Curve Quotations | Page 3

The sunlight flashes off your windshield, and when I look up into the small, posted mirror, I watch you diminish--my echo, my twin-- and vanish around a curve in this whip of a road we can't help traveling together.

The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast.

I've learned that water is certainly very complicated. Water and wet are two different things. But I'm aware of the issues coming up. There is a learning curve and I'm a little higher up on that curve.

Sometimes Mother Nature decides to throw a curve ball,

People are thinking he's going to drive funds higher than is currently priced into the market. He's going to drive this curve to a pretty deep inversion.

Normally, lower rates would be seen as a positive for stocks, but in this case, it seems like the Fed is behind the curve and the Fed is supposed to be leading us out of this. For months people have been talking about the disconnect between the economy and stock prices. Now it's starting to seem like that disconnect is narrowing.

A flat yield curve affected our spread business, and transaction volume in domestic life insurance & retirement services and capital markets was lower as a result of regulatory and related issues,

A flattening yield curve typically is indicative of the bond market's view that the Fed as being less accommodative,

A flat or inverted curve has been difficult for banks to manage. But if there are associated inflation expectations built into the lower end of the curve, it might make it easier for banks to price loans, so the cost of funds is less than the yield on their assets.

A curve inversion will last until the Fed stops tightening. As long is the Fed keeps tightening and inflation remains benign, the curve should be inverted.

Anybody who tells you that a flat yield curve is fine or that rising interest rates are good for the banking industry isn't in the same banking industry. Clearly these things are not helpful, but there are ways to manage through it.

Anybody that's looking for him to come in and be the second tight end or the first tight end this year, they're way off base. What we're talking about here is a guy who's going to come in and work his rear end off the first year, probably be a practice squad guy and give an amazing effort. Then in the second year, as the learning curve hits, will be a contributor.

And then my Suzuki's engine is definitely stronger, more horsepower, there's a different power curve and I am happier with it.

As far as traffic control, it's a learning curve for us at the Stockton Police Department. It's the first morning event at the arena, and we had the influx using the arena blending with the morning traffic coming to work.

As a forecasting rule of thumb, the yield curve has been pretty good but it may not be a good rule of thumb today.

At some point down the road, in a dynamic economy such as the U.S., we should be returning to a more normal shape. That means ultimately short rates and the front end of the curve will trade at lower yields than long rates.

A win is a win. We'll take it. But we're not going to take it without learning anything from it. The learning curve has to got to be there.

As may be expected, we found that CDH (consumer-driven health care) is a dynamic, fast-growing innovation still in its infancy. While early adopters have proven the benefits of the concept, the vast majority of managers have little more than the awareness of the general concepts. We have no doubt that many companies will implement CDH in the coming year, despite the steep learning curve ahead of them.

You're able to perform really complex mathematics and therefore re-generate a different curve that might be impossible to do using analog techniques.

This is awesome, ... It's been a long road for the GTO to get up on the pole position. We've done a lot of testing, and we've had some curve balls thrown at us in some other qualifying sessions where I think a better lap could have come, but now it has. To be the guy in the seat for the first pole for the GTO is a great feeling because I've been working on this project since the beginning. Pontiac has put up a huge effort. Jan got the first win and I got the first pole. I think the car will be good tomorrow.

This is the first Emmy to be staged outside the USA and confirms our efforts to stay ahead of the curve as digital technology re-shapes our industry.

They speak English, they drive a hard bargain, they know what they're doing. So anyone who thinks this is going to be a dumping ground for our products is mistaken. The learning curve can be pretty substantial.

They're uninhibited at an early age, a learning curve is so much higher without that. It's so much fun, they're quick learners. The younger ones seem to learn best through songs and games.

A lot of curve flattening trades had to be reversed.

Although mortgage rates have declined over the past three weeks, mortgage applications volumes have continued to fall. This is partially due to the flat yield curve and partially due to tighter lending standards by financial institutions.

Already the futures markets are pricing in another rate hike and talk about a 5.0-plus fed funds rate is making the rounds. The currently inverted yield curve may also be a signal to the Fed that the economic growth of the past couple of years may be waning and any added tightening may be like kicking a good man while he is down.

They did some things early on in there that threw us some curve balls. On defense, they did a real good coaching job on that part. We had to kind of struggle to get things going again, but we did control the ball, which is a big deal.

They're not awed by competition. They go into races with people older and stronger and they're not intimidated. There's no learning curve with them; they were like that in cross-country too. They do not get rattled, they just perform.

