Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in
such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability
of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost
of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates
of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates
of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect
of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result
of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect
of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution
of key milestones
such as the receipt
of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation
of our announced acquisition
of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future
pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability
of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk
of nonpayment by
such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production
of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts
of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak
of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan
assets and the impact
of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase
price for our announced acquisition
of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect
of governmental laws,
such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws
such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect
of changes in tax law,
such as the effect
of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations
of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect
of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability
of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass
of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many
of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment
of interest on, and principal
of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness
of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness
of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact
of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition
of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result
of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks
of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions
of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
When the Bitcoin
price peaked at $ 20,000 in December, the value
of Mt. Gox's
assets (by then including Bitcoin derivatives
such as Bitcoin Cash) ballooned to $ 4.4 billion — nearly 10 times the amount Mt. Gox said it lost in the first place.
There are definitely abuses
of the system,
such as the likes
of Mitt Romney sticking ridiculously low -
priced assets into retirement accounts.
Garnering less enthusiasm were considerations
such as
asset allocation strategy (balancing an investment portfolio to take into account goals, risk tolerance and length
of time), with a mean
of 4.7, and understanding
price - earning ratios for traded stock, which saw a mean
of 4.3.
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number
of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues;
price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up
of production
of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception
of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall
of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability
of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration
of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers
of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits
of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional
pricing, increase promotion
of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all
of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods
of significant stock
price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity
of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable
assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization
of products under development,
such as our pipeline
of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development
of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack
of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
During difficult market conditions,
such as the
asset - backed commercial paper crisis in the summer
of 2007 and the global financial crisis
of late 2008, the BAX has consistently provided customers with
price transparency, liquidity and central counterparty guaranteed transactions.
Details
of the deal with Twice,
such as the
price of acquisition, will not be disclosed, an eBay representative said, noting that eBay is not acquiring some
assets of Twice,
such as warehouses.
«Since the purchase
price was heavily tied to
asset value, we needed to focus on the accuracy
of balance - sheet items
such as inventory and accounts receivable,» Nasberg says.
For companies involved in capital intensive activities,
such as the auto companies and railroads, you are going to see much lower
price to cash flow multiples because investors know that much
of the money is going to have to be poured back into equipment, facilities, materials, and fixed
assets or else the firm will be hurt.
Their
price movements are uncorrelated to the movements
of other
asset prices,
such as shares and property.
The Congressional Budget Office defines
asset bubbles as: «An economic development in which the
price of a class
of physical or financial
assets (
such as houses or securities) rises to a level that appears to be unsustainable and well above the
assets» value as determined by economic fundamentals.
We sell our units on a continuous basis at initial offering
prices of $ 10.00 per Class A unit, $ 9.576 per Class C unit, and $ 9.186 per Class I unit; however, to the extent that our net
asset value on the most recent valuation date increases above or decreases below our net proceeds per unit as stated in the Company's prospectus, our board
of managers will adjust the offering
prices of all classes
of units to ensure that no unit is sold at a
price, after deduction
of selling commissions, dealer manager fees and organization and offering expenses, that is above or below our net
asset value per unit as
of such valuation date.
Under the Bonus Plan, our compensation committee, in its sole discretion, determines the performance goals applicable to awards, which goals may include, without limitation: attainment
of research and development milestones, sales bookings, business divestitures and acquisitions, cash flow, cash position, earnings (which may include any calculation
of earnings, including but not limited to earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and net earnings), earnings per share, net income, net profit, net sales, operating cash flow, operating expenses, operating income, operating margin, overhead or other expense reduction, product defect measures, product release timelines, productivity, profit, return on
assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on investment, return on sales, revenue, revenue growth, sales results, sales growth, stock
price, time to market, total stockholder return, working capital, and individual objectives
such as MBOs, peer reviews, or other subjective or objective criteria.
