Sentences with phrase «about equity as»

My rule of thumb: if there are less than a total of five founders / investors, I don't even think about equity as compensation and neither should you.

If one were optimistic about equities as a long - term investment four months ago, there are as many reasons to remain so, now that markets are at 10 - month lows.

But if you think about it this way, I think we had talked about equities as a general proportional recommendation of, say, 40 % of your equity being invested in non-U.S. equity markets, 30 % of your non-U.S. bonds being invested in fixed income hedged, okay.

If one were optimistic about equities as a long - term investment four months ago, there are as many reasons to remain so, now that markets are at 10 - month lows.

Not exact matches

«However, I would like it on the record — as an expert who has thought about these issues nearly every working hour over the last four years — that I'm convinced that without the SPV and 12g fixes, retail investors will be heavily disadvantaged as compared to accredited investors and equity crowdfunding will ultimately be seen as a failure.

Besides figuring out whether a family member can take over the company's operations, succession advisors say clans must also come up with a consensus about a transfer of ownership, as well as implement a plan that allows the founder to extract their equity from the firm.

Constituent companies are chosen based on their score on two sets of measures: a quantitative assessment consisting of their return on equity, balance sheet accruals ratio and financial leverage ratio; and a qualitative score derived from management's responses to a survey about such topics as corporate governance, risk and crisis management, customer relationships and tax strategies.

Most of the debt — about 85 % — will be converted into controlling equity stakes for such investors as Apollo Global Management, Babson Capital Management, and Guggenheim Investment Management.

Ignore all the day - to - day headlines out of Washington, he said on «Fast Money Halftime Report,» even as equities were coming intense under pressure on concerns about a trade war after President Donald Trump announced steel and aluminum tariffs.

Reuters» monthly asset allocation poll of 50 wealth managers and chief investment officers in Europe, the United States, Britain and Japan showed growing caution about equities even as world stock markets surged to fresh highs in January after repeatedly smashing records in 2017.

You'll also want to think twice about taking out a home equity loan or line of credit, as the bill won't permit you to deduct the interest.

As a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) observes, «Uncertainty about future exchange rates and GDP growth reduces flows into equities.»

«It is possible that the acquisition of COL is the first step in separating UTX into two entities: a Commercial Operation and a Defense and Aerospace Group,» Howard Rubel, equity analyst at Jefferies, said in a note last week as speculation about a deal being struck by the two companies increased.

The retailer was saddled in debt, some $ 4.9 billion, left from a 2005 leveraged buyout for about $ 6.6 billion by private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital, as well as real estate trust Vornado.

All told, losses in Berkshire Hathaway's equity holdings could reach nearly $ 7 billion, which on a portfolio of $ 128 billion as of March 31, works out to a loss of about 5.4 %.

«Microsoft is unable to connect with the new generation of users,» wrote Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry in a 2010 research note to his clients, about as damning a sentence as you can muster for a technology company.

Private - equity acquisitions of retailers have become increasingly rare, as the investment firms worry about increasing headwinds facing the industry and their portfolio companies struggle with the debt burden left behind from leveraged buyouts.

More recently, rumours are circulating about private equity groups such as Silver Lake Partners and even the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

«The best way to think about them is as a private - equity shop operating in the software industry,» says Jeff Mo, a portfolio manager with Calgary's Mawer Investment Management, which has a 12 % stake in the company.

If you're thinking about taking equity instead of cash as payment for services, here's a checklist of things to consider.

Once you dig into your fund's prospectus to learn about the holdings, you should see a mix of U.S. and non-U.S. equities, as well as a combination of different bond portfolios.

Speaking about the role of gender equity specifically, Coles said, «Men should want this as much as women.

Just as equity investors worry about a «double - dip» in US stocks, several housing markets are already beginning to resemble this troublesome pattern of peaks and troughs.

As a result of this new dynamic, since 2010 a one point increase in the VIX Index has been associated with about a quarter point decrease in equity multiples.

