Sentences with phrase «viewed as a return»

Nevertheless, they should be viewed as a return - free asset class that is very risky.

Then, after dinner, perhaps relax with your drinks on the outdoor terraces to make the most of the last, stunning views as you return to dock.

Under current tax laws, dividends paid from these policies are tax free because they are viewed as a return of premiums paid.

Keep in mind if WL and you do not report your premiums that are paid for you, the cash value is taxed as well rather than viewed as a return on premium.

Not exact matches

They view returns as an unpleasant cost of doing business, not an opportunity to enhance customer service.

Though the company had been earning small profits since 2005, the Mirzas were hardly satisfied with what they viewed as a paltry return for all the time and energy they had invested in the business.

«What we've come to realize from a moral point of view, as well as from a very pragmatic business point of view, is if you put your employees first... then the clients get great experiences and the shareholders get great returns.

So far, the pressure has failed to get North Korea's government, which views a nuclear arsenal as key to its survival, to return to long - stalled international negotiations on its nuclear program.

At the same time Ofoto and Shutterfly are reaching out to picture takers of all stripes by offering steep discounts on old - fashioned film processing (returning prints by snail mail), as well as digitizing the images for online viewing and distribution.

While returns can be discouraging to brands, this is a process in the sales cycle that can also be viewed as an opportunity to provide additional customer service to build brand loyalty.

In the past, many viewed CRM as being too complex and expensive to implement for the expected return on investment.

«We view Kraft Heinz as a core holding given best - in - class M&A optionality, & improving returns & sales growth.

Hosted by NYSE Enjoy the magnificent views of the incredible Elk Mountain Range and the town of Aspen as you take on this 3 - mile ascent and return on the same trail.

Viacom's efforts to introduce new audience metrics that capture viewing on digital outlets, as well as data - driven, digital advertising technologies, have mitigated those declines but have yet to return the advertising business to growth.

Finally, while there is certainly a risk that bonds deliver lousy returns going forward, I view the chances of significant nominal drawdowns as pretty far down the list of concerns, regardless of what the Fed does.

Seed stage investment, historically viewed as the domain of angel investors, has advanced to become a critical component of the institutional venture capital ecosystem, with the potential for significantly outsized returns.

Perhaps a more useful way to view recent events is as the return of volatility after a year of unusual calm.

These funds generally view lending as a strategy for portfolio diversification and a way to gain double - digit returns.

So the effect of monetary easing should be viewed as a component of total market variation, and a response to prior market variation, not the sole driver of future returns.

It's still viewed as one of the go - to places for cloud computing information (proofs: two major cloud events are requesting for promotional collaborations for their 2015 events — the deal has been finalized) but it has seen better days, and hopefully it will return to its glory soon!

In the Strategic Total Return Fund, our present duration of about 3.5 years is solidly in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, which I continue to view as useful investments here.

Should investors view stock returns around recurring firm events in aggregate as an exploitable anomaly?

There is greater return dispersion between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles as the holding period extends, bolstering the view that there are more opportunities for differentiated performance when one holds securities for three to five years.

Such sacrifices include money spent on fulltime childcare and viewing it as an investment in the earning potential of her career over the long term, compared to leaving then returning to the workforce.

In my view, investors who view current valuations as «justified relative to interest rates» are really saying that a decade of zero total returns on stocks is perfectly adequate compensation for the risk of a 45 - 55 % market loss over the completion of the current market cycle - a decline that would historically be merely run - of - the - mill given current valuations, and that certainly can not be precluded by appealing to low interest rates.

One point that might be worth making is that life expectancy is increasing and so the traditional view of moving into lower risk, lower return investments as one approaches retirement is not necessarily as sensible as it once was.

■ If we view early - stage companies as a «product» that our province «manufactures», then selling those companies at a 5x return on invested capital (i.e. 80 % gross margin) is a pretty good business model.

In sum, ESL teachers who return to their home countries can be viewed as a resource that has already been paid for.

The mechanism for the lower returns, in my view, is not going to be some kind of sustained mean - reversion to old - school valuations, as the more bearishly inclined would predict.

Because prospective 12 - year annual market returns have never failed to reach at least 8 % by the completion of a market cycle, regardless of the level of interest rates, we view a 40 % market decline as a rather minimal target over the completion of this market cycle.

If it is viewed as a separate asset class, it is invested in based on the total expected return, volatility and diversification it adds to the total portfolio.

If it is viewed as part of an equity allocation, it is judged on the excess return versus a passive benchmark, scaled by the excess volatility.

In fact, volatility (which we view as an asset to be utilised) is a key component that increases our chances of providing superior returns over time - thus we welcome volatility» Allan Mecham

Mark Hulbert presents HSNSI as a contrarian signal for future stock returns; when HSNSI is high (low), he views the outlook for stocks as materially bearish (bullish).

