In coming to that number, we've written down the Receivables by 20 %, Inventory by 33 % and Other
Long Term Assets by 50 %.
Not exact matches
Fixed
asset base: This is the
long -
term base of the company's operation strategy, represented
by all the equipment, machinery, vehicles, facilities, IT infrastructure and
long -
term contracts the firm has invested in to conduct business.
They're still afraid to take
long -
term viewpoints,» said Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of JPMorgan
Asset Management, at the Delivering Alpha conference sponsored
by CNBC and Institutional Investor.
A lender will normally require that
long -
term loans be secured
by the
assets to be purchased.
By investing in a diverse pool of
assets, it should collectively lower your risk yet stabilize your returns over the
long term.
Long -
term debt should be less than 40 % of total capital, and the current ratio (current
assets divided
by current liabilities) should exceed 2.0.
There is no doubt that, based on pure, cold, logical data, stocks are the single best
long -
term performing
asset class for disciplined investors who are not swayed
by emotion, focus on earnings and dividends, and never pay too much for a stock, often as measured on a conservative beginning earnings yield relative to the Treasury bond yield basis.
Fairfax seeks to differentiate itself
by combining disciplined underwriting with the investment of its
assets on a total return basis, which Fairfax believes provides above - average returns over the
long -
term.
A: No, I think that when interest rates are constrained
by the zero bound, it is appropriate for central banks to look, if conditions warrant, for other ways to be expansionary and swapping short
term assets for
long term assets or what is the equivalent of a liquidity trap, printing money and buying
long term assets, can be a reasonable solution.
«Institutional investors and other
long -
term funds have already unloaded Toshiba shares, so currently the stock price is being driven
by short -
term investors,» said Takatoshi Itoshima, chief portfolio manager at Commons
Asset Management.
What we were really providing investors was a level of discipline that few individual investors can muster over time —
by adopting a
long term asset allocation strategy and using low cost investment vehicles, our
long term performance was always going to be better than the average individual investor who tends to time markets and chase performance, with little understanding of the costs they are incurring.
If it were to be decided that monetary policy should be more responsive to
asset price events, such an approach would have to be motivated
by a broader and rather more
long -
term notion of financial and monetary stability than is in common use today.
But
long -
term government bond yields fell to record lows for many euro area countries after a speech
by ECB President Draghi on 21 November, which stressed that the ECB will do what is required to raise inflation and inflation expectation
by adjusting the size, pace and composition of
asset purchases, if the currently announced policies prove to be insufficient.
Today, in contrast, the Fed presides over a vast portfolio, with
assets consisting mainly of
long -
term Treasury securities and mortgage - backed securities, instead of the short -
term Treasuries it once held; and that portfolio is funded more
by banks» holdings of substantial excess reserves than
by circulating Federal Reserve notes.
The Fed's policies can have an indirect effect on
long -
term mortgage rates
by shifting investor demand from one
asset class to another.
Former Fed Governor Stein highlighted that Federal Reserve's monetary policy transmission mechanism works through the «recruitment channel,» in such way that investors are «enlisted» to achieve central bank objectives
by taking higher credit risks, or to rebalance portfolio
by buying
longer -
term bonds (thus taking on higher duration risk) to seek higher yield when faced with diminished returns from safe
assets.
And EK is already stretching the limits on how it values its pension
assets by assuming the
long -
term return on plan
assets will be 8.73 % for the life of the plan.
The Bank has also begun to accept both short - and
long -
term securities backed
by residential mortgages —
asset - backed commercial paper (ABCP) and residential mortgage - backed securities (RMBS) respectively — as collateral.
Central banks initiating «short volatility positions» via QE have dampened
long -
term sovereign bond yields, which crowded out private capital and induced investors to «find something else to do»
by buying more esoteric
assets
By using a combination of
assets, debt, equity, and interest payments, leverage ratios are used to understand a company's ability to meet it
long -
term financial obligations.
For additional insight into our
longer term view, please click here to see a piece provided
by our research consultant,
Asset Consulting Group, that takes a brief look at the year - end review.
Gains on sales of these
assets by individuals are currently taxed at a higher rate than other
long -
term capital gains.
In our
asset management business, net sales of our
long -
term mutual funds continued to increase through 2009, demonstrating the power of our distribution network, rising financial markets, and the confidence that clients have in our fund management expertise, as well as the benefits of our acquisition of PH&N, which was named fund company of the year
by Lipper.
ARKW is an actively managed ETF that seeks
long -
term growth of capital
by investing under normal circumstances primarily (at least 80 % of its
assets) in domestic and U.S. exchange traded foreign equity securities of companies that are relevant to the Fund's investment theme of Web x. 0.
