The FTSE 100 snapped its short but
significant run of gains from the first half of the week to decline by 8.12 points, 0.1 percent, to close at 6504.96.
The need to rebalance may be more acute after
a significant run of outperformance by one asset class over the other.
Not exact matches
While the idea
of entrepreneurs being wild risk takers is not a correct impression, there is certainly
significant risk in
running a business.
These kind
of attacks can present a
significant, but uncommon threat that will affect the firms productivity in the long
run.
Venture capital firms, in particular, have long been overwhelmingly averse to funding female -
run enterprises, «and I don't see a trend line for any
significant change,» added Trish Costello, CEO and founder
of Portfolia, a platform designed to help women invest in entrepreneurial enterprises.
These are
significant drawbacks, especially if you're trying to
run an agile organization that moves nimbly to stay ahead
of the competition.
But making the leap from the role
of practitioner or product engineer to
running the entire company is
significant.
«Second, by prioritizing stability over difficult policy choices in the
run - up to the party congress, Xi may unwittingly increase the chances
of significant policy failures.»
CB: The Quest project is an interesting example, because it took a
significant amount
of government support to get it up and
running.
Even so, as a maker
of domestic appliances, Dyson does have long experience
of running a global supply chain and manufacturing operations — something that has caused
significant problems for fresh industry entrants such as Tesla.
The most
significant search tools prospective candidates use are the ones that let them seize on episodes
of downtime or gaps in their day to make targeted strikes on potential job opportunities — in transit, on the go, and sometimes on the
run.
On a daily basis, the impact
of doing five sprints isn't that
significant, especially when you had planned to
run three miles.
But in 2008, in the midst
of the financial crisis, we started noticing that young people were doing some awfully
significant things, whether in the financial world (Meredith Whitney had just made her bold call against Citigroup), in the tech world (Facebook was beginning to crank into high gear), or in other industries (Kevin Plank's apparel upstart Under Armour was giving Nike a real
run for its money).
But in the long -
run, there's no doubt you're going to overpay on many items, and at the end
of the year, that money will be
significant, especially if you shop at Amazon on a weekly basis.
It's important that any item given to funders not have
significant value, or it could be considered an offering and
run afoul
of Securities and Exchange Commission requirements.
«Most
of us will never
run an IBM or a GE, but millions
of us around the world
run mid-sized entrepreneurial companies, some
of which have the potential to become
significant, lasting, and difference - making organizations,» writes Keith McFarland, author
of The Breakthrough Company, which surveyed 7,000 companies to see what enabled «little firms to become big.»
The note says that «the Apple Watch is a very modest threat this year as current interest in the
running community appears low, but Apple's product positioning, the likely addition
of GPS and likely lower price points in future versions are
significant long - term headwinds.»
The bulk
of the declines in activity related to lower energy prices has
run its course, baring another
significant down leg for oil prices.»
Fortunately, you have already conducted a
significant amount
of investigation into the new market; use that information to help your company determine how you are going to
run all aspect
of your business in the new country, from dealing with foreign government regulations, to transport, logistics, pricing, and marketing.
In the long
run, there are
significant advantages to homeownership, one
of the largest being the mortgage interest deduction, a tax benefit that allows you to deduct mortgage interest payments from your taxable income.
The lawsuit is the latest twist in a long -
running saga that sullied the drug maker's reputation and generated
significant attention on the business practices
of the pharmaceutical industry in far - flung countries.
Where these balance sheet improvements are most advanced, future financial distress will look more like what we typically see in instances
of financial stress in the major economies — substantial asset price volatility and the potential for substantial financial losses, but less in the way
of a
significant disruption to either short -
run or long -
run real economic growth.
All that said, the one part
of our narrative that has yet to catch on is that inflation is not dead and may be stirring, getting ready for a more
significant run next year.
At the time
of this writing, Bitcoin is currently holding above the $ 9000 level, while the majority
of altcoins — which all enjoyed
significant run - ups over the past couple
of weeks — are finally experiencing a much - needed
One
of the easiest tests to
run is to flip your description lines to see if the order makes a
significant difference.
If we want to move forward with a serious and
significant clean energy plan, we are going to have to make decisions that may
run contrary to the interests
of APS.
«Trump trades» have
run out
of steam lately, amid growing market skepticism about the likelihood
of significant near - term U.S. tax reform and infrastructure spending.
In the long
run this passive dividend income will be a
significant part
of my retirement income.
