Grantham says that although securities in developing nations look overpriced, they offer relative value.
These flows are, in turn, affected by the performance and perceived relative value of other investments.
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Normally countries with higher inflation-adjusted interest rates tend to attract capital to their currency, raising its relative value.
Meanwhile, the brand, as a trusted retailer of books, remains strong, but its relative value is a fair question.
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When measuring relative value, investors subtract the proposed yield on a bond from the corresponding yield on the MMD.
Rather, they serve to illustrate the relative value of common sources of validation, from the most to least impactful.
When the ratio is higher than historical norms, usually 100% or more, many investors believe municipals bonds offer relative value.
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They are, however, quick and easy ways for each of us to measure the relative value of the things we buy.
"This feels a little bit like a panic to the upside, " said Maury Fertig, chief investment officer at Relative Value Partners.
The company also says mortgage-backed funds are up 3.74% and relative value funds (which would also hold mortgage bonds) are up 6.53%.
As China buys more euros, yen and pounds, and less dollars, on the margin, the relative value of those currencies will change.
The Economist uses the cost of Big Macs around the world to determine whether the relative value of currencies is on target.
Besides discovering the most mutually beneficial approach, you will learn about the relative value that they place on intrinsic and extrinsic rewards.
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For those that don't know, PPP is a way of measuring the relative value of currencies, accounting for things like cost of living.
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That, in turn, has led to an increase in the relative value of the Japanese yen as investors have moved into the currency for protection.
In its report "Relative Value", Citizens Advice Scotland said a third of the parents who cannot look after their children struggle because of addiction issues.
The relative value of Latin America's rose from 1.0% to 2.8%.
This is because investors should be looking not at relative value, but for the same high absolute returns that they would require of similarly risky equities.
The hidden story behind all this is the AMA cartel and its Relative Value Committee that dictates reimbursement rates for procedures under Medicare (which most private insurance follows).
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Armed with index funds and strategies like sector rotation, relative value and tactical asset allocation, these advisers all attempt to earn their keep by beating benchmarks net of fees.
This dynamic feeds off itself, because as secondary bonds rise on stronger buying, relative value for new issues improves, which makes pricing come down, which stimulates greater demand and so on.
It was basic business and economics applied to higher education, and the result was a bold set of recommendations that has sparked a fervent debate over the relative value of various bachelor degree programs.
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If you choose a closed-end fund trading at a discount to its net asset value, you might also get some capital appreciation, says Maury Fertig, chief investment officer at Relative Value Partners LLC, Northbrook, Ill.
Futures markets determine foreign exchange rates, and in a world of gyrating currency values there are serious questions about whether they are the best way to determine the relative value of dollars, euros and yen.
Although it now clearly looks like a bubble, at the time, there were many who justified the prices paid for tulips by comparing their relative value to other food and commodities such as wheat, rye, swine, and cheese.
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While any investor can buy gold or gold ETFs, land is harder to purchase and the combination of a big run in gold and a terrible housing market has created some relative value opportunities in some types of land.
"If you look at what most economists were saying, it was unlikely that we were going to get any more than Operation Twist, but the market may have been expecting more dramatic action, " says Maury Fertig, chief investment officer at Relative Value Partners.
So strong is this indirect effect, on his calculations, that the gradual fall in the relative value of America's minimum wage over the past 20 years is capable of explaining 1.5 percentage points of the fall in the country's equilibrium rate of unemployment over the same period.
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