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...Short sellers are counting on it. When Labriola presented a business plan update at the start of March, the shares crashed by a quarter on the day of publication....
...Lex gave that idea short shrift here....
...The size effect is real, but as an investment formula it comes up short. vanessa.houlder@ft.com...
...But the company waves aside such uninspiring figures by explaining that it is in the process of moving from short-term contracts to longer, cloud-based security subscriptions for larger clients....
...It will offer investors certain regulatory protections, a clear price formation process and a short settlement period....
...Contagion risks include greater regulatory scrutiny for other firms, debt becoming more expensive and short sellers zoning in on the shares of publicly traded water groups....
...An academic study based on 322 companies with loyalty programmes found both long and short-term benefits....
...Compared with EV-making rivals, however, BYD has scope to sacrifice short-term profits to try to win a cut-throat battle for market share....
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...The Conservatives must be a busted flush if they’re scrapping the non-dom regime, simply to fund tax cuts elsewhere (“Modernising the non-dom rules is disruptive but overdue”, Lex, March 6)....
...Lex thought the lender needed something more drastic. Lex also looked to the future this week....
...As such, short-term monetary policy responses may prove inconsequential. So far in 2024, companies have wisely raced to refinance debt during this favourable window....
...Possibly not, at least in the short term....
...They have strategies around purchasing the bonds and selling the underlying stock short in order to lock in small, risk-free returns....
...Existing short-term rentals will be reclassified automatically....
...But it met its short-term goal of filling 35 per cent of leadership roles with women. UK insurer Aviva’s return to Lloyd’s after a two-decade absence is a vote of confidence....
...For years, it prioritised short-term shareholder returns over investment. It spent more than $43bn on share repurchases between 2013 and 2019, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence....
...The so-called basis trade in Treasuries is the new big short....
...But in the short term profit margins may well stagnate. One hope is premiumisation as it sells more expensive, more profitable, cars than it already does. That will take time....
...Immediately after the halving this will jump short term to around $50,000. Costs are also a function of the hashrate. This reflects the amount of processing power devoted to mining coins....
...Athleisure retailer Lululemon and sneaker maker Nike, reporting last week, both fell short of the mark....
...That is in line with where Direct Line shares traded prior to 2023 but short of where anyone thinks its board will probably engage, at perhaps closer to 270p....
...All this self-justifying pragmatism falls well short of what is required....
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