Glen Hodgson, chief economist at the Conference Board of Canada, says that adjusting for the size of its economy, Australia attracts six times
as much investment from China as Canada — one reason its economy grew during the recession.
This dramatic change in power distorts our political system, leading to not
as much investment in the public goods needed to maintain a healthy middle class, including a great public education system.
While there are downsides to building a Brick & Mortar presence for the Kindle line, especially given the numerous partnerships that Amazon maintains with the likes of Best Buy and Target to keep their hardware available on the local level, being able to highlight something with
as much investment behind it as the Kindle Fire and its anticipated successor might well be worth the risks.
The saving of those interest are
as much an investment as the interest you get from a bond.
A sustainable model is one in which the budget is balanced with only
as much investment income as dictated by the endowment spending policy.
And secondly, that these lower - tech solutions deserve at least
as much investment and attention as the wackier Utopian pipe dreams.
A 1031 is fine as long as you purchase at least
as much investment real estate as you sell if you want to defer all tax in a 1031.
Not exact matches
«So folks just aren't making individual decisions
as much and advisors are more making longer - term sector and strategic
investments than saying let's make a play for this one name or the others» earnings,» Tabb Group's Larry Tabb told CNBC.
It's an unusual
investment strategy, to be sure, but like other kinds of U.S. real estate, recreational ranch land values nosedived in the downturn, shedding
as much 50 percent from the peak in certain markets.
But in December lead proponent Petronas pushed back its final
investment decision by
as much as a year.
Canada has attracted some of the new
investment needed to serve these customers, but not
as much as our competitors in the U.S. and many emerging economies.
Through the program, China is committing $ 1 trillion over the next decade — and
as much as $ 3 trillion over the long term — to huge infrastructure
investments, in locations that stretch from China's coast through the deserts of Xinjiang province and the steppes of Central Asia
as far west
as Spain and Scandinavia.
The publisher won't help you
as much as you might expect or need, and promoting a book is a huge
investment of time and energy — exponentially more so if you self - publish.
Tosi was apparently a financial wiz internally, creating a hedge - fund style
investment fund for Airbnb with stocks, currencies, and other
investments that contributed
as much as 30 % of the company's cash flow, Bloomberg reports.
Some saw the move
as an
investment play, and AMD's stock fell
as much as 4 % before bouncing back.
• Morgan Creek Capital Management, a Raleigh, N.C. - based
investment firm, along with newly acquired Full Tilt plans to raise
as much as $ 500 million in a new blockchain - focused fund.
That is, how
much should your company be willing to lose in cash every month
as you make
investments in staff and equipment that funds technology, sales, marketing and management.
While
much of the launch fundraising was in later stage
investments, there have been 11 early stage deals (also known
as seed and Series A funding rounds) so far this year, including the $ 15 million round of Australian satellite company Myriota.
Michal Kauffman writes: By Stage 4, in addition to the panic the company may be feeling
as a whole, all sorts of competing interests come out of the woodwork when it comes time to actually move forward with significant
investments and real money: from the European tech team that is jazzed about the acquisition, to the U.S. tech team that's threatened by it, to the corporate VC team that hates it because it will undermine a competing
investment in their portfolio, to the Services Division
as a whole worried about their jobs if the acquisition goes through and
much of their work gets automated, etc....
The initial government
investment did not solve the structural unemployment issue so
much as transfer it from one generation to the next.
But just
as the CEOs who spoke with the
investment manager weren't concerned with employee hardship, layoffs don't bother board members
much either.
Cloud computing can provide savings —
as much as 50 % — for smaller businesses by lowering their upfront
investments and even freeing them from having to set up IT functions on - site.
Also, notwithstanding a silly fiscal policy and the ongoing political impasse, the U.S. economy has some very good things going for it now,
as even king of doom, Nouriel Roubini, couldn't help but note: the Fed is going to stick to its asset - buying regime for the foreseeable future, providing a monetary protein shake the recovery still very
much needs; the housing rebound is well on its way, which is helping Americans rebuild their wealth and is boosting employment in many states with high jobless rates; and the shale oil and gas revolution continues to power
investment, job creation and revenue growth.
Like «third world» before it, «emerging markets» no longer makes
much sense
as an
investment category
It means if your
investments take a big hit
as you are nearing retirement or in the early years of retirement, your losses can be
much more devastating than if they had occurred earlier in your life.
In Atlanta, for example, «a landlord now figures that it could be
as much as a 12 - month
investment to get a new tenant up and running,» says Fried.
