Sentences with phrase «why take a risk on»

In early 2009, when Publishers were trying to kill eReaders, this sort of madness was somewhat understandable — Why take a risk on a new market that you have no control over?

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«If they're only buying one product,» Waksman says, «why would they take a risk on you?»

The company must have long - term potential; it needs some sort of sustainable competitive advantage that will keep it in business for years to come; he wants double - digit returns — «Why bother buying a business if you're not getting at least that for taking on the risk of owning a company?»

That is why companies are now beginning to take on the challenge of finding their second and third and fourth big idea long before they are at risk of losing relevance.

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Why would Berkshire take on such risks?

If you can't convince a fellow entrepreneur to take a risk on you, why should any investors?

«'' Why would you take on high level of market risk for your retirement years on that same day?»

Look at it this way with regard to your bond funds: you are not earning enough interest on them to make a difference in your lifestyle, so why bother taking on the high risk of a big hit to your invested capital.

After all, when you can get a 30 - year fixed mortgage at about 3.3 percent, as you could in 2012, why take on the risk of an ARM mortgage during the same time — at 2.74 percent?

Because I understand that every choice I make is either moving me away from or moving me toward health so why would I take the risk of eating or putting something on my body that is not healthy for me.

Come to think of it, if not having a proven striker and very rich bench has been hindering the club from clinching major trophies all these years, sincerely, it baffles me why the club is bent on not trying to risk getting good and enough players, if not for anything, for the sake of seeing what would result from taking such step.

Like I already said, Walcott may be class as a CF, but why take that risk based on what we already know and what we badly need?

I'd prefer him on the wing as well — he has the ability to be one of the most prolific wide forwards around, not sure why he wants to risk it all and take a punt on playing in a central role.

Elneny was on the bench and if you are ultimately going to take a risk pushing someone out of comfort zone, why not make it a player who you've already tried in that role?

However, saying «don't do it» and ignoring the realities of why people do it is incredibly dangerous and puts more babies at risk when people take chances or fall asleep nursing on the sofa which is even more dangerous.

«Although there have been actions taken to address these problems, many of my constituents are deeply concerned with potential ongoing health risks to their families, delayed and confused responses by the state and federal agencies involved, and lack of accountability to find out what happened and why it was allowed to go on after the initial detection of the contamination of their water supply.»

That raises the question of why someone would go to all that trouble and take all that risk - «unravelling [the] constitutional knitting» as he himself put it - for what he admits is just a gloss on the existing law.

Take Ivory Coast.I find it difficult understanding why an academician or to be more specific, an accomplished economist of Dr Bawumia's calibre.Let me quote here a statement made by Madam Christie Lagarde the IMF director «Mediocre economic growth could become the new reality leaving millions stuck without jobs and increasing the risk to global financial stability» she said this after she has explicitly stated the global economic challenges and how certain structural reforms in Ghana including infrastructure investment as well as trade reforms were going to impact positively on Ghana's economy.

In a companion study published online on 1 September in the American Sociological Review, Evans, Rzhetsky, and Jacob Foster — an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, who is also a co-author of the PNAS paper — found that this possibility of prize - winning is «the most plausible explanation» for why researchers take the risks they do.

Hello Peter, just a quick question on Vitamin D supplementation: as you take 5000 I.U. per day (plus what's in the cod liver oil) please let me know why you aren't supplementing Vitamin K2 at the same time in order to prevent calcification of organs / arteries, etc which is one of the risks when taking high D3 doses.

On the other hand, a person that simply takes thyroid medications and does not treat the infection may continue to see declines in his / her health, as eventually, the presence of the infection may burn out the immune system and cause it to start recognizing additional sequences on the infectious organism that may cross-react with different organs in the body... This is why, in the conventional medical approach, it is widely known that having one autoimmune condition will put the person at greater risk for getting another autoimmune conditioOn the other hand, a person that simply takes thyroid medications and does not treat the infection may continue to see declines in his / her health, as eventually, the presence of the infection may burn out the immune system and cause it to start recognizing additional sequences on the infectious organism that may cross-react with different organs in the body... This is why, in the conventional medical approach, it is widely known that having one autoimmune condition will put the person at greater risk for getting another autoimmune conditioon the infectious organism that may cross-react with different organs in the body... This is why, in the conventional medical approach, it is widely known that having one autoimmune condition will put the person at greater risk for getting another autoimmune condition.

