Be careful not to become too enamored with the descriptive name or targeted sector of the portfolio because far too many of them tend to do a predictable standard deviation around a larger market index.
Amazon, EBay, Walmart and other on-line discounters, have targeted the electronic sector as a loss leader department.
The Fed has actively targeted the housing sector, buying up mortgages and pushing longer-term rates lower, which has also boosted auto industry by allowing for cheap financing.
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The Fed itself has targeted the housing sector through monetary policy, buying residential mortgage-backed securities in order to push interest rates down and provide further relief to mortgage-holders.
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But after hearing how microfinance worked, Lilian developed a scoring system, one of the first in the world targeted for the sector, that would determine those individuals that would best benefit from uncollateralized loans.
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"However, both the central heating programme and the warm deal in the social rented sector were targeted at the dwellings not the householder, " she said.
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Because small businesses have generated 64% of net new jobs over the past 15 years and represent 99.7% of all employer firms, Goldman has targeted them as a sector of economic growth and high-community impact.
Further targeted actions to spur private sector job creation are critically needed to ensure a more rapid, widespread recovery.
Mrs Clinton said that Iran's petrochemical industry, oil and gas industry and financial sector would be targeted by the sanctions.
And given the challenges of accelerating the pace of hiring in the private sector, these targeted initiatives are right and they are needed.
Today, he said, nearly 25% of his business comes from outside the financial sector and is targeted toward a wide range of devices, including iPads and Android phones.
Last month, I announced some additional targeted steps to spur private sector hiring and boost small businesses by building on the tax cuts in the Recovery Act and increasing access to the loans they desperately need to grow.
That's why last week, I announced some additional targeted steps to spur private sector hiring and give an added boost to small businesses by building on the tax cuts in the Recovery Act and increasing access to the loans desperately needed for small businesses to grow.
Not unlike its sector peers, SPWRA has been heavily targeted by short sellers.
Under those circumstances, members of Congress and private-sector activists may in the future seek targeted capital-market sanctions in response to egregious developments abroad.
It also needs a stronger play in the customer service sector- an area that salesforce.com targeted several years ago.
Hackers have traditionally targeted government and military computers, but in recent years have expanded their efforts into the commercial sector.
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So look, we will continue to look at and take steps that are, as I talked about on Monday, that are targeted in nature, to help continue the recovery and to help create an environment where the private sector is adding jobs.
The building sector has a huge energy footprint and uses a great mass of materials, so efficiency experts have targeted it for improvement.
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