Sentences with phrase «than the risks associated»

Alternative investing, including use of futures, options and short positions, may involve risks different from or possibly greater than the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments.

Similarly, risk of coronary heart disease associated with an 1,800 - calorie diet emphasizing plant protein (93 grams) was found to be somewhat lower than the risk associated with a similar diet containing only 49 grams of plant - based protein.

But the risks associated with the vaccines Canadian children receive are much, much less than the risks associated with the diseases themselves.

Other than the risk associated with a margin account, stock purchases are fundamentally the same only you're allowed to purchase more than you have cash on hand.

Quantitative analyses show that the risks associated with the expanded use of nuclear energy are orders of magnitude smaller than the risks associated with fossil fuels.

The risks of continuing «business as usual» are greater than the risks associated with strong efforts to limit and adapt to climate change.

Not exact matches

Those three words once associated with the rules of retirement investing no longer hold true, as many retirees have been forced to assume more risk than they would like.

When Alexandre Pestov, a strategic consultant and research associate at York University's Schulich School of Business, compared buying a two - bedroom Toronto condominium to renting it over the past 25 years, he found that the renter ended up $ 600,000 richer than the owner if he invested the spare cash in low - risk bonds.

They found that the people who followed the popular diets were associated with more weight loss and a reduction in heart risk factors than those who didn't stick with the diets.

More than 800 of these people were found to have invasive lung cancers over the study's course, and the risk seemed to be especially associated with men who took discrete supplements with vitamin B6 or B12.

The proclivity to detect and dwell on stressors and threats — a tendency that unites neurotics — explains why the personality trait is not just associated with experiences of fear, moodiness, worry and frustration but also a higher - than - average risk factor for common mental disorders.

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.

The Department concludes that it can best protect the interests of retirement investors in receiving sound advice, provide greater certainty to the public and regulated parties, and minimize the risk of unnecessary disruption by taking a more balanced approach than simply granting a flat delay of fiduciary status and all associated obligations for a protracted period.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

He should be asked to make the case for its existence — not only why targeted advertising is more beneficial than traditional advertising, but why he thinks the associated dangers are worth the risk.

Investing in foreign emerging markets entails greater risks than those normally associated with domestic markets, such as political, currency, economic and market risks.

When I worked at Bridgewater Associates, I regularly came across marketing materials about the theory behind risk parity and evidence that risk parity portfolios perform better than traditional portfolios on a risk - adjusted basis.

For a petro - economy such as Canada's, the financial risks associated with the pending battle against climate change are much greater than any cyclical downturn in oil prices.

I am more into indexfunds than into individual funds due to the lower associated risk.

First, the riskiness associated with capital investment might have gone up and so higher rates of return could be simply compensating for higher risk rather than implying attractive investments.

International markets entail different risks than those typically associated with domestic markets, including foreign currency fluctuation, political and economic instability, accounting changes and foreign taxation.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

Early - stage investors will accept more risk associated with market and customer validation and on the perceived execution skills of the team than later - stage investors.

The risks associated with future toxic waste from the oil sands are, in some ways, more worrying than the much more widely known global warming ones.

Growth outlook in the eurozone remains broadly balanced with chances of better than expected economic growth, while downside risks are largely associated with global factors, including the forex (foreign exchange) markets.

By: Kimberley Smuts 6th May 2016 The use of multiparametric block models, which contain more than just geological data, to analyse the risks associated with the mining process, allow more informed business decisions to be made on the basis of risk and exposure to that risk.

Based on analysis of more than 90 private equity funds, the IFC observed that the risks associated with minority stakes in companies could be managed effectively.

Better to admit to a comparatively minor lie now than risk being associated with Cohen's rapidly - accumulating legal troubles.

The associated report is more important than the actual call since it explains the context and the complete reasoning behind the conclusions for your own appreciation given your own tolerance to risk.

He believes that a wider presence of self - driving technologies will reduce the risks associated with driving, as human error is responsible for more than 90 percent of all car crashes.

