Research shows that such setups may dampen performance at the high end: Managers tend not to exceed their targets by any significant amount.
He added, "In particular, we think a credit rating agency downgrade of Washington Mutual's debt to junk levels, as threatened by Moody's, would likely raise the cost of doing business and further dampen performance during the currently challenging environment".
That not only could depress the highfliers, but it could dampen the performance of the Nasdaq over all.
Even this news did not dampen the performance of the Singapore Stock Exchange, whose benchmark Straits Times index rose 96.05, or 3.26%, to 3,045.59.
Not even a Manchester drizzle could dampen Tharpe's performance.
But it doesn't dampen Mr. Smith's performance, which is bilious and strangely tender.
[C4.] J.P. Morgan Chase said that earnings surged 36percentt in the first quarter, even though tough conditions dampened the operating performance of its consumer businesses.
In November, the investor group cut its bid for Burger King to $1.5 billion as the hamburger chain's poor trading performance dampened financing prospects.
David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG, said: "Deflation continues to dampen Scottish sales performance as the sluggish start to the year continued.
Despite Cook's questionable claims of a preemptive explanation, Apple has not been openly telling users since the release of iOS 10.2.1 that poor iPhone performance, dampened speakers and even a broken camera flash might be by design and a $79 battery should fix it.
Introducing "reverse" reforms in the regression (Panel C) barely modifies the estimates, suggesting that the effects of the unemployment benefit reform identified in the baseline approach are not overestimated due to the omission of increases in benefit replacement rates that may dampen labor market performance.
