To exploit a flattening yield curve in a touchy investment environment, go with FLAT.
While a 90-basis point headwind is substantial in a low-return investment environment, it is hardly impossible to overcome.
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Two factors make the investment environment conducive for more risk-taking in 2013 now.
The fund is not going to substitute the investment environment as a whole.
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That is not surprising given the current uncertain investment environment and the high degree of pessimism about the stock market.
Nevertheless, in a rotten investment environment in which nothing seems to work, I recently revisited the chartist approach in hopes that I was wrong.
Last week, I wrote about the uncertainty surrounding the post-referendum investment environment in Sudan, and promised to update the blog with any new information.
Emerging markets, in general, need to further improve the business and investment environment, which will facilitate investment in infrastructure and enhance potential growth, and foster financial inclusion.
Giuliani says he supports the short-term monetary policies of the Federal Reserve but stresses the need for long-term, permanent changes to create a more attractive investment environment.
Leading to an investment environment more favorable to sustainable businesses.
When it comes to investing in more established companies like Facebook and the bigger web firms, traditional venture capitalists now face competition from private-equity companies and bank-led funds hunting for profits in a bleak investment environment.
Citigroup, and the domestic banks, will also be able to raise funds at practically zero cost indeed, their consumer-finance ventures will give them a lucrative place to park their yen deposits (given Japan's dismal investment environment, they have few attractive alternatives).
It hinders economic development by creating an unstable environment for investment and growth, and it facilitates inter-communal strife that leads to violence on a massive scale.
But analysts say creating an environment conducive to investment is key to reviving the economy.
The central bank said that creating an environment conducive to investment was key to reviving India's economy.
The airline industry has created a significantly safer environment through the investment and cooperation of all parties.
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"The executive is committed to offering an open and welcoming environment for inward investment, " said Mr Robinson.
It says at least 25% of CAP payments should be made, not as subsidies for producing food (which is often unwanted), but as investment in people and the environment.
In this environment the prudent investment strategy is to raise cash on additional market strength even as the major averages trade to new multi-year highs and all time highs.
"If we can create that dynamic business environment, provide investment in skills and deliver really effective back-to-work support for those who are struggling to get work, we shall be able to achieve these goals", he said.
Since then, the true Keynesian believer Bernanke, with the full support of President Obama, has continued his seat of the pants discretionary monetary policies guided by the Bernanke standard, which has prevented real recovery through lack of a stable monetary environment to promote investment.
Such improvements come from investments in education and infrastructure, and the fostering of a legal and economic environment that encourages business investment.
Unlike its BRIC companions their growth rates have been more sluggish after the downturn and the environment for both foreign investment and domestic entrepreneurship is challenged.
These moguls have made significant commitments to the environment, whether through investment in technology, commitment to earth-friendly living or simply by raising the world's environmental awareness.
The group with the greatest return on investment was probably the pro-environment Sierra Club, which pumped money into the election efforts of 23 congressional candidates and won 19 of the races.
The figures come from The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2012 report, a UN Environment Program backed study that has tracked the finance flowing into green energy across the world since 2004.
In his Financial Times article Mr Lou goes on to call for what look like special terms for any investment in the UK. He asks for "pro-investment policies to create an attractive environment" including "reducing taxes and offering bank loans at discounted rates", and says governments seeking external investment "should relax regulatory restrictions".
The low interest rate environment is also cutting into investment income which is resulting in further cost cuts.
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This will require some serious investment and some changes in the regulatory environment, but it will likely be done at some point in the future.
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Both the Acumen Fund and CDFIs have a social, rather than a profit-maximizing mission, long time horizons for the investment, and are built on an environment of management and peer support.
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