With pay based on positive performance, the temptation to hide losses increases on trading desks.
This will allow you to participate in the expected positive performance in the index.
Martin Dorph, the university's senior vice president for finance, attributed the relatively positive performance to the endowment's conservative asset allocation.
Two other strategies show positive performance in the HFR index this year including funds investing in companies which are mostly private and illiquid.
So far in October, the index is up 3.2 percent, and if this historical trend is sustained, we should see continued positive performance.
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If you can avoid taking a big hit in one stock or one trade, your portfolio has a much better chance to show positive performance.
The Audit Office said while the write-offs had produced a positive performance against the corporate target, the percentage of total rent collected had reduced and there were high levels of individual arrears.
Maybe not quite as good as last year, but executive compensation is likely to rise significantly given the positive performance of the stock market so far and the continued improvement of corporate earnings.
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Eight of the nine top lifters tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, not steroids, as originally reported.
The four stocks I have selected from the list have the most positive relative performance, or RS analysis patterns.
Granted, declining interest rates over the past 10 years contributed to market conditions that were conducive to positive bond performance.
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The company said it was able to increase the dividend because of a "strong balance sheet, increased liquidity and positive business performance".
Armstrong maintains he has never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and has said USADA and its CEO, Travis Tygart, are out to get a "big fish" to justify the agency's existence.
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The lack of acquisitions, combined with Simon's underleveraged balance sheet drove analysts to forecast the company's dividend to increase, but the experts advise shareholders to invest in Singaporean and U.K. property operator equities, as they may provide positive currency performance for U.S.-based investors.
The seven-time Tour de France winner asked the court for action against the USADA for a host of reasons, having maintained he's never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and accusing the USADA and its CEO, Travis Tygart, of being out to get a "big fish" to justify the agency's existence.
When it is defined by whether individuals put forth extra effort, from a performance point of view it is a performance positive.
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Positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs have been relatively rare under the major league testing program, with just two others in 2011: Tampa Bay outfielder Manny Ramirez and Colorado Rockies catcher Eliezer Alfonzo.
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According to Jeff Hirsch, whose father, Yale Hirsch, invented the barometer in 1972, the positive correlation between performance for January and the whole year has failed only seven times, including in 2009 and 2010.
The agency was expected to capitalize on Braun capturing the MVP award last season but put those plans on hold after it was leaked in December that Braun had tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug, a charge Bruan always denied.
The monthly studies are all positive as the relative performance moved above its WMA at the end of November.
For instance, Ms Trewhitt says that raising the quality of teaching is recognised as having a positive impact on pupil performance.
While there is still a long way to go, the report points out that the companies are also showing positive signs of financial performance.
Positive residuals indicate over performance, while negative residuals indicate under performance.
The relative performance is positive as it tested its long-term uptrend, line c, in the middle of September and moved back above its WMA when XLV was peaking.
While Vettel was accentuating the positive, the race performance was a disappointing one, and the rapid tire degradation is a headache for a team which had precious few reliability issues over recent years.
But the 28-year-old typically refused to dwell on the positive aspects of his own performance.
The Munich and Paris-based company attributed the results to its excellent underlying performance and significant positive foreign currency effects.
The relative performance had turned positive and the chart showed an apparent flag formation or a continuation pattern, which is one of my favorite setups.
Psychologist Albert Bandura of Stanford University has written extensively about the connection between positive thoughts and better sports performance, demonstrating that belief in oneself improves motor skills.
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