Sentences with phrase «high capital investment»

Laser beaming overcomes physics limits on space mirrors and microwave beamers that otherwise mandate large in - space aperture structures and high capital investment before «first power,» thus greatly reducing demonstration and commercialization costs.

He lamented the cyclical nature of the business, and how high capital investment dissolves profit when the market is down.

A Long stock / short future (Ratio 0.5:1) strategy, despite requiring a higher capital investment shows almost «bond like» characteristics with a vol of 3.6 % and a performance (before forward discount) of -1 %.

Without going into detail, it revolves around the high capital investments that MLPs and REITs make.

Not exact matches

This method can provide borrowers with access to capital they may not have received through more traditional means, and higher returns on investment for lenders than they would get from a savings account.

Unfortunately, for the average entrepreneur, the odds of their child getting into Harvard are significantly higher than the odds they will ever receive a venture capital investment.

The venture capital arm of Boeing has started off 2018 with several high profile investments, such as battery start - up Cuberg, Australian satellite company Myriota and British propulsion company Reaction Engines.

A number of those investments have gone on to raise capital at higher valuations, according to Forbes.

What's more, the news - reading public has grown accustomed to announcements of multi-million-dollar investments over the last 15 years, a period of extremely active venture capital funding, which reached new highs in 2015.

Opportunities for companies like Lunar have been increased by a fertile investment niche opened by a mismatch between the high degree of entrepreneurial innovation in today's economy and the changed demands of venture capital.

Billionaire investor Stephen Jarislowsky, whose firm manages $ 35 billion in assets, wrote an op - ed for the Financial Post that says higher taxes on capital gains would, «hammer another nail in the coffin for Canadian investments, particularly at a time when our economic outlook is already relatively weak.»

Take that funding away and the market settles back into something more closely aligned with the underlying reality — the one of high unemployment / underemployment, high oil prices, stagnant middle - and lower - class incomes, unprecedented wealth concentration in the upper class, demolished savers, under - investment in capital, and an ongoing transition to a low - wage service economy hard - pressed to service debt.

Similarly, the SBA beefed up its Small Business Investment Company program, where the agency works with venture capital and private equity firms to provide capital to high - growth companies.

Corporate venture - capital firms that benefit from high cash flows might be willing to spread out their investments over a few similar companies and take a back seat in terms of driving their growth, while a venture - capital firm is typically motivated to take a more focused and hands - on approach for its portfolio companies.

«The high investment risk climate and upfront capital cost of energy investments, particularly renewables, are critical barriers to the development of energy markets,» said Aliko Dangote, founder of Nigeria's Dangote Group and member of the partnership.

RBC's capital markets division saw a 13 per cent jump year - on - year in net income to $ 748 million, primarily due to a lower effective tax rate largely due to U.S. tax changes and higher results in corporate and investment banking and global markets.

The NOCs are being approached by lawyers and investment bankers not just from Calgary but from Houston and Melbourne too, seeking patient capital for long - timeline projects while equity prices for energy companies have been steadily sinking on stock markets despite the high price of oil.

The company has high hopes and, since late February, $ 2.5 million in venture capital, some of that coming from prominent investment firm Index Ventures.

According to Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), investment activity in Canada's venture capital (VC) industry has accelerated since 2011, reaching its highest level sincCapital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), investment activity in Canada's venture capital (VC) industry has accelerated since 2011, reaching its highest level sinccapital (VC) industry has accelerated since 2011, reaching its highest level since 2006.

Further, the study found that venture capital investment might have been $ 8 billion higher over the same time period, except for the litigation brought by frequent litigators.

Students have long gone to business school to gain entry to high - paying jobs in consulting, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds.

Orange Capital makes investments in value equity, high - yield and distressed debt, and secured loans, according to the fund's brochure document.

«What we're seeing is a textbook implosion with regard to exploration and production capital spending domestically because the industry was leveraged to very high oil prices,» says Bill Herbert, a senior researcher at Houston oil and gas investment bank Simmons & Co..

While there's still plenty going on in this area in terms of startups and venture capital investment, the city may have seen a drop because of a relatively low high - growth company density of 94.4 (out of 100,000).

Reducing tax liability is always important, and even more so since 2013, when rates on capital gains went up and a new tax on investment returns was imposed on some high earners.

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.

Merry won't say how much capital the company has raised, but says several «high net worth individuals» made angel investments to keep the company afloat.

Shareholders hit Buffett with questions about predatory lending practices at Berkshire - owned Clayton Homes; his partnership with 3G Capital, which is notorious for its layoffs and cost cutting; and the fact that many of his investments are in companies that produce products that are high in processed sugars, like Coke and ketchup, at a time when many are worried about obesity.

