Sentences with phrase «for substantial price»

The Fund invests in gold and other precious metals, which involves additional risks, such as the possibility for substantial price fluctuations over a short period of time and may be affected by unpredictable international monetary and political developments such as currency devaluations or revaluations, economic and social conditions within a country, trade imbalances, or trade or currency restrictions between countries.

Not exact matches

The bureau says it has reason to believe the stores «failed to offer certain sleep sets at the regular price or higher for a substantial period of time [and]... did not sell a substantial volume of some sleep sets at the regular price or higher for a substantial period of time.»

For the past two years, West Texas Intermediate has been selling at a substantial discount relative to world prices, the so - called Brent benchmark.

As for Air Products, «it's a great business that is undervalued,» Ackman told CNBC Tuesday — citing a very diverse customer and product base, high barriers to entry, and substantial pricing power.

HBC is on track to bring two Saks locations to Canada by the spring of 2016, he added, since the company sees «a substantial untapped opportunity for both luxury and off - price in Canada.»

The protest concerned the fact that several Emera and Nova Scotia Power executives had received substantial raises, despite the fact that Nova Scotia Power recently went before the province's Utility and Review Board to get approval for an electricity price hike.

But the defense contractor experienced a double whammy in 2014 between falling oil prices (triggering cutbacks on energy projects) and the substantial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, reducing the need for the company's services there.

I noted that pricing decisions by businesses might well have a substantial impact on customers» tipping behaviour, by making it more or less convenient, for example, simply to «round up» to the nearest dollar (or currency denomination).

This positive cycle allows them to justify large capital investments in their facilities and provide substantial returns for their shareholders, as share prices for these global companies are at all - time highs.

At $ 249, it's a substantial price jump from Pebble's original smartwatch, which retails for $ 150.

In an interview, Bullard says he believes the Fed risks losing credibility with the public by ignoring the prices of goods that account for a substantial share of household spending.

«Between 2 % and 5 % for stocks, bonds and commodities are expected long term returns for global financial markets that have been pushed to the zero bound, a world where substantial real price appreciation is getting close to mathematically improbable.

Where these balance sheet improvements are most advanced, future financial distress will look more like what we typically see in instances of financial stress in the major economies — substantial asset price volatility and the potential for substantial financial losses, but less in the way of a significant disruption to either short - run or long - run real economic growth.

At the same time, the current level of the exchange rate represents a big shift in relative prices, which should provide substantial ongoing assistance for the export sector (and the import - competing sector).

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

I think there is a substantial commercial and economic opportunity both in the construction of the pipeline and in the advantages of lower priced oil that would result from the pipeline for the United States and for Canada.

Substantial changes in commodity prices present important policy issues, both for macroeconomic policies working on the demand side of the economy, and for structural policies that work on the supply side.

The International segment reported a loss from continuing operations before income taxes of $ 1.3 million on a US GAAP basis and an underlying pretax loss of $ 1.0 million in the fourth quarter, versus a loss of $ 5.1 million for both measures a year ago, driven by the addition of the Miller brands, volume growth and positive pricing in Latin America and Australia, cost savings in MG&A, and cycling the substantial restructure of our China business in 2015.

We believe that our pledging policy effectively mitigates the risk that forced sales of pledged shares could prompt a broader sell - off or further depress a declining stock price, while providing our officers and directors with reasonable flexibility to use their FedEx shares as collateral for loans for needed liquidity and encouraging them to retain substantial ownership of their shares.

For potential targets, offer prices also are attractive, often reflecting a substantial premium to the price they could command in domestic markets.

Being the 88 % owner of Mt. Gox, the sale of the 200,000 bitcoins would be more than enough to pay back all creditors and investors at current prices, and leave a substantial sum for himself.

Prices for the major coins including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple and Litecoin enjoyed substantial gains for the month as market sentiment picked up.

Our research team works to identify companies that are priced at a substantial discount to what we consider to be their underlying business value — what a rational investor would pay to own the entire business — and then we patiently wait for the gap between price and value to narrow.

This is mainly because Federal and State excise taxes, which are levied per litre of petrol sold, account for a substantial proportion of the retail petrol price.

