Sentences with phrase «argued over investments»

We argued over investments like extra rounds of proofreading that I felt were necessary but they didn't.

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Yalnizyan also argues that in its effort to keep the debt - to - GDP on a downward track, the Liberals are actually spending less over the outlook when the promised investments are compared to revenues.

«I argued that active investment management by professionals - in aggregate - would over a period of years under - perform the returns achieved by rank amateurs who simply sat still.

In the 1880s, the most sophisticated railroad managers and some economists argued that railroads were «natural monopolies,» the inevitable consequence of an industry that required huge investments in rights of way over land, constructing railways, and building train engines and rail cars.

Air Canada argues the employee Disney training is an investment in themselves, to be used over their whole career, and that everyone involved has agreed to the terms.

In a letter sent to Yahoo on Thursday, the investment firm Starboard Value argued that the reason for spinning off the Alibaba stake — avoiding taxes while raising money for shareholders — appeared to have evaporated after questions arose over whether the Internal Revenue Service would crack down on such transactions.

In a recent speech in Berlin, Carney argued that green finance «can not conceivably remain a niche interest over the medium term», adding that at the request of G20 leaders, ``... authorities are exploring ways to mobilize private capital for green investments... One proposal is international collaboration to facilitate cross-border investment in green bonds.

Speaking of what he called a $ 400 billion «euroglut» of excess European savings over already - paltry European investment, Saravelos argued that the European export of savings was structural, driven by a (rational) refusal by European investors to invest in a stagnant Europe with rising debt and rising unemployment, and so the euroglut could not be undermined by a rising euro.

Critics might argue that performance over recent years reveals the least compelling aspects of managed futures, but the critics always seem to forget that upwards of 70 % to 100 % of investors» allocations are already in traditional investments.

So let's stop arguing over whether or not it's «smart» or whether or not it's beta and start talking about how it has the potential to improve investment outcomes.

In his article «The Age of Secular Stagnation,» Larry Summers argued that excess of saving over investment is acting as a drag on demand to weigh on growth and inflation, and current monetary stimulus should be expanded to accelerate investments and pull demand forward, such as raising the inflation target or to conduct nominal GDP targeting.

Canada is a world leader in integrative trade, with well over $ 800 billion in Canadian direct investment abroad (CDIA), and we would argue that Canada's most successful exports are corporate divisions or even entire companies, not the products they produce.

This argues against governmental restrictions over the movement of capital investment and goods.

In their brief, elected officials argued that the variance allowed «one municipal board to defeat over a century of collaborative work and investment by New York and New Jersey citizens, legislators, and courts, as well as by the federal government, to preserve the historic Hudson River Palisades north of the George Washington Bridge.»

First, there's no arguing that the keyboard dock enhances the Asus Transformer Prime, but that's an additional $ 150 investment over the $ 500 you're paying for the Prime itself.

It is this sort of consistent process and reducing the potential failures of human behaviour that, we would argue, could give you an investment edge over others.

While you can argue that it all evens out in the end, since fees drop over time, it's just not comparable to other savings or investment vehicles, where fees are much lower and you can start earning money almost immediately.

Critics might argue that performance over recent years reveals the least compelling aspects of managed futures, but the critics always seem to forget that upwards of 70 % to 100 % of investors» allocations are already in traditional investments.

So let's stop arguing over whether or not it's «smart» or whether or not it's beta and start talking about how it has the potential to improve investment outcomes.

While many authors argue for index over active investment funds, few provide identifiable statistical data to back up their assertions.

«Higher earnings will facilitate growth in business investment, but limited consumption growth will continue to favor a return of capital to stakeholders over significantly expanded investment,» he argues.

Some experts argue that although many homes appreciate in value over time, so do other assets like investments in the stock market or a small business.

Butler Philbrick Gordillo and Associates» argue in Valuation Based Equity Market Forecasts — Q1 2013 Update that «there is substantial value in applying simple statistical models to discover average estimates of what the future may hold over meaningful investment horizons (10 + years), while acknowledging the wide range of possibilities that exist around these averages.»

, on Warren Buffett and the development of value investing, arguing that better information, more widely available, will erode the «modest advantage» value investors have over «a broader market strategy» and Warren Buffett's demise will be the end of value investment.

The report argues that over the next 20 years investments in new fossil fuel extraction and transportation projects are forecasted to be about $ 14 trillion.

While you can argue that it all evens out in the end, since fees drop over time, it's just not comparable to other savings or investment vehicles, where fees are much lower and you can start earning money almost immediately.

Given solid operating and investment performance of seniors housing properties in recent years — especially the resiliency demonstrated during the Great Recession — as well as the potential portfolio diversification attributes that the sector can provide to investors, one could argue that seniors housing's spread over the risk - free rate should be narrower or compress with time.