There are also steps that can be taken to help reduce investment risk, such as being highly selective about the stocks I own.

Now, he said, buyers were being more selective about location and quality.

"At some point, people are going to be more selective about this group," he said.

He acknowledges that investors must be more selective about technology stocks today.

Perelman is known for being very selective about his projects.

He needs to be more selective about his role models, thought Kat.

For those trying to make do with the hardware already on hand, another strategy is to be more selective about software.

At the same time, they are selective about potential business partners.

A. In the first few weeks of a new regime, employees should be selective about the causes they champion.

Or maybe being selective about who we pay to have children, but paying them a lot more to do it.