Sentences with phrase «even less investment risk»

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If you're talking about a new project with no significant investment already deployed, building a new mine if you expect today's prices to hold in the long term is a tough call — a 50 - year oil sands project is a lot of risk for less than a 10 % rate of return — but even there, you can see the impact of the lower Canadian dollar and the hedge provided by a royalty regime which lowers rates when prices are low.

If you're talking about a new project with no significant investment already deployed, building a new mine if you expect today's prices to hold in the long term is a tough call — a 50 year oil sands project is a lot of risk for less than a 10 per cent rate of return — but even there, you can see the impact of the lower Canadian dollar and the hedge provided by a royalty regime which lowers rates when prices are low.

The account value is subject to market fluctuations and investment risk so that, when withdrawn, it may be worth more or less than its original value even when an optional protection benefit rider is elected.

We fear that some of the reinsurers are taking on what we call «too smart for your own good» risk, and that hedge fund investments will prove to be less diversified than they expected in a crisis, perhaps even a crisis with insurance claim applications, like 9/11.

Even though long - term returns may be higher on average for equity investments, there is a risk that the value of equity investments might fall at any time so your investment is worth less than the amount you paid for it.

A recent analysis by Patrick Geddes, chief investment officer and partner of investment firm Aperio Group, found that even a portfolio that excluded all fossil fuel companies would incur significantly less financial risk than would the practice of active stock selection.