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Bear Stearns will make managing risks a priority over growth and is avoiding "big directional" bets after reporting its largest quarterly earnings decline in a decade, Mr. Schwartz said.
Pamela Satran, author of The Baby Name Bible and founder of the website Nameberry, said: "One of our big trend predictions for 2013 was that North would be the big directional name, with some related names like Winter and Snow".
Founded by Louis M. Bacon, a billionaire who splits his time between London and New York, the company started as a so-called macro investor that placed big directional bets on markets and has grown to become a large and diverse fund management company.
This year will frustrate bulls and bears alike without a big directional trend.
You may remember that in my February column last year I predicted that 2011 would frustrate bulls and bears alikewithout a big directional trend and end up or down just by a hair. I was right, but my stock picking could have been better.
But the impact of hedging with long puts or short futures or ETFs, which keeps rallies in check, but also creates support on pullbacks, is easier to stomach for those of us looking to profit from big directional moves than are the maddening pauses at almost every strike that had been created in recent years by the option sellers.
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"The picture is so uncertain about the euro zone periphery that it will prevent big investors from taking large directional positions," said Roberto Mialich, currency strategist at UniCredit in Milan.
In any cycle, you have big movements that are directional, and those movements, when they happen, are often happening after it's too late to actually have the appropriate impact.
"The issue is how you manage it, and you need a strong aversion to directional bets and big bets".
The Samsung uses an oldie-but-goodie: four directional buttons surrounded by a big center button.
You need a rising market, growing confidence and a strong show-off streak to get middle-class Brits into "directional" (the fashionland word for Big New Looks) fashion, contemporary art, and clean-sweep modernity at home.
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