However, there is strong evidence that long - term normalized ratios (and other ratios including the Q ratio, market cap / GNP, and deviation from trend) are much better
at forecasting returns over periods from 5 to 20 year horizons.
Not exact matches
In September 2016, the metric predicted a huge positive
return over the next 12 months, a
forecast that eventually came true and stood in contrast to the sentiment on Wall Street
at the time.
At today's prices, industry
forecasts of three million barrels per day by 2020 are likely to underestimate production by a bit, but the real kicker will be on the value of that production to all concerned — governments, via taxes and royalties, and shareholders will all suffer much lower
returns from this development than they would have expected less than a year ago if prices stay where they are today.
Assumptions and
forecasts used by SSgA FM in developing the Fund's asset allocation glide path may not be in line with future capital market
returns and participant savings activities, which could result in losses near,
at or after the target date year or could result in the Fund not providing adequate income
at and through retirement.
In fact, I don't believe that the attempt to
forecast these shorter term
returns would be of any benefit
at all to our portfolio management.
There's some sophisticated number - crunching going on under the hood — essentially, BlackRock combines its
forecast for market
returns with assumptions about retirees» longevity to arrive
at its spending estimates.
In the absence of a pickup in consumer spending, annualized, real GDP — adjusted for inflation — is
forecast to be between 2 % and 2.5 %, instead of the 4 % average since World War II, and annualized
returns on US equities and investment - grade bonds is estimated
at 4 % and 1 %, respectively, for the next 10 years.
Interestingly, if over the course of the
forecast horizon, they go up and then revert back to where they are today, the effect on the
return will actually be negative, because there will be no net change in valuation, but some of the ensuing dividends will have been reinvested
at higher valuations than those available today.
That's not something that can be known in advance, which is why it's impossible to reliably
forecast future equity
returns,
at least on horizons shorter than a few decades.
The present translation: with 10 - year U.S. Treasury rates currently
at 1.95 %, we can
forecast about a 1.95 % annualized
return for 10 - year U.S. Treasuries from 2015 to 2025.
The first three rounds all began
at 6:30 a.m. ET, but with inclement weather predicted for Saturday afternoon, the women will go off split tees (Nos. 1 and 10) starting
at 6 a.m. Unless there's a playoff (or multiple extra frames, since the format calls for overtime to determine ties for gold, silver, and bronze medals), stormy weather earlier than the
forecast calls for, or a
return of the glacial tempo that marred Wednesday's opening round, the 59 - woman field should wrap it up by 1 p.m..
This
forecast assumes a «normal» pattern for the Liberal Democrat vote, which of course may well not be the case (the alternative of giving the Lib Dems the same incumbency effect as found for the other two main parties has them
returning to around their 2010 vote share, which
at this stage of the game seems unlikely).
But as the AFL - CIO points out, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced the same day as the Times piece that the pension fund is running
at a higher rate of
return than initially
forecast, making them wonder why Cuomo is persuing the reform
at all.
In closing, a
return to the problem that I posed
at the beginning: So what's wrong with the 3 % Fed funds
forecast, or better, what is the next phase beyond it?
There's some sophisticated number - crunching going on under the hood — essentially, BlackRock combines its
forecast for market
returns with assumptions about retirees» longevity to arrive
at its spending estimates.
Along the same lines I'm always surprised by the number of people who pooh - pooh the notion of delaying Social Security for a higher benefit because they're convinced they can come out ahead by taking their benefits as soon as possible and investing them
at a 6 % to 8 % annual
return (although why anyone should feel confident about earning such gains consistently given today's low rates and
forecasts for low
returns is puzzling).
Our
forecast of the 10 - year real
return for U.S. equities is 1 % compared to that of EM equities
at 8 %, now valued
at less than half the U.S. CAPE.
• Another projection scenario
forecasts participants experiencing a simulated three - year bear market (negative equity
returns) either early in their careers, near the middle of their careers, or
at the end of their careers.
Value investing, to my mind, attempts to avoid the need for us to be a super forecaster because its fundamental aim is to buy businesses with valuations that impute very dark scenarios for the business and don't require said business to be able to incrementally deploy capital
at high
return rates for years into the difficult - to -
forecast future to justify today's valuation.
That's the power of bonds
returning 3 %
at best over the
forecast horizon, unless interest rates jump, and then we have other problems, like risk assets repricing.
If the earnings materialize as
forecast, Franklin Resources Inc's True Worth valuation would be $ 229.13
at the end of 2017, which would be a 12.8 % annual rate of
return from the current price, including assumed dividends.
Therefore, a quick look
at forecasts utilizing the normal P / E ratio as a valuation reference shows that future
returns over the next year or two might not be that exciting if the 7.4 normal P / E ratio holds.
