The biggest opportunity that gamers have is the ability to have direct exposure to their potential fan base.
This time, the US will be impacted by a slow-down in Europe, but the direct exposure is much more limited.
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Some analysts suggest splitting one's commodity allocation equally across funds with direct exposure to commodities and those that invest in stocks.
Kassig says his direct exposure to what was something of an alien conflict and culture before has now transformed his perspective.
It does not normally inflect humans, but cases have occurred among people, especially those who have had direct exposure to pigs.
Many are single country ETFs giving investors direct exposure to emerging markets.
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Schonfeld, who runs the trading outfit Schonfeld Group, says he has less direct exposure to stock markets than he did in the past.
The only way to get direct exposure is to specifically seek it out by investing in a fund like Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (EGPT).
In terms of direct exposure to the Chinese consumer market, the Global X China Consumer ETF ( CHIQ) is the only fund available to US investors.
Direct exposure to insecticides - the most widely used are synthetic organic compounds called pyrethroids - was once an effective way to kill off the pests.
The bigger concern, however, is not banks' direct exposure to government bonds, which average just 5% of euro-zone banks' assets, but the impact on their financing.
If you believe oil is on the rise, there are ways to get direct exposure to the price of oil, as well as many oil companies worth considering.
For the investor with less to invest that wants direct exposure to a finite basket of municipal bonds that will be held to maturity, there are now options.
Now that the indoor use of organophosphates has been all but eliminated, the main sources are direct exposure to commercial agriculture and the traces found on supermarket produce.
The first is to invest in private equity and venture capital funds, which provides direct exposure to private companies but at a steep price (see story, p. 158).
Some investors are apparently concerned that a takeover by Nasdaq, which is listed on its own exchange in Gotham, would mean losing direct exposure to the LSE's growth potential.
While small banks in Middle America have little, if any, direct exposure to Europe, no one is itching for a repeat of the 2008 crisis emanating from across the Atlantic.
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With names like Acme Brick, Johns Manville, and Shaw listed under the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) umbrella, Buffett has long had direct exposure to the health of the U.S. housing industry.
Additionally, it provides direct exposure to small cap players.
People may also catch chicken pox from direct exposure to a person with an active shingles rash if they have not been immunized by vaccination or a previous bout of chicken pox.
Which is why Sir Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, made clear that he doesn't take enormous comfort from big UK banks' relatively limited direct exposure to Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain.
While major European banks like Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, and Banco Santander have plummeted given their direct exposure to the crisis, major U.S. banks have fallen in tandem, with Morgan Stanley, Citi, and JPMorgan, among others, seeing their stock prices nose dive.
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Holick has a solution--limited direct exposure to the sun--that infuriates many dermatologists worried about the skin cancer risk. (A far better idea, they say: Take a supplement.) In 2004 he published his book The UV Advantage, touting the benefits of sun exposure, and was kicked out of the BU dermatology department, where he previously held a joint appointment.
Such sectors include (for reasons related to their direct weather exposure) Food and Agriculture, Utilities, and Manufacturers with substantial supply chains.
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Other gold investments, such as mutual funds, may be made in smaller dollar amounts than bullion, and also may not have as much direct price exposure as bullion does.
Our direct financial exposure to those governments and their financial institutions is quite small, but Europe is so large and so closely integrated with the U.S. and world economies that a severe crisis in Europe could cause significant damage by undermining confidence and weakening demand.
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The primary risk factor for human infection appears to be direct or indirect exposure to infected live or dead poultry or contaminated environments.
Which is why in a time of panic they may well stop lending to any bank which may have a direct or indirect exposure.
We heard a lot about the banks that were rendered insolvent by mortgage securities gone bad, but rarely about the individual savers with direct and indirect exposure to imprudent borrowers.
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Thanks to a dedicated exposure compensation dial, the MX-1 assures user-friendly, direct-access shift of the exposure compensation setting without the need to recall the menu screen.
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