In spite of the dominance of Wall Street short-term financialism, not all businesses operate that way.
Corporate chieftains often complain about the pressure from Wall Street for short-term results.
We will continue to make investment decisions in light of long-term market leadership considerations rather than short-term profitability considerations or short-term Wall Street reactions.
Even before The Wall Street Journal coined the term "glass ceiling" 20 years ago, researchers debated why women seldom reach the highest ranks in business.
For example, the group tries to contain "Shakedown Street, " a term borrowed from a Grateful Dead song for the inevitable black market that pops up in parking areas.
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President Obama has an opportunity here to send a clear message to the markets generally, and to investors and savers specifically, about his priorities regarding Wall Street during his second term.
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If achieved, a grand bargain would give Obama a major political victory and a boost in cementing his desired presidential legacy after the controversial health care and Wall Street reforms of his first term.
The term became Wall Street lingo when analysts noticed that investors tend to sell small stocks at the end of a year to harvest tax losses then buy the stocks up again in January.
The problem I have with the survivors on Wall Street is their minimal near-term earning power.
Moreover, long before 2017, there will be many other near-term factors for Wall Street to focus on.
Beyond the Main Street investor that needs cash short term, Webman thinks they constitute a flight to liabilities, not a flight to safety.
The short-term sentiment on Wall Street is skittish to say the least as many feared that stocks would drop sharply after the State of the Union message but so far the futures are actually up slightly.
Kleinschmidt, a self-proclaimed contrarian investor, thinks Wall Street focuses too much on the short term.
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In Chicago, far-left six-term Democratic congresswoman and J Street sweetheart Jan Schakowsky's approval ratings have fallen below 50%.
It is still very possible to win on Wall Street if you take a long-term focus and are proactive in managing your portfolio.
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The Dell case illustrates the perverse short-term view prevalent on Wall Street that dictates that growth must occur continuously, smoothly and linearly every quarter.
Rallying for six days in a row, towards the upper limit of its trade range with low volume, Wall Street is ripe for a short-term correction.
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Street models may underestimate the long-term revenue opportunity.
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The real question is whether its near-term difficulties justify the discount Wall Street has slapped on its shares.
The lender sold three-year bonds with a yield of around 2.75%, according to a term sheet seen by The Wall Street Journal.
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The report also cited the strong monthly dividend history at Fifth Street Finance Corporation, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.
Seven years ago, after the near collapse of Long-Term Capital Management , 12 Wall Street firms got together with Gerald Corrigan, a former Federal Reserve Bank president and now a managing director at Goldman, to look at ways to mitigate counterparty risk in the markets.
Explaining currencies' short-term movements is a game for Wall Street analysts and other storytellers.
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Wall Street is getting frustrated on the matter of long term corporate tax reform.
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That may be small short-term comfort to the markets and Main Street.
Near-term and relative near-term ROI is the cleaner equation for Wall Street investors as well.
He distinguishes between organised crime, driven by drug-trafficking and gang rivalry, which involves a long-term national effort, and more visible daily street violence.
The company did say in the press release that macro conditions would cause some near-term pressure on margins, a comment the Street initially ignored.
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Despite the inflation risk, and the longer term likelihood of rising interest rates, Main Street investor exposure to low yielding bonds is likely to increase and become more concentrated, Dehn said.
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