Founded in 2011
by Plants, a former Goldman Sachs executive, San Francisco - based Voce Capital Management is a fundamental value - oriented, research - driven alternative
asset manager that takes concentrated,
long -
term positions.
Some sort of redress is required — a capital or
asset credit, financed
by a council bond, should be applied to those whose
long -
term benefit has, in effect, subsidised council receipts.
We believe a
long term asset management approach, allied to increased levels of funding, is required to bring our road network up to an acceptable standard and arrest the decline caused
by years of under investment.»
Little did anyone know that what Peter Obi called cash - in - hand were basically investment in stocks, bonds and other non-performing equities arranged
by Obi in his final days in office;
long -
term uncompleted
assets that will not earn cash until they are completed; various sums spent in rehabilitating federal roads in the State for which re-imbursements may come in the distant future; computation of the State's share of the Excess Crude Account contributed as capital to the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund in 2010, etc..
Among those myths is the notion — oft - repeated
by DiNapoli — that public - pension funds are «
long -
term investors» that can stick with their assumptions through thick and thin, riding out the kind of market volatility that saw the state funds» return on
assets veer from a 26 percent loss in 2009 to a 26 percent gain in 2010.
«The data received in Nigeria with regard to overseas
assets held
by Nigerians has been impressive and will underpin a
long term improvement in the nation's tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ration, in turn, will improve life for the masses.
A statement that reflects an open mind and eagerness to learn increases the odds that you will be a
long -
term asset to the institution; it shows that what you can become as a teacher isn't limited
by what you already are.
BY Susanne Retka SchillFROM THE APRIL ISSUE: Ten - year inspections, and sometimes outright failures, focus attention on needed capital investments in
long -
term assets.
You can literally hand us the first draft, and we will walk your book through, step -
by - step, to a truly professional quality book that'll serve as a
long -
term marketing
asset for your business.
A borrower enjoys less restrictive
terms on a bad credit personal loan in forms of lesser interest charges and
longer terms while a lender has a guarantee to recover the loan proceeds in case of default
by confiscating and selling pledged
assets.
Pinnacle Value seeks
long -
term capital appreciation
by investing in small - and micro-cap stocks that it believes trade at a discount to underlying earnings power or
asset values.
Our investment strategies are backed
by industry research, providing our clients with effective planning tools for their
long term investment goals and
asset allocation.
AMG Pantheon Fund seeks
long -
term capital appreciation
by investing primarily in private equity investments, including primary and secondary investments in private equity, infrastructure, and other private
asset funds and co-investments in portfolio companies.
Company financial strength is scored
by looking at levels of the current ratio (current
assets divided
by current liabilities) and debt - to - equity ratio (
long -
term debt divided
by equity and expressed as a percentage).
-LSB-...] suggested
by Benjamin Graham in the 1934 Edition of Security Analysis, more fully described in our Valuing
long -
term and fixed
assets post under the heading «Graham's approach to valuing
long -
term and fixed
assets.»
Look at the
long term solvency of a firm, which can be judged
by using leverage or capital structure ratios such as Debt Equity Ratio and Debt
Assets Ratio.
-LSB-...] 15, 2009
by greenbackd In our last post, we discussed our approach to
long -
term and fixed
asset valuation.
So while cash may feel safe in the short
term, there is a very real risk to your
long -
term wealth
by limiting your investments to the
assets that feel the safest.
Instead, I'd buy and hold according to the parameters specified
by my specific
asset allocation and
long term investing goals.
The Capstone strategy seeks to generate absolute returns over the
long term in the attractive
asset class of smaller under - researched companies
by building portfolios that have lower than market levels of debt, higher than market levels of profitability, and are trading at a discount to their intrinsic value.
I have done all I can to protect you against
long -
term underperformance
by recommending massive diversification across many highly profitable
asset classes.
Long term care insurance provides financial
asset protection and wealth preservation
by providing income benefits if you are unable to perform 2 of 6 activities of daily living or have a cognitive disease, such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's.
The sale of
longer term bonds which are not currently used
by municipalities in China or the sale of other state owned
assets can replace this source of funding.
As your short -
term bucket gets depleted, replenish it with medium -
term bonds coming closer to maturity or
by selling
long -
term assets when prices are favourable.
In February, the G20 called for a coordinated stimulus program to be implemented
by the world's major economies — or at least the ones that can afford it — that would see countries borrow to spend on infrastructure like subway lines and power - generating stations,
assets that will provide a short -
term economic boost while laying the foundation for
longer -
term growth.
What is better,
by separating
long -
term finance from deposits, we would eliminate that source of most panics, because they occur when short -
term liabilities finance
long -
term assets.