Jan 19, 2007 04:45
17 yrs ago
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English term
past performance is not guaranteed against future results
English
Bus/Financial
Investment / Securities
the sentence before is: "The risk of loss in trading futures contracts can be substaintial".
I cannnot understand what is not guaranteed, do they mean that future results can affect past performance or that performance in past does not guarantee sucess in future??
I cannnot understand what is not guaranteed, do they mean that future results can affect past performance or that performance in past does not guarantee sucess in future??
Responses
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2 mins
David Hollywood
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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the results so far are no guarantee of what might happen
explanation
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-01-19 04:50:23 GMT)
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the idea is that what has happened so far cannot guaranee future performance
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-01-19 04:52:33 GMT)
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guarantee
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-01-19 04:50:23 GMT)
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the idea is that what has happened so far cannot guaranee future performance
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-01-19 04:52:33 GMT)
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guarantee
Peer comment(s):
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AhmedAMS
1 min
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Will Matter
: The more standard way of saying this is "past performance does not guarantee future results" OR "future results not guaranteed by past performance". Two alternatives.
3 mins
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| agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
22 mins
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| agree |
Tatiana Nero (X)
: past performance does not justify reliance on similar performance in the future
24 mins
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| agree |
William [Bill] Gray
: But see my note to asker, since the question was reversed, in my opinion.
1 hr
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| agree |
ErichEko ⟹⭐
1 hr
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| agree |
Hakki Ucar
: I agree with William "FUTURE performance is not guaranteed against PAST results"
3 hrs
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| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
6 hrs
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thanks to all :)
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Sophia Finos (X)
18 hrs
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thanks to all :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks for explanation, i have been struggling with this mysterious phrase for 2 days."
Discussion
"past performance is NO GUARANTEE against future results
OR
"FUTURE performance is not guaranteed against PAST results"
Makes more sense to me :-)