Sentences with phrase «little investment capital»

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While the global water industry is diversified and, in terms of committed capital, ranks on par with the oil, gas and electricity industries, it's attracted little private investment.

«Many of the companies we back start out as little features,» says Roloef Botha, a partner with Sequoia Capital who led the company's investment in YouTube, which Google bought for $ 1.65 billion last year.

If a smartphone app requiring comparatively little in capital investment can send that industry into disarray, then few businesses are safe from change.

Uber, Airbnb, TaskRabbit and other platforms, meanwhile, are giving workers unprecedented flexibility and control, and requiring little or no capital investment.

It's marketed as being an easy way to become a business owner — it takes relatively little startup capital, etc. — but Rose knows more people who have been burned by this investment strategy than people who have had a positive outcome.

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«There is a little more room to go,» said Erin Gibbs, equity chief investment officer of S&P Capital IQ Global Market Intelligence.

Personal Capital makes it really easy to find a person to help, unlike Mint, but sometimes the assistants can get a little too pushy trying to schedule a call with an investment advisor if you have more than $ 100,000 in investable assets in your account.

The peasants (the 99 % with stagnant or declining wages) work for the 1 %, with little productivity improvement, capital investment, or impetus for invention.

Putting Nelson Petz on DuPont's board struck many of them as a low - cost means, with little downside risk, of keeping DuPont «in play» and signaling the shareholders» desire for more spinoffs and less investment in long - term capital projects, including research and development.

China's economic growth rate might slow a little, but this is simply the consequence of China's having gotten much closer to the capital frontier, in which case a lower return on investment should be accepted.

With some companies accepting investments of as little as $ 100, crowdfunding makes it easier for those of limited means to participate in the exciting world of venture capital.

«Modern Capital Theory is of little or no help to those involved primarily with making investment decisions — value investors, control investors, most distress investors, credit analysis, and first and second stage venture capital investors» Marty Capital Theory is of little or no help to those involved primarily with making investment decisions — value investors, control investors, most distress investors, credit analysis, and first and second stage venture capital investors» Marty capital investors» Marty Whitman

«Make in India»... at times has worrying protectionist overtonesFinance Minister Jaitley is rightly concerned that there is little private sector capital (either domestic or foreign) directed to greenfield infrastructure investments — indeed, even today these are almost totally government financed.

The borrowers credit ratings, typically rated «BB» or lower by Standard & Poor's or «Ba» or lower by Moody's make it difficult for them to acquire capital inexpensively, leaving them with little choice but to offer a high return on an investment.

If you are on a low income and are starting your investment portfolio with very small capital, make sure you are not wasting even the little money you have on unnecessary fees and minimums.

This is not to say that we can rule out yet higher valuations, but with no transformative technologies driving the economy, little expansion in capital investment, and ongoing retrenchment in consumer balance sheets, I can't help but think that the «virtuous cycle» rhetoric of Ben Bernanke is an awfully thin gruel by comparison.

Good little primer on why we need to get back to saving and investment rather than borrowing to consume and throwing capital at reckless bets in financial markets.

«Everyone's a little worried,» said Michael Stoler, a managing director at investment firm Madison Realty Capital and head of New York Real Estate TV.

What's most impressive about Visa is that growing the business requires little in the way of additional capital investment.

Despite all the new institutional conditions installed in favour of capital, the rate of accumulation - i.e. the effective net investment in the area of productive equipment goods - has grown very little since the «80s.

Little did anyone know that what Peter Obi called cash - in - hand were basically investment in stocks, bonds and other non-performing equities arranged by Obi in his final days in office; long - term uncompleted assets that will not earn cash until they are completed; various sums spent in rehabilitating federal roads in the State for which re-imbursements may come in the distant future; computation of the State's share of the Excess Crude Account contributed as capital to the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund in 2010, etc..

With little to no capital investment, an employer can increase employee productivity, teamwork, and overall happiness while at work.

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He even states that the entire reason Double Fine's recently released Happy Action Theater was made was was due to the developer asking for very little funding, therefore, minimizing risk and capital investment any potential publisher would have to make.

But, if you're in a situation where you want to recoup your funds or if you don't have funds to invest in as much as you like, e-books are a way to start building a little bit of capital before you make that investment.

They almost immediately counter with any number of «better» investment ideas: cryptocurrency, tech startups, angel investing, penny stocks, or a «friend's» really good business that just needs a little capital.

While we believe our long - term records demonstrate some success in our service to shareholders, we remain humbled by the day - to - day vagaries of our capital markets, and how little control we ultimately have over our investment fortunes in the short run.

Although tempting to use the results to conclude that management should pay dividends instead of reinvesting, or that growth stocks are poor investments, or that capital - intensive businesses are bad investments, etc, better to be clear exactly how little is actually proved.

We also tested two investment strategies; the MF strategy developed by Joel Greenblatt and explained in his book, «The Little Book that Still Beats the Market» and the ERP5 strategy developed by MFIE Capital.

A lot of investors bought the stock when it was very cheap but got very disheartened when they received very little capital on their investment.

i) Regular investment in bonds & loans — a strategy offering little prospect of capital gain, but which will (quite often) attempt to wipe out your capital.

Seahawk Drilling (NASDAQ: HAWK) is a compelling investment opportunity with very little risk of a permanent loss of capital.

Personal Capital makes it really easy to find a person to help, unlike Mint, but sometimes the assistants can get a little too pushy trying to schedule a call with an investment advisor if you have more than $ 100,000 in investable assets in your account.

It's just mental weight lifting for us to get a sense for what returns on capital, returns on sales, and common - size financial statements look like for particular industries over time, and you can sort of see that «Hey, the precision instrument industry has really delivered fantastic results for investors over time» and «Hey, look the airline space has really done the exact opposite,» and you can start figuring out what industries and sectors are doing really well and which ones aren't, and that can help hone your investment process a little bit and focus your time and energy on the right places.»

While capital gains accounted for 4 %, it is worth noting that with dividend investments you get to take a little piece of each side of the gains.

Not just being self - sufficient to reduce the initial investment, but risking as little capital as humanly possible during your startup period.

Many outsource all administration and use new marketing approaches and channels to market effectively for very little capital investment.

«There has been such little core product introduced to the market that the capital hasn't dwindled much,» says Kris Cooper, managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle retail investment sales practice in Chicago.

In any event, the cost of capital is on the rise, meaning lower investment, little job creation, declining investment levels and fewer economic activities.

Alternatives — With interest rates at historic lows, bank accounts, savings bonds and any other interest bearing investment vehicle offer little return on your capital.

Davis's Redwood Capital Investments reveals little on its sparse website, except that it can complete deals quickly.

In many ways, the internet has helped new agents to level the playing field against entrenched agents and bigger brokerages because so much information is available to learn and leads available for anyone willing who is to put forth the time and effort with little to no capital investment.