As for valuation, it's all based
on opportunity costs.
Charlie Munger has his own take on this same idea: «Everything is based
on opportunity costs.
If your home is your most valuable asset you are missing out
on opportunity costs elsewhere.
The post made me focus
on opportunity cost.
Losing out
on an opportunity cost: Before considering prepayment you should ensure that there is no other financial instrument in the market that would have given you a higher rate of return than the interest rate that you are paying on your home loan.
No More Waffles took a couple of articles I've written
on the opportunity cost of holding a lot of cash — especially early on in your journey — and used those as a jumping off point to discuss the ins and outs of the decision to hold a good chunk of cash and why he's personally holding a lot of cash.
On an opportunity cost basis, depreciation tries to equate the economic positions of companies who:
All intrinsic value calculations and formulas are based
on the opportunity cost relative to the risk - free interest rate.
The only thing I can think of that may not be good with his strategy is that the order may not fill immediately and lose
on the opportunity cost?
Loss of earning power — You lose out
on the opportunity cost of what that money could have earned had you left it to grow tax - deferred until retirement.
That said, there is definitely a calculation to be done
on the opportunity cost of doing that spend vs getting the Aspire card and just having Diamond status (and what look like a hot set of benefits so far).
The expense can be significant, but it can also dramatically reduce travel and room rentals, not to mention the impact
on opportunity cost.
When saving, you're missing out
on the opportunity cost of investing that money (loaning it out) AND that the banks have convinced you to park your money with them, so they can use it in this way.
Opinions
on the opportunity cost of the cash you used to pay it off aside, your tax position will BENEFIT.
Not exact matches
In every case a huge amount of fixed
costs up front is overwhelmed by the ongoing ability to make money at scale; to put it another way, tech companies combine fixed
costs with marginal revenue
opportunities, such that they make more money
on additional customers without any corresponding rise in
costs.
These programs provide free one -
on - one mentoring and low -
cost training
opportunities for their clients in locations around the country, using a combination of federal funds, state and local government contributions, and private sector resources.
As well as their impact
on the currency markets, rising interest rates weigh
on gold in their own right, as they increase the
opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion.
But the general trends are clear: return
on investment is falling and certain therapeutic spaces are championed at the
opportunity cost of others.
But if you can understand that we're going to provide a menu of advantages —
cost advantages, sales
opportunities and so
on — then it's up to you to pick what you want to take advantage of.
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on financing, start - up
costs, and more.
I am with you
on staying
on top of
costs to make sure every
opportunity is really just that.
Bailing
on it would surely
cost Newfoundland more in lost trade
opportunities than any federal fund could provide.
By virtually every measure, prohibition of cannabis with high THC commonly known as marijuana and the variant with no recreational drug potential commonly known as hemp has
cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars in missed business
opportunities and wasted resources spent unsuccessfully fighting the so - called war
on drugs.
If your company provides a product or service that is specialized and not needed
on a regular basis, the
opportunity cost of having that resource available should be factored into your pricing.
Instead of focusing
on how marketers can create great content for social media, this class more focuses
on how exactly to measure your social investments in terms of time,
cost and
opportunities.
If you take
on a job, be sure the total compensation package and social benefits far outweigh the
opportunity costs your business will incur.
Opportunity costs are exaggerated early in a company's lifecycle, so it's important to be nimble and willing to adjust
on the fly.
He says, «The
cost of customer acquisition is very high and if you're letting the competitors get those customers when at a potentially lower
cost than the online channel, I think you're missing out
on a pretty big
opportunity.»
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and
opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed
cost reduction efforts and restructuring
costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment
opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU,
on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted
on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition
on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger
on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or
on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger
costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
Training full time, sacrificing studies and jobs, can have huge
opportunity costs as well, as missing out
on necessary education and prime years of work experience take tolls
on later earnings.
On United Continental: «The airline's management has identified a lot of
cost opportunities.
Finalist cities are refining their pitches based
on many of the factors that usually motivate corporations in site selection — economic development
opportunities, transportation access and infrastructure, skilled labor force and quality - of - life measurements, like education and real estate
costs.
With fewer fixed - asset investments, they can more easily pounce
on new
opportunities and exit when changing
costs and benefits warrant.
As an alternative to seeing strategy as a way to position your organization as a low -
cost company, or using it as a way to differentiate your company from competitors, growth companies focus
on discovering
opportunities.
As the
cost for a full gene map approaches $ 1,000, the
opportunity increases for business owners to get in
on the genome mapping industry.
The maintenance of loose monetary policy in the euro zone could be seen as either positive or negative for gold, depending
on whether the metal responds positively to a persistently low
opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding metal or more negatively to a weaker euro.
A bad hire,
on the other hand, can
cost a company more than $ 50,000, through missed
opportunities, strained relations and lost resources.
Whether you're building financial models, or creating a
cost benefit analysis you can use all of these
opportunities to work
on your company.
OMB's interim guidance, issued
on February 2, 2017, explains that for Fiscal Year 2017 the above requirements only apply to each new «significant regulatory action that imposes
costs,» and that «
costs should be measured as the
opportunity cost to society.»
Right now what is missing is an appreciation for a once - in - a-lifetime
opportunity to earn outsized returns
on capital projects since funding
costs are held artificially low.
Normally this would put remarkable pressure
on the price of gold — higher yields raise the
opportunity cost of buying gold — but over the same period, the U.S. dollar has steadily weakened and is now officially in a bear market.
If you wait for a stock to rebound without exploring other options, you're losing out
on what's called «
opportunity cost» — but it's more like
opportunity lost.
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A supply curve is an ordered list of all the oil production
opportunities globally, sorted by the
cost of extraction or, probably better for this example, the potential free -
on - board price at a global trading hub — take every oil play in the world and ask what it would
cost delivered to the US Gulf Coast as a starting point.
The option /
opportunity cost for dry powder (bonds vs. cash) is extremely cheap — with that said, it has been cheap for quite some time, and could stay cheap for much longer, BUT, one who exercises that option has left very little
on the table, certainly nothing material in terms of financial security / wealth.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical
costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected
costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and
opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects
on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report
on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports
on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available
on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as
on Express Scripts» most recent report
on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports
on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available
on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.
The
cost of buybacks don't just come from the losses
on overpriced stock, they also come from the missed
opportunities to invest in growth and innovation.
The assumptions underlying the fair value calculation include: the labor required using a burdened overhead rate, the development period, a developer's profit based
on the operating profitability of market participants, and the
opportunity cost based
on the estimated required return
on
Focusing exclusively
on high - potential products that align with health system priorities and patient needs, EXCITE's pre-market approach identifies
opportunities for improvement while products are still in development, resulting in better technologies for patients and lower system
costs, while also streamlining the subsequent adoption process.