It's still going to take some time for us to work through what's been testing the markets for months before we can safely say we've hit a bottom and are set to move higher. |
Operational efficiencies resulting from management interventions over several years, in terms of improved cost management, better quality of new business, more focused premium collection and more competitive investment performance in particular, are largely responsible for this incremental value-add for stakeholders, |
Our objective, which is to become the leading provider of affordable risk, health, savings and investment solutions to lower income earners, is well within our capabilities given our ongoing commitment to genuine economic empowerment. |
Retailing in general is highly competitive and most companies have very poor returns on invested capital. Unless you create a barrier of entry, you're never going to see very big returns. |
RX is a highly profitable company that's going to earn $300 million in net income, ... It has a 93 percent market share globally. It has a pristine balance sheet, and the company is also buying back their shares aggressively. |
RX is a highly profitable company that's going to earn $300 million in net income. It has a 93 percent market share globally. It has a pristine balance sheet, and the company is also buying back their shares aggressively. |
strike out on his own. |
The big thing about the Internet is really the distribution capabilities, and a lot of what goes on in the Internet is not about technology. It's really about having a proprietary good or service that you can deliver over the technology. And we're trying to focus on those companies that we think have something proprietary that will likely bring people back repeatedly. |
The clearing prices for any financial asset is the level of interest rates, and the Federal Reserve has let its intentions be known that they're going to raise rates. So chances are it's going to be a volatile market. |
There are really three technologies that are going to provide broadband. It's going to be cable, satellite and DSL, which is coming over the phone lines, |
There had to be a different way of recognising and paying commissions, and now the life companies will be taking the risk of policy continuation by funding commission streams, |
There was a lot of speculative excess that had to be shaken out of the market. And I think that's what we're seeing here today. |
There's going to be pockets of technology that do incredibly well, ... But the valuation is still being the core of the very large companies are quite high, especially if they're really cyclical in nature. |
They own two very fast-growing cable stations: Home and Garden and the Food Network, and their using the Internet to increase advertising and also have some commerce from that, |
Those companies that have brands and that have something proprietary will do well. |