I still think there is more potential
upside than downside at the current price level; that's the justification for increasing my investment in the low $ 60 range.
Having a growth plan set up for him as well as an easy out (financially) I think the upside is far
greater than the downside.
And as a result, there have historically been more upside
surprises than downside surprises, so probability does seem skewed more to the upside, at least with regard to net employment change.
Employees who are risk - takers will be more willing to assume the risk associated with working in a startup, as they focus on the potential upside of success more
than the downside of failure.
«There's a lot more upside
potential than downside risk,» says David Elstone, an analyst with Gibsons, B.C. — based ERA Forest Products Research, who notes that those improved 2012 housing starts were still less than half of historical norms.
Some 54 % of U.S. adults say elective cosmetic surgery leads to about equal benefits and downsides for society, while 26 % express the belief that there are more downsides than benefits, and just 16 % say society receives more
benefits than downsides from cosmetic surgery.
In fact, one could argue there is more upside surprises to the US
consumer than downside to China at the moment.»
I simply pointed out that our kids learned a more important
lesson than the downside consequence of their expecting to always sit in business class (which isn't going to happen!).
9) False (meaning: failed) upside breakouts are more reliably
bearish than downside breakouts, and false downside breakouts are more reliably bullish than upside breakouts.
But it is a risk you must take against Alabama because, in the end, the downside of doing it (quick death) is no
different than the downside of not doing it (fast death).
Many investors also don't understand that most portfolios are far more weighted for
returns than downside loss protection.
«Without skin in the game, the chairman and CEO have more upside if they are
right than downside [if they are wrong],» explains Taleb.
Klarman is talking about asymmetric bets — where the upside is
higher than the downside — that arise from inefficiencies in the market.
While we don't (necessarily) think a 2000 or 2007 grade stock meltdown is in the cards, upside potential is looking
smaller than downside potential.
An option allows its user to get more upside
than downside as he can select among the results what fits him and forget about the rest (he has the option, not the obligation)....
As to how economists have fared with their guesstimates, economists have a strong tendency to undershoot their forecasts, so there are far more upside
surprises than downside surprises.
But he made clear that when that day comes, the upside of Uber using them will be
greater than the downside of having to let drivers go.
Americans are a bit more positive about the impact of gene editing to reduce disease; 36 % think it will have more
benefits than downsides, while 28 % think it will have more downsides than benefits.
As a matter of fact, income trusts today look less risky to me than regular equities, with more upside
potential than downside.
«I think all new technologies have an element of being a little bit scary, and I think it's easier to see the downsides than the upsides because the upsides require a lot more imagination, but in every point in the past, new technology has had many more upsides
than downsides,» he said.
Although we believe the rise will be gradual in nature, the long - term risk for bond yields is now more to the upside
than the downside.
That is, asymmetric on the positive side, meaning, in our view, there is much more upside
than downside.
This is a nearly 1:5 and 1:8 risk - reward trade, which means that this trade offers nearly 5X to 8X more potential upside
than downside.
For me, there is more upside
than downside.
This desire not to lose money is another way of saying that great investors and traders want to find bets with a lot more upside
than downside.