and actors who will go on to win honours at the Academy Awards.
Several well-known studies from the 1960s involving lab coats, prison guard uniforms and electric shocks show we are more likely to rely on uniforms as an indicator of expertise and authority, than not.
Wall Street pays close attention to this metric as an indicator of growth potential, because strong figures suggest that a retailer does not depend on new store openings for revenue and earnings increases.
In fact, so closely are growth and emissions linked that one commentator, Forbes' Jeff McMahon, has a post up whose title suggests we could use emissions as an indicator of economic activity.
But they can be matched with a general sort of animal, and thus act as an indicator of the fate of that group, even when there are no bones to tell the story.
This is affecting your IT just as much as your business: As an indicator, Forrester finds that 48% of information workers already buy whatever smartphone they want and use it for work purposes.
As well as coverage here on BBC1 the ceremony is being broadcast live in the United States for the first time and will be watched with keen interest as an indicator for the Oscar voting.
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