Why we like it: As the new «It Girl» in Hollywood, Felicity is already comfortable taking risks on the red carpet.

That is why it is always a better option to join some of the paysites rather than those which are free, since that simply means that you are going to take a risk and waste your time on chatting with the people that don't exist.

Recent cinema has been rife with object lessons on why it's probably better to risk angering fans of source material rather than sacrifice momentum (look no further than Watchmen), so it stands to reason that Azkaban benefits from having taken the road less traveled, even if it wasn't the way that the original fans wanted it to go.

Today on q, hosted by Tom Power: (1) Greta Gerwig's directing career takes flight with debut, Lady Bird; (2) Mimi Valdes explains why creative risks are so important; (3) The Hockey Sweater gets a musical spin in new stage production; (4) Mary McCartney's «slightly voyeuristic, slightly personal» photography; (5) Thundercat, Little Big Town and more: music from today's episode.

During this second call, Burris described why teachers at her school were now hesitant to take on at - risk students.

That's why September is the ideal time for districts to identify students at risk, intervene early, and take proactive measures to help them get back on track.

Waxenberg also cautioned that a fixation on using test data to evaluate educators without understanding why students scored well or poorly would inhibit teacher creativity and risk - taking.

That's a lot of risk (and it's why a traditional publisher willing to take on your book can still be a valuable business partner).

There's nothing else like it and that's why someone should take a risk on it, because look how many people are enjoying it.»

Why leave your niche book languishing in the dark recesses of the hard drive (assuming it's actually worth reading) because its market will be smaller than a publisher can take a risk on?

And, perhaps most cynically, why continue taking the risk on Android tablets when every major Android OEM is paying patent licensing fees to Microsoft anyway?

Remember right now no - one has ever heard of you, so why should they take a risk on spending money for a book they might hate?

If you want to see what your financial advisor looks like with a deer - in - headlights stare, try asking him why a person should take on less risk as they get older.

0:26 «Taxes will take way more from you than the stock market ever will, so why take on all that risk when you'll lose half of it to taxes?»

If you have any other documentation or evidence as to why you'd be a good risk for the lender to take on, such as many years of service at a stable job, prepare the paperwork relevant before you apply for a loan.

That's why you live here, after all — you want things to be taken care of so that you can focus on life instead of worrying about risk.

This is why making balance transfers between existing cards is usually a better option as you may still get the offer of a 0 % transfer so you will be better off, without actually taking on any more forms of credit and risking how your credit history appears to potential credit providers.

Sure, it's great that it still earned money, but based on the risk that you took on by investing in this fund, your return is much less than expected, which is why your alpha will display as − 4.0.

Please tell me why someone who has 45 + years of savings ahead of them needs to take on ANY risks at all (above an inflation hedge)?

So why take on the additional risks and complexities of investing internationally?

Why would I pay $ 1,000 for a Corp A bond paying 5 % interest — and take on the risk that Corp A may default — when I can make almost as much interest on a «risk - free» (we hope) U.S. Government bond?

The question becomes, why would an investor take on the risk of owning a condo for virtually no annual return?»

The price you pay for life insurance is simply about how much risk an insurance company is willing to take on you, which is why it is so important to have an independent insurance agent shop the market for you.

After that, bond yields steadied on Thursday but risk - taking prevailed, which is likely why the yen felt some selling pressure and returned some of its gains on most pairs.

If you are a skilled and confident trader, why would you relegate yourself to risking only 2 % on every trade you take?

Why in the world would anyone take on that much downside risk for 2.3 % per year...?

That's why I try to get a «good» return (I don't need to take the added risk to try and get a «great» return)-- which index funds can certainly deliver — but mostly focus on saving / investing as much as I can as soon as I can.

I asked him why one would use options for downside protection, since options were a zero sum game, and he replied that he wasn't taking a position on which vehicles to use for managing a portfolio's risk.