"Although we believe that Volvo will profit from its global brand positioning, the short-term uncertainty leads us to downgrade our rating to 'sell, '" analyst Jose Asumendi said in a research note.
Shares of LED equipment maker Aixtron are trading sharply lower after the company reduced its full year revenue guidance, citing increasing short-term market uncertainty.
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"It's not clear what's going to cause them to increase their spending in the short term, given the uncertainty in the economy, " said Dell's chief financial officer Brian Gladden.
In particular, it may require sacrificing the trappings of detente with the Kremlin, like arms control signing ceremonies, and accepting in the short-term somewhat greater uncertainty about the domestic situation within the USSR (read, "instability") than might otherwise be the case.
Youth unemployment has soared to 25% as employers favor short-term contracts to offset uncertainty over the stagnating economy.
But if Obama is re-elected as we expect, it should provide a modest short term boost to stocks as uncertainty is removed.
However, the usual and expected caveats citing potential short-term pullbacks and some degree of uncertainty over issues such as China growth and European headwinds are certainly dutifully noted.
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She admitted, though, to great uncertainty over the negotiations in the short term, with coming leadership changes in the US and China.
"This kind of investment is insulated from global uncertainty, and it creates short-term confidence, jobs in the medium term, and improves the UK's competitiveness in the long term".
In a debate earlier this year over the budget, Mr. Obama said passing short-term budgets every few weeks would create too much uncertainty for the financial markets.
Amid all this global uncertainty, it is difficult to see what short-term measures could soothe fears and send people rushing back to the shops, or persuade companies to make long-term investment decisions.
Ms Dugdale added that uncertainty remained and campaigners would worry this is a short-term reprieve.
But it said passing a short-term measure added "unnecessary complications" and "needlessly" perpetuated fiscal uncertainty.
Citi faces a fourth quarter filled with uncertainty about the value of its remaining mortgage-derivative holdings, related short-term debt conduits and the possibility of further deterioration in consumer credit quality.
Our strategy at Hanlon Investment Management is to attempt to minimize downside risk by exiting risk asset classes, such as equities, during periods of uncertainty, getting invested in more conservative asset classes, such as money markets and short-term bonds, and re-entering into risky asset classes when we identify them as attractive, when the trend is our friend and positive!
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