In an ETF, managers balance the share makeup of the fund so it accurately reflects the performance of its underlying index, charging lower fees.
She refuses to share her balance sheet with stressed countries by allowing the issuance of euro-bonds, until they reform, even though such reforms cannot be implemented in time to head off sovereign defaults that would take down many under-capitalized European banks, now desperately juggling their books to inflate their capital ratios.
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Those firms with good balance sheets will be able to grow and take market share from those with ailing balance sheets.
The analyst believes Cummins will continue to use technology and its strong balance sheet to boost market share.
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SHARE's balance sheet, at a cost that is three to four percentage points cheaper than it pays for a bank loan.
Tudor, Pickering figures that Plains is worth owning, as it has the balance sheet to fund its share of development on this and other recent finds (such as Davy Jones).
Is the balance to be subtracted from his share of the estate or forgiven as a gift?
In addition, Alliance Fiber sports a debt-free balance sheet with 75 cents per share in cash, while Bookham's price-to-sales ratio is 1.6.
But for fans of these strategies, it narrows the possibilities to companies with respectable earnings growth and yields, decent share prices and strong balance sheets.
Some argue that a purged balance sheet, coupled with a battered share price, makes it a much more attractive takeover target.
As Peter Hahn of the Cass Business School in London points out, a bank that suddenly increases its market share, or expands its balance-sheet, is usually the one to watch.
We do not anticipate however that the company will have trouble meeting such commitments as it has a strong balance sheet and is growing earnings per share at a quick pace.
But if visionary Jeff Bezos can become so drunk with hubris over his rising share price that he engineers the balance sheet boner of the decade, then perhaps we all should pray for humility, as well as vision, as we race toward the new millennium.
Politely request financial information, especially balance-sheet ratios, but agree not to share it with competitors.
It too has a debt-free balance sheet and gets only marginally higher marks for share price value from the charts.
But at the same time -- I said earlier this week -- we have to balance the need to know and the need to share with appropriate oversight.
But he added that the board decided to cut the dividend to 0.17p per share, to reach an "appropriate balance between providing a return to shareholders and preserving the financial flexibility necessary" of the firm.
Except for Seattle-based thrift Washington Mutual (nyse: WM - news - people ), most of these companies have had their fair share of regulatory trouble, bad press and balance sheet concerns.
And we committed to working together so that we can find an approach and configuration that is consistent with the security needs of both countries, that maintains the strategic balance, and deals with potential threats that we both share.
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There is as yet no evidence that market abuse has driven down financial firms' share prices and plenty that their trashed balance-sheets and credibility have.
The share buyback expansion seems unlikely to shrink the current cash balance at all given the rate of cash generation.
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The historic 1979 peace treaty between the two countries, which share a long border, is the cornerstone of a regional balance.
While its rivals were dealing with government bailouts, Ford grabbed more than two points of market share, returned to profitability and began repairing its heavily leveraged balance sheet.
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Some of the stocks he initiated a buy rating on include Alaska Air Group, American Airlines parent AMR, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines parent UAL, because those stocks are highly leveraged to an economic recovery, will benefit from balance-sheet deleveraging, focused on growing margins rather than gaining market share and attractively valued.
The UK insists that it has allies within the EU who share its views on the need to reform institutions and alter the balance of powers between Brussels and national capitals.
The company excelled in revenue growth and share price growth, but there was no reality check provided by the balance sheet.
We balance, as I said and you mentioned back to me, the need to share and the need to know because they're important.
When the Tokyo stockmarket ended the year down 42% on a year earlier, the balance sheets of Japan's banks and companies suffered huge losses, pummelling their share prices.
It is obvious, though, that serious controls and oversight have to be in place in order to balance, as I said earlier, the need to know and the need to share.
We expect SIRI to utilize FCF and an under-levered balance sheet (in accommodative fixed income markets) to aggressively repurchase shares, shrinking share count by 20% through 2015 and 45% over the next ten years.
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