Healthcare AI VC deal volume and funding hit a five - year high in 2016, with almost $ 800 million in investments across 90 deals, according to TM Capital.

«If we wanted to grow less quickly, we would need less capital, but we think this is right thing to do and our metrics suggest the return on investment would be very high.»

«In this month's report, we are also finding evidence that higher optimism is leading to increased business activity, such as capital investment,» Dunkelberg added.

Running the gamut from products for children to houses of high - tech, each winner will receive $ 120,000 in investment capital and mentoring from top Disney execs.

But shareholders» hopes for a sweetened bid may be unrealistic because Dell's PC business is just not in high demand, said Dan Niles, chief investment officer at AlphaOne Capital, on CNBC's Halftime Report Tuesday.

According to Bloomberg and research by Lesa Mitchell and Professor Vivek Wadhwa, women - led high - tech startups are more capital efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and generate 12 percent higher revenue than male - owned companies when venture - backed.

... including consideration of the case, post-Brexit, for a new national investment fund to channel long - term capital via private - sector managed funds, into high growth, innovative businesses, to continue and extend the work that the European Investment Fund investment fund to channel long - term capital via private - sector managed funds, into high growth, innovative businesses, to continue and extend the work that the European Investment Fund Investment Fund has begun.

(Update, Nov 2015: I am now the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, a seed investment fund that backs high - potential, underrepresented startup founders:) Read more about my journey in my other medium posts...)

Debt securities rated below investment grade2 based on the issuer's weaker ability to pay interest and capital, resulting in the issuer paying a higher rate to entice investors to take on the added risk

Benefits — Each family / real estate investor keeps average $ 600 / mo for 2 yrs, real estate in all major metropolitans will have a traded price, increase buying power of low income high credit citizens, stimulate real estate investment by making it easier for investors to cash flow a rental property, reduce home inventory, the increase home values and liquidity provides incentive to put the $ X trillion in capital currently on the sidelines back to work and mortgage prepayments will increase capital availability.

«Foreign capital remains active in its pursuit of high - quality hotel brand and real estate investments,» David Loeb, a senior lodging analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., said in a research note Monday.

- People with high incomes will be subject to a higher capital gains rate of 20 %, plus an extra 3.8 % Net Investment Income Tax (not shown here) as part of the new healthcare law.

Before joining HH in 2012, he was a Regional Director for AQR Capital Management in Scottsdale, marketing the firm's alternative investment mutual funds to large advisory teams at brokerage firms in the Western U.S. Prior to AQR, he served high net worth clients as a principal with a niche financial advisory firm in Phoenix.

As a result, capital flowed into the development and over-production of marginally profitable unconventional oil because of high coupon yields compared with other investments.

Malachite Aggressive Preferred Fund (MAPF) has been established to achieve a long - term capital growth in addition to a high level of after - tax income through investment primarily in preferred shares and preferred securities listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The persons filing this statement are High River Limited Partnership («High River»), Hopper Investments LLC («Hopper»), Barberry Corp. («Barberry»), Icahn Partners Master Fund LP («Icahn Master»), Icahn Offshore LP («Icahn Offshore»), Icahn Partners LP («Icahn Partners»), Icahn Onshore LP («Icahn Onshore»), Icahn Capital LP («Icahn Capital»), IPH GP LLC («IPH»), Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. («Icahn Enterprises Holdings»), Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. («Icahn Enterprises GP»), Beckton Corp. («Beckton»), and Carl C. Icahn, a citizen of the United States of America (collectively, the «Reporting Persons»).

Mark Yusko is the founder, CEO, and chief investment officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management, which advises pension funds, endowments, and high - net - worth individuals.

«With the high - net - worth individual, what we have found is that there has been more and more demand for real estate,» says Yuen Yung, CEO of Casoro Capital, a multifamily real estate investment firm that serves HNWIs, family offices and institutions.

High incomes will pay an extra 3.8 % Net Investment Income Tax as part of the new healthcare law, and be subject to limited deductions and phased - out exemptions (not shown here), in addition to paying a new 39.6 % tax rate and 20 % capital gains rate.

The bank's U.S. commercial banking business is still growing its footprint and the lender is delivering higher returns from its investment in its U.S. capital markets unit, said White, who succeeded Bill Downe as CEO last year.

The Carlyle Group («Carlyle») is one of the world's largest global alternative asset management firms that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management - led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, growth capital financings, real estate opportunities, bank loans, high - yield debt, distressed assets, mezzanine debt and other investment opportunities.

Apache plans to continue an elevated level of activity in the Permian Region during 2018, while continuing to balance capital investments between its larger development project at Alpine High and focused exploration and development programs on other core assets in its Permian region.