There's been a learning curve with him as far as not having Randy, who adds a totally different dimension to the offense. He's made several big throws, and when he gets more comfortable, he'll be back. There's no doubt about it.

There is this simplistic notion around that because the yield curve is inverted, therefore, economic growth is going to slow down, but ... no consideration is given as to why the economy would slow down.

There was a lot of money invested in the Treasury market that the curve would get more inverted. The market moved against that, and now there's a lot of pain.

A tepid equity market, a flat yield curve and low interest rates are all combining to put earnings and sales pressure on fourth-quarter results for life insurers.

Asset liability matching demand from pension funds will support the longer end and assuming the ECB hikes rates aggressively, we might see a flat yield curve by April.

Accidents happen at night. They come around the curve and flip it, and they wind up in my driveway or across the street.

A bullish orientation towards the front-end of the curve therefore should begin to dominate bond strategies, combined with an avoidance of anything that carries those low-risk premiums that Greenspan finally diagnosed, ... Those assets include real estate, equities, high yield, corporate, and some areas of emerging-market debt.

It's just a learning curve and once I get adjusted to it, I just kind of start to grow within that. Each step, I've been kind of doing the same thing.

It's just tricky. It's an extremely technical track and extremely fast down there at the bottom. If you get something wrong in a curve, it's just the way the curve sends you. You get shot up to the roof.

It's a tough one to get ahead of the curve on. Because it seems like we have so many people generally across the community that are ill, that's what makes this tougher and more complex.

It's a very big learning curve and they competed well but it was a very tough contest. (The other divers) were all stepping up and performing above and beyond how they did in the dual-meet season.

It will be a learning curve for him. I know the first few games are very important,

It's a complicated process to look from receiver to receiver. The steep learning curve is going to turn off most casual gamers.

It's a blessing and a curse, and not in that order. The freshmen are going through a learning curve that is very steep.

It is so similar to Microsoft Office that the learning curve (for the librarians) was short. If they can use Microsoft Office, they can use OpenOffice.

It's a good move. It flattens the yield curve and brings long-term rates down.

It's a learning curve for the field staff and the PGA Tour, too. We were surprised at the difficulty of some of the pin placements during the week for the pro-am competition, and I think the tour staff knows to re-think that.

It's a learning curve for all these young men. One has to hope that they learn quickly.

It's a learning curve and a process that we're in right now. It probably doesn't sound right being in the seventh year, honestly.

It's a learning curve and an experience for us. I don't want to use the excuse of use, but there is a factor there. Six of them have never been here before.

It probably doesn't mean we don't see another rate increase, but it suggests that the Fed is not behind the curve and inflation is not getting out of control.

For all intents and purposes the Fed is going to move at a measured pace whether that word is in there or not. And now, the longer end of the yield curve should react more to Fed moves.

For a freshman, he's doing a great job of getting ahead in the count and staying ahead. He keeps them off balance. He's able to throw all three of his pitches for strikes. His curve defies gravity. He's going to be a good one.

It's time to take off bets on the curve flattening, it's been a great run. Some investors had been betting on up to two rate increases this year but the central bank isn't likely to go past one.

It's only a learning curve for a lot of them as this is their first trip.

It's the best indicator of how much academic language they are acquiring. Occasionally, you have kids who all of a sudden get on a real learning curve and you just pour everything you can. It's amazing, they soak up so much.

It's surprising that it wasn't easy to convert. There may be other factors that prevent it. That's not to say that Mother Nature won't come along and throw us a curve ball.

It's the natural growth curve of the industry. It took a while for it to gain traction, then we saw several years of explosive growth, and now it will slow down.

It makes a lot of sense when you look at the depreciation curve on a typical new car. Most of the depreciation takes place in the first two years, so someone else takes the hit,

It's like taking a continuous curve and breaking it into pieces. Otherwise, the form is too complex to analyze.

It's going to be a quick learning curve getting to know all the guys,

It's been a fun week. It's been a fun ride. Getting in at the last minute and having a chance to play this great event, great golf course, great field, it's been a lot of fun, and the learning curve keeps going in the right direction, I guess.

It's becoming obvious to everybody that we're kind of at the bottom of the curve and that rental income is going to start climbing from here.

It's been a learning curve for all of us.

It's probably going to take a little bit longer until they get up the learning curve and the repetition of using the new system.

