Consider the fact that, whether you're borrowing money at exorbitant interest rates or paying cash, you're still losing money because when you spend your own cash without paying yourself interest, you're
losing the opportunity cost of that capital invested elsewhere.
There's
lost opportunity cost of being stuck in low - yielding cash or cash equivalents that likely won't even keep up with inflation.
Consider the fact that, whether you're borrowing money at exorbitant interest rates or paying cash, you're still losing money because when you spend your own cash without paying yourself interest, you're
losing the opportunity cost of that capital invested elsewhere.
It is time consuming, so
you lose the opportunity cost of doing something else to make money.
Not exact matches
Opportunity costs include any
lost wages incurred while the move is taking place or
lost productivity as a result
of being in a new market or having skill sets that do not immediately translate into productive work.
There's an
opportunity cost lost either way, I put 30K into buying a house to rent, with lots
of work day - to - day but potential higher cash flow forever, or I lock 30K into a retirement account now, never to be seen again, to hope for compounding and just enough passive income from dividends to live off way later...
Without payment from the first order, Company X doesn't have the funds to cover the upfront
costs of the new order and will risk
losing the
opportunity to work with Safeway and grow its business.
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costs, including legal
costs, and damages for any other indirect loss.
More than 4 years after Superstorm Sandy, homeowners are still struggling to return to their homes due to construction and funding delays, and missing this deadline could mean that homeowners will
lose their
opportunity for reimbursement
of unexpected
costs related to elevation.
At 10 a.m., the state Business Council, state Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance and Independent Power Producers
of New York hold a news conference on additional electricity
costs for New Yorkers and
lost economic development and job
opportunities, LCA Press Room (130), LOB, Albany.
Last year ConservativeHome estimated that the
cost of becoming a Conservative MP was an average # 41,500 in terms
of expenses and
lost income
opportunities.
Losing Kauai's endemic honeycreepers «would definitely
cost us in terms
of our
opportunities to study, understand and appreciate nature.»
The indirect
costs, in terms
of delay and
lost commercial and technical
opportunities, are virtually unquantifiable, though they run into billions.
The NSB report acknowledged these sacrifices as «
costs to the students in
lost opportunities they might otherwise have pursued, the quality
of life during the educational period, and the debt burden incurred while pursuing a degree.»
She suspects that the
cost in
lost food
opportunities balances the greater safety offered by the proximity
of the bigger birds.
As we reflect on this moment in urban Catholic education, the Jubilee closings should not cause us to
lose faith in our future; rather, we have an
opportunity to work together and identify new ways — from donor relations to
cost - sharing collaboration — to maintain and grow our national network
of high - quality Catholic schools, especially those that serve lower - income populations in urban areas.
Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role
of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake
of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has
cost us in
lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.
The combination
of dirty data and aged,
lost opportunities compounded year over year ultimately
cost you millions
of dollars.
The resulting
cost of this relief — not only in dollars but also
lost opportunities for American businesses and consumers — would be vast.»
*
Opportunity costs of print over - and under - runs (publishing's notorious inaccuracies here should speak for themselves, but just think for a minute
of all those stripped and remaindered book, and every sale
lost to an out -
of - print or late - to - reprint title)
But the vast majority
of authors, as I've mentioned previously, don't make any money with their books (which means, actually, they're
losing money: not just in expenses, but in the huge
opportunity costs from all the time they've sunk into writing, and then trying to figure out how to market their books).
And for a full time program, the
opportunity cost of lost wages could be huge.
A savings plan like an emergency fund that is too small puts you at risk
of not managing to offset financial setback and if it's too big, then you are
losing money to
opportunity cost.
Say you buy shares
of the Apple Inc. and want to know what is the
lost opportunity cost.
Losing out on an
opportunity cost: Before considering prepayment you should ensure that there is no other financial instrument in the market that would have given you a higher rate
of return than the interest rate that you are paying on your home loan.
So the
opportunity cost of buying a car with cash, is the
lost investment return you could have made with the cash used elsewhere.
Being aware
of the consequences can help you avoid undue
costs, limited choices and
losing out on
opportunities.
