Given the 8, 5% rise in the white metal since end of December, several market watchers said a pullback is likely, but that the bullish backdrop for platinum makes a drop in price a buying opportunity.
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For investors, this means that buying a commodity for future price appreciation generally provides a surer road to riches than buying a mining stock.
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But there is also a sinister element emerging - organised gangs taking advantage of disputes over land to make a fast profit by buying it at a cheaper price at the expense of both sides.
But instead of dropping price improvement or addressing customer problems, Lutnick slapped BrokerTec with a suit, claiming it had violated eSpeed's patents on such bond-trading conventions as the "work-up" (a practice that gave a trader, buying or selling at a given price, the right to execute all trading at that price until he's done) and "trading time" (the grace period a trader has to act under a work-up).
Theres a lot more to buying capacity than just a cheap price, says Ronald Harden, a vice president at Williams fiber subsidiary.
In short-selling, a trader borrows shares and then sells them, hoping to profit by buying them at a lower price later to close out the loan.
He has a knack for buying a big stake for a low price, getting a drug to the market and selling at a big profit.
"The change probably was a raise in the buying price, " Miller said.
In emerging markets such as Asia and China, demand has increased despite a rising price, and a declining price might even trigger further buying.
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Merrill Lynch found a rescuer in Bank of America, which is buying it at a fire-sale price.
Regardless, the UBS strategist believes underlying sentiment for gold remains bullish, and expects investors to see weakness as a buying opportunity, pushing the price of gold higher in the near-term.
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While they may behave in a predictably rational fashion when buying gasoline or airline tickets a lower price makes them more willing to buy they get turned around when they go to Wall Street.
While they may behave in a predictably rational fashion when buying gasoline or airline tickets--a lower price makes them more willing to buy--they get turned around when they go to Wall Street.
He suggests an equity collar--buying a put below the market price and selling a call above it to defray the cost.
These ghouls sell shares they do not own usually borrowed stock, which they sell in the hope of buying it back at a lower price.
The price of buying a flat in major cities is too expensive for young families, yet others have profited hugely from the property market.
When rich people form buying cartels to put a price squeeze on properly patented drugs, the few win in the short term and everyone loses down the line.
It was a directive to stem showrooming where shoppers use physical stores to try out products and get information before buying elsewhere online for a lower price.
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In the same vein, if your intended investments decrease throughout the year, you could end up buying more shares at a lower price by waiting until the end of the year.
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According to Reuters, Goods takes on inventory risk getting a discount for buying products in bulk and selling them to consumers at a higher price.
Our tipsters have told us that the company is pitching (via a survey, of course) to hit three price points for customers, each fee buying a smartphone and the first month's service.
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This morning, he raised his rating on the shares to Overweight from Neutral, asserting that a recent correction in the stock price following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan offers a buying opportunity.
They are buying fewer pieces but at a higher price and spending more overall.
Traders also will keep monitoring reports about the voracious physical buying that was unleashed by a sharp price decline in mid-April.
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The monetary authority's aim was to slap down hedge funds that had been shorting shares (selling borrowed shares in the hope of buying them back later at a lower price).
No single individual (except, perhaps, Warren Buffett) can push up a company's share price by buying its stock at an inflated price, but the price of residential property is set locally by the latest transactions.
The technology represents a major leap from the configurators found on auto-buying Web sites, which let a customer pick colors and price certain options.
Surrey County Council set up a collective last year with the aim of using the buying power of thousands of residents to bid for a lower price.
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EasyJet's earnings were hurt by the rising price of oil, which it failed to adequately hedge itself against--a process of buying its fuel ahead of time at an agreed-upon price.
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