The materials sector has risen by 16 per cent, boosted by continuing strength in base metals prices and expectations of substantial increases in contract prices for coal and iron ore.

For iron ore and coal, substantial increases in contract prices are set to take effect later this year, building on the already sharp increases of last year.

For Australia overall, the declines in Sydney and Melbourne outweigh the rises elsewhere, implying a substantial fall in prices nation - wide.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

If you listen to the tenor of investment strategists here, the basic message sounds a lot like what we heard in the late 1990's: stocks may not be priced to deliver strong returns on a sustained basis, and there are substantial risks in the longer - term picture, but for now, things seem to be going well and so there's no need to be defensive just yet.

Incidentally, while poking around at market oil prices, I noticed that while Western Canadian Select (WCS), which is dilbit, does sell at a substantial discount from WTI, upgraded dilbit is selling for a much higher price.

Barclays also revised down its forecasts for oil prices on Wednesday, in its second substantial revision in recent months.

This selling pressure formed by the overhead supply is what makes it difficult for a confirmed down trending market to fully reverse into a new uptrend, at least without a substantial period of correction by time («back and fill» price action).

There has been substantial rises in prices for the top cryptocurrencies in the past 2 years attributable to multiple factors including increased awareness about the blockchain, adoption of currencies across multiple industries and even overall excitement and enthusiasm about this new technology.

Due to the effects of market sentiment the gold price occasionally will diverge from its «true fundamentals» (as indicated by the GTFM) for up to a few months, but ALL substantial upward and downward trends in the gold price over the past 15 years have been consistent with the fundamental backdrop.

Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist at Windermere Real Estate, covering Seattle, says, «Our strong wage growth is still supporting rising home prices, which when combined with the historically low number of homes for sale in Seattle, gives home flippers substantial returns on their investments.

Rather, I reached this conclusion: unless we are headed for a substantial decline in the price per barrel of oil, those 4 - 6 % dividends from Conoco, BP, and Shell are a great way to generate substantial income over the course of coming business cycles based on current prices.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In the event that one or more Authorized Participants having substantial interests in Shares or otherwise responsible for a significant portion of the Shares» daily trading volume on the [EXCHANGE] withdraw from participation, the liquidity of the Shares will likely decrease, which could adversely affect the market price of the Shares and adversely affect an investment in the Shares.

«While prices may trend upwards for the balance of the year, this progress will probably be unsteady and will likely be hampered by the substantial stocks of SMP.

There is already a substantial cohort of wealthy consumers in Asia, but no real evidence of increased demand and prices for Australian farm products.

Müller Dairy UK and Müller - owned Robert Wiseman Dairies have promised a «substantial increase» in the price they pay to their dairy farmer suppliers for milk.

4.90 If firms with substantial market power were effectively prevented from acquiring small firms, this would affect the ability of smaller businesses to realise a reasonable price for their business when seeking to exit the industry.

On deadline day it emerged that the Red Devils had snubbed the chance to pay Dortmund's # 60m asking price for the German international, but they still offered a substantial amount.

The journalist Jose Luis Sanchez has said on Spanish TV that Arsenal have made a substantial bid for Rodriguez, but Real have rejected us as the price is short of Real's # 69.8 million valuation.

It asked for liability insurance to become so expensive it might price out substantial numbers of high school teams from even having programs.

Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much more reflective of a hold up play / cross in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups in recent years and the lack of a «boss» in the midfield

Cahill, same scenario.sure, the price they are asking for him is too high, but we can still make a deal, if we offered something substantial, but like the penny pinchers we are, i'm not even sure there was even a bid for him, from us, and we were promised that the defensive situation was gonna be addressed, now real fans are scratching their heads and wondering what the hell is going on?

BUYING TIP: Look for a seat with steady and substantial chest - level tray or support, like the Fisher - Price Sit - Me - Up Floor Seat.

It's important to know these numbers, because a school or district with a substantial number of students on «paid» status may be generating a significant portion of their revenue from the paid price for meals, especially if they are charging a paid price around $ 4 or even higher.

The report, which will be welcomed by the government as proof it is offering public sector workers a fair deal in difficult economic times, highlights the change from retail price index to consumer price index inflation as the most substantial change for public sector workers.