The founders
of a startup generally purchase shares at the time
of incorporating the company at a nominal
price per share,
such as $ 0.0001 per share, paid in cash, since at that time the company will have no operating history, few
assets and thus little value.
«If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the committee will continue its purchases
of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional
asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until
such improvement is achieved in a context
of price stability,» the Fed's announcement stated.
The FOMC's annoucement after their meeting on Wednesday affirmed the Fed's QE3 policy, offering no changes, while stating, «If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the Committee will continue its purchases
of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional
asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until
such improvement is achieved in a context
of price stability.»
The purchase
price of each Share will be (i) not less than the net
asset value per Share (the «NAV Per Share»)
of the Company's common stock (as determined in good faith by the board
of directors
of the Company or a committee thereof, in its sole discretion) immediately prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase)(the date
of repurchase) and (ii) not more than 2.5 % greater than the NAV Per Share as
of such date, plus any unpaid dividends accrued through the expiration date
of the Tender Offer.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation
of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment
of the carrying value
of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible
assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution
of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility
of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value
of all or a portion
of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts
of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay
such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations;
pricing actions; and other factors.
If it were to be decided that monetary policy should be more responsive to
asset price events,
such an approach would have to be motivated by a broader and rather more long - term notion
of financial and monetary stability than is in common use today.
Ride - sharing services
such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., and the advent
of electric vehicles and driverless cars, are poised to chip away at the higher
prices that real estate around subways and bus stops has earned, according to a report from MetLife Inc.'s
asset - management business released Tuesday.
An ETF holds
assets such as stocks, supplies, or bonds and trades at approximately the same
price as the net
asset value
of its underlying
assets over the course
of the trading day.
For example, a 20 - day moving average takes the value
of an
asset (
such as a stock's
price) and gives you the average
of each
price point over the past 20 days.
We have often written about the boom in non-income producing
assets —
such as collectibles — and the associated world record
prices, as being a sign
of the very late stages
of a credit cycle.
So in addition, the Fund periodically hedges its exposure to those market fluctuations, based primarily on the status
of valuations and market action (
price behavior, trading volume, breadth, industry action, and other
asset types
such as bonds, commodities, and so forth).
Such graphs are very beneficial for the traders on this binary options trading platform, when it comes to predicting the direction that the
price of any given
asset will take within the stipulated expiry period.
Higher oil
prices would reinforce current market trends based on reflation: rising long - term bond yields and a shift out
of perceived safer
assets — bond proxies and low - volatility stocks — and into cyclical
assets such as EM.
Senator Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio) will convene a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday during which MillerCoors and experts critical
of banks» involvement in physical commodities activities and infrastructure
assets such as storage facilities and pipelines are likely to heavily criticize banks like Goldman and JPMorgan, which both own large warehouses that store aluminum and trade derivatives contracts reflecting commodity
prices.
This was largely a function
of the coincidence
of high real interest rates and high
asset price inflation over much
of the period — more so, perhaps, than the exercise
of exceptional investment skills as
such.
Commodity
prices have been heading lower for more than four years, and according to data accessible via Bloomberg, commodities have been the worst performing
asset class
of 2015, with the most severe losses in cyclical commodities,
such as oil and industrial metals.
Such buying should push up
asset prices, keeping the amount
of money in the financial system the same (being simply transferred from buyers to sellers).
Real estate also remains by far the economy's largest
asset — so large that it absorbs about 80 percent
of bank credit in many countries, with
such credit thereby raising housing and other real estate
prices, adding to the economy's debt overhead.
Futures are used to either hedge or speculate on the
price movement
of an underlying
asset,
such as a physical commodity or financial instrument.
What if the
price of a trading
asset is not an integer, but for example something
such as $ 0.81?
The firm provides
pricing data to more than 5,000 customers including many
of the firms that use ICE's markets and services,
such as
asset managers, hedge funds, banks and insurance companies.
Last month the European Central Bank vice president said Bitcoin was a «speculative
asset» where investors were «taking that risk
of buying at
such high
prices».
