Sentences with phrase «against rising prices»

By going solar, you also protect yourself against rising prices and make your monthly bills more predictable.

Renewable energy not only helps reduce global warming and safeguard against the rising prices of fossil fuels, but it also could create badly needed jobs.

Serving as a worthy hedge against rising prices, it's no wonder that investors have embraced physical bullion as a means of preserving their capital while also maintaining lucrative upside potential.

Global demand for dividend - paying exchange - traded funds (ETFs) is strong, as evidenced by robust flows of over $ 20 billion in 2016; US - based ETFs accounted for more than half of that amount.1 The appeal of dividend - paying stocks is clear, as dividends can help provide a nice offset to rising inflation, while most fixed - coupon debt can not hedge against rising prices.

Hard assets are typically an excellent hedge against rising prices.

So while gold might protect you from a catastrophic devaluation of the currency, it's not a hedge against rising prices in more normal periods.

Not exact matches

The oil price has risen by 15 percent in the last four weeks thanks to expectations that the United States will re-impose sanctions against Iran, a major oil producer and member of the Organization of the...

SINGAPORE, April 26 - Oil prices rose on Thursday, supported by an expectation that the United States will re-impose sanctions against Iran, a decline in output in Venezuela and ongoing strong demand.

The oil price has risen by 15 percent in the last four weeks thanks to expectations that the United States will re-impose sanctions against Iran, a major oil producer and member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments; adds second byline and NEW YORK dateline) NEW YORK / LONDON, April 10 (Reuters)- Gold prices rose on Tuesday, hitting their highest in nearly a week as the U.S. dollar weakened and investors awaited potential U.S. action against suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria.

NEW YORK / LONDON, April 10 - Gold prices rose on Tuesday, hitting their highest in nearly a week as the U.S. dollar weakened and investors awaited potential U.S. action against suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria.

Prices for U.S. Treasuries extended losses after the data while the dollar rose against a basket of currencies.

Such optimism must somehow reconcile with all the forces conspiring against Canadian oil: the lack of pipeline infrastructure or «takeaway» capacity, the occasionally gaping price discount applied to Western Canada Select, the renaissance in oil production unfolding in the U.S., rising Canadian production costs and the flight of investor money out of commodities.

The notion is that by pursuing a slightly tighter monetary policy, the central bank would take out insurance against the risk that the rise in asset prices is a bubble and that its busting would be disruptive.

NEW YORK Oil prices rose on Thursday, boosted by OPEC production cuts and the potential for new U.S. sanctions against Iran, but gains were limited by growing U.S. crude inventories.

The dollar was little changed against a basket of currencies while prices for U.S. Treasuries rose.

Exacerbating the issue is that owners of lower - priced homes likely don't have the resources to take preventative measures against the rising tides, like putting in sea walls or making changes to foundations to withstand intermittent flooding.

The dollar fell against a basket of currencies, while prices for U.S. Treasury debt rose.

On Friday, China's premier expressed worry over the health of the American economy, in which China had recycled nearly $ 2 trillion of its dollar inflows in order to prevent the yuan from rising in price against the dollar.

Oil prices rose, boosted by OPEC production cuts and the potential for new U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Foreign countries can prevent their currencies from rising against the dollar (which prices their labor and exports out of foreign markets) only by (1) recycling dollar inflows into U.S. Treasury securities, (2) by imposing capital controls, or (3) by avoiding use of the dollar or other currencies used by financial speculators in economies promoting «quantitative easing.»

Rising house prices have shielded the reality of increasing ownership costs, but households can't live on asset appreciation, unless they sell, take a reverse mortgage, or a line of credit against their house.

When Alan Greenspan flooded the mortgage market with credit, homeowners borrowed against («cashed out» on) the rise in housing prices as if their homes were a piggy bank.

On the announcement day, Japanese equity prices rose by almost 5 % and the yen fell by around 3 % against the dollar (Graph 6, left - hand and centre panels).

