But I also said that
cash and points remains a good deal relative to standard award nights.
Not exact matches
Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long decline),
and if the lighting business accelerates (
and it could, due to recent sales force hires
and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run - rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped - for timeline) at which
point — assuming $ 14 million of
remaining net
cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018)
and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin company would put the stock in the mid - $ 11s per share.
The figure shows clearly that the
cash cost of a residential property in terms of weeks of labour time
remained roughly constant all the way from 1970 to 1986, at which
point housing prices in Canada (
and in particular in the Toronto area) rose drastically during the next three years.
The level of intermediaries» interest rates for households
and small businesses
remains historically low — in particular, notwithstanding the fact that the
cash rate exceeds by 1.5 percentage
points its level at the previous cyclical trough in 1993/94, rates paid by borrowers, especially for housing, typically
remain below their level at that time.
While the 25 basis
point increases in November
and December have brought the
cash rate closer to its average level of the past ten years — a period in which the economy has recorded average annual growth of 3.9 per cent — the rate still
remains slightly below the average over this period (Graph 66).
Still, the
point remains that Saland still has a large amount of money on hand, close to what he had at the beginning for the year,
and the other Republicans who voted in favor of the measure have rather depleted
cash reserves.
Because at this
point I'm still at 50 %
cash and plan to try spreading out the
remaining purchase / timing risk through the year.
Year - end
cash was at $ 19.0 million — Mindwalk & Synthesis will reduce this balance by $ 3.4 million & $ 10.2 million respectively (at this
point, we'll ignore some minor future
cash & shares consideration),
and we'll also include another $ 1.0 million being paid to acquire the
remaining 50 % of Kite Team.
At this
point, the basic fundamentals
remain v supportive — Argo's profitable, offers a 7.8 % dividend, has zero debt,
and cash & investments substantially exceed its mkt cap (
and support 18 yrs worth of the current dividend!).
Just would like to sum up with this question to your fellow editor about a curious number (pardon the pun): Under the «NO foreign transaction fee» Marriott Rewards Premier Visa section recommending it, it reads «Out of the three cards, this is the only one that's seriously worth considering for everyday use» despite it being «one of only two» cards listed side by side that have «annual fees» after the first year (with Barb's choice the second one that loves charging 2.5 % «foreign transaction fees» upfront / from the start on all foreign transactions rebating «afterwards» as «reward
points» statement all of them «except on returns
and cash advances» where the fees
remain); however this article shows «more than three cards» (though granted the Amazon.ca Visa is unavailable now for the new applicant plus the missing Mogo Visa is a prepaid one
and whereas this year's (2017) new $ 149 annual fee HSBC Premier World Elite MC is exclusively for their premier clients only) so which «three cards» in that statement there would we talking about here?
Ink Preferred: Earn up to 3
points per $ 1 on the first $ 150,000 in business spending categories Ink
Cash: Earn up to 5
points per $ 1 on business purchases for the first $ 25,000 * Both cards earn 1
point per dollar on all
remaining purchases
and 1 % when you bonus category spending is maxed out for the year.
Unfortunately, while the above two
points remain correct, it turns out that value that has been assigned to a mile makes «
Cash and Miles» option a very bad deal for almost all travelers.
Combined with an airline miles
and hotel
points card, the
cash rewards card can fill in a lot of the
remaining travel expense holes left.
You also have the option of redeeming miles for 40 % of your award
and buying the
remaining 60 %, similar to a
cash +
points reservation at a hotel.
You are essentially booking a combination of
cash for selected nights
and points for the
remaining nights.
Book
remaining 3 days on
points +
cash — 5,400
points and $ 90
cash.
Just would like to sum up with this question to your fellow editor about a curious number (pardon the pun): Under the «NO foreign transaction fee» Marriott Rewards Premier Visa section recommending it, it reads «Out of the three cards, this is the only one that's seriously worth considering for everyday use» despite it being «one of only two» cards listed side by side that have «annual fees» after the first year (with Barb's choice the second one that loves charging 2.5 % «foreign transaction fees» upfront / from the start on all foreign transactions rebating «afterwards» as «reward
points» statement all of them «except on returns
and cash advances» where the fees
remain); however this article shows «more than three cards» (though granted the Amazon.ca Visa is unavailable now for the new applicant plus the missing Mogo Visa is a prepaid one
and whereas this year's (2017) new $ 149 annual fee HSBC Premier World Elite MC is exclusively for their premier clients only) so which «three cards» in that statement there would we talking about here?
You can also treat ThankYou
points like
cash — earning frequent flyer miles
and remaining eligible for an elite upgrade.
It's not trying to reinvent itself each time, it's
remaining consistent —
and in a world where there are thousands of new things trying to grab my attention
and my
cash, consistency can be a good thing - a bedrock, an anchor
point.»
There are also many situations in which a whole life policy can reach a
point where payments are no longer needed
and the
cash value
and the policy will
remain in force for life.
The bad news, however, is that some policies have such significant loans that it's not affordable or economically feasible for the policyowner to keep the policy going, which may entail paying ongoing premiums,
and life insurance loan interest (to keep the policy loan from further compounding to the
point it forces the policy to lapse), or even paying additional cost - of - insurance charges to keep enough
cash value in the policy to
remain in force (in the case of universal life policies).
As the rotation that we
pointed out this morning continued, a new batch of coins is leading the market higher now, with only Dash
remaining strong from the early leaders while Monero, Bitcoin
Cash,
and Ethereum Classic pushed forward today.
Key
Points Bitcoin
cash price
remains in an uptrend
and recently traded above the $ 500 level against the US Dollar.
Key
Points Bitcoin
cash price struggled to
remain in the bullish zone
and moved below $ 500 against the US Dollar.