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.
The business typically issues local currency and U.S. dollar denominated cards with both parties sharing risk and profit and loss responsibilities.
The Shariah explains in detail the Islamic concepts of money and capital, the relationship between risk and profit and the social responsibilities of financial institutions and individuals.
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But unlike closed-end funds, if SuperUnits developed a discount to its underlying securities value, then institutional investors could arbitrage the units and profit risk-free.
An interest rate of just over 4% on yuan deposits compared with 2% on dollars, combined with an expected appreciation in the yuan, offers a seemingly risk-free profit for those who can get money into China.
If you are a fan of reality TV, you have probably noticed an overabundance of house-flipping shows, and each show paints a picture of a little hard work followed by nearly risk-free profit for those who endure.
"We realize that there is a slightly higher risk, but our profit margins there are also considerably higher, " says Cheng.
Regulators want banks to look at profit and risk together, he added.
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Regulators have pressured banks to detail clawbacks in compensation agreements since the financial crisis, when, they contend, incentives encouraged Wall Street workers to overlook risk in pursuit of profit.
The obvious risk here is that profit margins in emerging markets will decline to global average levels as new competition surfaces, says Robert Arnott, chairman of fund manager Research Affiliates.
Few companies would choose responsibility, would risk corporate martyrdom, over profit and survival in these circumstances.
These include: Which investors got the chance to make this risk-free 158% profit in half a day?
The exclusions result in added costs to public insurers while insurance corporations reap the profit from lower risk policies.
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Here the government has sent a message to executives: do not profit at the risk of harming consumers who have placed their confidence in you.
Concerns about antitrust scrutiny also heightened the risk of finding new ways to profit from Google's exclusive data.
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The financial markets guide investment capital where they discover the prospect of profit as measured against risk and return considerations.
Investing involves risk and investors may incur a profit or a loss.
The risk premium is thus, he suggests, also the market's best guess of the risk and opportunities attached to consensus profit forecasts.
It is a net loss for the company willing to take the risk, no matter how much profit is gained from tariffs protecting them from foreigners.
Energy Network allows organizations to manage the full spectrum of distributed generation assets as a fleet, which enhances business continuity, reduces enterprise risk and transforms cost centers into profit centers.
Then everyone wins: suppliers are paid more quickly, manufacturers only pay for goods when they need them, and the financial firms that take on some risk during shipment make a little profit.
But both companies need to figure out how to profit in India or risk being left behind by new brands and foreign automakers that will undoubtedly be discovering India in the years ahead.
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Enterprise, profit, low taxes and risk-taking were concepts that were foreign (and especially American) in Britain.
Given the size of these funds and the recent push into alternative investments, the risk is great that staff may wrongfully profit.
They took on more risk in an effort to make more profit because if things took a turn for the worse, the U.S. government (taxpayers) would bite the bullet.
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She wants some tough changes and is trying to push these reforms through a non-profit group called the Systemic Risk Council, which is backed by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
On the other side of the aisle, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was called to account for a complicated land deal in which critics said he shared the profit, but not the risk.
Snowling ticks off other advantages for Sallie: low interest rate risk (given government guarantees), profit growth expectations in the 15% range, a rich return on equity (net income divided by average book value) of 38%, and a cheap valuation relative to history and the broader market.
Legislators are hearing from hedge fund lobbyists and others who profit as these unregulated, high risk investment products gain acceptance.
It is increasingly clear that much of corporate America has been permitted to operate on the principle that it gets the profit but somebody else takes the risk.
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