Or there is no investment with a lower standard deviation for the same expected return.
Investments with a high standard deviation over one year have a lower standard deviation when measured over longer periods.
For the first time, the next generation of Americans, our grandchildren, risk having a lower standard of living than we enjoyed.
The good news is we found out about these shenanigans before this incredibly bad behavior became an acceptable new, lower standard.
What this means is that in these states all they got for paying state income taxes was a lower standard of living.
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Devaluation means inflation, capital flight (and who wants to hold a depreciating currency?), increased cost of capital, destroyed savings and a lower standard of living.
And they're actually setting a much lower standard than here.
Americans are being forced into a scenario of accepting a lower standard of living, while the fat cats on Wall Street get a QE2 license to speculate and receive record bonuses.
She notes that the regulator's decision to lodge a civil action, not criminal proceedings, gives it a higher chance of winning than many might think, because a lower standard of proof is required.
In exchange they would get an immensely valuable release from any future lawsuits of this nature, including suits based on state consumer-protection laws that require a lower standard of proof than ordinary fraud claims.
This had led critics to say authorities now get "two bites at the cherry" as they are able to try again in the civil courts - where there is a lower standard of proof - if a criminal case fails.
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Adams said the 23 mitigating factors presented by the defense had to be proved by a preponderance of the evidence, a lower standard than the one that was used for the prosecution's 10 aggravating factors -- beyond a reasonable doubt.
When the music stops, countries living beyond their means must lower their standard of living one way or another.
The unit's output level is lower than standard equipment like DVD players, forcing you to crank up the stereo's volume.
In this role, most are subject to a lower suitability standard for making sure the investment is okay, but not necessarily the best investment product for you.
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Investing in actively-managed mutual funds that charge high fees can lower your standard of living in retirement by as much as one-third over a low-cost index fund strategy.
The government also contends that most cellphone tracking conforms to a lower legal standard than a search warrant, which requires authorities show probable cause to suspect connection to a crime.
Nongfu Spring, one of the China's biggest water producers, is suing Beijing Times for alleging that its bottled water did not meet national water quality standards, but instead adhered to a lower provincial standard.
Since October 2, 2008, the SPDR Homebuilder (XHB) ETF is down 25%, while Toll Brothers is 40% lower, Standard Pacific is down 48% and big losers like Hovnanian and KB Home have plummeted 83% and 69%, respectively.
Brokers, on the other hand, are subject to the lower, suitability standard.
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The reason for the faster book speed was outside air temperature that was 5 degrees Celsius lower than the standard for 40, 000 feet.
This would bring to six the number of Aegis platforms in Japan's inventory, giving it a considerable infrastructure to provide for an early and potentially highly effective anti-missile defense of the Home Islands by equipping these ships with both the lower-tier Standard Missile (SM) 2 Block IVA missile and upper-tier SM3 Block II missile as they become available.
More than 100 countries have adopted the .05 alcohol-content standard or lower, according to a report by the board's staff.
According to Dr. Ron Fouchier, a Dutch virologist, this mutation allows the virus to reproduce at much lower temperatures than a standard avian influenza virus.
Mr Bewley concludes that employers resist pay cuts largely because the savings from lower wages are usually outweighed by the cost of denting workers' morale: pay cuts hit workers' standard of living and lower their self-esteem.
But the officials suggested the new standard is much lower than before December 25.
Europe's citizens will also see the benefit, in lower unemployment and a higher standard of living.
To be sure, the embargo "may cause upward pressure on oil prices in Europe in the short term as Iran's oil is diverted, but lower prices elsewhere, " Standard Chartered said, as China would likely take advantage by negotiating discounts.
As you can see in the graph below, when combining such assets, returns generally shift to the lower right: higher return and lower risk (as measured by standard deviation).
Isabella Sankey of Liberty, a pressure group, fears the CPI could be worse than the ASBO, as the standard of proof will be lower and the test of anti-social behaviour broader.
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