Profit was driven by increased sales growth in commercial aerospace and improved operating margins with an active focus on structural cost reduction.
The counter argument is that the cost of active defense is insignificant compared to the value of the intellectual property and corporate data it helps protect.
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When you boil down all the arguments about the superiority of indexing, there is absolutely no factor that makes indexing better than active management other than cost.
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While conclusive truth in the securities markets is impossible to find, the overwhelming evidence suggests that active management reliably generates increased cost, tax, and risk while reducing returns.
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Today, there are well over 1, 000 index funds and ETFs that track nearly every stock, bond, and commodity market worldwide, and they do it at very low cost compared to active management.
On the cost side, active defense services are not inexpensive and may be hard to justify, especially if the actions taken result in criminal investigations, lawsuits, or drops in stock price or market share.
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Not only does it cost money to be active, but the benefits of improved corporate governance are spread among all shareholders.
The most active investors in this space are private wealth management firms gobbling up lower cost Russian properties, with 57% saying they were the most active investors in the country followed by Real Estate Investment Trusts.
For one thing, the "passive" glasses, which are polarized and don't contain electronics and batteries, cost far less than "active shutter" glasses, which were hyped last year.
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Volunteerism at any cost, coarse egalitarianism, active adventures abroad, and a country kept in a state of constant tension by the latest economic or political campaign appear to be gradually fading into things of the past.
The easiest way to minimize costs is to dismiss active managers altogether and simply use low-cost index funds.
Fortunately, low cost index funds have made most active management obsolete.
In the current economic conditions, amid much uncertainty while the financial markets recover, indexed investments diversify the risk associated with investing in fewer specific assets and cost less to the investor than active management strategies.
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Further an active risk management strategy has resulted in reducing the cost volatility.
The perceived value of active defense has to be weighed against the risk and cost.
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The success or failure of active strategy is always measured on a net-of-cost, risk-adjusted basis against its benchmark.
By offering a low cost alternative to mutual funds, they put pressure on active managers to add value to justify their fees.
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Today, wounded veterans and active duty military receive prosthetic devices from the VA or TRICARE at no cost.
Cost savings, customer loyalty and sustainability all argue strongly in favor of active corporate energy and sustainability strategies.
The Gennum ActiveConnect GV8502 can be seamlessly and cost-effectively embedded into the cable, enabling a variety of new active cable solutions that will allow DisplayPort to become a pervasive technology in these fast-growing markets.
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The City Council speaker's proposal for so-called permanent affordable housing is attracting resistance from many low-cost housing advocates, but one of them has become the plan's most active supporter.
Count IBM in as one of the many companies looking to skyrocket the cost of our future cars, er, protect our lives by developing must-have active safety systems that are sure to become the standard fare in vehicles of the future.
The author of the research paper Dr Lennert Veerman, from the Centre for Burden of Disease and Cost Effectiveness, told me they had adjusted their research to exclude people who were physically active while watching TV - such as running on a treadmill or rowing.
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