The investors I spoke with were primarily looking for undervalued companies with steady distributions, as well
as moderate growth prospects.
Faster growing companies that grow their earnings from 5 % to 15 % per annum I define
as moderate growth stocks.
And with markets buoyant thanks to relative stability in Washington and around the globe, as well
as moderate growth from corporations, the bankers and lawyers that advise companies on mergers and acquisitions are more optimistic than they have been in years.
Not exact matches
The bank cited the prospect of slower economic
growth in Canada brought about by lower oil prices
as one reason for
moderating the rate.
Inflation is running faster and GDP
growth has picked up
as well, though business investment remains soft and consumer spending is posting
moderate gains.
«U.S.
growth of 0.6 million barrels a day in 2017 beat all expectations, even with a
moderate price response to the output deal
as the shale industry bounced back — profiting from cost cuts, stepped up drilling activity and efficiency measures enforced during the downturn,» the group said.
We argued the S&P PE would climb to its normal trailing PE of 16x (< 15x then)
as healthy EPS
growth continued within a long lasting expansionary cycle of
moderate growth.
Overall, what
growth can be found is
moderate, and companies are not feeling particularly optimistic about the next 12 months
as they did at this time last year:
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is maintaining its trend - setting interest rate
as its careful assessment of the timing of future hikes continues amid a backdrop of
moderating growth.
Payrolls rose 313,000 last month, well above expectations, and the unemployment rate held at 4.1 percent,
as wage
growth moderated a bit from last month's pace (up 2.6 percent, yr / yr).
Core inflation has been lower than expected in recent months... Core inflation is expected to increase gradually over coming quarters, reaching 2 per cent by the middle of 2013
as the economy gradually absorbs the current small degree of slack, the
growth of labour compensation remains
moderate and inflation expectations stay well anchored.
Although supply has returned to the market over the short term — due to a combination of increased production from US shale producers and the easy availability of capital via debt and equity markets — I'm expecting supply
growth to
moderate over the long term
as capital becomes more expensive and less available to marginal energy producers.
OPEC said that that the trend of
moderating global
growth was likely to continue this year but that the energy sector, despite being harmed by lower investment
as a result, could help buoy global
growth.
59 percent of pre-retirees and 32 percent of retirees describe their primary investment strategy
as focused on either «aggressive
growth» or «
moderate growth.»
However, rapid
growth tends to
moderate as an expansion matures.
For many owner - occupiers, on the other hand, a
moderate decline in prices should not create major discomfort, in an environment of ongoing
growth in employment and wages,
as well
as reduced taxes.
These risks include the downside ones of a Chinese yuan devaluation and a U.K. exit from the European Union,
as well
as the upside risks of an emerging market rebound or a
moderate rise in inflation expectations on improving
growth prospects.
The differential in real GDP
growth between emerging and developed markets narrowed from ~ 7.5 % at its 2009 peak to ~ 2.5 % in 2015
as Chinese
growth moderated and the commodity rally, which spanned most of the last decade, lost steam.
Growth in the United Kingdom has begun to
moderate as the housing sector has responded to the tightening of monetary policy over the past year or so.
Even so,
as inflation stabilises at a low rate of increase I expect real GDP
growth to resume a
moderate upward path.
Household spending was described
as «
moderated» vs. «increasing at a
moderate rate» in March, and households» real income
growth came at a «solid rate.»
This global
growth is driven by rising wealth in emerging markets
as well
as relatively
moderate gasoline prices.
The TD report also warned that the
growth performance of the Canadian economy in 2011 is seriously worsening and there is only likely to be «
moderate strengthening in the pace of
growth as 2012 progresses».
During these past 15 years, the Anglo - American economies (US, UK and Canada) have experienced episodes of weak
growth in broad money (M2 or M3) with
moderate inflation (in the early - 1990s) and episodes of strong monetary
growth with little measured inflation of consumer prices,
as now.
Catherine Clark, of Catherine Clark Communications,
moderates the «Barriers to
Growth» panel and welcomes each of the panelists
as they take their seats.
