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  • noun Plural form of break-even.

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Examples

  • "With nominal rates so low, in order have high TIPS break-evens you've got to have negative real yields on the five-year."

    Yield on inflation-protected Treasurys dips below zero Cordell Eddings 2010

  • "With nominal rates so low, in order have high TIPS break-evens you've got to have negative real yields on the five-year."

    Yield on inflation-protected Treasurys dips below zero Cordell Eddings 2010

  • It's all about what we call lean manufacturing processes within North America, which continuously work to drive down the operating costs, and that's one of the reasons why the break-evens in that business keep coming down.

    Talisman Energy CEO Discusses FY 2011 Guidance - Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha 2011

  • "A more dovish and stimulative Fed means that they are risking inflation in order to get the unemployment rate down, which is causing break-evens to rally," said Michael Pond, co- head of interest-rate strategy in New York at Barclays Plc, one of 21 primary dealers that trade with the Fed.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

  • We are in the midst of a risk-off trade, and break-evens are considered risk assets.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • If we are required to pay franchisee fees, which are huge, we have to work very hard to ensure that the break-evens are achieved, as no investor puts in monies to earn losses.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

  • If we are required to pay franchisee fees, which are huge, we have to work very hard to ensure that the break-evens are achieved, as no investor puts in monies to earn losses.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

  • If we are required to pay franchisee fees, which are huge, we have to work very hard to ensure that the break-evens are achieved, as no investor puts in monies to earn losses.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

  • "Right now he's looking into getting into sheep, so as he's budgeting, he's recalling what he's learned about rations to figure out his break-evens."

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  • Mirrors and Space Chimps were probably break-evens.

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