Sentences with phrase «most of us buy things»

Why do most of us buy things we don't want?

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Someone can see what they feel is the greatest advertisement in the world and be dead set on buying from that company, but if a friend tells them good things about another company that offers the same goods or services, most of the time they will take their friends advice and go with the alternative company.

While the chief investment officer of Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) can buy things most people can't — toll roads, office towers, stakes in private companies — he takes a value approach to buying, just as many retail investors do.

«Buying a neighborhood is probably one of the most important things you can do for your kid,» explains Ann Owens, a sociologist at the University of Southern California, who studied how wealthy people use their means to improve their kids» lives effectively.

When you purchase a franchise one of the most crucial things you buy, is the system by which the company operates each of its locations.

As a reporter at CNBC Make It, I've covered some of the most incredible — including a 28 - year - old whose company has made millions buying things at Walmart and reselling them on Amazon and an entrepreneur who started selling board games out of his living room.

Uniqlo tote bag «I bought this tote on a trip to Japan several years ago and it has become one of the most important things that I bring with me.

Then they cast about for things to buy and in most cases they are trying to figure out what's the best use of their cash.

Before you decide, you'll want to know what kind of commission fees the broker charges to buy or sell stock (most are $ 7 - 9 per trade) and you should be sure to keep an eye out for maintenance charges or other monthly fees that the broker might charge for things like minimum account balances, etc..

[00:08] Introduction [02:50] Tony introduces Ray Dalio [05:30] Ray's upbringing and early life [06:00] The first stock he bought [07:00] Getting hooked on the market [07:30] Why he wants to share his secrets now [08:15] The three stages of life [08:45] Finding joy in helping others achieve success [09:15] Creating principles in life [09:45] Why his new book is a recipe book [10:45] The two things you need to be successful [11:10] You have to stress test your ideas [11:50] The power of making mistakes [14:00] Public humiliation in 1982 [15:30] The most painful experience became the most powerful [15:50] Learning to ask: «How do I know I'm right?»

«While I look at a lot of things, I actually pass on most things,» Marc Benioff said after CNBC's Jim Cramer asked him to deny that his company would buy Twitter.

You can buy all sorts of things with bitcoins these days — but, most of the time, there's no real point in doing so.

Specifically, the marketers said they wanted to send specially designed ads to women in their second trimester, which is when most expectant mothers begin buying all sorts of new things, like prenatal vitamins and maternity clothing.

Another thing to notice is that, if Vanguard owns over 10 percent of most of the big mall REITs — and it does — then an over-literal reading of the law would say, well, they are all interested stockholders in one another (since all of them have an associate who is a 10 percent holder of the other REITs), and therefore none of them can buy any of the others.

I know Steve (and possibly most investors talk of keeping cash on hand for a «potential drop in the mkt and getting great value buys» sort of thing), which I agree makes a lot of sense.

«Consistently buy an S&P 500 low - cost index fund, I think it's the thing that makes the most sense practically all of the time.»

Apple (AAPL), which meets a lot of Berkshire's traditional criteria and has some things in common with other high - profile consumer brands it has invested in over the years (Coca - Cola, Gillette, etc.), is perhaps the most well - known example — on Monday evening, CNBC reported that Berkshire bought 75 million more Apple shares in Q1.

To make things worse, most of the brokerage firms that understood the toxicity of these CDOs protected themselves by buying «credit default swaps», which were paid off when the loans defaulted.

Compared to other exchanges out there, one thing we can agree is that Changelly is one of the most straightforward platforms when it comes to buying and exchanging cryptocurrencies.

Most Christians I know are raised to fear a vindictive God and eternal hell, derive pleasure from the thought that God will provide «evildoers» and non-Christians with their comeuppance and use God as a means to acquire material, trivial things (existence of mega-churches, buy my book, this is the only way to salvation, pray to God so that my football team wins).

