Sentences with phrase «not following the money»

I mean, the state is spending $ 1 billion — actually, more than that — and the comptroller's office is not following the money.

They support groups whose only purpose in life is to launder their identity and the identity of other donors off of money so you can't follow the money behind these front groups, and they have spent a lot of money infiltrating universities so that they can create a veneer of university legitimacy around some of the things that they do.

To the degree that lawyers don't follow the money, that number will decline (See my post of April 16, 2012: locate lawyers where revenue, and thus legal work, is generated.).

Not exact matches

«Contrarian companies do not simply follow the crowd or the quick buck but rather look for ways to make money where barriers to entry are lower and there is less noise,» says Bradley.

«Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.»

«I'm not entirely convinced that it's possible to beat the market consistently, whether you're trading manually, guided by experience and intuition or algorithmically, which amounts to following an encoded set of rules... It's easy to lose money with algorithmic trading, just like with any investment.»

But if you don't trust other people with your money, you could follow some of Castro's other tips, like doing independent financial research or creating a budget.

«You shouldn't wave money at us, stand on chairs and lunge all the way over the bar top to try and grab us, and you definitely shouldn't be screaming «HEY» followed by your drink order.»

I would be lying if I said the goal of my company wasn't to make money, but focusing on providing a great service paves the path for the money to follow.

«I think money is trying to find a place to go in the sector, in both Canada and the United States,» says one analyst who follows Cott but is not authorized to speak on the record.

But if you have a killer product, convincing customers it's amazing and you won't run off to Bermuda with their money is very doable, if you follow the lessons of the companies that have done it.

By showing your donors that you can follow through on your first campaign, effectively raise money, build a prototype, fulfill rewards and communicate your success, you have built in a second round of donors who have a vested interest in your success, and who will not only support you in round two, but will also help you spread the word for the bigger second campaign.

As a matter of fact, a report by Bankrate.com revealed that almost 40 percent of people under 30 years old preferred cash for their investment of choice in money they won't need for at least the following decade.

While that might suggest the «smart money» is signaling a swift correction, don't necessarily buy it: Lipper research found that «following the most recent periods of four or more consecutive weeks of net outflows from the Lipper High Yield ETF segment, the market — as measured by the BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Index — performed relatively well in the calendar month that immediately followed.

Their conversation is peppered with sentences that begin «People told us...» followed by a summary of the advice: «Don't waste time distributing through mom - and - pops,» «Don't locate your flagship store on Newbury Street,» «Do spend money on an advertising campaign.»

Money - losing tech companies don't usually get that kind of love: Only 30 % of analysts that follow Tesla rate that stock a buy, and only 12 % of analysts that cover Twitter do the same.

Although those words might usually be followed by the word «scam,» there's at least one case where the idea of free money isn't too good to be true.

And I know that «follow your passion and the money will come» is a simplistic cliché that often isn't realistic.

The second problem with bitcoin may be summarized as follows: this money may be more volatile and prone to devaluation because it is not backed by secure assets.

That followed her decision last year to remove «1989» from Spotify because she didn't think the company gave enough money to artists.

Our approach is certainly not the road to «easy money,» but we feel it is the safest, and perhaps the easiest, approach for the amateur investor to follow.

Points raised in the blog post include the following: - Social assistance has two contradictory objectives: 1) to give people enough money to live on; and 2) to not give people enough money to live on.

There is a great deal of disagreement between those who seem to think that monetary policy is largely ineffective and those, known as monetarists, who followed Keynes in attaching importance to changes in the demand for money while berating him for not stressing the inflationary impact of money creation.

In fact, the boards followed most of the accepted standards for board operations: Members showed up for meetings; they had lots of personal money invested in the company; audit committees, compensation committees, and codes of ethics were in place; the boards weren't too small, too big, too old, or too young.

But far too many have lost their money by not following the Invention Roadmap.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

What I'm taking home from all of this is, if you plan on guest blogging, be sure to only do it on a site that is owned by someone you know very well; and on a site that does not engage in any form of spammy posting; and one that does not accept money for guest posts; and one that only contains no - follow linking.

Follow the money — the capital account — not just the individual trade balances.

Maybe what human money managers should do is flee into assets where computers can't follow them, but maybe what they should do is quit.

Acknowledging any possibility that tech companies aren't worth what you say they are worth would be followed by the sound of a giant pop, and the money and investments would dry up.

You can follow the discussion on Passive income: Money is not your problem but time is without having to leave a comment.

If you follow this rule you will have a chance of being successful over the course of time, if you don't follow this rule you will be sure to lose your money quickly.

Do you follow blogs with terrific ideas for saving money that haven't been mentioned in our weekly «Best from the blogosphere?»

By the way I believe in May other reasons why bitcoin is not and is unlikely to be money — many of which have been discussed in the blogosphere — but this to me is arthmetic — as night follows day.

As such, if you decide to follow along with the trade below, mind your stop losses and never invest any money you can't afford to lose.

I'm willing to walk you through all of the formal steps that you need to follow in order to choose the most reliable services, to be sure that you won't lose your money, and to get you the lowest fees (In order to make more many you need to spend less, right?).

The fact that fractional reserve banking leads to periodic crises suggests the following solution: banks should not be allowed to create new money out of nothing, that is, banks should be subject to the same laws as everyone else.

If you start your own business with this mindset, there are no business challenges you can't surmount and in retrospect, the money will follow.

Warren Buffett said that the first rule of investing is «do not lose money» and the second rule is «follow rule # 1».

The problem isn't the citizenship of buyers, it's the volume of money — and unless you follow the money, you're not going to fix the problem.

These stock market rules will help you customize an investing strategy and take the stress out of investing your money I don't usually follow the so - called gurus of investing, the money managers you hear about daily in stock market news.

This money can not be carried over to the following year if unused.

And if you follow the quotes logic, if you don't end up choosing something like a set of ethics to guide you, you'll probably ending up venerating something like yourself, the money you earn, or your fleeting power, all of which can easily lead you to ruin — especially in finance.

To avoid losing money in the markets, don't follow the crowd and don't buy into overvalued assets.

Law enforcement often follows the money flows, so these regulations are used to make sure that terrorists, drug dealers, and other types of criminals are not able to fund their activities behind closed doors.

That certainly doesn't imply that equally catastrophic losses are likely to follow (stocks lost 85 % of their value from 1929 to 1932 as valuations collapsed from historic highs to historic lows, and keep in mind that even moving from a 70 % loss to an 85 % loss involves losing half of your money, which is why I insisted on stress - testing in 2009).

«The Four Pillars of Investing» is the best book and if I had read it before (and of course followed it) I would have not lost so much money.

While the market does sometimes follow patterns, this is never a guaranteed outcome, and unless you limit your exposure, you could end up losing a lot of money over a pattern that does not exist.

Based on my experience in the manufacturing industry, I would bet the people who don't think they needed financing are the same ones that went out and spent a significant chunk of their working capital on a new machine, figuring they would save themselves the interest, and then the following year they were part of the 49 per cent of respondents who said they needed to borrow money for working capital.

«I don't see other banks following suit in terms of building new buildings... JP Morgan makes a staggering amount of money, second only to Apple.