It is sad but true, however, that during past technological revolutions few of the companies that pioneered the change proved to be good long-term investments.
That may be a good short-term decision in terms of managing to the net interest margin.
Why would anything that reduces economic activity in the short term be good for the economy?
However, businesses' reluctance to invest may not be a good long-term sign.
The new study indicates that while pills may be a good short-term fix, they aren't the best way to go for those with chronic problems.
With the rapid increase in the adoption of mobile devices globally, we believe that expanding Express Deals as a mobile application could turn out to be a good long-term move for the company.
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Finally, to make a difference portfolio-wise trading IPOs, you typically have to be a darn good short-term market timer (tough to do) and hold a large enough allocation to make a difference (not typically a wise thing to do).
Some death penalty supporters say that may be a good thing in the short term.
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It seems Groupon-like deals may be good for generating a short-term bump in sales but, in the long run, they can create a stingy buyer.
Cynicism aside, there may be good medical reasons for abandoning the old term.
So while every global investor knows there is a good long term reason to be invested in emerging, what on Earth is the short term reason?
While such a Republican victory should be good for the market in the medium term, it could be accompanied by a modest sell-off as traders sell on the news, having bought on the rumor.
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In particular, a long-term CD can be a good choice when you want to give a teenager the option of using the money on something other than education, yet you want to discourage them from spending it right away.
If you seek financial success and good mental health, be a short-term skeptic and a long-term optimist.
In a counterintuitive move that could be taken as good news, the very shortest term rates inched higher: the three-month Treasury bill, for example, crept up to 0.05% from 0.03%.
While online pawning continues to be a relatively new option for business customers, a growing number of small businesses are finding it to be a good way to finance their short-term financing needs.
Companies assumed they could make good on these long-term promises because they hoped future investment returns on their pension funds would be as good as they were in the 1980s and 1990s.
The earnings continue to be better than expected, which is good for the long term.
It might not even be good news for the US, from a long-term perspective.
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Yet in the long term, the deal may not be so good.
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Which from a long-term perspective would be seen as a very good thing - if we want to minimise costs for taxpayers from future banking crises.
In a short term, it may not be such a good investment so things like biodiesel, ethanol, and some of those other alternative fuels maybe taking something of a hit.
The liquidity on futures fades for contracts more than a few months out, so for the sake of good execution you are going to be trading near-term contracts and you won't have many yearlong holdings anyway.
Some analysts have speculated that such a plan could be good for the drug industry, at least in the short term.
That may not be good news for Sony, but it could be a short-term boon for video-hungry PSP owners.
One good way to offset these short-term problems would be to persuade investors that the long-term outlook has fundamentally changed with Mr Estrada's departure.
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That would be a good start but before it will ever happen we have to have term limits.
Below is a long-term dividend history chart for MTGE, which can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend with approx. 15.3% annualized yield is likely to continue.
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Below is a long-term dividend history chart for HTS, which can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend with approx. 13.1% annualized yield is likely to continue.
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