Considering October of 1987, bubble theorists would likely explain the Oct. 19 crash as a function of a market that similarly spiraled out of control--its impressive rise throughout the '80s a precursor to its ugly, 24.5% collapse.
This is a function of every market being different, a factor you must handle carefully to ensure success, Johnson says.
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Gasoline (or petrol as it is called in India) is partially deregulated so the price is a function of international market rates whereas diesel is heavily subsidized in the country.
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In most developed markets, the primary function of an equity market is to provide price discovery, allowing successful companies to raise capital for profitable investment opportunities.
Nike controls a staggering 95% of the basketball shoe market already (a function of Michael Jordan much more than James or Kobe Bryant), but it has a new competitor in Under Armour which launched its first basketball shoe this month.
In the U.S. a lack of job growth and poor home sales data confirm that the recent strength in the home market was a function of the U.S. stimulus.
We added a video-CD function to this model in view of market preferences.
The dividend yield for the market is a function of its price-earnings ratio more than the dividend payout ratio on earnings.
The mix of relative and absolute values in our portfolios is really a function of the opportunities present in the market.
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What price-earnings ratio to put on the market is more of a function of the going inflation rate and the confidence level of the recession's depth and duration.
On health care, Huckabee says the current system does not let the free market function because the overwhelming share of the cost is picked up by the employer, while employees, who benefit the most, pay a small fraction of the bill.
Davidson argues that the inability of employers to recruit skilled workers, particularly in the manufacturing industry, is not a result of a mismatch between the type of education being undertaken by students and the skill sets demanded by the current job market, but rather a function of low wages being offered by employers.
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At first glance, this seems little more than a function of China becoming the world's largest auto market.
There are ways for the U.S. government to facilitate startups but they primarily involve getting out of the way and letting the market function.
Public pronouncements crowd out private opinions, and the market ceases to function as a way of aggregating and revealing diverse, private judgments of the world.
Guy told me that the demand for high-yield debt is a function of the improving economy, declining returns for the debt market, and the fact that the weakest issuers were effectively shaken out by the last recession.
Policymakers should commit to a detailed vision of how the euro area is expected to function to stabilize the market expectations and dispel the uncertainty.
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This is not just a function of the jobless rate, the destruction of wealth in the stock market and the depression in low and middle priced housing.
The rise in market volatility, in our opinion, is a function of digitalisation, which is exaggerating human mood swings by the unprecedented dissemination of information via the internet.
By taking these securities off the open market, the Fed inhibits the capital markets from fulfilling their function of appropriately pricing and dispersing risk.
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The recent uptrend in gold is one example of the trend and the euphoria surrounding it taking precedent over normal market function.
The corporate-bond market has virtually ceased to function since July 1999, when Daewoo collapsed under the weight of huge debts.
It is these attributes that allow the company to function as a small market cap company but still do the clinical development traditionally limited to the domain of big pharma.
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