The Research Affiliates 10 - year real -
return forecast for EM local debt
at the end of November is 4.3 % a year, net of default risks.
Throw in the fact that you are starting to fund an IRA
at a time when some experts are predicting subpar
returns — for example, ETF guru Rick Ferri has
forecast a 7 % annual long - term
return for stocks and roughly 4 % for Treasury bonds, assuming 2 % inflation — and I think it's fair to say that this isn't a goal you should expect to reach quickly.
If the earnings materialize as
forecast, General Mills Inc's True Worth ™ valuation would be $ 53.95
at the end of 2017 (brown circle on EYE Chart), which would be a 8.8 % annual rate of
return from the current price (yellow highlighting).
Investment adviser and ETF guru Rick Ferri's recently released long - term
forecast for stock and bond
returns estimates annualized
returns over the next few decades will come in
at 7 % or so for large - company stocks and 4 % or so for 10 - year Treasury bonds, assuming 2 % inflation.
According to Evensky: «The MPT model alone will not necessarily work in bear markets, or
at least not using historical averages alone as inputs without other adjustments to
forecast the
return, volatility and especially correlation.»
If the earnings materialize as
forecast, General Mills Inc's True Worth valuation would be $ 50.95
at the end of 2017, which would be a 8.6 % annual rate of
return from the current price, including assumed dividends.
If analysts are correct with their
forecasts and Omega Healthcare trades
at its normal P / FFO of 13.2, shareholders could receive a total annual rate of
return in excess of 13 %.
Observe that,
at the very bottom of the bear market in 2009, real total
return forecasts never edged higher than 7 %, which is only slightly above the long - term average
return.
The actual market
return over the next year fell between their 80 percent confidence limits only a third of the time, so these executives weren't particularly good
at forecasting the stock market.
The table shows that our
forecasted ten - year EQR
return at the beginning of the period is very close to the actual EQR
return earned in the subsequent ten years.
With the benefit of experience and data on our side, we are unafraid to under - perform the market in the short - term when we are confident of the continued success of our strategies
at achieving their valuation
forecast returns in the long - term.
Charlie Bilello
at Pension Partners compared past 7 - year
forecasts by GMO (an investment management firm) to actual
returns and found large differences between predicted and actual results.
At the end of the first quarter of 2016, our
forecasted 10 - year expected real
returns (in unhedged U.S. dollars) ranged from − 0.56 % for long - term U.S. credit to 4.80 % for local emerging - market debt.
Above you see the nineteen scenarios for where the S&P 500 will be in 10 years, assuming a 2 % dividend yield, and looking
at the total
returns that happen when the model
forecasts returns between 3.30 % and 5.30 %.
At the end of the first quarter, the model
forecast total
returns of 5.06 % / year for the next ten years.
According to GMO's seven year
return forecast only the following asset classes are attractive
at the moment:
While expected
returns aren't as great as they were in March 2009, the market is trading
at a price - to - earnings ratio of about 14 (a bit below its historic average), due to 2010 earnings for the S&P 500 companies now
forecasted at about $ 80 a share and the index near 1,200.
So, here it is, one week before Memorial Day Weekend, and the current NWS
forecast is calling for what is said,
at this point, to be a «brief»
return to the Siberia Express we had going until about 4 weeks ago (seemingly ad infinitum).
The
forecasts, initialized in November 2015
at the peak of the record - breaking 2015 - 16 El Niño event, provide a 60 - 80 % probability of
returning La Niña for the upcoming 2017 - 18 winter.
This month's heavy rains are directly linked to a building El Niño in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which is
forecast to strengthen throughout the summer, meaning heavy rains could
return to the southern plains
at regular intervals.
In the 20 year linear trend test I had done earlier that
returned about the same skill as Hansen I had looked
at the skill in actually
forecasting Hadcrut3, not just the trend.
Two contributors
forecast a September minimum below that of 2007
at 4.0 million square kilometers and 3 contributors suggest a
return to the long term downward linear trend for September sea ice loss (5.5 to 5.6 million square kilometers).
Alaska, the Arctic, and parts of Florida are
forecasted (scheduled) to remain
at, or
return to, record warmth.
«
Return rate statistics show that we are
at or below our
forecasts and right in line with the industry.»
Considering that Litecoin currently trades
at $ 62.58, our
forecast suggests that investors can earn more than 220 %
returns before ringing in the New Year.
Analysts have spent the better part of this year worrying about the run - up of REIT prices — a 10 % REIT
return forecast at the beginning of 2003 was considered lofty.
It's Lampert's intention to
return to profit this year, though that's not a formal
forecast, Lampert told reporters after the meeting
at the company's headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
At the same time, survey respondents
forecast that income
returns will move up slightly for three of the four property types.