Sentences with phrase «bad money for»

That's not bad money for a self - pub book, for low to typical sales.

Not exact matches

Have someone stay constantly on top of the situation so that you can kill off the bad spends and double down quickly on what's driving actual results and purchases; and (b) use these channels and your content to drive traffic from the big guys to sites you own and control so that all your efforts and all your dollars aren't wasted just working to make money for Zuck.

«An excise tax on the endowments of some private colleges and universities, regardless of how many or how few institutions it affects, is a remarkably bad idea that takes money that would otherwise be used for student aid, research, and faculty salaries and sends it to the Department of the Treasury to finance corporate tax cuts,» said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, a higher education trade group.

As earnings season comes to a close — and as the S&P 500 looks to rebound from its worst month in two years — investors are hungry for the types of large single - stock moves that create money - making opportunities.

Spending more money early in retirement can lead to trouble down the line, especially if the stock market takes a turn for the worse.

But nothing's worse than getting money for an idea that you can't bring to fruition.

Young people in particular get a bad rap for wasting money dining out, particularly on overpriced brunch.

Jon Bon Jovi on how he feels Steve Jobs and iTunes have altered the music - buying experience... for the worse The Sunday Times, March 2011 Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to 10, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album, and the beauty of taking your allowance money and making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it.

The «Fast Money» traders looked at which of the year's worst - performing Dow stocks are poised for success in 2017.

Or, maybe worse, they fall prey to acting as a conduit for some type of organized crime ring looking to make big money by selling or manipulating stolen personal data.

«It's like I am being persecuted because of where I made a decision to invest my time and money for the past 40 years, and now I'm being labeled the bad guy, and grouped in with CEOs making millions of dollars a year.»

Just because you don't shoot for double - digit returns doesn't make you a bad person; it just makes you the investor that you really are when you put your money on the line.

«Here's the worst argument for a higher salary: «I need more money because my rent or my college loans are expensive,»» Clark said.

Jheon and her husband made numerous bad decisions during the renovation, but were still able to continue borrowing money (including from a wealthy relative) and ultimately rewarded for their fecklessness with a palatial detached house in an up - and - coming neighbourhood.

In June 2012 he ousted Abrams, a decision that attracted a wave of bad publicity when the New York Post reported — falsely, according to Buffett — that Abrams had been fired for spending company money on a Bermuda cruise.

Too bad they took my money for a subscription (in January) and never honoured it.

Otherwise, the outside money will cost you too much and — probably worse for you and the business — conceal the unhappy realization that you haven't really figured how to operate and scale the business profitably.

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.

A bad sales deal will cost your company money and produce headaches for a few months or maybe years.

For better or worse, many startup founders take money from family and friends — not all of whom are seasoned startup investors.

Women have been speaking their painful truths for centuries, only to be met with a dark silence — or worse, told that they «asked for it,» or were only making these accusations to get money or fame.

The protectionist policies of President Donald Trump will be bad for technology companies, Roger McNamee, co-founder of venture capital firm Elevation Partners, told CNBC's «Fast Money» on Wednesday.

And when it comes to putting money aside for long - term goals like retirement, the numbers are just as bad.

Importantly, investors must ensure they are putting money with top quartile managers, as the spread between the best and worst funds in these more esoteric strategies is much wider than that for traditional public managers.

Scotiabank (TSX: BNS) also set aside more money for bad loans in the Caribbean in its second - quarter report.

He argues that purchasing a home is actually a bad investment because it ties up the majority of your money in one place, and the market is rarely favorable to sell — not to mention the slew of expenses for maintenance and repairs.

When I was asked to write this post, it didn't take long for the memories to come back on some of the bad behaviors I've observed from people asking for money.

But Avon threw good money after bad trying to salvage its home market, all for naught.

For instance, they'll be less happy and more stressed (which affects things like their productivity and creativity); they may quit on you (which will cost you and your company time and money); they may give you bad reviews or complain to HR (which puts your job in jeopardy); and you'll have trouble earning their respect, being viewed as credible, and getting them to listen to your opinions.

For those who have the means but still have doubts, Kevin O'Leary, «Shark Tank» celebrity investor and founder of O'Leary Financial Group, known for his blunt opinions on television, provided a blunt assessment of why more people — celebrities or not — should give: «If you make money, you've got ta give some back, or you go to a bad place after you die.&raqFor those who have the means but still have doubts, Kevin O'Leary, «Shark Tank» celebrity investor and founder of O'Leary Financial Group, known for his blunt opinions on television, provided a blunt assessment of why more people — celebrities or not — should give: «If you make money, you've got ta give some back, or you go to a bad place after you die.&raqfor his blunt opinions on television, provided a blunt assessment of why more people — celebrities or not — should give: «If you make money, you've got ta give some back, or you go to a bad place after you die.»

A hefty external hard drive will help your desktop prepare for the worst, and the Seagate Backup Plus is a fast enough choice that offers lots of space for the money.

The money paying for the political ads could be going into the pockets of the bad actors behind the videos, the group says.

And once they've made a pile of money with no framework or purpose for the «back end,» the troubles begin: serious relationship issues, problems with kids, substance abuse issues, overspending, bad investments.

And Philip Slayton, a former University of Western Ontario dean of law who recently authored Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada's Legal Profession (2007), is critical of the profession's disregard for the inability of the middle class to access the courts.

To be a good investor for LPs, you invest their money like it's your own, but no, that would be a pretty bad plan.

So they reprioritize raising capital over building a valuable product or service and usually end up asking for too much money too soon which ends up in a failed fundraising attempt or a raise on bad terms for the entrepreneur,» said Hrach Simonian, a principal at Canaan Partners.

It may be fashionable in liberal circles to scorn money, but «it drives the world for better or for worse,» says Palihapitiya.

«I know it's so tempting to go ahead and make investments and it looks good for today,» he also commented, «but when this thing ends, because we've had speculation, we've had money building up four to six years in terms of a risk pattern, I think it could end very badly.»

Unfortunately, about the worst position you can be in is to be an entrepreneur who has gone bust — you have no money, your spirit is broken, and you don't even qualify for financial supports such as unemployment insurance!

If you can't stomach the thought of 20 percent of your portfolio disappearing in a bad year, you need to factor that into how you choose your investments — even if you don't need the money for a long time.

(Reuters)-- Shares of OnDeck Capital Inc (ONDK.N) soared on Tuesday after the online lender reported better - than - expected quarterly profit as it set aside less money for bad loans, and managed to keep costs lower.

Given Bitcoin's generally upward long term trend, keeping a bit of money in Bitcoin for later online purchases isn't a bad approach, and has resulted pretty well for me thus far.

I know myself and my situation well enough to understand that if I had invested the same amount of money in a taxable brokerage account with more liquidity, I would have spent plenty of it on creature comforts that I don't need, and I would be worse off today for it.

There is no quick fix for a bad credit score, but there are several strategies you can take to improve your credit rating and save money over the long term.

Locking money up for a long time period — more than 10 years — is a bad idea because it reduces access to an investment and increases risk, according to many financial advisors.

Borrowing money from a crowd - sourcing platform may be a bad deal for your friend, but borrowing from you is a bad deal for you.

They're also an easy substitute for paper money in worst - case scenarios since they come in a variety of weights and denominations.

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It also tells us that the willingness of the credit market — which have behaved like moronic drunken sailors for the last 5 years — is unwilling to chase bad money with more printed money.

Critics contend that's bad for innovation and growth because sending money back to shareholders reduces investments in equipment, technology and research and development, and lowers corporate spending and aggregate demand for goods and services.