«From our platform with clients in the main mining jurisdictions in the world some of our overseas clients see the current situation as an opportunity for them to acquire
assets at attractive prices or secure sources of production,» said Baker & McKenzie partner Howard Burshtein in an interview.
Buying productive
assets at attractive prices is the name of the game.
Iran's new Petroleum Contract will be able to invite private companies and international investors to finance and operate energy
assets at an attractive price.
Not exact matches
«In our search for new stand - alone businesses, the key qualities we seek are durable competitive strengths; able and high - grade management; good returns on the net tangible
assets required to operate the business; opportunities for internal growth
at attractive returns; and, finally, a sensible purchase
price.
These are funds that have billions of dollars in
assets — the biggest, the Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG), has $ 30 billion in AUM —
attractive price tags, and they are all capturing new
assets this year,
at least six of them with net
asset gains of more than $ 500 million.
There is nothing better for investors than to buy an
asset with an expanding value
at an
attractive price.
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel
prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel
prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our
assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the
price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels
at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of
attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
At times when volatility spikes,
pricing dislocations can occur in otherwise
attractive assets.
The remaining 20 % -30 % in cash equivalents continues to provide value as a buffer against downside volatility, as well as serve as a storage place until it is time to acquire
assets at more
attractive prices.
But not - so - easy point to get is that businesses with enduring moats are more
attractive as investments than those which don't have enduring moats even
at relatively higher
prices in relation to
assets, recent earnings and cash flows.
Accordingly,
at Research Affiliates we focus on gauging which
assets and currencies are
priced to deliver
attractive returns over longer horizons, all while using shorter - term
price and economic momentum as a barometer for the conviction in our expectations of future returns.
For another
asset manager, it may be a great opportunity to acquire additional AUM & diversity
at an
attractive price, funded by compelling cost & revenue synergies.
«We want to make sure we buy long lead - life, low decline - rate
assets at attractive valuations, with good balance sheets, in order to survive the short - term and very intense volatility we're seeing in the
price of oil,» McKinley said.
If that's so, then if we own twice as much of an
asset that has recently doubled in
price — as we do in our cap - weighted index portfolios — the
asset logically must be more
attractive after doubling than it was
at half the
price.
«There are tremendous opportunities to acquire
assets at very, very
attractive prices that are going to create either tremendous long - term appreciation or produce tremendous yield today — and in many cases both,» says Matt Lester, founder and president of Princeton Enterprises LLC, a real estate investment and management company based in Orchard Lake, Mich..