They were certainly effective over the short
run, particularly in fostering a
significant reduction in the level
of investor risk aversion.
Near the end
of speculative
runs, the market's most glamourous concept stocks often carry
significant market capitalizations, and therefore drive movements in the capitalization - weighted indices without broad participation from the rank - and - file.
In plain English, a hard fork is in upgrade or change to the currently
running software that will implement changes that are
significant enough that if all
of the computational power (miners) that are
running that software do not agree to the changes, the result is that you have some
running the old version and some
running the new version.
He has
significant experience
running large investment platforms and brokerages — including as President, COO and CIO
of TD Ameritrade, the world's largest online broker.
If China decides to retaliate by unloading
significant quantities
of U.S. sovereign debt, it could cause a
significant spike in rates at a time when the United States is
running a high deficit and rates are already inching up.
In both cases, Conservative parties were defeated by parties promising moderate progressive platforms that included tax increases and
significant increases to public infrastructure investment and explicit commitments to
run deficit budgets, for at least the short - term period in the case
of the NDP.
Still for those
of us who like the process
of picking stocks, read research reports, track the financial news daily and like to dig down to ratios & statements, it's too much fun to just pass — I don't think the index outperformance would be
significant though in the long
run, if you factor in the extra hours
of work though!
«We have
significant number
of them here, we rely on them, because we
run frankly our business across Europe from London,» Carrier said.
Domestically - sourced inflation has been
running faster over the past couple
of years and there has been a
significant pick - up in domestic producer prices recently, associated with rising materials costs and strong demand pressures in some sectors.
The requirements for
running a retail business can often be demanding, and a
significant level
of working capital is typically required.
Great asset management requires a willingness to be wrong over
significant periods, with a strong sense
of what will work in the long
run.
Martin Wolf has produced a series
of great articles on Brexit for the Financial Times, where he argues that, although the UK
runs a
significant trade deficit vis - à - vis the Rest
of the EU («rEU»), UK exports to rEU still account for almost 50 %
of total UK exports (exhibit 2).
The
significant event leading up to the most recent recession was the housing boom, which resulted in an enormous oversupply
of housing and a sharp
run - up in housing prices.
Similarly, in all but one
of the earlier widenings, Australia's inflation rate was higher than the world average, and again on two occasions, we were
running a
significant budget deficit.
Running and growing your business requires
significant investments
of both time and money, and the most successful business owners are the ones who know which
of these precious...
In terms, I think
of inflation and bond markets, it took six, seven, eight, maybe 10 years
of high inflation in the 1970s before you had Paul Volcker brought in to say «enough is enough,» and then again whether it's led by American monetary policy but similar moves in Europe, obviously in the UK, a
significant tightening
of monetary policy because people got fed up with inflation and I don't think that we are kind
of yet at the point where real wages have been suppressed so much by that irritation that inflation is always
running ahead, life is becoming more expensive, so we need the central bank radically to change their policy.
While social media has become a
significant factor in the Digital Age, some companies are
running the risk
of having tunnel vision about orienting their entire customer experience offering around social media.
Banks that get involved with bad actors, he said, «
run the risk
of being slapped with very, very large fines, which is a
significant financial risk, as well as a reputational one.»
Considered as «the most advanced hardware portfolio on the market today,» the Ledger Blue brings a
significant difference with the thumbdrive style
of Ledger's previous products, it is a portable touch screen device that can
run a number
of different applications.
Much as I think the expansion has a good deal further to
run, I suspect that a
significant number
of households have chosen a debt level which makes sense in good times, but does not take into account the fact that bad times inevitably will occur at some time or other.
When women routinely win Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry or medicine, when a woman becomes a world chess champion, when a woman conceives and develops a brand new computer chip that represents a
significant advancement over quad cores, when a woman invents warp drive or phasers, when a woman solves an «insolvable» math problem, when a woman, while working with the Large Hadron Collider, discovers the now - hypothetical Higgs Boson to be an actual scalar subatomic particle, when a woman figures out how to pinpoint the exact location
of an electron at any point in time, when a woman working for Merck or Pfizer develops a remedy for Alzheimer's disease, when a woman's baseball team can defeat the New York Yankees, when a woman can bench press six hundred pounds,
run the 100 meter dash in under nine seconds or set a world record in the high jump, then the fairer sex will have made an advance or contribution unlike any it has made before.
More
significant in the long
run, however, may be the second way evangelicals have been reacting, through the support
of nondenominational parachurch organizations engaged in overseas mission.