Not exact matches
If you're talking about a new project with no significant
investment already deployed, building a new mine if you expect today's prices to hold in the long term is a tough call — a 50 - year oil sands project is a
lot of
risk for
less than a 10 % rate of return — but even there, you can see the impact of the lower Canadian dollar and the hedge provided by a royalty regime which lowers rates when prices are low.
If you're talking about a new project with no significant
investment already deployed, building a new mine if you expect today's prices to hold in the long term is a tough call — a 50 year oil sands project is a
lot of
risk for
less than a 10 per cent rate of return — but even there, you can see the impact of the lower Canadian dollar and the hedge provided by a royalty regime which lowers rates when prices are low.
Of course, these
investments carry a
lot higher
risk thresholds which make them much
less viable as
investment vehicles for a majority of people, but regardless it's time for the technologies that have improved public markets for the individual investor to help them go private as well.
The bottom line is, e-books not only cost a
lot less to produce (no printing costs, shipping, warehousing, or returns), but also require far
less up - front
investment and
risk.
You may find your
risk is
less once you install a system or you may save a
lot of money with your insurance company by making the
investment.
Of course, these
investments carry a
lot higher
risk thresholds which make them much
less viable as
investment vehicles for a majority of people, but regardless it's time for the technologies that have improved public markets for the individual investor to help them go private as well.
Partly, this is because I am not a believer in the conventional view that a person should take a
lot of
investment risk when young and
less as they age.
Parents can choose plans based on their
investment styles; for example, an investor who can tolerate a
lot of
risk might choose plans with a high ratio of stocks while a more conservative investor might choose a plan with safer,
less volatile
investments.