Yet, for equity mutual funds, high past returns are a poor predictor of high future returns.
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The best predictor of success for an outsider CEO is previous success leading another company.
More importantly, they reveal thought patterns and prior behavior the surest predictor of future behavior.
The variable freedom and control is by far the most significant predictor of life satisfaction .
The PGA awards are a good predictor of which films will ultimately be nominated for Oscars.
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But it is not always a good predictor of how well a film will ultimately do.
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The single biggest predictor of poverty among women is the birth of their first child.
The stock market is as good a predictor of that as other leading indicators.
As research has shown, keeping costs low is the best predictor of investor success.
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The frequency of personal prayer, he concluded, is "an important predictor of perceived purpose in life".
Day to day performance over a long period is the only reliable predictor of future results.
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The problem is that past performance is a notoriously poor predictor of future performance.
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Peter Higgs, eponymous predictor of physics's missing boson, faced similar trouble with Physics Letters.
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To be sure, choice of industry is not the only predictor of a startup's chances for success.
Although the biomarker data is encouraging, as Schoenebaum points out, this is far from a reliable predictor.
You can then use that model to build a predictor for which users are likely to leave.
The risk score was a greater predictor of becoming a smoker than family history according to the study.
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However, all that stuff was a whopping predictor of higher sales, profits and stock price two years out.
The rankings aren't a predictor of who will win or where teams will be seeded in the tournament.
Your driving history is seen as a predictor of what kind of risk you pose to the insurer.
The ADP report can offer a broad signal but is a rarely perfect predictor of the government estimate.
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Third, the income people earn upon arriving in the United States is a poor predictor of future achievement.
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Although none of these risk factors is a certain predictor of snapping, there are associated warning signs, Raison said.
But the market is not a very good predictor of future economic activity.
In addition, the closely watched services backlog number a predictor of future revenue rose a healthy 16%.
Rapidly falling gasoline inventories are a good predictor of sharply higher gasoline prices.
The most robust and consistent single predictor of leadership effectiveness is, simply, intelligence.
Thankfully, economic growth is a better predictor of stock market performance than a few trading days in early January.
That will translate into confidence, which is a strong predictor of negotiation performance.
Scholars have identified income inequality as the strongest predictor of violent crime rates.
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