Ultimately, that drives down the cost of capital in the U.S. relative to our competitors.
Its price-to-sales multiple, 2.5 times, looks decent relative to 3.5 for imaging concern Getty Images.
Keeping this in mind, you may want to design your own personal benchmark that measures absolute performance (i.e. performance vs. your investment goals) rather than performance relative to the market.
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It is quite evident from even a cursory review of these most basic concepts of SCF that at least a rudimentary understanding of Shariah is required to grasp the implications of SCF relative to U.S. law.
For Asian firms issuing debt, large U.S. fund managers offer advantages relative to retail investors.
That may sound small, but it's a massive figure relative to the .05% to .07% fraud rate at brick-and-mortar retailers, estimates Avivah Litan, senior analyst for Gartner, a Connecticut-based technology consulting firm.
The stock yields 4.6% and has a price-to-book ratio of 1.7, modest relative to rivals.
The increase in the value of the yuan since 2004 means that the price of oil, iron ore, copper, agricultural products and all other commodities have gone down by 25% for China-based manufacturing relative to U.S. based manufacturing.
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Piracy in the region is thought to have tarnished its image as a stable holiday destination, with visits to impacted East African coastal nations down by nearly 6.5% relative to visits to other countries.
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Okay, suppose you like the U.S. dollar, which has been very strong relative to other currencies.
The decision to slash tax rebates on exports also alleviates some of the U.S. pressure on China to let the yuan appreciate relative to the dollar.
Since Halloween, the U.S. sovereign debt relative to these blue chip corporates has deteriorated sharply.
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The total amount of U.S. credit default swaps outstanding is low, relative to many European countries.
He notes that a 10% drop year to date has priced in potential pressure in the U.S. federal government sector, and that the stock now looks cheap relative to rivals.
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The paper is worth considering, given that in many U.S. workplaces, both bosses and employees rarely discuss pay or productivity relative to other workers.
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U.S. stock prices are attractive relative to alternatives like corporate bonds and U.S. Treasuries.
He said that at some level, the magnitude of the reaction, the economic reaction worldwide, to the subprime problems here might be deemed surprising given the small size of the U.S. subprime market relative to world financial markets, which does make a lot of sense.
Like the U.S. workers it is helping to displace, Cognizant has become expensive relative to other available options.
Other things equal, the reduction in the trade deficit due to fracking will reduce imported capital and put pressure on investment relative to saving and government spending relative to taxing.
The U.S. is the world's biggest cotton exporter, but U.S. and foreign supplies relative to consumption are getting the tightest they have been since the mid-1990s.
Business conditions in the U.S. continue to be a relative source of comfort, according to Barclays analyst Tal Shapsa in New York.
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There is also the potential for positive developments in Europe, Japan and the Middle East. (I know some of these are long shots.) Plus, valuations for large-cap stocks are cheap relative to projected earnings.
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But, interestingly, Stephen Hester has conceded - I think for the first time - that it will take longer than the promised five years for RBS to hit new targets for what he calls "value drivers", which are the profit that the bank earns relative to its equity capital, and its costs relative to income.
That the Bills organization ultimately sided with Mr. Manuel speaks volumes of how much better they must believe Manuel will be relative to Nassib.
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She spent the next few years "couch surfing" from friend to friend, relative to relative.
Also, aluminum inventory continues to remain high relative to demand.
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The euro will be no worse off than the dollar in the long run, and those companies are selling at a significant discount to US stocks relative to earnings.
Surplus countries should allow and reinforce expansion in their domestic economies to stimulate demand for imports while deficit countries were supposed to tighten domestic conditions and policies to stimulate exports relative to imports.
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