Like buying a used car, buying bargain equities can
mean nasty surprises.
«It also
means no nasty surprises.»
Not exact matches
That
means investors who though they were in cheap stocks due to the P / B ratio come in for a
nasty surprise when billions of dollars get wiped off the balance sheet.
About 20 % of the men I interviewed were acutally gay (
meaning they were wired that way and there wasn't no changing their behaivor and a few «parts» were irregular as well), 30 % of the men had some major trauma in their young lives and were confused with who they were and were trying to belong somewhere when it became hip to be gay in the 90's and 50 % of the men (to my
surprise) were married men looking for
nasty sex.
Most importantly, it
means not making sudden changes or introducing
nasty surprises.
«You're the Worst» was one of the more pleasant (read: deeply
mean and unpleasant)
surprises of the year in TV comedy: an arch,
nasty anti-romantic comedy between two arch,
nasty, anti-romantic individuals.
Writers who harass agents because they didn't get a response to their query, or berate editors for rejecting them or leave other writers
nasty reviews, should not be
surprised that they have to resort to dubious
means to get noticed.
So, I
mean if you're going to measure this in one or two year chunks, then you could have a
nasty surprise for investments.
Security can
mean many things — money in the bank «just in case,» bills paid up ahead of schedule so you don't have to think about them until after the holidays, or having maintenance and upkeep done on your car or furnace to give yourself the peace of mind of knowing there won't be any
nasty surprises to interrupt your holiday celebrations.
If you normalise the fuel margins the implied multiple can start to look less attractive, and to the extent the market does not expect
mean reversion in terms of fuel margins this could lead to a
nasty surprise.
And speaking of the shotgun, those hoping that the shotgun domination of Gears 2 online is still present are in for a
nasty surprise; maps now have more open areas and lines of sight giving plenty of opportunity to gun down shotgun welders, and the Retro Lancer pretty much
means charging an enemy with a shotgun is a complete suicide mission.
This
meant Cooper Insulation could test for obvious leakage points as they worked, and thereby ensure the eventual obligatory airtightness tests wouldn't throw up any
nasty surprises, thus avoiding the need for difficult and costly remedial work.
That
meant an agent who replied promptly to emails, would have the paperwork completed correctly and who had done their homework on their clients so no
nasty surprises popped up.