What is more, it is hard to know how hedge funds actually fare, since indices that track industry performance tend to overstate the returns.
To finish the story, I made a decision in 1997 that my clients would earn their fair share of market returns through a portfolio of very low-cost index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that track industry benchmarks.
While no one tracks the number of regional or independent broker-dealers that have gone out of business, analysts who track the industry say that at least a dozen have closed their doors due to insufficient capital or issues with complex investments like private placement in just the last six months.
Financial newsletters that track the biotech industry say that while real progress has been made on the cancer front, some of the optimism for future discoveries has engendered rampant speculation.
We are professionals, with long track records in our industry, and we take our responsibilities seriously.
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"Praxair has the best execution track record in the industry, " says Laurence Alexander, an analyst at Jeffries.
On top of this, the track record of the industry in constructing new reactors on-time and to budget is lamentable.
"It is brutal to track inventory in our industry, but now that we've got it down, we're continuing to evolve online, " says Andrew Florance, CoStar's CEO.
Elizabeth Caesens, the head of the Carter Center's mining governance project in DR Congo, said www.congomines.org would make it easier for the public to track developments in the industry, including money allocated for development.
Only half of the companies in the industry could accurately track their costs by project, he told me.
Braben has a track record in the games industry, with Frontier Developments producing titles like Kinect Disneyland Adventures.
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The industry is on track to post further sales gains in 2012.
The wind industry is on track to power one in 10 homes by 2015, according to the trade body for UK renewable energy firms.
Listen, before I just make a few short remarks, I just want to acknowledge some people who are here who have been critical in helping make sure that we are putting the U.S. auto industry back on track.
So, when the president of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) says the industry is on track to meet his projection of a 4.7% increase in sales of microchips for the fourth quarter of 2001, his words are treated with caution.
Today the theory is on track to catch up with industry practice and provide pedigree deserves the E-cat and the generator of 1 MW. Credible and renowned theorists are involved to explain this phenomenon which is inconsistent with the known laws of physics and applied.
If you look at the track record of the electric utility industry, we are doing that in real time.
It could be a long while before the industry gets back on track.
Telcos should look for partners in the software industry with a successful track record in those verticals they want to go after with M2M services.
Moreover, the electric industry has a proven track record of adding additional generating capacity and transmission solutions when and where needed and of coordinating effectively to address reliability concerns.
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In exchange, the tobacco industry was promised a regulatory track out of their current (declining) business model.
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Those in the beverage industry know Sadowsky and his track record for making good bets in this highly entrepreneurial field.
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WiseWindow constantly distills social media data into industry-specific taxonomies that track dozens of attributes about products, trends, and various other attitudes.
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These leaders have a proven track record for pioneering many of the industry's most significant transformations to date, and bring with them deep customer relationships and industry expertise.
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He'll discuss the steps we took to get our economy back on track, including saving the American auto industry, which has created approximately 200, 000 new jobs since the spring of 2009.
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He has an admirable track record of combining the traditional watch industry with the modern world, and most recently is the CEO behind the innovative and very successful new high-end watch brand HYT.
Drug industry mergers have a decidedly mixed track record, as many deals have done little to boost long-term growth.
For many, though, the new reporting will be convenient, placing the burden less on investors to keep track of gains and more on the securities industry.
Speaking for the industry, Stuart Ingis, general counsel for the Digital Advertising Alliance, said the decision to adopt do-not-track is an "evolution" of the industry's approach.
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