"I was lucky to get my money back on that one, " he says.
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"Sure you may be paying yourself interest at 5%, but you're forgoing the opportunity to make a double-digit return, if you're lucky, on that money, " he says.
They make money if lucky--and can overcome fierce transaction costs.
Watch a gambler who is lucky enough to win some money early in the evening.
Still, if they are lucky, investors get their money back and a coupon in the meantime.
Scientists lucky enough to get research money equip their laboratories with the latest western equipment.
That would have allowed the company to make more money, as opposed to shareholders lucky enough to get an allocation before the shares become available on the open market.
There are those who seem to think that this strange system called capitalism works on the basis that if you produce something good, or even if you just get lucky, then you make a lot of money.
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The beneficiary of inside information may not deserve to be so lucky, but then, neither does the big money lottery winner.
If you aren't an exquisite timer, or very lucky, gold isn't a great place to aim your money.
Investors might get a bit of extra oomph from their investment were their borrowers to get upgraded, but the downside for buyers of corporate debt is generally much greater than the upside, compared with equities: you get the money back plus a bit of interest if you're lucky, and if you're unlucky you don't.
The lucky ones might be striving toward a model that equalizes the share contributed by the three money pots.
She and her daughters now eat twice a day when others can spare food or money: tea, bread, rice, maybe some fish if they are lucky.
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No, when I talk about luck, I mean being lucky enough to get born into a family with a dad who would front you the money to buy the stock in the first place.
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"Money and other typical life challenges are instantly made trivial when I think back at how lucky I was!"
Your money is paying off the earlier generation of those who thought they were putting their money into an individual account, and you will be paid off (if you are lucky) by the next generation.
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