Sentences with phrase «risky means of investment»

In addition, some investors and investigators consider Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to be either a passing fad (an economic bubble) and thus an extremely risky means of investment, or a fraud in and of itself, a «Ponzi scheme» for the benefit of Satoshi Nakamoto and other early investors.

Not exact matches

It means Uber can forgo lofty rhetoric to make itself a less - risky investment, says Arun Sundararajan, who specializes in the sharing economy at New York University's Stern School of Business.

By selling altcoins and tokens for the purpose of financing or utilizing projects, companies that would be recognized as too risky or too small by traditional investment entities have a means to raise large amounts of seed capital.

If you feel comfortable with more risky type of investments such as options, junk bonds or crypto - currencies — by all means, go ahead.

But instead of tightening oversight, in the words of Wayne Barrett of The Village Voice, Andrew «took actions that - in combination with many other factors - helped plunge Fannie and Freddie into the subprime markets without putting in place the means to monitor their increasingly risky investments.»

That means that as your stock funds increase in value relative to your bond funds, a greater portion of your investment portfolio will be held in these riskier, more aggressive assets — something that could throw off your allocation and risk tolerance.

The bill forbids the advertising of «highly speculative and risky financial contracts «in advertisements from investment service providers to non-professional investors, directly or indirectly, by electronic means (email campaigns, banner ads online, radio, television, etc.), of financial instruments that are not traded on a regulated market, and which are particularly difficult to understand and potentially very risky.

However, the value of these risky investments can easily go to zero, meaning you can lose money despite the tax savings.

Some states offer plans that automatically shift the amount of risk based on the child's age — meaning that as your child gets older, the 529 plan features less risky investments, minimizing the risk that you'll lose it all right before you need to make a withdrawal.

These kinds of regulations come from the SEC, not the company involved, which means the SEC thinks it's a risky investment.

So, aside from the usual risk of the investments themselves and completely unforseen events, investing with the relatively new robo - advisors should be no more risky than traditional means.

Some states offer plans that automatically shift the amount of risk based on the child's age — meaning that as your child gets older, the 529 plan features less risky investments, minimizing the risk that you'll lose it all right before you need to make a withdrawal.