To take an outright gamble that markets will barely move, an investor would write (sell) options; this approach would bring in premium income, but would lose money if prices changed enough for the options to be worth exercising.
Representative James E. Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat, said Monday that "articulating the constitutional principles" on which the country was founded and "calling for tolerance on the part of all of its people" were part of "a presidential act worth exercising".
I'll watch out for my doors.' " To many in and out of law enforcement, such a proliferation of deadly weapons is unsettling, even as scores of new gun owners argue that their right to bear arms is worth exercising to gain a feeling of personal security in troubled times.
And then there's the small matter that anything the winning team comes up with will be worth a lot more to O2 than £1m, presuming the mobile operator decides it's worth exercising its right to make an acquisition.
Apple Computer last year gave Chief Executive Steve Jobs a new set of options, in addition to his token $1 salary, since his existing right to buy some 5% of the company was not worth exercising.
It encourages job-hopping — which founders would rather prevent — as workers bounce from one startup to the next, scooping up options along the way and hoping that one of these companies will strike it big and the options will then be worth exercising.
"We are not here to do a net-worth exercise".
"It's a sort of self-worth exercise for parents in being valued as good parents," Eliot says.
Specifically, it aims to determine (a) whether the program is effective in increasing physical activity over the course of the 6 week intervention and at longer-term follow up, (b) whether the program impacts physical self-worth, exercise intention, pain and fatigue and quality of life, and (c) the program's acceptability and engagement.
Definitely worth the exercise.