But the ordinary things they long for, and the things that they find funny, and the infinite variety of things they dream of, and the games they play, and animals they wish they could have, and things they like to eat, and clothes they wish they could afford to buy, are not as different as the world seems to believe from what most other children in this land enjoy, or dream of, or desire.

You can try as hard as you like to educate your people, to pick ones with the right attitudes, who are fully bought in to doing the right thing, but most of them will fall short of your standards.

The economic system ensures that we produce 95 cents» worth of expensive things to be bought by the already well - off for every five cents made available to do the things that most need doing.

Even in capitalist societies — which are supposed to know the price of everything and the value of nothing — it turns out that the most important things in life are still understood as goods that can not be bought and sold without reducing their value to zero.

How frustrating to have a leak of one of the most expensive things to have to buy!

Most of them are naturally leavened bread recipes and techniques but the whole Tartine crew knows what they are doing with flavor so I tweak things to work with store - bought bread.

You control all of the ingredients and the flavors are really superior to most things you can buy from a store.

I was telling one of my most loyal readers that I just couldn't make them, and the next thing I know she had bought me a cookbook on Macaroons (Thanks G) So after reading through that I have learn't a few secrets and worked out a recipe that some how miraculously worked.

It usually happens when I am running around doing a million things, so I succumb to buying some sort of sugary pastry because it is the easiest and most accessible thing.

One of the things I missed the most while our stuff was in storage was making my own energy / protein bars, they are pretty much my favourite grab and go snack, and I've developed an expensive and unsustainable habit of buying them over the last few weeks!

Buying cheap food is one thing — making the most of the leftovers is an entirely different level of frugal.

They kind of intimate me, even though I'm sure they are like most things I'm scared to buy and use which end up being super easy.

The most challenging thing for me seems to be the expense of buying these products on a limited budget.

If you want the most out of your tomatoes, eat the whole thing: It's been found that consuming them without the peel — peels are removed from most store bought sauces and such — significantly diminishes their value to your health.

Although you somehow magically managed to make fruity and yet still crispy granola with that Apple Pie Granola recipe of yours... wow one instance where Brandi was MORE fruity than me LOL The store - bought stuff is the most boring thing now that I've had homemade so many times!

«The problem is,» warns our beer guru, «most people will just buy some sh*tty lager, and that's never going to be a good pairing because one of the two things you're eating or drinking is just not a good product.

Chocolate was the one thing I miss the most and do you know how hard (or expensive) it is to buy chocolate that doesn't have one of these items in it?!

The thing we're getting the most of off the cow is ground beef, so if we didn't have the burger, we couldn't have found a way to buy the whole cow.»

Most of ye probably didn't support arsenal when Wenger was classed as one of the most wanted managers in Europe and was putting it up to Utd and winning trophies every yr things are different now the moving stadium all that less whinging give it a bit of time he is starting to spend and I'm sure he will buy 1 or 2 in Jan and a few big signings nxt summer and I hope he goes out on a high man gets ridiculed by knobs like ye on a regular basis players want to play for him big star players like his style wake up a bit as long as he is in charge the club is in good hMost of ye probably didn't support arsenal when Wenger was classed as one of the most wanted managers in Europe and was putting it up to Utd and winning trophies every yr things are different now the moving stadium all that less whinging give it a bit of time he is starting to spend and I'm sure he will buy 1 or 2 in Jan and a few big signings nxt summer and I hope he goes out on a high man gets ridiculed by knobs like ye on a regular basis players want to play for him big star players like his style wake up a bit as long as he is in charge the club is in good hmost wanted managers in Europe and was putting it up to Utd and winning trophies every yr things are different now the moving stadium all that less whinging give it a bit of time he is starting to spend and I'm sure he will buy 1 or 2 in Jan and a few big signings nxt summer and I hope he goes out on a high man gets ridiculed by knobs like ye on a regular basis players want to play for him big star players like his style wake up a bit as long as he is in charge the club is in good hands

Wonder what you lots would be saying if we have bought fabregas and chelsea got ozil with costa in front.and to all «if chelsea win the bpl, its cos of fabregas» announcers here, i say if chelsea win the league its cos of their whole team and most importantly costa.the thing that prevented them from winning it last season was lack of a proper striker like costa which jose testified to and not because they did nt create enough scoring chances (they created more scoring chances than us last season).

