High Risk — Speculation (H / SPEC) High risk equities of companies with a short or unprofitable operating history, limited or
less predictable revenues, very high risk associated with success, significant financial or legal issues, or a substantial risk / loss of principal.
Not exact matches
Academic
revenues are more
predictable and have lower related costs of sale with resulting higher margins, and are much
less reliant on retail bookshop sales.
Academic and professional
revenues are more
predictable and have lower related costs of sale with higher margins and are much
less reliant on retail bookshop sales.
According to the prospectus for the forthcoming iShares ETF, companies on this exchange «are subject to substantially greater risks of loss and highly volatile price fluctuations because their earnings and
revenues tend to be
less predictable and their markets
less liquid than companies with larger market capitalizations.
Micro-cap stocks involve substantially greater risks of loss and price fluctuations becuase their earnings and
revenues tend to be
less predictable (and some companies may be experiencing significant losses), their share prices tend to be more volatile, and their markets
less liquid than companies with larger market capitalizations.
Well, the simple answer is because software companies have figured out that it's better for them to have
predictable, on - going,
revenue and that when customers only buy their product once every 5 - 8 years they make
less money and have more problems.