That's the first curve ball I threw to a lefty all season. He was on my fast ball and changeup so I had to think of something else.

That little rascal can bring it up there. He's touched 90 a few times, has a good curve and an awesome slider.

It's new, exciting, anybody from 6 to 66 can do it. Unlike skiing or snowboarding, the learning curve is not as steep.

The adoption curve will be fast because it's not something that has to be explained, ... People get it pretty quickly.

Strong loan and deposit growth and the bank's ability to control deposit costs more than offset margin compression pressure from the flat yield curve (in 2005).

It's clearly a tough environment for CFOs to manage, given where the yield curve is, as they are directly responsible for managing balance sheets.

It's been foreigners looking for yield that has driven the U.S. curve to flatten. The market will interpret this inversion as more circumspect than previous ones.

It's different, but he played college ball at Maryland in the ACC so he's very familiar with American basketball and he knows the NBA game because he studied it a lot and he's played against a lot of the players. The learning curve for him as a 29-year-old shouldn't be that great.

It was kind of an adjustment for James to go from high school to college, but his learning curve has sky rocketed. He's not very vocal, but he can lead a team so well and do so many things on the floor that don't show in the stats or the highlights.

I've had maybe 20 jobs, big and small, and I've never hated any of them. At the same time, the moment the learning curve flattened, I was out of there.

I've got the learning curve because I've got the offense I've been using all year. If anyone else needs help, they're coming to me, so I kind of help coach Phillips, too.

It was a curve inside. I got too much of it over the plate.

It took me a couple of innings to get adjusted and I started to get in a groove about the fourth inning. My fastball and curve were really working well.

It will be a work in progress. We like to think, as everybody would at this stage, that we're progressing and we have our teams prepared. But there will be things that crop up. Every coach is saying we don't want to struggle with the learning curve early on. But some will.

It won't be an easy road. But it's not that dark. We aren't going around the curve without the light on.

It will spend a lot of time well away from Central Florida. But on Sunday, it will make a curve back toward the Panhandle and that's when we will probably see the most rain in our area. The projected landfall is roughly between Apalachicola and New Orleans.

They are well behind the curve at the moment.

The yield curve remains steady ... indicating that the upside inflation risk appears to be canceled out by Fed vigilance for now.

The yield curve is reflecting too pessimistic an outlook on the economy. The market will just have to be convinced otherwise.

The yield curve is flat and typically when that happens, banks are reluctant to lend money and the economy becomes vulnerable,

The yield curve is beginning to frighten people.

The yield curve is a really powerful indicator. It always has been. The shape of the curve still matters.

The yield curve inversion is something I think we're going to be living with probably longer than most people would hope. It is something that will take its toll on regional banking over time.

The yield curve has narrowed. Some money market funds are now yielding more than 4%. At that rate, they're competitive with both short- and long-term bond funds.

The yield curve has been one of the more reliable indicators of turning points, not necessarily recessions, but slowdowns in the economy.

The restaurant industry hasn't stepped ahead of the curve on this one. I don't think they've seen a need to do it, but at some point this is going to become a bigger, pressing demand among a large group of consumers.

There was a sense that a year-end rally would take us higher, but there's some concern from the bond market flattening. The inverting of the yield curve would bring us more problems in 2006. We also have light volume, exaggerating moves to both sides.

The need is obvious, ... As we start out today to do our job, we start out a little behind the curve because not enough people speak the languages we need. So we're looking for ways to fix that.

It's nasty. You can't keep your car clean. It's like a merry-go-round with all the bumps, and you slide around that curve every time.

At the same time, the yield curve is flat and actually has the potential to invert. An inverted yield curve has often been a precursor to a recession occurring within a year.

That's a tough base on balls. He had confidence is getting his curve over. He missed with it, and that's a big walk.

That's a steep growth curve that's hidden, ... I think it's a great long-term investment.

The Kyoto protocol doesn't amount to much in terms of emissions reductions but at least it breaks the curve (of rising emissions) among countries that have accepted its targets.

The Jockey Club is ahead of the curve in terms of sophistication.

The inversion of the curve could continue certainly well into the second quarter. It depends on the appetite for buying U.S. Treasuries and how far the Fed goes.

I'm not completely happy about it but I'll take it. The curve on the final didn't go as I wanted.

I have one senior playing (Michael Cole), and that's a big advantage. This season has been an emotional rollercoaster, but I'm blessed with a young group that has a lot of talent, and the learning curve is right there in front of us. We can see it.