The New York Times reported on the weekend, citing sources, that BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-chief executive in 2011, has approached two U.S. private equity firms about making a possible bid.

Of each graduating class, which usually comes to about 100 companies, about 10 start - ups are selected to receive an additional $ 100,000 in equity - free financing as long as they meet certain requirements and agree to keep their business in Chile for at least a year.

Still, the session was very choppy with the NSE index falling as much as 1.8 % at one point and rising as much as 1.5 %, with sentiment still weak because of continued worries about a downturn in Chinese equity markets.

«For Treasuries, the share of transactions by primary dealers has dwindled by more than half to 4 percent since the end of 2008,» with electronic traders like Citadel expanding their role as dealers, and the complaints about the Treasury market sound a lot like the complaints in the equity markets about human market makers being replaced by algorithmic traders.

As startups grow more professional while staying private longer, they're getting serious about how they structure equity compensation plans to retain talent.

I took part of the equity for remodel and the value of the house rose about the same as what I spent on remodel (value add remodel like hardwood floors and kitchen upgrades).

Rent a suite in the basement to pay the mortgage, keep working up the ladder every 10 years as your equity increases, don't worry too much about paying the mortgage off, and never be out of the market.

You're right about the main reason, but that's because most people don't understand the purpose of Absolute Return investments is to diversify a portfolio — not act as a substitute for long - only equity exposure (which as you say can be obtained very cheaply)

The options we will be talking about in this class are based on equity securities, or stocks, and are thus referred to as «equity options.»

In addition, the big - name players such as Blackstone and Starwood that have entered the non-traded REIT sector have helped to «legitimize the space» that already has about $ 70 billion in equity, he says.

Dell has also been speaking to private equity firms about selling Quest Software, which helps with information technology management, as well as SonicWall, an e-mail encryption and data security provider.

We have about 38 % of our NW as the equity in our primary residence and about 8 % of our retirement assets in two different REITs.

It is now in the final stretch as bidders like Verizon, Quicken Loans and several private equity players offer about $ 4 billion for the company minus its lucrative Asian assets.

«Europe's status as the world's market darling for much of 2014 has all but evaporated in the past month, with a big negative swing in the number of investors currently overweight European equities and an even greater negative swing in sentiment about the future,» Harnett said.

If you're thinking about extending equity to an employee or a vendor (as in the example above), you should know that the topic is multi-faceted.

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Private equity and alternative investments could fall into disfavor as a result of concerns about liquidity and short - term performance.

As a general rule, it's best to have at least 20 % equity in your home before you start approaching banks about a new loan.

But other sources have also said INCJ is in talks with Bain Capital about bidding for the unit, as the U.S. private equity firm appears willing to put in more money than rivals.

It was exhausting to write, but I'm glad I did as I forgot about my private real estate and private equity holdings!

After such a successful career, how could one not be optimistic about the future of growth equity investment opportunities; Dick said he thinks «the future of growth equity is unbounded, particularly as quality, new companies continually decide to defer IPO's so they can optimize their debut after key strategies are in place.»

If, as seems inevitable, the poor suffer first and worst from the impacts of extreme weather, what role should equity play in decisions about relocation?

IDRs contain key data points that are central to Glass Lewis corporate governance analysis, such as information about a company's board of directors, including board composition, governing documents, independent public auditor, compensation practices, summary compensation data and equity plans.

We have significant amounts of cash sunk into some private equity investments from years past, and they're in about the same boat as you describe your private equity.

Worries about China's slowdown infecting the global economy sent stock markets steeply lower Friday as U.S. equities got off to one of the worst starts to a year ever.

Assuming that the total amount of bad debt in the banking system exceeds total bank capital — something which is almost certainly true — the conversion of debt which can not be serviced into an equity position that is unlikely to generate much more (and in an economic downturn, which is when we are most concerned about the debt burden, we can assume that the decline in value of these equity positions will be highly correlated) leaves the net indebtedness of the banking system unchanged, and so the contingent liabilities of the government are unchanged even as reported debt in the system declines.