But "we're still looking pretty good relative to most everyone else in the world".
"But hedge funds are still a good relative return for investors and worth having in the portfolio".
"Usually, something very good is happening to stocks with good relative price strength," said Richard Earnest, manager of HighMark Value Momentum in Los Angeles.
"The group expects to demonstrate further good relative performances in its markets, and emerge even better positioned from any slowdown resulting from the prevailing macro-economic conditions".
As pessimistic as he is about the prospects of some drug makers, for example, he says they may look good relative to other companies hit harder by a slumping economy.
We made this steampunk trophy and every quarter each one of the moonshot groups sets an audacious milestone, incredibly high, and they tell the other groups, and it's for the pride – looking good relative to the other groups.
A. We can make a very good relative performance case, but I don't think the next 6 to 12 months will be as attractive as the past 6 to 8 months.
"It seems to be a contradiction, but there's an expectation that some managers will be able to make good relative value calls and get you ahead of the next crisis".
"You want to keep a rookie who looks good relative to other rookies, even if it's not that great relative to all other teachers, because they are going to turn into a really good teacher," said Douglas O. Staiger, an economics professor at Dartmouth who has worked with the city on teacher quality studies.
By raising the price of a good (relative to the prices of everything else), any economic unit can, generally speaking, be made to demand less of it or to supply more of it; by lowering the price, it can be made to demand more or to supply less.
It is showing very good relative strength".
