One way to preserve capital or at least to lose it at a slower rate than investing in the broad stock market during downturns is to hold securities that pay reliable income.
During speculative bubbles, there is a point at which sophisticated players lose the incentive to correct a trend away from fundamentals and instead benefit from going along with it.
Izzo, who has lamented the team's lack of leadership all season, looked dumbfounded at Nix, upset that the senior center would lose his cool at a time like that.
By comparing sales data to advertising spending over time, Nissan can plot a demand curve showing the points at which a campaign starts to gain and lose steam.
The main bill there, sponsored by a Republican, is larded with pork and will lose billions in revenue at a time when the budget deficit is widening.
Real Madrid star striker Karim Benzema was clocked driving 216 kilometers per hour (about 134 mph) -- more than double the speed limit -- before dawn on February 3 on a Madrid highway, and he could lose his license for at least a year, a Traffic Directorate spokeswoman told CNN.
Those who exceeded their goals could lose weight at a slower rate.
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Ed was faced with a decision that many workers experience: Go for a shot at love and lose your job -- or stay employed and kiss your love goodbye?
But by taking them as collateral for temporary loans and at a discount, it would lose money only if there is a bankruptcy among the market-makers borrowing Treasury bonds.
Investors who lose everything at a money management firm that the SEC subsequently investigates or even shuts down, today are denied access to SEC reports that might enlighten them as to the causes of their losses.
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According to the Medicare Trustees, Medicare payment reductions under the new law will cause hospitals, nursing facilities, and home health agencies to operate at a loss- 15 percent lose money by 2019, 25 percent by 2030, and 40 percent by 2050.
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His holdings -- past and present -- in some of the world's largest companies, like Gazprom and Goldman Sachs, have seen him make and lose billions at a time, only to resurface rich once more thanks to his propensity to convince banks to extend him credit.
But if inflation is low, at 2.5% a year, they pay less at first but lose out in the later years of the mortgage.
The recent sharp appreciation of the single currency did not "signal a serious overvaluation", Jens Weidmann argued in a speech that came at a time of rising fears the eurozone stands to lose most in a global currency war.
Would you know down deep that at the end of the day has caused you to lose your chance at retribution, a chance to be compensated for damages, to restore your family life?
And a succession of ordinary citizens aired their troubles at the podium: a car worker about to lose his job, a flood victim from Iowa, a laid-off textile worker with huge medical bills, and so on.
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Unless you're fine with just seeing where the wind blows you -- and hey, we're all for spontaneous travel at times -- you'll lose a lot of time on the ground if you don't have at least an idea of the layout of your destination before you arrive.
Federer hooked a forehand wide to lose a set in the first round at Wimbledon for the first time in eight years.
About 90 workers are to lose their jobs at a pork pie factory in Nottinghamshire.
A. Alfred Taubman had a lot to lose at his trial on price-fixing charges.
For top Chinese talent, the glamour and status once associated with employment at a foreign multinational is beginning to lose its sparkle.
"For me to lose my parents at a young age, it was one the biggest challenges I've had to face in my life, " he said.
The Italians, after all, not only didn't lose a game at home during their qualifying campaign for this summer's European championships, they didn't even concede a goal.
Childress is at a crossroad as it prepares to lose its top driver, Kevin Harvick, who signed a deal to race for Stewart-Haas Racing starting in 2014.
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The other big labels would lose a shot at signing Calder and his legendary golden ear, and Jive itself could be transformed from a supplier into a formidable competitor.
On the other hand, Sprint will be shutting down its Iden Nextel network at June 30 and will lose a very substantial million customers this quarter from that action alone.
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But in the early 1980s, a Socialist government reneged on its pledge to keep France's unprofitable coal mines open and, instead accelerated their closure, causing him to lose his job at a neighboring pit.
So the popular logic, the common logic is you're actually at an advantage is you lose a game in February so that - like the Patriots were 18-0, and so there was all these pressure on them to go 19-0.
"I didn't lose the championship in Abu Dhabi so that's not a problem at all, it wasn't mine to lose, " he says and dismisses the tag that he might be the nearly man of the sport.
The same ball hit with a wedge might lose only a few yards of distance, or none at all.
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