By holding assets with low correlation to each other in a portfolio, positive returns from other investments may help buffer the impact
of a sharp downturn in a single investment or asset class.
I will be interested to see if a few years from now the IPCC still exists, and their proponents and hangers - on haven't been tarred and feathered in the streets, because the odds are looking pretty good that we are on the cusp
of a sharp downturn.
Not exact matches
Some in the market have attributed the
sharp market swings seen during the
downturns in October and December as indicating structural problems with liquidity in the market — and some fingers have been pointed at the proliferation
of bond funds.
With Monday's
sharp downturn, the Dow Jones has lost about 2,200 points since Jan. 26, a decline
of nearly 10 percent.
Sharp downturns in the stock market can occur outside
of recession periods,
of course.
Given the long lead times involved in putting new capacity in place, the current capacity shortfalls are primarily the result
of earlier decisions, most notably the
sharp downturn in investment in the mining sector in the late 1990s (Graph 38).
In line with the
sharper downturn in mining investment, growth in Australia's resource exports has generally lagged behind that
of other large commodity exporters in recent years (Graph 39).
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So, if we analyse the US cycle in terms
of the contributions made by the spending
of the major sectors, the
downturn was primarily accounted for by the
sharp cutback in business spending.
The company said its results for the six months to 30 June 2002 were in line with expectations, given the economic crisis in Argentina, the
sharp fall in world milk powder prices and the general economic
downturn, all
of which affected the marketing in the second half
of 2001.
On the other hand, Bunching your children saw a
sharp downturn with the advent
of oral hormonal birth control in 1960.
Intimating the continuing grim state
of the British economy, Mr King said: «In the wake
of the financial crisis, and the
sharp downturn that followed, the amount
of money in the economy as a whole - broad money - is now barely growing at all.
However, the discussion takes a
sharp downturn when advocates
of gun control focus on the trivial.
The overall 2017 takeaway among this year's crop
of limited theatrical roll - outs is that the box office did edge lower this year, though a mostly strong fourth quarter averted a
sharp downturn — though that is not historically unprecedented.
For all the Sturm und Drang that surrounds bear markets (and for that matter, even the slightest whiff
of them),
sharp downturns in stock prices aren't all that unusual.
Then next year there's a
sharp downturn in the markets, and now you find your new ETF portfolio is showing an unrealized loss
of $ 5,000.
One
sharp downturn can erase years
of investment gains you plan to live on soon.
The period covers a good part
of the bull market, as well as the 1987 crash, and the
sharp downturn in 1990.
Currently, as a result
of the depressed prices for natural gas and the inability
of exploration companies to obtain financing, the drilling industry is experiencing the
sharpest downturn in over 20 years.
Stocks began the quarter against a backdrop
of optimism, but soon lost ground, beginning with a
sharp downturn that pushed the U.S. market into correction territory in early February.
Investors want to make money during
sharp rises but don't want to get caught without a chair when the music stops; they tend to leave quickly and in droves at the first hint
of a
downturn.
As for Wii U, we estimated 9.00 million units
of hardware in sales in the last fiscal year, but many
of you must be aware
of the actual results, and the Wii U market has experienced a
sharp downturn.
There is indeed a
sharp downturn in trend recently; which corresponds to the end
of the window coming past the temperature increase around 1995 - 1998.
Many climate realists believe that Earth appears to be entering a
sharp downturn in temperatures over the next few decades because
of the falling number
of sunspots and lower total solar irradiance.
Many
of the younger partners are in their forties with young children and substantial mortgages, who probably didn't anticipate the
sharp downturn.
Henrik added: «The
sharp downturn in the Norwegian oil and offshore industries has given rise to a growing number
of claims.
To address the problem
of dependence on the U.S. Market successive Canadian governments have looked to trade diversification, particularly since the economic
downturn of 2008 and the
sharp rise
of U.S. protectionist measures like the «Buy America».
As
of late, the city saw a
sharp downturn in prosperity, largely owing to the decline
of the heavy industry and railroads, on which Reading had been built, and a national trend
of urban decline.
Stocks suffered a
sharp selloff in the final hour
of trading, weighed by a violent
downturn in tech stocks that pushed the tech - heavy Nasdaq index lower by 2.9 %.
Bitcoin prices took a
sharp downturn on Wednesday due to fears
of a crackdown from South Korea, falling below $ 10,000, half the price
of its peak a month ago.
Since then, however, bitcoin has taken a
sharp downturn and was last trading at $ 14,794 levels at time
of writing - a drop
of close to $ 2,500 since yesterday's high.
Sports Betting Suffers as Cryptocurrency Thrives in South Korea South Korea's only official sports betting network, Sports Toto, has experienced a
sharp financial
downturn as more Koreans look to invest in cryptocurrencies instead
of betting on football and other sports.
Through 2009, the benchmark NCREIF Property Index (NPI) has declined by approximately 30 %, the
sharpest and deepest
downturn in the 30 - year history
of the index.
However, demand could be threatened if the economy were to go into a quick and unexpected
downturn, related to a
sharp recession in Europe, an expansion
of wars in the Middle East or Russia, or other exogenous shocks.
In October, however, filings spiked 7 percent from the previous month, and the month - over-month activity was much higher in the housing markets
of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Florida, where the
downturn was
sharpest, as well as in markets where the judicial process held up foreclosure sales.
These restrictions provide a buffer in the face
of a
sharp housing
downturn, which would particularly affect highly - indebted home owners and investors.
Canadian office and industrial markets are beginning to experience the full impact
of the economic
downturn, with rising availability rates and a
sharp increase...
Canadian office and industrial markets are beginning to experience the full impact
of the economic
downturn, with rising availability rates and a
sharp increase in sublet space in some major Canadian cities, says a report by Colliers International.