Because the Canadian dollar has held its own against the US dollar in this context, largely due to higher oil prices, it has also been rising against most other currencies.

Let's take a look at some of the key fundamentals that have kept gold prices on a tight leash during the last few years against the backdrop of a sharp correction in the equities markets, rising inflation, geopolitical unrest and the likely end of an era of low interest rates.

Now, I may be going against the grain again — calling for a short - term correction due to rising oil prices.

Writing anything against the price rise in bitcoin is like keeping your head in a guillotine and expecting it to be unhurt.

On the other hand, average prices for apartments rose 5 % over the quarter and by 2 % against September 2015 reaching 755,000 rubles per square metre.

Since rising interest rates means the bond's fixed rate is not competitive against newly issued bonds at higher market rates, then it stands to reason that longer - term bonds (those with longer to pay at the lower rate) are going to see their prices fall further than short - term bonds.

* Market expects U.S. to re-impose sanctions against Iran * Plunging Venezuelan output further tightens markets * But soaring U.S. crude production holds back marketBy Henning GloysteinSINGAPORE, April 26 (Reuters)- Oil prices rose on Thursday, lifted by concerns over supply disruptions in Venezuela and theMiddle East as well as by strong demand.Brent crude oil futures were at 74.44 per barrel at0105 GMT, up 44 cents, or 0.6 percent, from their last close.U.S.

The Paris - based OECD warned that «there is a risk that a prolonged period of easy finance could result in a price bubble,» which may endanger French banks [5], while Hervé Boulhol, the OECD's France economist, warned against treating French real estate as a safe - haven and that the property market's powerful rise without a corresponding rise in income «may signal a bubble phenomenon, as a bubble is a disconnection with fundamentals.»

Third, if a short works against an investor by rising in price, it can become an open - ended liability that grows to be an ever - bigger problem if it continues to work against you.

When the dollar rises in value against other currencies, gas prices fall.

Riding on the coattails of triple - digit oil prices, the loonie experienced a meteoric rise to parity and beyond against the US dollar.

Historically, such widespread unrest would have caused global oil prices to march higher, but instead of rising against the backdrop of heightened geopolitical risks, Brent, the global price benchmark, has recently sunk below $ 100 a barrel.

Earlier figures covering January marked an important milestone in the region's battle against deflation, showing all of the monetary bloc's individual member states had recorded price rises for the first time since February 2013.

On Thursday, however, Brainard spoke out against the moves, saying rising asset prices and leverage signaled it was too early in the economic cycle to review these core rules introduced following the 2007 - 2009 global financial crisis.

In early March, it reached the upper end of this range, much the same level as the peak a year earlier, against a background of, inter alia, strong domestic profit results, speculation of foreign takeovers, and rising commodity prices (especially base metals).

Russian bond yields and the cost of insuring the country against default rose on Wednesday, as investors fretted over intensifying sanctions, the prospect of a recession and falling oil prices.

Oil prices fell to near $ 91 per barrel, while the dollar rose against the euro but slipped against the yen.

The International Monetary Fund warned Arab states on May 2 against complacency over a looming debt crisis, urging continued economic reforms despite a rise in oil prices.

Bitcoin's price rose 33 percent against the U.S. dollar in April, making it the best month of 2018 for the world's largest cryptocurrency.

Permian oil priced at Midland, Texas, now trades at a discount of more than $ 11 a barrel to Brent as rising production bumps up against pipeline capacity

The increase in cheese and dairy prices has also helped cushion exports from the relentless rise of Australian Dollar, which now buys 76 US cents, as against 55 US cents two years ago.

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Suppliers say Coles has warned them against seeking price rises to cover rising input costs.

«Importantly, it helps us to guard against future price rises in the cost of energy and imposts such as a carbon tax,» says Mr Gleeson.

And by highlighting prices that are fluctuating against the market or a general rise across a total basket of goods, chefs and owners can know if they're being taken advantage of by a vendor.

Margins for meat packers have been declining for several months as consumers began to push back against high prices at retail in order to cope with rising gas prices.