Sentences with phrase «skittish in»

With pricing reaching an all - time high in a deal - drought environment, coupled with global market volatility, investors and developers are skittish in where to put their dry powder, pushing private equity professionals to new, niche areas of real estate that haven't previously been explored.As the industry emerges from a low interest rate environment, and into a rapidly changing landscape with lower taxes, less regulations, higher rates and higher inflation, what does this mean for private equity real estate?

A stray cat may be skittish in your presence, but because stray cats once knew human companionship, they can usually become re-socialized and re-homed.

Positive experiences in many different settings during this time will help prevent your kitten to becoming scared or skittish in new environments and around strangers.

Snow also is a foe; the Clubman lost traction and felt skittish in anything more than a light dusting.

Skittish in the pocket.

(Expect that to change pretty soon, although after the Equifax security debacle, people may get skittish in general about how well something really works.)

Not exact matches

By shifting the risks away from banks and to asset managers, Gross argues that the risk of herd behavior that causes a liquidity event in markets has been shifted away from the professional investing class and to a more amateur, less - informed, skittish class of investor: the public.

CEO David Lepejian (pictured in the magazine at Nasdaq the day of his IPO) spent 18 - hour days hyping his company's IPO to newly skittish moneyed types who were reluctant to add to their growing portfolios - cum - compost of incorporated carrion.

And so here we are again — on the brink of another disaster in the wake of plummeting oil prices, rampant OPEC production, and skittish investors.

Immigrant groups acknowledged there is some fear among people in the country illegally who are skittish about drawing attention to themselves in visible marches.

Despite the skittish conditions for Internet stocks, most analysts expect Alibaba's IPO to bring in at least $ 10 billion.

We discussed fee comparison in a previous section, but the robo advisor falls on the lower to mid-range part of the spectrum, and the free management for the first $ 10,000 is a wonderful selling point to get skittish investors to dip their toes in the water.

As Jeff Bezos's «everything store» expands into, well, everything, skittish investors are punishing companies caught in the crosshairs.

While a Trump presidency is looking less and less likely, many Canadian companies with stakes in the U.S. are, like Bedard, feeling skittish about their business prospects in the lead - up to the November 8th vote.

In a recent note to his clients, Mr. Jonas said investors were becoming skittish about Ford and saw General Motors and Fiat Chrysler as better bets, largely because of the uncertainty of how Mr. Hackett intends to fix the company.

Speaking of GOP lawmakers getting skittish about hastily pulling coverage away from 20 million Americans — there's a common thread to most of the Republican senators who have come out advocating a repeal process that's done in tandem with a replacement: almost all of them hail from states where Obamacare's optional Medicaid expansion has had an outsize effect on reducing the uninsurance rate.

Lyndon and Peter Rive conceived SolarCity at the Burning Man arts festival in 2006, and it became one of the earliest U.S. companies to popularize solar leasing, giving skittish customers a virtually risk - free proposition.

The stock market opened way down, continuing last Friday's selloff, though it has climbed back since the open — implying the return of volatility — as skittish investors continue to fear the sequence I describe in this AM's WaPo: tight labor market, wage pressures, higher interest rates, inflation, lower profit margins.

The wage pop [last Friday's 2.9 % growth in hourly wages] spooked the markets because investors, already skittish as valuations were a bit steep (though not as bad as people have been saying, given strong current and expected corporate earnings), envisioned this sequence: wage growth gooses price growth (i.e., inflation), which raises both market and Federal Reserve interest rates, which slows growth and shaves corporate profit margins.

I'm a little skittish not having invested in ETFs before - just mutual funds.

The mere whiff of competition from the 800 - pound gorilla in eCommerce is enough to send skittish holders to the exits.

Risk managers in the financial services industry are skittish about what they perceive as a heightened chance for high - impact event hitting the global financial system hard and they're naming potential cyber attacks as one of the biggest drivers for that increased risk.

In a late - October statement, the Fed dropped prior references to the risks to US growth and inflation stemming from skittish financial markets and a sluggish global economy, and it singled out solid increases in the domestic US economy in areas such as spending and investment, along with further improvement in the housing markeIn a late - October statement, the Fed dropped prior references to the risks to US growth and inflation stemming from skittish financial markets and a sluggish global economy, and it singled out solid increases in the domestic US economy in areas such as spending and investment, along with further improvement in the housing markein the domestic US economy in areas such as spending and investment, along with further improvement in the housing markein areas such as spending and investment, along with further improvement in the housing markein the housing market.

