Sentences with phrase «did during the downturn»

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While Clinton didn't have to deal with any significant economic downturn during his presidency, Reagan saw a recession in the early part of his first term.

Look at how the fund did during periods of downturn, too; you need to ensure you can stomach the risk.

Ross added nuance to that remark, speaking on a panel at Davos later in the day: «Nobody is trying to ignite what Smoot - Hawley did during the Depression,» Ross said, referring to legislation passed in 1930 that slapped tariffs on nations that shipped goods to the U.S. and arguably made the era's financial downturn even worse.

During an economic downturn, your volume of sales is likely to decline — so don't make matters worse by lowering prices at the same time.

But during the mid 1990s Simon discovered that his bankers didn't «get» his capital - intensive growth strategy and, in the short run, were worried about the company's exposure to a semiconductor downturn.

This is done by setting aside capital in good times so that banks can keep lending during a downturn, and are protected if customers lose their ability to make repayments on their debt.

«I'll admit that real estate is prone to the same kinds of highs and lows that stocks are, but I've always done great during downturns because I understand this business and what makes projects profitable,» notes Barry Shames, CEO of $ 15 - million Shames Construction Co., in Livermore, Calif..

Introducing large stimulus plans during cycle peaks — roughly where we are now — doesn't increase private spending as much as during downturns.

During an actual or perceived economic downturn, fewer customers may shop with us and those who do shop may limit the amounts of their purchases.

Bonds and cash may have lagged in recent years, but they have the potential to help a portfolio during downturns, as they did in 2008.

The vast majority of 401 (k) participants did not make any asset allocation changes during the market downturn, but for those who did it was a fateful decision that had a lasting impact.

I did buy one stock during the big downturn.

Makes sense since during downturns bonds don't fall as far or as fast — often they'll even go up.

Phillips is one of the government's smartest cabinet ministers, and has done a good job promoting the flagship Climate Leadership Plan, but the NDP have fallen short when it comes to easing Albertans worries about the cost of implementing the carbon tax during an economic downturn.

As I noted last week, the planned $ 150 billion «fiscal stimulus» will prevent the current account from improving as much as it typically does during economic downturns.

This is what we found out: The major reasons why firms cut their dividend had to do with preserving cash amid a secular or cyclical downturn in demand for their products / services or when faced with excessive leverage (how much debt they held on their respective balance sheets) during tightening credit markets.

Silver Wheaton did a great job of expanding its business while the opportunity was there during the commodity downturn.

«We cop a bit of criticism because we under - stock, but it means that we don't come under pressure during the downturns.»

Such is the art of politics during extended slumps; when momentum coalesces around a certain idea as the response to the downturn, and then the economy doesn't quickly pick back up, yesterday's solution quickly becomes politically toxic, mostly regardless of whether it was a good policy or not.

If we don't address longstanding cost - drivers now, then schools will find themselves in a similar fiscal crisis during the next economic downturn.»

Lord Mandelson said Woodley was «passionate» in his view that Government should be spending money to enable Nissan, Honda, Jaguar, «or whoever it is», to retain all their labour during the downturn, however long it lasts, as opposed to making sure that all available cash is spent ensuring that short - term unemployment does not turn into long - term unemployment.

«During the downturn, biotech services was the only part of our economy that didn't have negative job growth,» he says.

However, this same inelasticity protects schools during economic downturns when property owners continue to pay those same taxes, even if their income is reduced, as assessors do not reduce property values in a timely manner.

It would seem that authors like Russo fundamentally do not understand what the self - publishing process entails, and the self - publishing industry's heavy reliance upon editors, graphic designers, and other industry experts which the traditional publishing industry has been setting adrift during the economic downturn at increasing rates.

Otherwise known as «don't be forced to sell during a downturn».

Luckily, some builders did choose to renegotiate during the downturn.

But it bounced back almost two years before the Global Couch Potato did, having fallen 29.2 % during the same downturn.

Your portfolio should generate a reliable cash flow, so you don't need to sell stocks during market downturns.

Norm responds: Bank stocks have been good dividend stocks but they didn't make the list because they didn't grow their dividends during the downturn.

But if you do that you also run the risk of being hit with a bigger loss during market downturns, which could deplete your savings even sooner.

How much flexibility do you have to drastically reduce your spending during and after market downturns?

In doing so we are reducing the portfolio's exposure to downside when high risk assets become riskier late in the cycle and adding to high risk assets during downturns when they become less risky.

Once I have some free time (like when the boys turn 12 or something) I'll do some portfolio modeling with purchases made only every few years during significant downturns.

Since I take a long term approach to investing in the stock market that means I see the benefit of taking advantage of any potential downturns, but it also means that I do not lose out on potential gains if the market does indeed go up during the summer months.

If you ever find yourself wondering how to protect your retirement account or capital during a market downturn, don't forget to check out Market Index Target - Term Securities.

We even did pretty well during the worst of the economic downturn.

Revel in the gains, but don't panic over the losses — and, above all else, don't sell your mutual funds during a downturn.

Investors want to make money during sharp rises but don't want to get caught without a chair when the music stops; they tend to leave quickly and in droves at the first hint of a downturn.

The internet did not kill the industry as many speculated, and in speaking with some agents, they did not even feel a hiccup during the recent economic downturn.

SFMOMA's board charged him with restabilizing the institution during a regional economic downturn, a mandate that did not promise big news, and little has followed so far, in contrast to the brief, flashy reign of his predecessor, David Ross.

Smaller, oil sands - only players such as MEG Energy are more vulnerable during a downturn because they don't have the cash cushion of larger companies and don't have refining operations to offset lost revenue from oil and gas sales.

I remember when I was in real estate and during an office economic downturn people and companies would try to do «midnight shuffles» to get out of lease obligations.

«A lot of companies that didn't want to sell during the downturn are now sitting on much more robust valuations,» he said.

These policies do carry some level of risk in that the cash values can be lost during market downturns, but the policy will still stay in force as long as premiums are paid.

The Life Insurance Corporation of India was relatively immune to the impact of economic slowdown, but those in the private sector did see a downturn in business during the first half of the year 2009 - 10.

It is worth noting that the events industry is one of the first to be hit during an economic downturn as companies either don't have the money to fund events or don't want to be seen to spend on this area.

Not only does this have the unfair feel to it, the practice creates a barrier to job seekers that have been unemployed during the economic downturn.

Resume writers who joined the industry during the economic recession sometimes did so because they saw a need during the downturn.

Part of it is there's just a pent - up demand for new product because we didn't build anything during the downturn.»

I don't recall rents crashing to the floor during that downturn so it's just like a stock, you don't lose anything till you sell at a lower price.