The Chinese government apparently was concerned
over investor speculation in the digital currency, and in particular in the use of Bitcoin to move money outside the country.
Not exact matches
Depressed interest rates were typically associated with weak market outcomes
over the following decade, largely because
investors reacted to depressed interest rates with yield - seeking
speculation - driving valuations up and driving subsequent prospective returns down.
If the speculative bubbles and crashes across market history have taught us anything (particularly the repeated episodes of recklessness we've observed
over the past two decades), it's this: regardless of the level of valuation at any point in time, we have to allow for the potential for
investors to adopt a psychological preference toward risk - seeking
speculation, and no amount of reason will dissuade them even when that
speculation has already made a collapse inevitable
over a longer horizon.
Bitcoin wasn't alone in its fall, as other cryptocurrencies lost value
over investor concerns that regulators would take measures to curb
speculation.
Historically - reliable valuation measures are remarkably useful in projecting long - term and full - cycle market outcomes, but the behavior of the market
over shorter segments of the market cycle is driven by the psychological inclination of
investors toward
speculation or risk - aversion.
Conversely, when the inclinations of
investors shift from risk - aversion to
speculation in an undervalued market, extraordinary returns can unfold
over a very short period of time.
The main driver of market returns
over shorter segments of the market cycle is the purely psychological inclination of
investors toward
speculation or risk - aversion.
While long - term market returns are driven almost exclusively by valuations, investment returns
over shorter segments of the market cycle are highly dependent on
investor psychology, particularly the inclination of
investors toward
speculation or risk - aversion.
Ethereum led the crypto market higher on Thursday, as
investors rallied behind glowing reviews of the protocol even as
speculation over its status as a security...
While long - term and full - cycle market outcomes are tightly determined by market valuations, the effect of valuations on outcomes
over shorter segments of the market cycle depends on the psychological preference of
investors toward
speculation or risk aversion.
The selection also ends a two - month search that was met with constant
speculation and reported meddling by Kalanick, which lead Benchmark, one of its largest
investors, to sue the former CEO
over allegedly pulling strings to return as chief.
The deal also offers
investors clarity on the future of Kraft following months of
speculation over how it would remedy its beleaguered business, she said.
The central message of our discipline is that valuations are enormously informative about prospects for long - term and full - cycle returns, but that outcomes
over shorter segments of the market cycle are driven by changes in the psychological preferences of
investors toward
speculation or risk - aversion.
Equity markets had a good time of it in 2016 - 17 but the upshot is that
investors now risk being side - tracked by
speculation over whether shares are
over or under - valued.
Thus with no «edge»
over other
investors I view the CVRs as pure
speculation for me, and I try to stay away from
speculation.
Ahead of Britain's historic vote
over whether to leave the European Union on Thursday, June 23, there has been plenty of
speculation about the potential fallout for the global economy, and Canadian
investors are no exception.
In a recent article for Forbes, Validea CEO John Reese recounts some rules for investment outlined by Vanguard's Jack Bogle in his 2012 book The Clash of the Cultures: Investment vs.
Speculation, and how they apply to the everyday
investor: Remember Reversion to the Mean: The theory in finance that,
over time, a stock's price will tend to move back to its average.
Bitcoin had a wild ride
over the past two years, with prices driven by
speculation, investment and government regulation, and
investors should expect nothing less in 2015.
Today's bidding competitions aren't the same as the slugfests of the boom days, 2004 to 2006, when just about every property was fought
over because of
investor speculation and soaring appreciation, and when escalation clauses — committing buyers to automatically increase how much they would bid — went sky high.