The only thing I can think
of that may not be good with his strategy is that the order may not fill immediately and
lose on the
opportunity cost?
You
lose money in the form
of opportunity cost.
Loss
of earning power — You
lose out on the
opportunity cost of what that money could have earned had you left it to grow tax - deferred until retirement.
Breeders say the restrictions will create a
cost - prohibitive situation; animal groups counter that the Amish will pull out
of the business when they
lose the
opportunity for quick and easy cash.
Perhaps the price
of the ticket pales in comparison to the
lost opportunity of a cancelled trip, in which case the
cost of cancellation coverage may seem excessive.
Given the uncertainty surrounding Starpoints w / impending merger w / Marriott Rewards, I prefer to not incur the
opportunity cost of losing out on the purchase
of $ 5K worth
of Visa GCS on my Chase Ink to get 5x URs.
Greg, lots
of rationalizations needed to assume you get sufficient value to overcome the added fees and
lost opportunity costs.
-
Opportunity cost of losing shelf space to other, more profitable SKUs in a time when shelf - space for Nintendo products is still limited compared against Microsoft / Sony.
But it came at a tremendous
cost in terms
of lost opportunity to play other games.
(Lomborg makes a vital point when he reminds us that there are also a lot
of other maladies afflicting the globe, and that there are both
costs of action and
lost opportunity associated with any path we choose.)
A generation
of opportunities lost at immense
cost and more in the pipeline.
No one can be unaware
of the billions American taxpayers shelled out for filing cabinets full
of junk science and the
lost opportunity costs and liberal fascist stonkernomics based on anti-Americanismand anti-capitalism is robbing the productive
of the fruits
of their investment
of sweat and sacrifice and depriving the youth
of a prosperous future.
Unplanned outages are a bane for every wind farm owner and operator, entailing the financial
cost of repairs and maintenance, and the
opportunity cost of revenues
lost through asset downtime.
The climate wars between the major political parties have
cost us a host
of lost business and employment
opportunities, even a global leadership role, and yet we drift on without an energy policy that might provide some relief to rising power
costs and some strategy to meet our commitments to reduce emissions.
Lost productivity and
opportunity cost of use — With the average wage in the U.S. being about $ 17 per hour in 2006, it takes about two seconds to earn one cent.
Sure, you have to spend money to have access to it, but when you think about the
opportunity costs of not using software — reduced efficiency,
losing track
of leads, reduced conversion rate, dissatisfied clients, etc. — you'll realize that you are in fact much more profitable as a result
of using software to run your business.
If you're on a very tight budget, in most cities where conferences are held there are a number
of local hotels that may be cheaper than the conference venue, but the difference in price can
cost you significantly in terms
of lost opportunities to run into other conference attendees in the elevator, the lobby, the hotel bar, etc..
This decision made in respect
of a failure
of lawyers to file a
costs» budget — the
opportunity to claim
costs was effectively
lost at the outset
of the litigation by the failure to submit the
costs» budget — is the touchstone for legal advisers and their clients in understanding the attitude
of the courts to failure by a party to adhere strictly and accurately to the requirements
of case management set out in the rules, practice directions, and the tailored orders
of the court in the individual case.
Several heads
of damages may come into play in assessing the value
of your claim, including damages for pain and suffering, out -
of - pocket expenses like parking and mileage to and from treatment, past wage loss, loss
of future earning capacity or
lost opportunities to earn income, loss
of housekeeping capacity, and
costs of future medical care.
A parent attending a child's piano recital for two hours may worry about the «
lost opportunity cost»
of that time and feel that such
lost time has to be justified.
Included in special damages are past and future
lost income,
lost opportunities,
lost competitive advantage, medical
costs, â $ ˜out -
of - pocketâ $ ™ expenses, housekeeping and transportation
costs, and financial damage to family members which can be claimed under
Yet Judge Sullivan's fee award does not take account
of Gura's
lost opportunity costs — even though foregone
opportunities impact a small firm's bottom line as much or more than hefty overhead
costs impact a large firm's earnings.
To what extent do businesses experience
costs, difficulties, inefficiencies or
lost opportunities as a result
of differences between Australian and foreign contract law?