Regional economic conditions remain upbeat,
as over 95 percent of the U.S. continues to show signs of
moderate to high
growth in the second half of 2017.
What ought to concern everyone about China is the increased debt load the country must shoulder
as economic
growth moderates.
The pace of domestic demand
growth has eased from the rapid rate seen in 2002,
as dwelling investment has levelled off and consumption
growth has
moderated to a more sustainable pace (Graph 20).
A
moderate slowdown from the surprise 7 %
growth rate of the last quarter is in fact welcome, in our view,
as the country rebalances its economy and downshifts to a more sustainable pace of
growth that is less reliant on credit.
This path is predicated on the assumption that even
as the labor market reaches full employment, the pace of economic
growth will remain
moderate, and inflation will not reach the Fed's 2 % target before end - 2017.
The pace of
growth moderated in early 2003, however, in line with the easing in the rate of
growth of domestic spending and the dropping - out of one - off factors such
as large purchases of civil aircraft.
This pattern is expected to be reversed somewhat over the second half of the year,
as activity in the house - building sector begins to pick up and
growth moderates in the medium - density sector.
As a whole, the industry benefited from low gasoline prices, easy credit and
moderate economic
growth.
Policy makers described this
growth path
as a «
moderate expansion.»
and than move on and do the next task, and just try to just make a decision...
as procrastination has done more damage to my career prospects and my self -
growth than at least trying something new probably ever would've done (assuming it's a well
moderated activity with emergency nearby or a casual hobby lol).
Looking ahead to 2013, members of the foodservice industry prepare to experience another period of
moderate but real
growth as operators will rely more heavily on technology and on their supply chain partners to drive their incremental success.
The total sales value, though experiencing some fluctuation recently, is more
moderate and reasonable
as Wang noted, compared with the 40 % to 50 %
growth rates seen a few years back.
Gentry said this may have been due to strobilurin's properties
as a plant
growth regulator, which kept leaves greener later in the season, and also that it may have accounted for a reduction in kernel abortion during the
moderate drought.
«Because these plants are photosynthetic, it's not surprising to find that
as the amount of sea ice cover declined, the amount of [photosynthesis] increased,» says biological oceanographer Kevin Arrigo of Stanford University's School of Earth Sciences, who led an effort to use the MODIS (
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) devices on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites to determine changes in phytoplankton
growth.
On the limited information available to me, they seem quite promising — but it certainly would have been helpful in making judgments on this point if the IPCC had modelled a low - medium population projection (
as in the A1 and B1 scenarios) which made more
moderate assumptions about
growth in output and energy use.
As a result, the scientists concluded, humic substances demonstrated the potential to mitigate severe or mild water stress in the short term and promote plant
growth under
moderate mid-term stress.
As you probably have heard, conventional dairy can also contain
moderate to high levels of recumbent
growth hormone and antibiotics (fail again, FDA).
Alcohol has been blamed for many things such
as preventing fat loss, lowering fitness desires, inhibiting muscle
growth, and it has even been linked to
moderate depression after excessive use.
The government has imposed the cap to allow «
moderate growth» of school - led provision, such
as School Direct and SCITT.
The trend of more
moderate growth for ebooks in the U.S. in 2012 continued in Sept.
as sales of adult trade ebooks were up 30.7 %, much less than the triple - digit sales
growth seen in ebooks in previous years.
These pressures will become even greater in the next few years
as the pace of ebook
growth moderates and players are forced to cut costs and utilize resources more efficiently.
I think that
growth rate is fair when looking at the long - term track record for underlying operational
growth and dividend
growth,
as well
as the
moderate payout ratio and potential for
growth moving forward.
However, using the Bank of Canada posted rate
as a benchmark is excessive in our view,
as an overnight 2 percentage point increase in mortgage rates is unlikely given the low inflation rate and
moderate growth in Canada.
However, I give «partial credit» to stocks between 1.5 % and 2.99 % because a
moderate yield combined with high dividend
growth can be just
as good (or better) than a high initial yield.
The stock has downside in this scenario
as investors would likely no longer pay a high teens earnings multiple for more
moderate growth.