As much as we want to buy things when they are most attractive, the best investments are usually the ones covered in dir
As much as we want to buy things when they are most attractive, the best investments are usually the ones covered in dir
as we want to buy things when they are most attractive, the best
investments are usually the ones covered in dirt.
The BP spill led to more regulation (although not
as much new in the U.S.
as some would like) and less
investment in the U.S. offshore oil industry than would have otherwise been the case, and these changes were likely compensated for with increased
investment elsewhere.
Target - date funds are growing in popularity:
As much as $ 700 billion was invested in target - date funds at the end of 2014, according to investment research firm Morningstar, up from roughly $ 600 billion the year prio
As much as $ 700 billion was invested in target - date funds at the end of 2014, according to investment research firm Morningstar, up from roughly $ 600 billion the year prio
as $ 700 billion was invested in target - date funds at the end of 2014, according to
investment research firm Morningstar, up from roughly $ 600 billion the year prior.
According to CNBC calculations, a $ 1,000
investment would be worth more than $ 11,200
as of Tuesday, or over 11 times
as much, including price appreciation and dividend gains reinvested.
Management consultancy Oliver Wyman has estimated global
investment research spend could fall by
as much as $ 1.5 billion annually, when the rules come into force in January.
He added that ICOs backed by real assets would allow companies to circumvent
much of the Wall Street middleman apparatuses, such
as the army of
investment bankers and venture capitalists, and sell directly to would - be stakeholders.
Interestingly, Bond Street is rolling out an advisory service for those members,
much as a robo - adviser (say, Wealthfront or Betterment) would offer automated advice on asset
investments.
Beyond those
investments, however, the duo grew Estately by grabbing
as much free stuff
as possible, including mooching server hosting from another startup, using online tools such
as Google Apps and Google Voice, taking free lunches and dinners whenever possible and working out of Cole's basement apartment where Ward took over Cole's wife's desk while she was off getting her PhD.
As a result, they may avoid companies that are likely to need
much bigger follow - on
investments than he can provide.
The initiative also offers an entrée into the country's tight circle of well - heeled venture capitalists, whose
investments are being matched
as much as 3 to 1 by the Chilean government.
In January, Viacom announced a $ 1 billion cash
investment from Shanghai Film Group and Huahua Media, giving the U.S. studio
much - needed cash and support
as it attempts to grow.
In the first quarter of 2013, the state received close to US$ 200 million in foreign direct
investment, more than twice
as much as it did in the first quarter of 2012, according to the national secretariat for the economy.
Often a CCPC owner is relying on those passive
investments as retirement savings,
much the way a Canadian earning a salary might use a Registered Retirement Savings Plan.
Betterment, an
investment platform that today manages
as much as $ 2.6 billion in assets, will now tackle the multi-trillion dollar 401 (k) market.
Compared to traditional distractions like books, mobile technology is described
as much more commanding of attention that is unpredictable and requires a greater emotional
investment.
Much like NBCUniversal's $ 200 - million
investment in Vox Media, and a similarly - sized
investment in BuzzFeed, the DreamWorks acquisition provides the company with content it can not only shove down the pipe that it owns into people's homes, but can distribute in other ways
as well, especially online and through streaming services.
A
much larger percentage cited saved earnings or personal
investments as their sources of wealth.
Prospera clients get, on average, a 500 % return on their
investment in the service and,
as data and analytics improve, Koppel thinks they can do
much better.
Wiseman cautioned that the CPPIB — despite its large size in Canadian terms — competes against
much bigger investors in the global market such
as private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and other public pension plans that are also on the hunt for similar types of
investments.
«While Snapchat and Airbnb will grab all the headlines next year, I'll be paying just
as much attention to big «boring» equity and
investment firms like Vista and Silver Lake who are snapping up promising start - ups,
as well
as CPG stalwarts like Clorox, Walmart and Procter and Gamble.
«We are looking at
investment and research
as leading indicators of who is going to win that disruptive race,
much like investing in the early days of internet technology would have led you to companies like Amazon,» he said.
The fields and arenas of professional sports are a testing ground for the return on
investment that's possible from data analytics, and nothing did
as much to popularize the concept of big data in sports
as «Moneyball.»
Ford also announced the addition of 13 new electrified models over the next five years and doubled down on its
investment in connectivity and mobility technologies so
much so that it launched Ford Smart Mobility
as a subsidiary dedicated to emerging mobility services.
Before I start investing I'd like to thoroughly study
as much as possible about
investment.»