Sentences with phrase «weighing on business investment»

Still, Canada's politicians should keep in mind that uncertainty about trade policy is weighing on business investment, and therefore murmurs of trade wars will do nothing to build confidence.

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«In recent quarters, weaker foreign demand has dampened business investment, and low oil prices have weighed on energy - related investment, both of which have typically led to slower PDFP growth.

I concluded I was better off focusing primarily on two key variables in weighing investment attractiveness: company valuation and business quality.»

The company's response of incremental investments in its online business is weighing on its profits to the point where gross margin has fallen for 25 consecutive quarters.

This comparison points to the deeper imbalances that brought on the US recession in the first place — namely, the equity market correction, balance - sheet stress in the US corporate sector, low profitability, and an investment overhang, particularly in Information Technology (IT) and communications, all of which weighed on the ability of US businesses to invest.

Private business surveys cited uncertainty about future demand and the outcome of the EU negotiations as weighing on activity and investment.»

June 22, 2016 • The U.K. is the largest source of foreign investments in the U.S. Representatives of state economic development teams weigh in on the possible impact of a «Brexit» on business in their states.

In September 2007, the bank industry's earnings performance slipped for the first time in many quarters as the housing sector continued to weigh on the mortgage and investment banking businesses at many of the larger banks.

Having surplus cash & investments on hand may be comforting to management, but it's an expensive luxury to have & no different really than (other) fixed assets — it weighs the business down, and there's always the risk & temptation of spending the money on a foolhardy investment or acquisition.

I have a copy of Damodaran's The Dark Side of Valuation: Valuing Young, Distressed, and Complex Businesses (2nd Edition), weighing in at 575 pages, as well as his book Investment Valuation: Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset, Second Edition (similar size, with a quarter inch of dust on my shelf.