The government's reported divestiture demands
came as a surprise to investors, who sent Time Warner shares down more than 6 percent on fears the deal might not go through.
Fed officials have stressed for months they don't want the first rate hike in nine years to
come as a surprise to investors.
None of this should
come as a surprise to investors or anyone making long - term financial plans.
Not exact matches
For starters, it may
come as a
surprise to many
investors that, technically speaking, Amazon is not a tech stock.
The move
comes as a
surprise about - turn for a company whose Chief Executive Akin Akinfemiwa told
investors in Lagos in August that he wanted
to aggressively pursue...
The move
comes as a
surprise about - turn for a company whose Chief Executive Akin Akinfemiwa told
investors in Lagos in August that he wanted
to aggressively pursue M&A opportunities along the energy value chain and acquire marginal oilfields
to boost its upstream business.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney had
surprised many
investors on Wednesday
as he said the U.K.'s central bank could be required
to lift interest rates
as the economy
came close
to running at full capacity.
The new tax is unlikely
to come as a
surprise to the Chinese government or Chinese
investors.
Also,
as investors have
come to expect more stimulus, or in the case of the Federal Reserve a glacial tightening pace, it becomes more difficult
to provide a positive
surprise.
The size of the package, the open - ended nature of the commitment and the willingness
to purchase longer dated bonds all
came as positive
surprises to investors, driving this past week's strong equity rally.
Investors had expected the Fed
to remain pat on rates, but the overt reference
to December
came as a
surprise.
Buffett's purchase of IBM
came as a
surprise to many
investors, however his reasons for buying IBM made sense.
With Bitcoin now having been in existence since 2009 and become a sizeable instrument by market cap comparable
to some of the largest listed companies on the U.S equity markets, it
comes as a little
surprise that futures exchanges have moved ahead on offering
investors with the option of Bitcoin futures contracts.
It may
come as a bit of a
surprise to those just starting
to invest, but most of the world's seasoned
investors will only invest in something that gives them a cash income on a regular basis.
If the management is worried about changing
investor perceptions about problems rather than fixing the problems themselves, well, it shouldn't
comes as a
surprise that problems continue
to manifest themselves.
Worst - case short - term scenarios do not
come as a
surprise to valuation - informed
investors.
Now, seeing the popularity of these funds, it
comes as no
surprise when the
investor, more specifically, the NRI
investor comes asking for ETFs and Index funds
to invest in.
It
comes as no
surprise that the fund's
investors responded
to these peaks and troughs in relative performance in a most procyclical manner.
It shouldn't be too much of a
surprise that an
investor as savvy
as Buffett would
come up with a way
to make a fortune by doing something he already wanted
to do anyway.
It should
come as no
surprise that the top - performing sector of the REIT market varies through time, suggesting that most
investors will want
to maintain exposure
to every part of the real estate asset class.
Broad's plan
to create an independent foundation for his collection
came as no
surprise to Ralph Lerner, an attorney and coauthor of Art Law: The Guide for Collectors,
Investors, Dealers and Artists (Practising Law Institute, 2nd ed., 2005).
While his opinion doesn't
come as a
surprise considering the infancy of this emerging asset class, most
investors have little
to no knowledge of the workings of cryptocurrencies and the role they play in the revolutionary global economy.
Some (or all) of the 12 tokens listed might
come as a
surprise to many cryptocurrency
investors,
as most of them are dark - horse tokens,
to say the least.
So it
comes as no
surprise that the ICO of Drivezy will be launched in Japan and open
to accredited
investors only.
Admittedly, this isn't a particularly
surprising fact,
as last year's bull run witnessed the total market capitalization of cryptocurrency rise from $ 17.7 billion on January 1st
to a high of roughly $ 615.6 billion on December 30th — and since most of us don't have billions of dollars lying around, it's safe
to assume a decent chunk of that
came from ultra-rich
investors.
The increase
came as no
surprise to real estate
investors, notes Ernie Katai, executive vice president and head of production with mortgage banking firm Berkadia, bringing down the risk of disruption
to the market.
The recent popularity of interval funds should not
come as a
surprise; these mutual funds offer retail
investors access
to institutional - grade real estate investments, such
as commercial real estate credit, private real estate equity and private real estate debt, while typically requiring very low investment minimums.
However, it may
come as a
surprise to know that the apartment markets in smaller Georgia cities such
as Athens, Augusta and Savannah are drawing a relatively high level of
investor interest
as well.