Not exact matches
(Hofmann, it should be noted, has ties to a competing business model
of sorts: He advises a startup called SilverCloud that
markets online cognitive behavioral therapy programs for anxiety and other
conditions.)
JILLIAN DARLINGTON: Oh, yeah, we just post our terms and
conditions, but more than our term and
conditions while they are going through our registration process, we post, and from us, it's selling, we don't allow any
sort of marketing or selling in our forums at all or so whatever, and so we tell them like there is absolutely no soliciting, you'll be warned, then you'll be removed.
Absent some
sort of widget that provides real - time price quotes on all
of the books one might be willing to purchase from all
of the suppliers that might be able to sell it, the cost
of acquiring such price information means that consumers will be operating under
conditions of imperfect information much
of the time; thus, one can not expect all
of the benefits and results
of the free
market to obtain, even if you assume other
market imperfections away.
Agents need to be mindful that if they have knowledge
of a defect, patent (obvious) or latent (hidden), this information needs to be «disclosed» in the actual listing; the listing agent needs to draw to the attention
of his seller, making the seller aware that his agent «knows,» whatever he knows, or surmises, has seen with his own eyes, or has been made aware by his seller — sometimes surreptitiously, (by agent's putting the information confirmation in writing and has advised the seller the need for disclosing), directing his seller to get «fix - it» quotes, repair before going to
market, or offer a rebate to his buyer for the dollar amount involved, and advise the seller that this information if known by his agent, or by the seller, «must» be disclosed in some manner, in writing, so as to prevent the seller and all the agents involved (including «team members), both buying and selling sides, from lawsuits, or possible resultant non-closing
of transactions, not just even non-removal
of conditions, (failing which clauses, conditional clauses —
condition precedent, not
condition subsequent — self destruct) during which lag time the subject property is theoretically off the
market wasting valuable
market time, which could prove especially financially disastrous in any
sort of turbulent down - turning
market.
Having tried and programmed all
sorts of expert analysers / robots, this article really points out why they simply won't work as there's the second factor, the
market conditions / volumes and the general emotion surrounding the
markets that we can not yet embed into the application logic properly yet.
Finally, you'll be much better off if you do this
sort of evaluation now, while
conditions remain relatively calm, than trying to re-jigger your investment portfolio in crisis mode after the
markets have gone kerflooey.
Buffett has some pretty pointed comments about this in relaying his purchase
of Washington Post at the depths
of the 73 - 74 bear
market which arguably rivaled the
sort of panic
conditions in late 08 / early 09.
Further, stocks often provided decent returns after large spikes or dips in the inflation rate, even though one might assume these
sorts of economic
conditions would consistently spook investors out
of the stock
market.
All insurance riders offered within variable contracts and policies fall into one
of two categories; living benefit riders generally guarantee some
sort of defined payout while the insured or annuitant is still alive, while death benefit riders protect against declines in contract values due to
market conditions for beneficiaries.
Agents need to be mindful that if they have knowledge
of a defect, patent (obvious) or latent (hidden), this information needs to be «disclosed» in the actual listing; the listing agent needs to draw to the attention
of his seller, making the seller aware that his agent «knows,» whatever he knows, or surmises, has seen with his own eyes, or has been made aware by his seller — sometimes surreptitiously, (by agent's putting the information confirmation in writing and has advised the seller the need for disclosing), directing his seller to get «fix - it» quotes, repair before going to
market, or offer a rebate to his buyer for the dollar amount involved, and advise the seller that this information if known by his agent, or by the seller, «must» be disclosed in some manner, in writing, so as to prevent the seller and all the agents involved (including «team members), both buying and selling sides, from lawsuits, or possible resultant non-closing
of transactions, not just even non-removal
of conditions, (failing which clauses, conditional clauses —
condition precedent, not
condition subsequent — self destruct) during which lag time the subject property is theoretically off the
market wasting valuable
market time, which could prove especially financially disastrous in any
sort of turbulent down - turning
market.
If there is once again a declining
market in the wind, Sellers are in a position
of perhaps losing valuable selling opportunities while waiting for COF
conditions to be met on these
sorts of offers.