Funding: More than one executive told us they spend a lot of time thinking about funding; one CEO suggested his bank's
biggest earnings risk was on the deposit - side (i.e., that funding costs rise faster than asset yields)
Not exact matches
The obvious
risk of playing the currency differential is that the exchange rate reverses and those
big year - over-year
earnings gains vanish.
But in the late 90s, when small technology companies with excessive valuation premiums displaced
big businesses from the large - cap universe, investors who thought large caps were low
risk got a double whammy — large - cap stocks»
earnings and P / E multiples both declined sharply.
Keep in mind, though, that there is a
risk that companies that pay the
biggest dividends may pay out a much higher percentage of their
earnings to stockholders than other companies.
Instead, some of the
bigger risks long - term investors should consider are the company's sustainable
earnings growth rate and the amount of taxes it pays.
The
biggest risk to premia spreads right now are either collapsing
earnings or much higher rates.
It would seem that going with an actively managed fund would result in taking a
big risk at under performing the market and having a larger chunk of
earnings taken by MERs.
But the
biggest risk is that you could forgo thousands of dollars in potential
earnings on your investment if interest rates rise, because the policies don't guarantee that you'll earn market rates.