A «High Quality» business in their view is defined as a business which can earn high return on capital for a long period of time.

I will truly pray for your humility in not - knowing to return to you so that you may widen your view and hear others to learn even you, as I, DO NOT HAVE IT ALL RIGHT!

To the unsuspecting reader, it might seem that Altizer has in fact returned to his first stage, but for those who view Altizer's development as an ever - increasing awareness of the full implications of the dialectical method, Buddhism is now seen as the reversible (i.e., dialectical) ground on which a new radical Christianity can be founded.

Many of them view Miami as a sort of halfway house, a place to hang their hats before an imminent return.

Jeremiah's description of the return from exile, John's portrayal of Jesus, and my friend's experience of grace make me wonder why we so often view grace as a scarce commodity.

In his view, the Holocaust and the Jewish return from exile, as well as the general opening of the Church toward non-Christian religions, had exploded the old, supersessionist view.

Recently, for example, planeloads of American fundamentalists have been travelling to Israel to view the site, Megiddo, where they believe the great clash among the nations will break out, and the battle of Armageddon will bring to an end the world as we know it.7 As this event is believed to herald the return of Jesus Christ, they have no fear for their own future, understanding from the words of Paul quoted above, that they will be «raptured» (lifted up into the sky and preserved from destruction) and that only non-believers will perish in the death of the old worlas we know it.7 As this event is believed to herald the return of Jesus Christ, they have no fear for their own future, understanding from the words of Paul quoted above, that they will be «raptured» (lifted up into the sky and preserved from destruction) and that only non-believers will perish in the death of the old worlAs this event is believed to herald the return of Jesus Christ, they have no fear for their own future, understanding from the words of Paul quoted above, that they will be «raptured» (lifted up into the sky and preserved from destruction) and that only non-believers will perish in the death of the old world.

I thought straight away this is a joke as scriptures tell us only the father knows the time of his sons return and hes keeping it to himself he hasnt even told his son yet.Mark 13:32 This a mystery isnt God all knowing and isnt Jesus God it is a mystery.Yet I like that that is the case because it proves that the father is not the son and the son is not the father they are separate yet they are one just like the holy spirit.I have come across denominations that believe the father son and holy spirit are the one person i asked them how they can say that when Jesus was baptized we see 3 separate persons.We have enough information to know that we are in the last days the signs are present and increasing.Ever since Israel became a nation the countdown has begun.The verse the enemy will come like a thief in the night i have heard preached many times and i believe the preachers have got it wrong because they preach it from the view for the church to get there act together or you will miss out.This view is incorrect because if you are a born again believer following him in obedience and relying on the holy spirit you are not walking in darkness but are walking in the light so you will not be caught unaware as those who are sleeping this is a warning for those who are sleeping or walking according to the flesh they are in darkness.Remember the 10 wise virgins the ones who were alert and keep refilling there lamps went in with the bride those who slept were left behind and so it will be when the Lord returns.Now is the time to prepare our hearts and lives to be ready for his return.It is an exciting time to be living and we are to live in the expectation that the Lord could return at any time brentnz

Judging from the agenda then apparent in the minds of young evangelicals and charismatics, I viewed the completed shape of the awakening as including new levels of theological and spiritual depth, a reinvigoration of the ecumenical impulse, and a return to the balance of nurture, evangelism and social transformation present in the original evangelicalism of the 18th and 19th centuries.

And I am beginning to be troubled as well by the view that says that when Jesus returns, He will slaughter most of mankind.

Remaining fascinated by definitions of postmodernism and conservatism, and always returning to the notions of sentiment and «anti-ideology,» to view all the brutal ugliness and inhumanity of what might legitimately be classified as «modernist» (architecture and literature first....

We shall return to Jeremias's work on the parables again and again, for it is epoch - making in several respects, but for the moment we want only to call attention to the consequences of this work so far as a general view of the nature of the synoptic tradition is concerned the success of Jeremias's work demands that we accept his starting - point, namely, that any parable as it now stands in the gospels represents the teaching of the early Church and the way back from the early Church to the historical Jesus is a long and arduous one.

There has recently been a return to a view similar to this, although very differently expressed, in the work of Ernst Fuchs, who speaks of Jesus» faith, of Jesus» decision, and of the need to repeat Jesus» decision, and who speaks also of Jesus» personal prayer as «the most eminent part of his own obedience in faith», and of the disciples as being let «take part in his prayer».

To her, an individual baptism of a Jew bespeaks a special circumstance, whereas a Presbyterian - Jewish congregation bespeaks a denomination that has returned to a view of Judaism as theologically insufficient.

The Jesus Army shared most Jesus People marks, with one exception — their prophetic view of community as God's glorious city, «Zion», believing Jesus» millennial reign occurs before his physical return, not after it.

But I do view my role as somewhat «prophetic» calling those within the church who have strayed from our primary purpose to return to what Jesus wants us to do.