Sentences with phrase «as an investor if»

A sideways - or downward - biased market is much easier to absorb as an investor if you are earning yield on a low - beta portfolio, exactly what XLU represents.

Because as investors if you're looking at this current contemporary global macroeconomic backdrop from the 10 - 12 year perspective, I find it with the typical disclosure here that I'm not able to see with a perfect crystal ball or anything but it's hard to believe that traditional assets, that global equities, will be thriving in this environment just from the simple perspective of how overstretched they are from any reasonable measure of valuation.

So as an investor if you buy inverse copper ETFs, the fund is actually holding bearish copper futures.

The proper attitude: Graham advocated that one can only be characterized as an investor if you despise speculation.

We all know that Warren Buffett's punch card is a wonderful idea — that you would be much more successful as an investor if you limited yourself to 20 investments throughout your lifetime.

While your first broker won't necessarily be your broker for life, you have a much better chance of making money as an investor if you put the right amount of time and research into choosing a broker.

It's also important to check where you would stand as an investor if the investment turns sour or the company providing the investment (the «issuer») gets into trouble.

According to Time Money, this may not be the ideal scenario for you as an investor if you either don't like fixing things or work upwards of 60 - hours per week already.

Strongly not recommended for obvious financial reasons, never mind the implications to your reputation as an investor if you get caught trying to «get one over» on the bank

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And there's also the danger that if interest rates rise, as is expected, investors could flee the sector and send stocks careening downward.

The S&P / TSX composite index was up 17.31 points to 12,757.81 as investors wondered if the United States will end up leading a military strike against Syria, which it accuses of using poison gas against its own civilian population.

Asked if the political morass in Washington was as bad as it looked, the former treasury secretary drew laughter with his answer at the 2016 Delivering Alpha Conference sponsored by CNBC and Institutional Investor.

If an investor holds, their investment might spike in value «to the moon,» as the saying goes.)

The summer started with a reasonable (if clumsy) attempt by the government to stop incorporated individuals from taking advantage of the lower small - business tax rate, and ended with people such as Arlene Dickinson, the investor and Dragon's Den star, talking about an assault on entrepreneurship.

Reports indicate that the new investors will have control over some salary and hiring decisions, as well as the ability to block any eventual sale of Gawker Media if a price tag comes in lower than $ 100 million.

If Harrison is indeed installed as CEO at CSX, it will be no cushy gig: the railroad's revenue and earnings have been underperforming expectations, and its lingering operational inefficiencies have raised concerns among many investors.

If the portfolio drops precipitously, the broker may require the investor to put in more cash or sell off part of the portfolio (known as a margin call).

But many investors are still wary of Bitcoin, with JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon going as far as to call Bitcoin a «fraud,» and that «if you're stupid enough to buy it, you'll pay the price for it one day.»

But if the trend continues, investors could take it as a sign that users are losing interest in Facebook.

I believe these companies have the technical skills, the financial scale, and the business savvy to successfully address climate change, if governments and investors step up as well.

«If they do target aggressively the 2 percent inflation target, and undertake a significant amount of QE, that may have an impact on underlying JGB (Japanese government bond) yields as investors become concerned over Japan's debt,» he said.

There's always some uncertainty as to where the new guy will take the business and if there's one thing investors don't like it's uncertainly.

Doesn't matter how many times you tell an entrepreneur to spend investor money as if it were their own, hard - earned cash, it rarely happen.

With these little - known ETPs as ticking time bombs and allegations of VIX manipulation, Chilton said he would not be surprised if investors lost some confidence in the system.

As Theranos continues to spiral downward, its investors are now claiming the company threatened to file for bankruptcy protection if they don't give up their rights to sue the startup over its faulty blood - testing business, Bloomberg reported.

Now, it's selling investors on the idea of a futuristic blockchain - based messaging system that, if all goes as planned, will be up and running by 2021 and create a «VISA / Mastercard alternative for the new decentralized economy,» according to a primer published online.

Even if you're not looking for investors and your goals aren't as lofty as theirs, you can learn from the pros.

And, as she connected founders and investors, she saw that more often than not, it was the white male founders she helped that received the most opportunities: «It became clear really fast that there were certain people who were not getting meetings, even if they had a really great company.»

If, as an investor, you had followed the consensus advice over the past two years, you would be regretting it now.

If we were to accept lower margins because of our commitment to social responsibility, then we'd be doing the broader socially responsible business movement a disservice because we wouldn't be as competitive or as attractive to investors.»

If your investors are deemed as sophisticated and knowledgeable, then you will be respected and, with any luck, a check will soon follow.

On the other hand, if the Fed decides to delay raising rates, as the stock market is clearly hoping for, then it will give U.S. investors a chance to assess China's moves to solve its economic problems over the next few months, and respond accordingly later on.

If you can't meet in person, she adds, a free web - based application such as ZoHo can be used to walk an investor through a follow - up presentation highlighting the size of your market, profitability and other key points.

If the intent is to lock in growth capital, make sure you're on the same page as investors.

Energy investors are acting as if the next bust is already too close GM CEO ramping Bolt production, says transition to EVs «won't take decades»

Investors could be on the edges of their seats this week as they wait to see if the Fed will move ahead with plans to further raise interest rates.

And it's not as if Williams doesn't have the money (he made a reported $ 50 million selling Blogger to Google) or the connections (Twitter's angel investors read like a who's who of Silicon Valley) to attempt something more ambitious.

The trouble comes if Cirrix buys too many of LendingClub's loans, which is possible with Lending Club as a partial investor.

«But at the end of the day, if you're a conservative investor, having a variable annuity as a way of transferring risk can still be valuable.»

Even if investors trade frequently, they aren't as likely to get hit with a big tax bill as they would for actively managed offerings.

Cramer is confident that even if an investor doesn't have a high - paying job, as long as they save a decent chunk of their paycheck and invest it wisely each year, they can grow their wealth and become at least financially independent.

Investors responded to the Fed's quarter - point increase as if a weight had been lifted.

But if you think of selling as explaining the logic and benefits of a decision, then everyone — business owner or not — needs sales skills: to convince others that an idea makes sense, to show bosses or investors how a project or business will generate a return, to help employees understand the benefits of a new process, etc..

LONDON, May 2 - The dollar consolidated gains on Friday after hitting a 3 - 1 / 2 month high in the previous session as investors waited for the outcome of a U.S. «Despite the moves we have seen in the dollar in recent days, financial conditions haven't really tightened noticeably but that may change if the rally continues,» said Manuel Oliveri, an FX strategist at Credit...

If those rules had already been implemented, then Dinner Lab would have been able to tap those 750 investors who expressed interest in investing in Dinner Lab, but don't qualify as accredited investors.

Be careful about overvaluing your startup with faulty assumptions; it will only make your life more difficult - particularly if your investors have governance rights, such as positions on the company's board.

And if, as the pundits say, Bitcoin is now a commodity, what sane investor would buy into it, knowing its volatility could well outstrip its liquidity?

Bad enough for savers — people in Denmark pay banks to hold their money, as if it were stored furniture — it could prove still worse for equity investors.

It doesn't attempt to hold the reader's attention for an extended period of time, and this is important if you're presenting to a potential investor who will have other plans he or she will need to read as well.

«If investors do not see an improvement in credit growth near - term, a soft patch in growth is possible as firms are stuck in a wait and see mode amidst heightened uncertainty,» the UBS note concludes.