Sentences with phrase «attractive than stocks»

TIPS become more attractive than stocks when interest rates are 3.0 % and higher.

What makes annuity products more attractive than stocks and mutual funds, as well as taxable or tax - free bonds, for funding IRAs is that they will not lose value.

With the Fed no longer buying bonds and investors expecting greater inflation, analysts say higher yields could make bonds more attractive than stocks.

Not exact matches

«Buying their stock is going to look more attractive than the price of some of the acquisitions in the market,» he says.

The biggest losers were energy (XLE), consumer staples (XLP) and materials (XLB), all down more than 7 percent amid riding bond yields — which makes dividend stock yields less attractive and overrode other factors, like stronger oil prices and a weak dollar.

«Stocks certainly look more attractive than bonds,» Subramanian writes,» [but] the case for stocks versus other asset classes is less clear.&Stocks certainly look more attractive than bonds,» Subramanian writes,» [but] the case for stocks versus other asset classes is less clear.&stocks versus other asset classes is less clear.»

«Stocks certainly look more attractive than bonds, but the case for stocks versus other asset classes is less clear... «So while returns may compress from the outsized gains we have seen over the last several years, we remain constructive on equStocks certainly look more attractive than bonds, but the case for stocks versus other asset classes is less clear... «So while returns may compress from the outsized gains we have seen over the last several years, we remain constructive on equstocks versus other asset classes is less clear... «So while returns may compress from the outsized gains we have seen over the last several years, we remain constructive on equities.

Exposure to Unattractive - or - worse rated stocks is similar at 20 % for KIE and 18 % for XLF, although this is more than offset by KIE's Attractive - or - better rated stocks.

Another problem is that if capital returns have become far more uncertain, then the stocks should have become less attractive in recent years rather than more.

Asian stocks also have a more attractive valuation than these other two regions.

This Model Portfolio only includes stocks that earn an Attractive or Very Attractive rating, have positive free cash flow and economic earnings, and offer a dividend yield greater than 3 %.

Overall, FSRFX allocates more to Attractive - or - better rated stocks and less to Dangerous - or - worse rated stocks than XLI.

The earnings yield (earnings per share divided by the share price, or the inverse of the price - to - earnings ratio) still looks attractive versus real (after inflation) bond yields, meaning stocks may be cheaper than they look in a low - rate world.

None of the funds in the sector allocate more than 25 % of their value to Attractive - or - better rated stocks.

After gaining more than 40 percent throughout 2017, Workday Inc (NASDAQ: WDAY)'s stock remains attractive with upside ahead, according to Wall Street's newest bull analyst.

We think they're attractive because they have faster rising earnings, higher dividend yields and lower valuations than U.S. stocks, and they can benefit as global growth accelerates.

Developed - market earnings are expected to grow faster than those in the U.S., and their stock valuations aren't as high, making them attractive investments in our view.

But today, their high dividend payouts make these stocks attractive bond substitutes, and as such, they sell at much higher P / Es than they have historically.

Based on the year - end 2016 price for the growth share being 10 % below average (63 % vs 70 %), this model suggests that stocks presently could be more attractive than usual.

«We think the recently lowered dividend payout is sustainable, providing investors with an attractive 6 per cent fully franked yield at current prices... we view the risks facing Telstra as more than reflected in the current stock price, trading at 12 times forward earnings per share and 5.5 times earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation,» the analysts said.

I make SO much more money as an indie author, and sales of my self - pubbed version of the book that small press put out are much bigger because I sell at a more attractive price (2.99 compared to 5.50) and I have a better cover (a fun, custom illustration depicting my exact characters rather than a $ 10 stock photo image.)

Those searching for income - producing investments may find dividend - paying stocks more attractive than today's lower - yielding bonds.

Most bond investors take a buy - and - hold strategy, partially because bonds are less liquid than stocks but also because the income characteristics of bonds are attractive over the long - term.

When the economy is expanding, earnings tend to grow across the market and in such an environment, investors historically could purchase value cyclical stocks at a much more attractive price than evergreen growth stocks.

That's because fixed income, which is still considered safer than stocks, starts becoming more attractive.

This makes call options of dividend paying stocks less attractive to own than the stocks itself, thereby depressing its extrinsic value.

They each lasted for more than 15 years, they each ended at extremely attractive levels of valuation (generally about 7 - 9 times trailing 10 - year earnings), and, and they each endured many years of growing volatility in output and inflation, which eventually created the mindset for investors to price stocks at attractive levels of valuation.

Is there a large spread between the two values because the preferred stock is much more attractive than the common stock, or because the 409a valuation was somehow too conservative?

One reason that a bond can be significantly less than face value is because people are seeking better investments elsewhere, so for example if a bond doesn't mature for another 10 years, that 20 % increase in face value isn't very attractive when compared to say leaving your money in the stock market for 10 years.

Stocks are slightly more attractive than TIPS over the next 20 years starting at current valuations.

U.S. preferred stocks are perceived to be an attractive investment, as they have historically offered higher yields than other asset classes, especially when the global rates remain low.

Stocks are more attractive than TIPS over the next 30 years.

Real estate investment is much more advantageous and attractive than the investments made for stock market.

If the S&P 500's earnings yield is above the 10 - year Treasury yield, the model suggests stocks are more attractive than bonds.

Professor Siegel states «stocks, particularly stocks paying high dividends, may offer investors a more attractive income and inflation protection than bonds over the coming decade.»

Even if stock prices never become attractive enough to you, you need not do any worse than this.

Is this stock at a more attractive valuation than that?

BVF has won a number of important concessions from the board that make AVGN a much more attractive stock than it was when we started following it in December last year (see archived posts here).

Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities (TIPS) and bonds, for example, may be taxed at higher rates than stocks, making them a potentially attractive choice for a Traditional IRA.

I find most individual stocks to be more attractive than the corresponding bonds, and the overall stock market more attractive than the overall bond market.

What they do and most of us do not, is to understand the business they want to invest in and than decide if the price of the stock is attractive enough to warrant a purchase.

And with current weakness in the share price, an entry point to this dream is looking more and more attractive — especially since the weakness in the stock price is more a reflection of rising interest rates than of actual company fundamentals.

Merger Funds: More Tame Than Reputation Some investors have been turning to a mutual - fund niche that may offer an attractive way to diversify away from the risks of stocks or bonds: funds that engage in merger arbitrage.

Since bonds are yielding less than 4 %, stocks are more attractive today for long - term investors.

If you want to build a buy - and - hold portfolio of attractive takeover targets, look no further than undervalued small - and mid-cap growth stocks.

As a result, I believe it makes sense to increase your equity exposure a little compared to what you might have done when bonds were more attractive, and to balance that by choosing conservative stocks that carry less risk than the overall market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.18 % per year over the course of this secular bear market and to put this into perspective, a CD (Certificate of Deposit), made a more attractive investment than the «Blue Chip» stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The comparatively small rise in European stock prices since 2009 has resulted in much more attractive valuation levels than in the U.S., both at the security and Index level.

the European periphery is a bubble («The Euro crisis is not over... the European economies are not going to change for the better for years to come despite all the cheating and breaking of laws»), Value investors need to venture to Russia («when you look at today's opportunity set, you're left with a set of assets where nothing looks attractive from a valuation point of view») or buy gold mining stocks -LRB-» The down cycle could be much bigger than anybody believes if the market realizes that all the actions taken in recent years do not work.»)

Such funds are attractive to advisors since you're able to accommodate a much larger asset base when you're investing in $ 10 billion stocks than in $ 200 million ones.