Betting on Bernanke, investors made bank the last couple of years buying into risk assets in the aftermath of the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
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Keener risk-aversion this week has also limited buying interest in risk assets, including the raw commodities.
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The autos and auto parts sector is currently oversold at 30% bullish, which they say indicates a low-risk buying opportunity.
The problem of course is that this separation between site and social puts the buying decision at risk.
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But those trying to show stronger gains than competitors say they must either keep buying stocks or risk falling behind.
The Dinka trader in charge of the lorry, Daniel Deng, had taken a risk buying the cows from a Murle area.
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But the stronger Japanese firms do not want to sell out to foreigners, and foreigners do not want to risk buying a basket-case.
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While both Big Pharmas can afford the transaction without financing, why would either risk buying a company that might not have any new products?
The answer was simple: these people had so little money that they just could not afford to risk buying a brand they did not know and trust.
The correction into June fell right in the middle of the 38.2% to 50% Fibonacci support zone, which set up a low-risk buying opportunity last June.
Therefore, fuel buyers that rely on manual processes, spreadsheets, and sub-standard industry practices risk buying a load of fuel on the high end of a price swing every other day.
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If you knew the market was headed up, picking the best funds to buy would be as simple as picking the riskiest ones--since funds buying high-risk growth stocks do the best during bull markets.
Many of these small savers have taken to the streets to protest their expected losses in recent months, claiming they were misled into believing that that they were buying low-risk savings products, not risky bonds or shares.
Ford's other main rival, DaimlerChrysler, may be taking a risk buying 34% of Mitsubishi Motors, just as the Japanese firm has revealed that it has covered up product defects for 20 years, but at least it has used Mitsubishi's problems to force down the asking price and to install its own man as chief operating officer.
Therefore, the risk of buying now is a bit too high for my liking.
The fund still avoids currency risk by buying sovereign debt and corporate debt priced in dollars.
The rescuers think buying time reduces the risk of contagion from a Greek debt restructuring to other euro-zone countries.
The smart Chinese companies will lay off their risk by buying overseas assets--interesting to think about what Huawei could do with Nortel.
Stock investors can manage risk by buying a diverse basket of shares, but a college student bets on a single asset: himself.
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If someone takes a risk by buying an equity, why should he be forced to stay with it longer than he wishes?
Many prudent small business employers manage this risk by buying Employment Practices Liability (EPL) Insurance, which can cover legal fees and liability for employment claims.
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Bernstein analyst Steve Powers said Coca-Cola and Pepsi are known to be conservative when it comes to buying and hedging commodities risk, making them less subject to short-term volatility.
But a new paper in the Financial Analysts Journal turns that assumption on its head, showing how investors can achieve higher returns by buying stocks with lower risk.
The government worries that foreign buying is introducing the risk of a market bubble and making homes less affordable for Singaporeans, which is feeding a growing resentment of foreigners.
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The current contango in oil markets (meaning: future prices are above spot prices) has allowed Plains to make a low-risk profit buying oil for its own account, selling futures and letting the purchased oil sit around.
In these cases, the ETF becomes riskier than the index it tracks and a lack of commission may not be enough to justify the additional risk over buying a mutual fund that tracks the same index.
While the US data was definitely not support for the dollar side of this pair from an economic standpoint, it has led to some risk aversion buying of US denominated assets and thus helped the dollar slightly.
One of the two funds that Fernwood will launch this spring will reflect the skills of classic collectors, spreading risk by buying art over eight asset categories and permitting investors to come and go at fixed intervals.
One of the ways the market measures credit risks is by looking at the spreds of credit default swaps, a default insurance derivatives market that measures the risk of buying foreign bonds as compared to buying a comparable maturity from the US Treasury.
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