Sentences with phrase «than commodities»

Are they all just suits who see vehicles as nothing more than a commodity to be sold?

Since most of these companies book their revenue on volume rather than commodity prices, the drop in oil prices hasn't been catastrophic.

While the performance of such companies does depend somewhat on the price of the commodity, these funds tend to perform more in line with other stock ETFs than commodity prices.

You can also trade futures on markets other than commodities, like stock indices.

And he has a unique way of operating as a customer service company rather than a commodity business.

And thanks to income growth that has been on the upside of the wealth disparity, premium / luxury car sales are increasing at a much greater rate than commodity segments.

Future high yield bond returns will likely be more muted — and depend more on improving fundamentals than commodity prices.

In puppy mills, dogs are treated as nothing more than commodities, forced to live in tiny wire cages and deprived of basic needs such as water and food.

For those more comfortable with tracking indexes rather than the commodity itself, then this may be a better option.

To summarize, I like stocks better than commodities for the coming year, although my long - term model has GDX in the top five.

BCD is organized as an open - ended ETF, rather than a commodity pool, so taxable investors pay the usual long - and short - term capital gains rates on sale and avoid receiving an annual K - 1 tax form.

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We feel good that speciality coffee rewards farmers and producers at a greater level than commodity coffee and, although we might not be aware of all the complications, usually choose speciality or direct trade over the more minimal value of Fair Trade.

«Gold today is nothing more or less than a commodity, and we could have a debate whether it's a commodity or a currency without an interest rate,» Watt continues.

Bitcoin has outpaced every single nation - state issued fiat currency by miles and continues to perform better than commodities like precious metals.

«The prices we've been paying for coffee have been substantially higher than the commodities market for years,» since craft wholesalers typically source coffee directly from farmers and co-operatives.

There's much more to Canada than commodities though.

Because technology now represents a much larger percentage of emerging - market economies than commodities, broad emerging - market equity markets may not benefit as much as they have in the past if the US drifts into late cycle and global inflationary pressures rise.

Since both capitalist and Marxist theory developed without consideration of the contribution of the natural world to the economy, any consideration of nature as something other than a commodity falls outside the discipline of economics.

«Moving from transition metal elements to synthesized molecules is a significant advancement because it links battery costs to manufacturing rather than commodity metals pricing» said Imre Gyuk, energy storage program manager for the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE), which funded this research.

«The new ORNL thermoplastic has better performance than commodity plastics like ABS,» said senior author Amit Naskar in ORNL's Materials Science and Technology Division, who along with co-inventor Chau Tran has filed a patent application for the process to make the new material.

When we combine the on - farm observations with others beyond the farm gate, like northward - moving ranges of songbird species and shifts in important pollinators, a pattern begins to emerge that is steadier than commodity prices (Chen et al. 2011).

Increasingly both public and private sector clients are looking for cost - effective campaigns rather than commodity print, and printers can no longer rely solely on their products and low prices to differentiate themselves.

Research showed that more expensive cars fared no better than commodity cars, and in some cases as with the Honda Accord with standard halogens, they fared even better than say, a Cadillac ATS or Mercedes - Benz C - Class with advanced lighting packages.

This means bespoke rather than commodity parts, a vertically integrated production process featuring numerous assembly innovations, and a retail strategy that lands somewhere between the Hare Krishnas» panhandling in airports and the Snap - on truck heading for a bachelor party.

Firstly I do not have a crystal ball nor do I give investment advice other than my Commodity Trading advisor client who have signed and agreed to all kinds of disclosures and are aware of -LSB-...]

The stock market is less volatile than commodities.

Direxion (other than the commodity Trends Strategy Fund DXCTX), ProFunds, Rydex mutual funds and all money market funds will not be subject to the Early Redemption Fee.

Most value investors understand that leaving the question of price aside, businesses with enduring moats are more attractive as investments than commodity - type businesses which have no low - cost advantages.

This sad image illustrates how much this Chihuahua was regarded as nothing more than a commodity by his former captors.

Futures are also often cheaper than the commodity itself, again encouraging greater market participation — $ 66,000 may buy you ten Bitcoins, but (depending on the final specifics of the contract), it could buy you exposure to a multiple of that, amplifying your potential gains and losses.

BCI is organized as an open - ended ETF, rather than a commodity pool, so taxable investors pay the usual long - and short - term capital gains rates on sale and avoid receiving an annual K - 1 tax form.

All of which is seen through Laura's eyes as she provides a ground level view of what goes on around her for the viewer, as she becomes little more than a commodity to the criminals with her body (notice how it is described, by the way) used and abused, with little choice in her actions.

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Other than commodities, EM equities have been one of the worst performing asset classes in 2015.

BEF is organized as an open - ended ETF, rather than a commodity pool, so taxable investors pay the usual long - and short - term capital gains rates on sale and avoid an annual K - 1 tax form.

That leads to EHC's next challenge: convincing the world that handrails are more than commodities.

There are alternatives that can protect investors from future inflation that are less volatile (TIPS) or offer a better return profile (REITs and even high quality dividend stocks) than commodities.

But selling Canada as more than an commodity - denominated economy has been tried before, with limited success.

Lotus Food has reinvented these popular Asian specialty noodles using healthier organic heirloom and whole grain rice rather than commodity - grade white rice.

It gave me hope for the future of movies as something more than a commodity.

And frankly, so do the thousands of independent booksellers who have always treated books as much more than a commodity.

The studies show that you would make more investing in commodities themselves rather than commodity stocks unless you are a very good stock picker.

Other than commodities, EM equities have been one of the worst performing asset classes in 2015.

It is only when education is treated as a right rather than a commodity that is bought and profited from that the can system change.

We often overlook these animals as being little more than the commodities they provide for humans, but as you can see, they are so, so much more.