They might have had a broad idea of the circumstances in which they could lose a bundle, but they would not have known how likely this was to happen.
America was built on the idea of broad-based prosperity, of strong consumers all across the country.
And, remarkably, their idea has broad support in the business community and may actually pass.
Another idea for broad large cap Japanese company exposure is the iShares MSCI Japan Index (EWJ) ETF.
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Rather than pursue a broad strategy, the idea is to become a proven and trusted supplier in one vertical, then expand.
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The idea of broad software and design patents has come under a lot of scrutiny recently, and many in the tech community are eagerly awaiting the results of Apple vs.
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This idea enjoys broad popularity, according to opinion polls.
Sceptics can expect to win popular support for the view that freer trade is harmful, but could never hope to gain broad backing for the idea that, so far as possible, technological progress should be brought to a halt.
His words had a special resonance, because one Italian politician has just floated the idea of a broad coalition to keep Mr Monti in power after next spring's election.
Significantly, too, Pakistan's rulers have come round to the idea that a broad-based coalition government in Afghanistan led by the exiled former king, Muhammad Zahir Shah, could be an option.
The idea has received broad backing from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales, whose director for Wales, Paul Gimson, said: "Pharmacists are the experts in medicine and we believe that all patients taking medication should have the best possible access to the expertise and support of their pharmacist".
The idea is to give inventors broad protection against intellectual-property theft.
Woodcock rejected the idea lawyers could make such a broad-brush assertion about millions of individual smokers.
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Ashraf al-Araby, the planning minister, played down the idea on Sunday, adding that broad structural measures were needed.
Can your idea or product appeal to a broad or mass market?
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And Microsoft discovers its a bad idea after it blows up in the broad market.
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Mr. PATTON: What we're really trying to do, in a broad sense, is help the community kind of keep an idea of what the atmosphere of hate looks like.
Bogle, who ran Vanguard until 1996, helped popularize the idea of index investing and its ethos of holding broad swaths of the market and sitting on them for a long time.
Though these contribution limits haven't been signed into law, Congress has been kicking around the idea of raising limits for years and the issue has broad support.
But the teachers would have none of the head's idea, arguing that all children have the right to study a broad curriculum.
But in fact the real goal is to hone her broad, soft support (from people who know her husband and like the idea of a woman in the race) into a core group of people who might be inspired enough to actually vote for her (those who agree with her on assault weapons and abortion).
One of the things that upset the user base most was how broad the changed Terms of Service were, and so giving the Internet a clearer idea of its plans could help settle fears.
Once having come up with the idea, the next challenge is being able to communicate it across a broad array of branding channels, places where consumers experience the brand, the most important of which is the shopping environment.
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"We take this moment to remind prosecutors and their staffs that the Racial Justice Act mentions the idea of training program, to help weed out racial bias as they exercise their broad discretion in capital cases, " said the Rev.
The idea is to recruit what is in essence a local security force, but with a broad enough base to ensure that the government is not merely supplying, training and arming existing militias.
The idea is to insulate free schools from hostile politicians by moving quickly from policy to practice to broad popularity.
It's based on the idea that stocks that gyrate less in price generally have produced good returns with less risk than the broad market.
There is broad consensus among economists who understand the energy markets that lifting the gas tax during this summer is not a good idea from an economic point of view.
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