Asset prices reflect whatever banks will lend against them, so easier credit terms (
such as lower interest rates, lower down payments and more time to pay back loans) increase the asking
prices of everything else.
It was observed that
prices of other risk
assets,
such as emerging market stocks, high - yield corporate bonds, and commercial real estate, had also risen significantly in recent months.»
As always, some
of the most important market information can be found in
price divergences between
asset classes
such as stocks and bonds.
IF THE COMPANY BELIEVES, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THAT ANY INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES OWNING CTK CREATES MATERIAL REGULATORY OR OTHER LEGAL RISKS OR ADVERSE EFFECTS FOR THE COMPANY AND / OR CTK, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO: (A) BUY ALL CTK FROM
SUCH CTK OWNERS AT THE THEN - EXISTING MARKET
PRICE AND / OR (B) SELL ALL CRYPTOCURRENCY
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY.
Saving parts
of the economy from the popping
of each
asset price bubble can leave, and make, the entire economy more prone to larger and potentially more - damaging
price bubbles -
such as the housing
price bubble.
It's therefore unlikely that the new regulations in China allowing for the purchase
of foreign financial
assets will drive
prices higher, even if all $ 70 billion
of the recently raised
assets find their way into gold ETFs,
such as the oldest and biggest
of them all, the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD).
Examples
of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact
of: adverse general economic and related factors,
such as fluctuating or increasing levels
of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility
of fuel
prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions
of these conditions that decrease the level
of disposable income
of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security
of travel,
such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts
of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread
of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel
prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment
of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount
of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion
of our
assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability
of our creditors to accelerate the repayment
of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss
of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the
price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times
of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability
of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Likewise, from time to time Hard
Assets Alliance may engage in affiliate programs offered by other companies, though corporate policy firmly dictates that
such agreements will have no influence on any product or service recommendations, nor alter the
pricing that would otherwise be available in absence
of such an agreement.
It will be interesting to see whether farmers will be driven purely by
price or other factors will come into play,
such as preferring to be part
of an Australian - owned operator
such as Bega Cheese, which has been widely tipped in the media as an interested party for a full takeover or some key
assets.
Mortgage Lender Escrow Requirement Exemption — Vote Passed (294 - 129, 8 Not Voting) The House passed the bill that would exempt lenders with
assets of $ 10 billion or less from the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul requirement that
such lenders establish escrow accounts for the first five years
of so - called «high -
priced» mortgage loans, if the lenders hold the loan on its own balance sheet for three years after the loan is made.
Situations that would normally lead to a lease being classified as a finance lease include the following: the lease transfers ownership
of the
asset to the lessee by the end
of the lease term; the lessee has the option to purchase the
asset at a
price which is expected to be sufficiently lower than fair value at the date the option becomes exercisable and that, at the inception
of the lease, it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised; the lease term is for the major part
of the economic life
of the
asset, even if title is not transferred; at the inception
of the lease, the present value
of the minimum lease payments amounts to at least substantially all
of the fair value
of the leased
asset, and; the lease
assets are
of a specialised nature
such that only the lessee can use them without major modifications being made.
In the U.S. those further benefits crucially flowed through the wealth effect channel: substitution
of lower risk
assets such as bank deposits and Treasuries for high yield bonds and equities led to
price increases in those risky
assets.
The strike
price is the
price at which the buyer and seller
of options agree to exchange the underlying
asset such as the S&P 500 index.
As
such, the current Fed policy that tends to raise commodity and
asset prices discriminates against the poor and in favor
of the rich.
The convertible security issued by MediciNova as consideration would allow each Avigen stockholder at their election to either (i) convert each share
of such convertible security into shares
of MediciNova common stock at a conversion
price of $ 4.00 per share at certain pre-specified accelerated conversion dates or the Final Conversion Date or (ii) have the convertible security redeemed by MediciNova on the Final Conversion Date for cash in an amount per share which represents the Net Cash
Assets per share
of Avigen.