While we continue to endorse the long-term bull market in conventional energy, we have noticed a new level of buying interest in alternative energy plays that seems qualitatively different than the fickle short-term manias we have periodically witnessed before.
Eager to fill the industry's new jobs, the crowded piers have been described by residents as "Hong Kong Markets", such is the level of buying, selling and hiring.
Despite this added selling pressure, APC has extended its rally higher, underscoring the level of buying pressure currently supporting the security.
In order to better understand the impact of buy in on the success or failure of changes in our own lives, let's take a look at the three levels of "buying in"... Some would say that resistance is the opposite of buying in, but it is actually the first rung on the ladder of acceptance.
LONDON — Every October, the Frieze Art Fair in London provides a week of high-level networking, of buying and selling, of drinking, dining and photo opportunities at gallery parties for the world's serious collectors of contemporary art and for serious culturati.
The House will need to approve any package too, and that means at least some level of buy-in will be needed from Republican leadership.
In Mother Jones, Chris Mooney has an interesting spin on the survey, noting that the way global warming was framed probably had an impact on the level of buy-in on the questions.
He said the civil service reform plan, including the use of external policy-making, has "a high level of buy-in from senior civil servants", adding "we are in the unusual position of three political parties having experience of government, with senior politicians knowing what the issues are".
In Copenhagen, there was a hope that things could get pressed through so you had a situation where there was text being written behind closed doors and not everyone was included in all of the processes… Here, they made sure that everyone was included and that led to a level of buy-in and consensus that we didn't have last year".
In February a consortium including Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway and 3G, a Brazilian private-equity group, bid $28 billion for H.J. Heinz, a foods giant.These high-profile takeovers and the strong level of buy-backs may be a sign of greater corporate confidence particularly in America.
We offer some suggestions, including some ideas on new language designed to increase the level of buy in, and recognise that progress through action will require compromises in respect of an 'ideal' economically efficient pricing reform agenda.