Now, however, it seems investors are getting skittish, with the slightest hint of a change in pace sending many scurrying for the exit.

Markets will remain skittish as the May 12 deadline to rectify the deal approaches, ANZ Research said in note.

Even after a raging seven - year bull market in U.S. stocks, investors are skittish.

Even after a seven - year bull market in U.S. stocks, investors are still skittish.

In the post-9-11 era, however, many countries remain skittish about U.S. law - enforcement and security agencies getting their hands on sensitive personal records.

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Meanwhile, losses in Treasuries will likely be contained by equity markets that are still skittish about what higher rates will mean, they said.

While polls show a third of U.S. consumers are interested in buying self - driving cars, the rest are skittish because they're worried about losing control, said Thilo Koslowski, vice president and automotive practice leader at Gartner Inc..

Indeed, this mirrors other data, which have found Americans more skittish about spending in the early months of 2018 in the aftermath of more robust purchasing at year's end.

He seems to be, for instance, excited about deification as a theological concept in a way that I am not (and in a way that will make many evangelicals skittish).

She insisted that they bring their homework with them when they «visited» and laughed and told them how skittish and stupid she herself had been in school.

I've had the pleasure of being removed from ministry before, many years ago and while it didn't affect my underwear it did make me skittish to get back in the saddle again.

From purchasing to preparing, Americans in general are a bit skittish when it comes to the whole fish.

The skittish winner covered the 1 [1/16] miles in 2:11.

He is sometimes skittish but overall solid, aggressive defender and offers a good attacking option in set pieces.

WEAKNESSES: Turnover prone in college and needs to better protect the football, specifically with his pocket movements (21 fumbles in his 24 starts)... elongated, wind - up release... chaotic lower body throwing mechanics, influencing his ball placement... too willing to deliver off - balance without setting his feet... bad habit of locking onto targets, leading defenders to the intended receiver... made too many high - risk throws in college, not locating lurking defensive backs... spotty offensive line play in 2017 caused him to play skittish and quicken his reads / movements, leading to mistakes... relatively inexperienced, playing only one full season at quarterback in high school and two years at USC... durable in college, but missed his junior season after a broken foot (Sept. 2013), requiring surgery.

Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much more reflective of a hold up play / cross in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups in recent years and the lack of a «boss» in the midfield

«I was in an area where you can see a lot of seals, but they can be skittish,» the 32 - year - old Melrose resident said.

In my head, I know you're absolutely right, but we lost a pregnancy while nursing (I conceived at 23 months) so my heart is still a little skittish about it.

I don't how many times I've seen a felon run to their embassy in movies or television series: more recently in the quacky and skittish British tele - drama By Any Means.

Despite this, Mr. Avella and the firm remain one of the most successful in the state, though lawmakers could be skittish about helping his clients in the upcoming legislative session.

Adding to Flanagan's woes, the source said, is the fact that the city's real - estate industry, long a major contributor to the Senate GOP, has become skittish about contributing to the business - friendly lawmakers in the wake of revelations involving Glenwood Management, the powerful real - estate firm owned by Leonard Litwin, at the corruption trials of both Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan).

Four months ahead of the Democratic primary, the field has swelled, a measure that has some Democratic officials skittish that the large pack will weaken the party's chances of taking back the seat they lost in 2014, splintering resources and harming the party in the process.

After showing me the captive breeding pen — its 75 skittish inhabitants all keeping out of sight today — the biologist takes me next to the Camino del Diablo in the southernmost part of the refuge.

PORTLAND, OREGON — Oceanographers have put a stethoscope on the coursing circulatory system of the Atlantic Ocean, and they have found a skittish pulse that's surprisingly strong in the waters east of Greenland — discoveries that should improve climate models.

Developing countries have resisted enshrining their programs into binding international law because most of these initiatives are rooted in national goals, such as controlling local pollution and increasing the value of forests, which makes them skittish about foreign commitment and monitoring.

Just past the town of Almere, as you round a right - hand bend, you will find a sight unseen in Europe for centuries, if not millennia: hundreds of red deer, plodding groups of long - horned wild cattle, and skittish herds of low - slung brown horses, all moving through the open landscape like something out of a cave painting.