The market can move for irrational reasons, and you have to be prepared for that, ... you need to make big bets when the odds are in your favor -- not big enough to ruin you, but big enough to make a difference.

It's just that other areas are more attractive, such as the mortgage market,

It appears that the lenders are prepared to do whatever they possibly can to see this project move forward. They would much rather have an investment in a vessel that is operating than one that they're stuck with having to sell on the international market.

Favouring employment versus the financial markets is a decent policy; certainly not beneficial for the currency or the gilt market, but beneficial for the people.

We [are] prepared to move them as soon as we get instructions to do so,

Compaq walked away from PC market share when pricing was irrational.