Sentences with phrase «as a surprise to investors»

The government's reported divestiture demands came as a surprise to investors, who sent Time Warner shares down more than 6 percent on fears the deal might not go through.

Fed officials have stressed for months they don't want the first rate hike in nine years to come as a surprise to investors.

None of this should come as a surprise to investors or anyone making long - term financial plans.

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For starters, it may come as a surprise to many investors that, technically speaking, Amazon is not a tech stock.

The move comes as a surprise about - turn for a company whose Chief Executive Akin Akinfemiwa told investors in Lagos in August that he wanted to aggressively pursue...

The move comes as a surprise about - turn for a company whose Chief Executive Akin Akinfemiwa told investors in Lagos in August that he wanted to aggressively pursue M&A opportunities along the energy value chain and acquire marginal oilfields to boost its upstream business.

European markets close lower on Monday trade as investors eyed Trump's surprise failure to deliver swift health - care reform.

Information technology stocks were down 0.7 per cent as Research In Motion (TSX: BB) lost 7.8 per cent, or 86 cents, to $ 10.22 after surprising investors with a first - quarter loss on Friday.

It's hardly even a surprise anymore when a company advertises women as one of its office «perks,» or a high - profile tech conference kicks off with a joke about a a new app for staring at breasts, or a male tech investor declares he wants to change the way women smell through biohacking.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney had surprised many investors on Wednesday as he said the U.K.'s central bank could be required to lift interest rates as the economy came close to running at full capacity.

The board at chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) ousted Dirk Meyer, its CEO, on Monday *, a surprise to investors and not a welcome one to many commentators as it had looked as if AMD might be getting on the right track and pulling out of a slump.

Begun back in 2011, the quarterly parleys with reporters rarely provide any market - moving news, instead serving as an opportunity for central bank chiefs to carefully convey monetary policy direction without dropping any surprises that could jolt investors.

Current issues and shortcomings should be disclosed in the most positive way to investors, before issues are exposed as surprises during the diligence process.

An investor never wants to be surprised, but if you hit a wall, they would much rather hear the news from you and as quickly as possible.

Katsuyama: It surprises me because I never expected the opposition to be as transparent against a solution that protects investors.

But in my experience, it's surprising at how little time we as investors and as board members and startups as management teams spend thinking about how to create the best team dynamics.

The new tax is unlikely to come as a surprise to the Chinese government or Chinese investors.

In a surprising reversal, last week's losing bidder for 1st Mariner Bank got approval Tuesday to buy it — preserving the city's largest independent bank as a Baltimore - based institution.The group of investors, a mix of locals and out - of - state investment...

Seeing as how Trump makes millions off rental income, I'm not surprised a benefit to real estate investors made it's way into the tax bill.

Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker in a first reaction wrote in a note to investors: «We view this as a pretty reasonable thing for National Amusements to do as a CBS - Viacom merger is a possible option — not one that we like at the moment, but the fact that it is being explored is reasonable and not surprising to us.»

Surging stock markets since the lows of March 2009 have caught most investors by surprise, especially as new pieces of the economics puzzle are not always rosy and do not quite seem to support an overly bullish case.

Also, as investors have come to expect more stimulus, or in the case of the Federal Reserve a glacial tightening pace, it becomes more difficult to provide a positive surprise.

It will not have been surprised to see that after an initial plunge in the value of virtual currencies following the bank's announcement, their worth has soared right back to where it started; nor will they be blind to the fact that this clearly represents the same Chinese investors going back in, whether through Hong Kong virtual exchanges like TideBit, or perhaps through Japan, which officially authorized 11 cryptocurrency exchanges in September just as China banned them (South Korea launched its own ban later in the month).

The size of the package, the open - ended nature of the commitment and the willingness to purchase longer dated bonds all came as positive surprises to investors, driving this past week's strong equity rally.

Now, with that out of the way, the more important factor is what the Bank sees as the trajectory of economic growth for Canada, because that will be fixed income investors» guide for how it will react to disappointment or surprises along the way.

I suspect it will still somehow surprise investors how strongly I am inclined to encourage an aggressive or leveraged stance when market conditions justify it (as I did for years in the early 1990's).

As the Socialist Republic of Vietnam opens its markets to outside investors, it is not surprising that westerners are moving in to make a profit on this new market.

Investors had expected the Fed to remain pat on rates, but the overt reference to December came as a surprise.

Buffett's purchase of IBM came as a surprise to many investors, however his reasons for buying IBM made sense.

Investors who buy ETFs that use commodity futures contracts are sometimes surprised to see that the ETF does not move in lockstep with the price of the commodity as seen in the news, oil being a good example.

Combine financial firms» relentless marketing of new and often gimmicky investment products with investors» natural tendency to gravitate toward The Next New Thing, and it's hardly surprising that over time our portfolios can become an unwieldy hodgepodge of investments bought on the spur of the moment that don't function as a coherent whole.

With Bitcoin now having been in existence since 2009 and become a sizeable instrument by market cap comparable to some of the largest listed companies on the U.S equity markets, it comes as a little surprise that futures exchanges have moved ahead on offering investors with the option of Bitcoin futures contracts.

It may come as a bit of a surprise to those just starting to invest, but most of the world's seasoned investors will only invest in something that gives them a cash income on a regular basis.

Relatively low but not surprising given an 8 year bull market that has increased stock prices, as well as the current low interest rate environment (which means that companies don't need to pay high dividends to attract investors).

If the management is worried about changing investor perceptions about problems rather than fixing the problems themselves, well, it shouldn't comes as a surprise that problems continue to manifest themselves.

As a demanding value investor, it is not at all surprising to see that all five of Grantham's top holdings pay dividends far in excess of the market average of approximately 2 %.

Investors who fully understand our approach should find it to be no surprise from someone who was also known as a leveraged «lonely raging bull» in the early 1990's.

Investors looking for income stocks are not trying to find a stock at a bargain price but rather want to generate a steady dividend income (sometimes as an alternative to a bond portfolio) without negative surprises.

It's not surprising that sites of firms geared to more - active investors — such as tradeMonster and TradeStation — score well.

I wouldnt be surprised if banks started to introduce new ETF's as more and more investors turn to ETF's banks won't have a lot of options.

Worst - case short - term scenarios do not come as a surprise to valuation - informed investors.

First Derivatives pitches itself as a software house — no surprise there, investors respond better to the prospect of much higher gross & operating margins, and the lure of recurring revenues.

American stocks rallied Wednesday following Donald Trump's surprise election to the White House, as investors appeared optimistic that the president - elect's tax cuts and fiscal spending could ignite U.S. economic growth.

Now, seeing the popularity of these funds, it comes as no surprise when the investor, more specifically, the NRI investor comes asking for ETFs and Index funds to invest in.

It comes as no surprise that the fund's investors responded to these peaks and troughs in relative performance in a most procyclical manner.

But many investors are surprised to learn that Gerry has the exact same currency exposure as Sharon, even though his ETF is bought and sold in USD.

I'm not really sure as to why it outperforms and it has also surprised me because while the Buffett investors are looking for a very solid cash flow yield where they expect it to be stable over a period of time, we are looking for fat returns in a very short term and the only way you can get that is through these «ugly» businesses!

So for now, I'll focus on Digicel's valuation, and take what might be considered a pretty singular approach — which shouldn't surprise regular readers — as all investors must (regularly) do anyway, if they ever hope to stand apart from the crowd & the index.

As a result, it wasn't surprising to see investors chasing these U.S. returns by piling into anything U.S. dollar related last year.

It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that an investor as savvy as Buffett would come up with a way to make a fortune by doing something he already wanted to do anyway.