Tangible capital asset programs are in place for municipalities for exactly this reason.
Savers / creditors load
tangible capital assets and real estate down with debts that in many cases are not repayable except by transferring ownership to creditors.
Depreciation An accounting procedure that aims to distribute the cost of
tangible capital assets, less any expected salvage value, over the estimated useful life of the asset in a rational and systematic manner.
Not exact matches
Instead, the IRS will tax Bitcoin as either a
capital asset or
tangible asset.
The details of the
capital requirements under Basel III are complicated, but generally speaking, deposit - taking institutions such as Canada's banks will have to maintain
tangible common equity, which includes things like cash, equal to 4.5 % of their
assets plus an additional buffer of 2.5 %, for a total of 7 %.
Subordinated debt offers business owners access to
capital they may be unable to obtain from a bank due to a lack of
tangible assets to offer as collateral.
And if you read through Buffett's letters it's very clear that is looking for businesses that are in high returns on
tangible capital and I described that is every business needs working
capital, every business needs fixed
assets, how well does it convert its working
capital and fixed
assets into earnings?
Some Prefatory Remarks to the N.Y.U. Real Estate Institute discussion, Oct. 25, 2001 Economic theory focuses on labor and
capital, yet the largest category of
tangible assets is not industrial plant and machinery earning profits, but real estate, and its primary objective is to make
capital gains.
The report also analyzes how the better farmers are subsidizing the less - productive ones, and how the whole system costs several hundred million dollars a year in debt servicing costs,
capital that could be better used to fund
tangible and productive
assets.
If our
asset and liability values are appropriate — and we believe they are — and if we can continue to deploy this
capital profitably, we now think that it can earn approximately 17 % return on
tangible equity for the foreseeable future.
Manufacturers» new orders for non-defense
capital goods (
tangible assets such as buildings, equipment, and machinery), excluding aircraft, fell for the second consecutive month in January.
So why should investors finance
tangible capital investment when they can ride the wave of
asset - price inflation?
Capital Asset — A non-liquid (or non-cash) property,
tangible or intangible, held by a business.
Alternative investments cover a broad swath of investing options, ranging from
tangible assets like art, antiques, wine, stamps, and coins to financial
assets like private equity in businesses, derivatives, commodities, and venture
capital.
While REIT investors can generate
capital gains as the share price ideally increases over time, when you buy an investment property, you're continuously building equity in a
tangible asset.
You will find that many
capital intensive industries tend to have greater debt / equity ratios as
tangible assets are financed using debt.
Small companies with rapid growth and long term growth potential,
capital efficiency (unusually high return on
tangible net
assets), a safe balance sheet and a reasonable valuation.
[NB: i) Church House's Argo stake is held by the Deep Value Investments Fund, managed by Jeroen Bos — if you haven't read it already, I can highly recommend his recent book «Deep Value Investing», ii) XXX
Capital Management is a well - known European hedge fund, which hasn't publicly disclosed a holding in Argo to date, hence the redaction — Argo management are obviously aware of their shareholding & support, and iii) the letter was based on a GBP 14p share price & a higher GBP / USD rate — at the current 13.875 p price and exchange rate, Argo now trades at a 36 % discount to net cash and investments, and a 47 % discount to net
tangible assets.]
Tangible capital employed is defined as the Net Working Capital + Net Fixed
capital employed is defined as the Net Working
Capital + Net Fixed
Capital + Net Fixed
Assets.
This
tangible cultural
capital will be an enormously positive
asset for the social and economic recovery of the region.
Investors these days are looking for
tangible assets that are less volatile than the stock market, but which also provide yield and
capital appreciation.