Sentences with phrase «as leverage against»

It «s the fact that they have anywhere from 2 to 2.5 % commissions by which to reduce their fees as leverage against the co-operating brokerage.

Here's what it boils down to: it appears that MoviePass is using its huge subscriber base (which has recently passed the 1.5 million mark) as leverage against AMC to turn a bigger profit.

Maybe not signing this treaty will be used as leverage against us one day down the line.

Unfortunately parents will often use the child or children as leverage against the other parent.

Whether you choose to take the alienation of affection case to trial or to use it as leverage against your spouse in a divorce agreement, we stand by your right to fight for what's fair.

You'll also have to harken back to what other witnesses have said to be used as leverage against a witness who is being less than honest.

Use these quotes as leverage against other lenders and make them earn your business.

I think Amazon is using Indies as leverage against the big publishers.

With the value of Palm being only 850 million dollars, it would be a bargaining for HTC to acquire palm and use their patents as leverage against Apple.

For several days, as chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck would later tell Tom Watson, reporters searched for any secret lovers or extra-marital affairs that could be used as leverage against the MPs.

It has been widely reported that the winger is unhappy with his # 75k per week wage offer at Arsenal and it's believed Walcott is holding out for more money, using Man City's offer, a reported 140k per week, as leverage against the club.

He also has on - the - record quotes from former AMI employees talking about how the company would purchase stories in order to kill them and buy the silence of the person behind them — a practice known as «catch and kill» — or to use as leverage against celebrities.

Not exact matches

The union leaders say Disney is unfairly discriminating against the employees, or «cast members,» because they are engaged in contract negotiations and using the bonuses as leverage to accept a substandard pay increase.

On Monday, Cramer wanted investors to keep an eye on the risky, leveraged funds that enable traders to bet against volatility, defined as the amount of uncertainty in the size and direction of changes in the market and most commonly tracked by the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX.

Quick answer: Just as in a leveraged buyout, they borrow against future earnings.

A leverage ratio measures capital against total assets, with regulators announcing January 11 that a ratio of 3 % had been set as a permanent level.

«I think the investment that Netflix is putting into interesting filmmakers and interesting projects would be more admirable if it weren't being used as some kind of bizarre leverage against shutting down theaters,» he said.

The high degree of leverage can work against you as well as for you.

This microfinancing solution leverages blockchain technology to finance through top cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple against up to 80 % of investors collateralized crypto assets value.

Former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander's startup, IronNet Cybersecurity Inc., has raised a sizable round of venture financing as it seeks to leverage its founder's government experience to defend customers against sophisticated hackers.

Companies raising Series B + rounds may use Reg A + as negotiating leverage against VCs.

If you own an aircraft, you could leverage against it in the same way as you would other physical assets.

Remember that leverage can work both for you as well as against you and should be cautious when using it.

Leverage can work both for you as well as against you.

If you read this, I forgot to mention leverage in the above video as well which is another massive negative point against Forex.

FAIR Canada believes it is highly inappropriate (and overly risky) for most individuals to borrow to invest (otherwise known as «leverage»), particularly where it involves borrowing against your home.

At issue is a report in the New York Times that suggested that Trump's close aides have explored whether to use the deal as «leverage» against CNN, which is owned by Time Warner.

It's proving itself as a top performer in terms of leverage, risk - aversion, and a hedge against inflation.

You republicans, the bible toting ignorents are what's wrong with christianity, religions because you're using it as a leverage devise for, against your political agendas... What ever happened with seperation of church and state and its consequences if you religious freaks stuck your nose in politics too deep and IRS paid you and your churches a visit!!

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

As the commenter above mentioned, the Rangers really don't have any leverage and the players union is strictly against letting players renegotiate their contracts to take less money.

As a run defender, he didn't maintain outside leverage against reach blocks and couldn't always hold his ground against double teams.

The five - count complaint against Mr. Silver on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy, and extortion outlines two schemes Mr. Silver used to leverage his official position as the Assembly speaer to rake in cash, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing private clients.

It has little foreign contact, which means both less leverage against it (has no foreign trade to lose if an embargo is placed) and less knowledge of its internal politics (what things are they interested in and which things they see as threatening).

During the mayoral campaign, sources said, Cuomo used de Blasio's stance against big business and real estate interests as leverage to strengthen his own relationships.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ahead of his Republican challengers when it comes to fundraising and name - recognition in the governor's race, but the GOP is trying to leverage an ongoing corruption case against a former Cuomo aide as a point of attack.

Both parties have internal disagreements over this issue, but Democrats believe this vote may be tougher for Republicans, who are divided between libertarian sentiments against foreign aid and conservative bullishness to use funding as leverage overseas.

Furthermore, screenwriter Michael Martin's personal biography (he was working as a toll booth operator while penning the script at night, and eventually leveraged a second place finish in a script contest into a production sale) is an inspiration to those that would continue to pursue their dreams against considerable odds.

Julianne Moore plays Palin, who becomes increasingly hard to manage by campaign strategist Steve Schmidt (Woody Harrelson) and would - be president John McCain (Ed Harris) as she begins to leverage her popularity against their efforts to get her to prepare for the job.

But, as Dockterman discovered when he enrolled in the Ed School's doctoral program — admittedly unsure of how he was going to make greater impact in education — he was not against technology in education after all, and he began investigating the question, how can educators leverage technology in teaching?

We have young kids of color as captive audiences for an incredible amount of time in schools, she says, how can we not leverage this setting to help them make sense of and react against one of the most clear threats in their lives?»

But Democrats have been reluctant to view populism as a viable strategy to combat the big money leveraged against them.

Barnes & Noble will work with Microsoft as their trusted ebook source while Microsoft provides them the leverage they need in the advertising world to remain a force to be reckoned with against Amazon.

You'll be putting up the equity in your vehicle that you have been paying off on as collateral against the loan you are leveraging, and as long as you maintain the financial discipline you need to continue making payments you won't have anything to worry about.

While you can invest in the same products as a Cash account, this account is for a more aggressive leverage strategy, allowing you to borrow against the securities held within your HSBC InvestDirect account.

A house is a real asset, which acts as a hedge against inflation, gets preferential tax treatment and can take advantage of leverage.

The rest are products known as leveraged ETFs, which use borrowed money and / or derivative securities to amplify investment returns, or to bet against the index.

At the same time, the discount stock broker also offers MAS (Margin Against Shares), another exposure related product where you can use high leverage values by keeping your shares as a collateral.

In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it

As a general rule, we advise against investing in leveraged ETFs, or anything that requires successful market timing.