Sentences with word «spook»

Investment in office properties in primary markets took a dip in the first quarter, as investors got spooked by watching yields shrink in high demand areas.

Four of the five previous bull markets since 1970 ended as investors got spooked by a recession, or the anticipation of one, and sold stocks.

Within a week, the news had reached mainstream media, with numerous outlets reporting on the affair and thousands of spooked investors speculating about the implications on Reddit.

THE OTHERS (Grade: B): Nicole Kidman plays an English World War II war widow with two small children in a mansion full of spooks in this effectively creepy, minimalist ghost story directed by Alejandro Amenábar.

Luigi needs to save his brother from a haunted house and it's up to you to make sure he doesn't get too spooked in the process.

They may be right or wrong in an expectation that the situation will improve, but they're not going to get easily spooked by yet more evidence of banker folly.

A device for spooking people when you say «Hi!»

The stake has now fallen to about $ 430 million, with spooked investors selling off their holdings following rumors of the hack earlier Friday.

If Western governments weren't spooked by global warming, ISIS would be less of a threat to the West, the Middle East would be less of a cauldron of hate, Europe wouldn't be held hostage by Russia and China wouldn't be threatening its neighbours over islands in the South and East China Seas.

The introduction of China's «circuit breaker» tool spooked markets on Monday, says Christian Gattiker, chief strategist and head of research at Julius Baer, who discusses market behavior.

Jose and I were actually kind of spooked when visiting the only nearby town for dinner that evening.

Nothing to get spooked about with these tender, spice - kissed pumpkin cupcakes.

So often, I hear stories of newly adopted dogs getting spooked on a walk, wriggling out of their collar and running like the wind.

They must also learn to accept items such as wheelchairs and not spook at them.

Halloween visitors and parties can also spook many pets, plus it gets dark outside much earlier and more rapidly during the fall season.

Equity investors in Asia do not appear to be too spooked by what is happening in the UK right now.

It looks like UK - based credit card companies are just as spooked as JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup when it comes to the risk associated with crypto purchases.

Hunting Bourne are a group of CIA spooks who travel and fight Bourne alone, which is about as smart as a group of enemies taking turns to fight the hero in a martial arts movie.

Read on to find out what spooks people on the outset of such a venture, and why, if they do their homework, they should fear not.

In this grungy and theatrical show, as in spook houses elsewhere, individual artists melt away, leaving a space that awakens curiosity and collective fears.

She was probably still spooked from the dream that awakened her after midnight, the same one she'd had on a few other recent nights.

It's CEO publically denied the reports on Twitter, saying user withdrawals were paused only for upgrade work, but the incident has still spooked market participants.

I thanked my MP for the letter because it suggested the Government was so spooked about opposition that it had sent out a standard letter to Tory MPs telling them what to say.

Walk on your hands for added spook factor.

I felt a bit spooked after reading it.

The comic icon just nails the smarmy CIA spook with the authority of great character actors.

The news has also spooked investors who are concerned about how uncertainty in the Spanish and Portuguese financial sectors could impact assets across the eurozone.

«Someone is clearly spooked by Wendy Long's meteoric rise in the race to defeat Senator Gillibrand, the question is who?

This shifts the premise immediately from being a cutesy, whimsical game about sweet little spooks finding love in the afterlife, to one about the intrinsic insignificance of mortality.

The land development activities may well spook many potential investors, but the bulk of the revenue comes from rental and commercial properties in Maryland and Puerto Rico.

In a film studies class, my professor Tom Gunning was talking about the pre-cinematic «phantasmagoria,» a form of spook show with distant voices and magic - lantern slides projected onto moving surfaces.

No appraiser can out - guess what spooked buyers will / should pay for properties that will ultimately sell for more than they are really intrinsically worth (cost of land plus current construction cost of improvements).

Baltimore was clearly spooked after its own Ray Rice domestic abuse video debacle.

The rest of the moviegoers in the theater seemed to be even more spooked than I happed to be.

This team did everything I thought they would do that it even spooked me.

Baby can easily get spooked if something feels awry, so be conscious of exploring your Halloween scenery together, showing baby that it is all for fun.

Whatever happened, something spooked Sega good.

They are now all spooked by the same man Continue reading →

Most bank investors seem spooked about interest rates.

It's practically invisible underwater so it won't spook away the fish you're trying to catch.

If China decides to get tough on agriculture or anything else, that will really spook people.»

We photocopied it, an act which apparently spooked archives officials as well as Cuomo's aides.

Of course, lots of methods have evolved to try to avoid spooking fish out of your swim or even stop them from stopping feeding in the possible case of some line shy fish, and having them leave your swim.

The two shows share more than a little in common: Twenty - something headliners, three - letter government spooks, and a fun, irreverent dialogue interspersed with serious drama.

Idents for Film Victoria and other Australian funding bodies precede the opening scenes, and don't exactly help sell the idea that this most American of spook stories was shot in the US.

The secret aid of Nelson Castro, who flipped in 2009 after a perjury indictment, raised the specter of additional arrests while spooking many in the Bronx Democrat's political orbit.

One trap should not be visible from another trap to prevent trapped cats from spooking others.