Sentences with phrase «global income distribution»

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While some countries still enact mercantilist policies that directly affect the relative prices of traded goods in ways that David Ricardo would have understood two hundred years ago, in today's global trading environment, persistent trade surpluses are usually caused by distortions in income distribution that force up savings rates.

Global Capitalism is trapped in its own Prisoner's Dilemma; forty four years after the end of the Bretton Woods System global central banks have manipulated the cost of risk in a competition of devaluation leading to a dangerous build up in debt and leverage, lower risk premiums, income disparity, and greater probability of tail events on both sides of the return distribGlobal Capitalism is trapped in its own Prisoner's Dilemma; forty four years after the end of the Bretton Woods System global central banks have manipulated the cost of risk in a competition of devaluation leading to a dangerous build up in debt and leverage, lower risk premiums, income disparity, and greater probability of tail events on both sides of the return distribglobal central banks have manipulated the cost of risk in a competition of devaluation leading to a dangerous build up in debt and leverage, lower risk premiums, income disparity, and greater probability of tail events on both sides of the return distribution.

Of note, all the capital gains distributions reported by the three - biggest U.S. ETF sponsors — iShares, State Street Global Advisors and Vanguard Group — were in fixed - income ETFs.

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.

It is anticipated that units of Sentry Global Balanced Income Fund will be available for daily purchase once qualified for distribution under a simplified prospectus, which is expected to occur on or about June 4, 2013, subject to regulatory approval.

«You can add some potential yield and spread out your risk by adding fixed income from around the world,» says Dave Richardson, head of enterprise distribution strategy at RBC Global Asset Management.

Some performance highlights of the year included; Rasmala Global Sukuk Fund, which generated a net return for investors of 4.97 per cent; the Rasmala GCC Fixed - Income Fund, which produced a net return of 6.83 per cent and Rasmala Leasing Funds 1 and 2, which have to date paid average annual cash distributions of 12 per cent and 9.2 per cent respectively.

When we look at solutions down the road for global warming, for other environmental problems, for horrible inequities in income and wealth distribution in the world, we would do well to remember Einstein's warning, «We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.»

That, in the middle of the global distribution (where people emit about 7 tCO2e per person per year), we find «the top 1 % earners from Tanzania, the upper middle class (7th decile) in Mongolia and China as well as poor French and Germans (respectively 2nd and 3rd income deciles,» and that, at the bottom of the global distribution, we have, for example, the poorest 7 % of the population of India, (at about 0.15 tCO2e).

The authors discuss the top, bottom, and middle regions of the global income / emissions distribution and are able to tell us that, counting «indirect (or consumption - based) emissions,» the emissions rates for the richest 1 % of Americans (about 300 tCO2e / year) are likely representative of the top 1 % around the planet.

Today, Cantor is a preeminent capital markets investment bank, recognized for its strengths in the equity and fixed income capital markets, its global distribution model, and for its expanding presence as the leading independent middle market investment bank serving the marketplace with investment banking services, prime brokerage, and commercial real estate financing.

Cantor Fitzgerald is recognized around the world for its strength in the equity and fixed income capital markets, its global institutional distribution model, as well as its expanding presence in investment banking and real estate financing.