We can campaign to re-elect a Labour government with a large enough majority to see through a second term.
But it doesn't take a calculator to see how a long-term investor--which is what people investing for retirement are supposed to be--would pay a lot more after just a few years, even if up-front Class A-type fees are waived, as they often are in retirement accounts.
If they see a long-term strategic benefit, they'll ride that horse as long as it takes.
Even the Labour government that brought you the NHS, was unable to see through a second term.
At that time, I also expected to see a short-term bounce as a result of all the heavy selling and the recent increase in bearish sentiment.
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However, despite these long-term aspirations, younger adults see a very different near-term housing market in their crystal ball.
As I noted last Thursday, it is my view that commodity correction should end this summer, providing a buying opportunity into what I see as a positive long-term trend.
It has brought solar panel costs down dramatically over just a few years, bringing grid parity within sight in a number of markets, and kicking off what many see as a potential long-term energy revolution.
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Is this something we see as a long-term commitment bearing long-term fruit?
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In closing, Northrop is a great stock and should continue to see long term growth as the world will remain a dangerous place.
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Still, most New Yorkers were pleased to see him elected to a third term.
Although US joblessness has fallen, the Fed said it wanted to see signs of a long-term trend of falling unemployment.
But free-marketers who had hoped that the mayor's second term would see a fundamental overhaul of city government are disappointed.
The relative performance formed a very slight divergence at the 2011 highs (see circle), and shows a long-term downtrend (line f).
Nasa, USGS and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are now seeking a long-term solution that would see Landsat-9 and all following spacecraft arrive on a predictable track.
Right now, I see the Lime story as a short term (1-2 year) turnaround play.
Continued ETF liquidation and margin call selling makes it difficult to see a bottom in the near-term.
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While BofA still has plenty of issues, many see the settlement as a long-term positive at the very least.
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"Longer term we will see a trend to drier summers but superimposed on that we will always see natural variability, " she said.
If they do, we could see the formation of a short-term double bottom that would set the stage for a better rally.
Yet there are many others who see the dollar in a long-term uptrend and that is bearish for commodities in general since they are dollar-denominated.
Second, see your product through a long-term lens, asking yourself what could convince your customers to still engage with the app in two years' time.
However, we see this as only a near-term phenomenon since the ongoing economic concerns have only resulted in longer project cycles and extended delivery timelines from customers.
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General elections are due by early next year, with the Pakistan People's Party-led government aiming to make history by becoming Pakistan's first civilian government to see out a full five-year term.
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What these elections cannot tell us is whether politics is as it has been for the last three decades since the 80s - where governments can bounce back after mid-term defeats - or whether we'll soon see a return to the politics of the 70s - of one-term governments thrown out of office.
John Edwards as the Democratic vice presidential candidate is being viewed favorably by most American voters, according a new poll, although they do see the one-term senator's limited experience in political office as a liability.
The analyst notes that he does not see any near-term launch of a next generation iPhone.
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But few see in Mr. Merentes a long-term solution to the country's woes.
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