You can start with this short risk tolerance questionnaire and asset allocation worksheet to make sure you have the right amounts in stocks, bonds, and cash based on your time frame and your comfort (or discomfort) with the ups and downs of the market.
If companies have large piles of cash, they can pay their workers more, invest in capital equipment and expansion, or at the very least weather any more ups and downs in the business cycle.
So, too, investors should be indifferent to the daily, or even the annual, ups and downs, but should be very concerned about their prospects for long-term results.
John Prescott, Gordon Brown, Jack Straw and Robin Cook have all performed to Mr Blair's satisfaction, give or take a few ups-and-downs.
It was this metronome-like consistency - 10 or 12 percent a year, despite the ups and downs - that was so alluring to investors.
"Through 17 years of highs and lows, ups and downs, praise and criticism, there hasn't been a more reliable or consistent force in the sporting world, " wrote Daniel Buerge, in a column for Lakers Nation, the fan site.
Part-time work is often seasonal or otherwise vulnerable to the business cycle and other economic ups and downs.
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Samsung wants to reduce its reliance on commodity semiconductors, or DRAMs, whose profits vary wildly depending on the ups and downs of the product cycle.
When you are young and socking money away in a 401(k) or IRA, it can be easy to ignore the markets ups and downs.
This week's downs and ups produced the odd corporate casualty or two.
Bonds are generally fixed return investments: you can either take a chance on stocks and your return varies with the ups and downs of the earnings of the companies, or you can bet on the sure (well, not absolutely sure) thing by buying a bond.
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The employees claim they should be paid to work while the boot-ups and shut-downs are happening, since during that time they're doing tasks like paperwork or "arranging their calendar, " while the companies counters that they're probably smoking, getting coffee, or talking to people.
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