Either way, the most important thing right now is that Wenger pulls his finger out and makes the appropriate adjustments to the squad, by buying what we really need (striker etc) and also getting rid of the so called deadwood.

there's things i want there's things i think i want there's things i've had there's things i wan na have do i want the dreams the ones we're forced to see do i want the perfect wife the word perfect ain't quite right shopping every day take it back the next break they say the more you fly the more you risk your life i'm just looking i'm not buying i'm just looking keeps me smiling a house i seen another coulda» been you drenched my head and said what i said you said that life is what you make of it yet most of us just fake i'm just looking, i'm not buying i'm just looking, keeps me smiling.

Most importent thing right now is show ambition for Alexis and Mesut with buy quility players to the club and get rid of the dead wood!

All in all our issues run deep... Walcott playing more (Why if he is not scoring obvious freebies) or should I say scoring more is one of them... Will we buy I don't know but if we do it doesn't look like will get a WC player but a 2nd, 3 rd or 4th option on Wenger's list & if we do get a WC player most likely he will be overpriced even more than what we would have paid had we done the right things (4th point).

No matter how you slice it, this admission is reason enough for termination of both Wenger and Gazidis... this owner, who has personally poisoned every major sporting organization he currently owns in North America (Rams, Avalanche & Nuggets), has no regard for the concerns of the fans, just ask anyone in St. Louis, home of the once - vaunted «Greatest Show on Earth»... they had to endure numerous losing campaigns under his reign, before suffering the ultimate humiliation, as he moved the team to Los Angeles to quench his seemingly unending financial thirst... do you think it's a coincidence that ever since his arrival both Wenger and Gazidis have made grand claims each and every May to secure season ticket sales then fail to live up to the billing... they will do anything to make money except the very things that would make the most sense from a soccer perspective: buying a world - class striker since RVP, a Viera - like boss in the midfield and a dominant, physical CB in the mold of Adams or Sol... let's face it, they didn't even try

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

What worrys me the most is that this is Wengers roundabout smoke and mirrors way of saying that he is NOT going to buy another defensive midfielder, or at least that's the way I'm reading it, Arsene Wenger has a long term strategy as far as the transfer window is concerned and he is always saying things months in advance that he can then backtrack to when he is criticized and Ill bet this is no exception.

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

When looking at football finances the one thing I assume most fans want to know is what it means in terms of being able to buy players and pay wages.

@ larryking listen jock wenger could never coach anyother club because no big club would go six season without a trophy there is no way wenger could go to madrid and go two season without a trophy no way in hell he would be fired in no time bmunich fired klinsman less than half season look at the real madrid coach grave yard pelligrinie made 95 + points last season that amount would win the league in almost any country yet he got fired i can go on if fergi goes two seasons without a trophy am sure he gone i love arsenal but football is about winning trophies wenger has hypnotize you i do nt care arsenal have gone five years without a trophy and six witout the league not even a carling cup or fa cup and loosing all our best players all for money all this talk about wenger and his youth policies i can count on both hands all the players that came through arsenal youth system that went on to be world beaters look at the current crop walcott nasri diaby denilson bedtner clichy none of these are world class they have improve minimal @ arsenal compare that to barca their youths pedro and co are world beaters event the great vanpercy who we rate he would never leave arsenal because all that chance wenger gives him he would» t get at other big clubs this does not make sense we buy young players they take ages to develop most do nt» t then we sell them or they leave because they want to win things that how you grow pretty soon that top four will become very hard to stay in if we get out of that then what i wish all you wenger fans luck am all out of patients with him last chance this year................