Sentences with phrase «substantial market risks»

That's not an enticing environment in which to take substantial market risk.

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Prior to founding Orcam, Mr. Roche ran a private investment partnership in which he generated substantial alpha (high risk adjusted returns) with no negative 12 month periods during one of the most turbulent periods in stock market history.

The aim was to select therapeutic areas where the market was not that crowded, where the opportunity for medical progress was substantial, and where it could find partners to share both the risk and reward.

Finally, right behind market fit and team problems, in terms of fatal startup failings, comes the substantial risks associated with strong competition (existing or emerging), which drives about 20 % of the new companies out of business.

As a result, the January minutes included a carefully worded caveat: «Evaluation of the efficacy, costs and risks of asset purchases might well lead the committee to taper or end its purchases before it judged that a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market had occurred.»

If valuations are favorable and quality of market action suggests that investors have a robust preference to take risk, a substantial exposure to market fluctuations can be very rewarding.

What investors should take from this is not a strong expectation of a crash, but a recognition of the risk of substantial market losses.

Our long history has allowed us to build extensive databases of proprietary index, risk and ESG data, as well as accumulate valuable historical market data, which is difficult to replicate and provides us with a substantial competitive advantage.

«We don't see much upside potential in the market near - term, but we don't see substantial downside risk either.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

We believe that the numerous headwinds to economic growth are creating substantial downside risks to the economy and corporate earnings that, until recently, were not being appropiately discounted by an increasingly euphoric stock market.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Against this, the ACCC considers that the proposed acquisition would result, or be likely to result, in substantial public detriment constituted by a lessening of competition, due to raised barriers to entry and expansion for smaller electricity retailers in NSW and a material risk of increased generator market power.

I don't know why the company finally decided to run the risk, but Onyx now thinks there is a substantial market even at the higher price tag.»

Companies that are in similar businesses may be similarly affected by particular economic or market events; to the extent the Fund has substantial holdings within a particular sector, the risks associated with that sector increase.

In today's financial markets of low yields and high risk, private investors often risk a substantial portion of their hard - earned capital to try to obtain a reasonable investment income.

These are the ingredients for a substantial rally in risk markets.»

Because of this, when these substantial returns are scaled by much higher risk than the market, it is easy to see that the investor did not beat the market.

The risks of investing in emerging markets include the risks of illiquidity, increased price volatility, smaller market capitalizations, less government regulation, less extensive and less frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements, risk of loss resulting from problems in share registration and custody, substantial economic and political disruptions and the nationalization of foreign deposits or assets.

The risk of trading in securities markets can be substantial.

However, if one has been playing the buy - and - hold game with quality securities, one has been exposed to a substantial amount of market risk because the valuations placed on these securities have implied overly rosy scenarios prone to popular revision in times of more realistic expectation.

This is viewing risk through the lens of how likely it is that you'll have to wait a long time to get a substantial amount of your money back, which itself is a function of how likely it is for a substantial downturn to occur in a certain market.

Additional risks of emerging markets securities may include: greater social, economic and political uncertainty and instability; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; less governmental supervision and regulation; unavailability of currency hedging techniques; companies that are newly organized and small; differences in auditing and financial reporting standards, which may result in unavailability of material information about issuers; and less developed legal systems.

The substantial realized alpha in Indonesia does come with a fair degree of Indonesia - specific market risk, as shown by the high level (35.9 %) of nonsystemic risk (using the ACWI as the benchmark) in Table 3.

Meanwhile, with projected demand growth appearing robust, at least for the near term, a third straight year in 2017 of low investment in new conventional projects remains a worrying indicator for the future market balance, creating a substantial risk of a shortfall of new supply in the 2020s.

The financial sector provides an example where political ideology gives way to the preferences of market actors, who are willing to pay a substantial premium on non-diversifiable risks (in this context, risks that are a major problem for the planet and can not be insured).

Further, warning about risks of investing in ICOs, the SEC has said that companies and individuals have increasingly been using them to raise capital for their businesses and projects resulting in the substantial growth of the cryptocurrency market.

No one will give you way above market average returns with no substantial risks involved.

Gold, however, could provide substantial backing to Bitcoin in the conventional markets, by eliminating risks of high volatility and making it easy to cash out of the cryptocurrency.

The Russian Central Bank doesn't what to legalize cryptocurrency exchange operations involving ruble as this may «open up new possibilities for unfair market participants and create substantial risks for the financial system stability.»

As they believe these risks to be substantial, Goldman has been avoiding getting more heavily involved in the crypto market.

Condo conversions have been driving up pricing in major metros such as Miami and Washington, D.C. «We feel that there is a substantial risk if the condo conversion market goes away,» Derrick says.

It wasn't just the loss of underwriting business that affected FBR, it also was that the company was exposed to significant after - market risks as it held substantial positions in the securities of these companies as underwriter or market maker.

Despite GGP's substantial business progress and the improvements in the Class A mall market, standalone GGP can still not achieve nearly as much shareholder value as can be achieved in the Simon Transaction with substantially lower risk to shareholders.