Large in magnitude, it challenges the basic notion of a risk-reward trade-off.
Cantor defends its outsized gains on these transactions as simple reward-for-risk.
The global industries that have done well in the past decade - particularly those in the digital economy - seem to reward risk-takers, iconoclasts and creative thinkers.
Based on March 26's close and historical trading activity, Way determines the IGN to have a 3-to-1 favorable risk-to-reward ratio with a 13% upside and a -4% downside.
Such is to be expected in the high-risk but high-reward world of early-stage technology ventures.
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And the President has long advocated that in lieu of cash, any bonus that is given ought to be given in long-term stock that does not, again, reward short-term risk taking, but rewards long-term success.
The danger with that is if you do it over and over it becomes an "if-then" reward in "now-that" reward clothing.
The American high-risk, high-reward system maps to our diverse culture, which was built on risk-taking immigrants.
Indeed, after their dismal year, small-cap stocks seem like a low-risk, high-reward proposition.
For some manufacturers, they're a loss leader, doled out to retailers as a traffic-drawing reward for carrying high-margin refrigerators and dishwashers.
The time and effort required to become a safe pilot and maintain proficiency can be daunting, but as the technology advances, the investment-versus-reward calculation is quickly changing.
Longer-term silver could move higher, but in the short-term, the risk-reward scenario is limited until the metal can decide on direction.
The company evaluated the performance of eight reward-based crowdfunding platforms (where a donor receives a reward of value in exchange for a cash contribution) and six investment-based platforms (where investors receive equity or interest on their investment).
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In contrast, if the tax rate is reduced from 50% to 25%, what producers are allowed to keep from their production increases from one-half to three-fourths, increasing the reward for production and output by one-half.
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"The thing is, investing is a nasty, unforgiving world that's high-risk and high-reward, " Volpa said.
These are big-risk, big-reward endeavors that can ultimately have an impact on natural gas prices.
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The assessment may seem obvious to anyone who understands the high-risk, high-reward world of technology investment and development.
His speech on October 3rd painted this as a high-risk, low-reward strategy.
The correction in rare earth stocks is not yet complete, but some favorable buying opportunities may soon be presented in this high-risk, high-reward sector.
Wildcat drilling is always a high-risk, high-reward activity.
The unexpected ability of CDFIs to thrive throughout the recent recession offers many lessons for more traditional institutions and investors who opted for a high-risk, high-reward strategy that ultimately crashed the global economy in 2008.
In one study published recently in Biology Letters, chimps and bonobos presented with a food-based ultimatum game would accept any food reward on offer - no matter how meagre their share was in comparison to their partner's.
This makes the process sort of like a scavenger hunt, although one with a less-than-exciting reward.
And they had plenty of possession and territory, overcoming the loss of scrum-half Warren Fury to the sin-bin in the first half to even lead 6-3 at one stage, when full-back Thomas's penalty was followed by Scott Barrow's drop goal six minutes from half-time - fair reward for the bottom club's spirit and competitiveness at the breakdown.
The stockmarket continues to reward cost-cutting, even if it pares muscle as well as fat.
Failing to reward opt-in participation equates to lesser engagement, and ultimately less opportunity to influence customer and employee behaviors.
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This all means that the average raise will be significantly higher than is typically seen in the reward-based landscape.
Gift or reward-based crowdfunding has been revolutionary over the past two years and has proved to be an incredible tool.
But it is more likely to reward hedge-fund managers than their clients.
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