The lower risk associated with a secured loan often results in a lower interest rate than an unsecured personal loan would carry.

When more than the recommended dosage is taken, it is associated with an increased risk of cleft palate.

So there is no other way to caution consumers about the health risks associated with sugar - sweetened beverages other than taxing those who more than likely can't afford to be taxed any further?

The evidence is beyond question, yet still less than 35 % of those surveyed were aware of the associated risks between eating hot dogs and bacon and developing cancer.

This may motivate both teams to end the game in 90 minutes rather than risk the luck associated with penalty kicks.

I am sure you did not mean to assume that women who are in shelters need formula more than you do, in fact, poor and minority women «need» it less; they are at greater risk for negative health consequences associated with formula like diabetes, obesity, heart disease, etc..

«While most pregnant women who choose to have planned home births are at lower risk of complications due to careful screening, planned home births are associated with double to triple the risk of infant death than are planned hospital births.

Indeed, recently information came out that exclusive breastfeeding protected the baby from acquiring HIV better than formula feeding and that the highest risk is associated with mixed feeding (breastfeeding + artificial feeding).

Behind that statistic is a far higher number of babies who became sick with diarrhoea, respiratory and other diseases because of the greater risks associated with feeding on formula or other substances, rather than breastfeeding.

Flint and colleagues suggested that when midwives get to know the women for whom they provide care, interventions are minimised.22 The Albany midwifery practice, with an unselected population, has a rate for normal vaginal births of 77 %, with 35 % of women having a home birth.23 A review of care for women at low risk of complications has shown that continuity of midwifery care is generally associated with lower intervention rates than standard maternity care.24 Variation in normal birth rates between services (62 % -80 %), however, seems to be greater than outcome differences between «high continuity» and «traditional care» groups at the same unit.25 26 27 Use of epidural analgesia, for example, varies widely between Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, and the North Staffordshire NHS Trust.

Given questions about how long the vaccine is effective for, she questioned the efficacy of giving shots to girls as young as 11 years old in parts of the world (such as the U.S.) where women regularly undergo safety Pap screening repeatedly over their lifetimes, saying that the chances of their contracting cervical cancer may be less than the «small» risks associated with the vaccine.

One large study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences showed that children who are breastfed have a 20 percent lower risk of dying between the ages of 28 days and 1 year than children who weren't breastfed, with longer breastfeeding associated with lower risk.

It's now more than clear — the HB setting is associated not only with a measurable excess mortality, but a significant risk of brain injury.

Indeed, there may be more risk of contaminants associated with the use of artificial baby milk than with breastmilk.

Rates of obstetrical intervention are high in U.S. hospitals, and we found large absolute differences in the risks of these interventions between planned out - of - hospital births and in - hospital births.38 In contrast, serious adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes are infrequent in all the birth settings we assessed, and the absolute differences in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyses.

In this trial, which involved only women at low risk of bleeding, active management was associated with a post partum hemorrhage (blood loss greater than 500 ml) rate of 6.8 %, compared with 16.5 % for expectant (non-active) management.

Planned out - of - hospital birth was associated with a higher rate of perinatal death than was planned in - hospital birth (3.9 vs. 1.8 deaths per 1000 deliveries, P = 0.003; odds ratio after adjustment for maternal characteristics and medical conditions, 2.43; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 1.37 to 4.30; adjusted risk difference, 1.52 deaths per 1000 births; 95 % CI, 0.51 to 2.54).

For all low risk women, bootstrapped estimates showed that planned birth in settings other than an obstetric unit was associated with cost savings and considerable stochastic uncertainty surrounding adverse perinatal outcomes.

Nevertheless, «travel times greater than 20 minutes [to a healthcare facility] have been associated with increased risk of adverse neonatal outcomes, including mortality.»

When the breastfeeding mother is under - nourished, it is safer, easier, and less expensive to give her more food than to expose an infant under six months of age to the risks associated with feeding breastmilk substitutes or other foods.2 Can breastmilk production be increased by giving the mother additional food?