Next time, I'm going to make it thicker by adding
a lot less stock.
Not exact matches
Let P / E ratios fall, and
stocks are priced to deliver a whole
lot less than 7.2 % annually over the long term.
That can hurt a company's
stock price if it's borrowed a
lot, as the interest it's paying on that debt is more expensive — meaning more money will be spent paying it down, leaving
less for product development, marketing, etc..
When the
stock price plummets because your company underperforms, and you subsequently feel you have to grant a
lot more to remain competitive, and then your
stock price recovers, your CEO will end up with a
lot more award value than the CEO of a competitor whose firm's
stock price dropped much
less, before also recovering.
But again, if you stayed the course, as an investor and as a save, the
stock market drop would have been a
lot less scary.
As a result, though someone that buys and holds the
stock index does best,
less money is in the index when
stocks are low, and a
lot more when
stocks are high.
As the Chinese
stock market pulls back and the economy slows, Chinese consumers are spending a
lot less.
«In field after field, when it comes to centrally important skills — stockbrokers recommending
stocks, parole officers predicting recidivism, college admissions officials judging applicants — people with
lots of experience were no better at their jobs than those with
less experience.»
Sprint could be a millionaire - maker
stock, but that's a
lot less likely than it becoming a slight gain on a sale or an unpredictable performer as it chugs along on its own trying to compete with T - Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.
But when you are dealing with bond funds, which are a
lot less volatile than
stock funds, what is the risk?
Different parts of the chicken will contribute different amounts of gelatin to the
stock: Breast meat produces a deliciously flavorful
stock that is very thin, while wings produce a slightly
less clean flavor, with
lots of gelatin.
During the two years that GE alfalfa was permitted to be grown commercially, approximately 200,000 acres of Roundup Ready alfalfa were planted — amounting to
less than 1 % of the total alfalfa acres in the U.S. Cal / West Seeds, a major alfalfa seed exporter, reported that 12 % of 200 +
lots and all 6 of its research
lots had tested positive for GE alfalfa in 2008 and that preliminary data indicated that 30 % of 10 seed
stock lots had tested positive in 2009.
You're a
lot less likely to get lumps in your sauce if you add room temp or cold water or
stock to the flour and onions.
Vegetables cut up in the fridge, hummus (
lots of it) on hand, fruit basket full, raw nut containers refilled and yogurt
stock at full capacity (see 50 Healthy Snacks... 100 Calories or
Less).
Plenty of them are a
lot less than that too and could make for great
stocking stuffers.
On top of being one of the more affordable vehicles to buy in this class bone
stock (only the $ 45,560 Cadillac CTS is
less expensive to buy), the Lexus GS comes with quite a
lot of equipment as standard.
So whilst ISBNs are important for publishing companies they are
less so for the individual self - publisher as most do not have
lots of
stock to control and keep track of.
If you put your $ 5,000 into a riskier asset class such as
stocks (ie a
stock mutual fund) then in 6 months your investment might be worth more than $ 5,000 or it could be worth
less than $ 5,000 (possibly a
lot less).
It typically takes a
lot less capital for my short put positions (on margin) compared to holding
stock.
I'm doing a
lot of work on bank
stocks lately, looking at a
lot of cheap
stocks selling for significantly
less than their tangible book value.
«Stated differently, there are many academics who would say that buying individual
stocks leads to people taking «uncompensated risks», meaning they could likely get a similar return with a
lot less volatility if they just diversified more — both within and throughout asset classes.»
If the additional mortgage takes 30 years to pay off (extreme case) its a time horizon for
stocks which makes them a
lot less risky no?
By removing the riskiest
stocks from the pool at the beginning, Gray and Carlisle are a
lot less likely to get sucked into a value trap.
Writing covered calls is a great way to boost your yield on
stocks you already own, and involves a
lot less risk than most investors think.
Of course, when the tide turned and
stocks dropped a
lot, the portfolios of investors who had rebalanced declined
less in value than those who had not rebalanced.
Investing in Mutual Fund is a
lot easier and
less risky, as compared to
stocks.
Bonds are a
lot less risky than
stocks, but they can still lose value.
If you own a mix of
stocks, bonds and cash then your best and worst years will be a
lot less dramatic than the all -
stock portfolio.
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.
It's titled
Stocks Are a
Lot Less Risky Than You Think.
The downside is the fact that because of the minimal risk of owning GICs, the return is generally a
lot less than for bonds,
stocks and mutual funds.
I hold
lot of these common
stocks, though
less in quantity.
If you own a mix of
stocks, bonds, and cash, then your best and worst years will be a
lot less dramatic than with an all -
stock portfolio.
As a result, though someone that buys and holds the
stock index does best,
less money is in the index when
stocks are low, and a
lot more when
stocks are high.
I take the fiduciary side of this seriously, and will tell clients that want to put a
lot of their money in my
stock strategy that they need
less risk, and should put funds in my bond strategy, where I earn
less.
But I think, Joe, you and I can agree, that for a variety of reasons, investing in U.S.
stocks is a hell of a
lot less risky than it was, say, 130 years ago.
It is possible to purchase
less than 100 shares but at that level the commission on smaller
lots makes this
stock purchase
less profitable.
I'm not saying a
lot more aggressive, but maybe a little bit
less conservative, having a little bit more
stock allocation for the long term, staying invested, than their percentage rate or return over the long term would be actually significantly higher than men, I would say.
Many almost retirees who were heavily invested in
stocks lost a
lot of money, and either had to put off retirement and continue working or try to live off of
less money.
I don't want to go too crazy on any
stock trading for a P / E ratio of ~ 23, but you've got a
lot of
stocks out there trading for similar or higher multiples with much
less growth.
-- Finally, there's nothing left to invest in (and perhaps a
lot less money to invest with too)-- time to load up on agri futures /
stocks, bushels of corn and wires to smooth overseas land salesmen, as the price of everything is rising 25 % a year...
RECF has a
lot of advantages in the sense that: a.) it's rather passive (i.e. if a pipe breaks in a property, you won't get a call at 3 in the morning); b.) You can diversify across many projects unlike direct property ownership and c.) It's far
less correlated to the
stock market than a publicly traded REIT.
If you want to brag about how it doesn't matter that you bought
stocks in the tech bubble because at least you earned dividends for the next 10 years, it's disingenuous not to mention that you'd have been better off buying T - bonds at 8 % back then and earning a hell of a
lot more income with significantly
less risk.
By their nature, bonds are a
lot less volatile in
stocks: a traditional bond index fund, for example, is not likely to lose more than 5 % or 6 % even in a very bad year, whereas that's a bad day for
stocks.
However, realize that you'll need to cough up a whole
lot of cash to buy just one share of such a popular
stock, so you might want to consider investing in a good company that is a little
less established and more attainable.
Now, at that price, the investment case for WCG looked a
lot stronger to me; with book value of around $ 21 / share (mostly in cash) the
stock was trading at
less than 50 % of book.
It will do this in a sideways market, and it also has a
lot less risk than a
stock fund in a declining market.
That means it should lose
less in a recession but also make
less if the
stock market increases in value by a
lot.
Some small - cap
stock funds have a
lot less return and a
lot less risk than the small - cap asset class / index.
Before you even
stock, much
less sell, any chameleon, it would behoove you to do a
lot of research on the species you will be working with.