This is because investors should be looking not at relative value, but for the same high absolute returns that they would require of similarly risky equities.
Clothing and footwear prices to U.K. consumers rose year-on-year in September for the first time since March 1992, hitting a two-year high in absolute terms, say the official data.
If investors are willing to reward companies that pay dividends by buying their shares, then companies with high relative cash holdings in addition to absolute cash levels would do well to listen.
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The Vanquish is at its absolute best tracking straight and true at high speed, an avenging spirit with diamond eyes.
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Looking to 2004, the National Association of Home Builders forecasts that single-family housing starts will decline 3%, though the absolute figure will still be sky-high.
However, the absolute value of the benefit is not very high when interest rates are low.
While the absolute volume of cash and carry transactions is high the aggregate dollar value of cash purchases is low, estimated at less than 1% of the total.
The maximum electric load potential of the high-voltage battery is 480 kW, which is an absolute best value in the automotive sector.
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Although the absolute volume of short sales is touching a record high, the confidence level of the short-sellers must be near a record low.
Meanwhile the Conservatives' target lead for an absolute majority is, at 11 points, just as high as it was before.
In fact, the rate of return you can earn today on high yield bonds (6.61%) is the lowest absolute yield on record.
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The Absolute Radio Network saw digital listening reach an all time high, with an audience of 2.28 million listeners - the largest digital audience of any commercial station over the past three months, and an increase of 1% on last year's figures.
Ruling on the council's appeal, Lord Justice Hughes said he could find no flaw in the High Court judge's ruling that the council had breached its "absolute duty" under the Highways Act 1980 to adequately inspect and maintain the road.
In 2010 parents of a Pennsylvania high schooler sued Lower Merion School District for "spying" on their son using Absolute surveillance software.
Following the recent emergence of studies finding high levels of coronary plaque in marathon runners, sports medicine is debunking the myth that distance running confers near-absolute protection against heart disease.
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