Anticipating the 2000 stock market bust and 2007 credit bust, Rodriguez maintained
cash levels averaging more than 25 % in his FPA Capital Fund and peaking at 45 % in 2007, compared to 1 % to 3 % levels in the 14 years in investment management leading up to 1998.
His cash levels averaged a lofty 80 per cent from 2000 to 2008, but he pared them down to about 30 per cent in 2009 when he went bargain hunting amid the market carnage.
Not exact matches
However, over longer horizons a constant
cash rate assumption may be less plausible, particularly when interest rates are far from
average levels.
At the current
level of 5.5 per cent, the
cash rate is in line with its
average over the low inflation period since 1993.
The Reserve Bank has moved early to raise the
cash rate to
levels that deliver interest rates for borrowers and depositors more like those that have been the
average experience over the past 10 to 12 years.
This was still higher than the
average level before the recent turbulence, reflecting the desire of some financial institutions to operate with a higher
level of
cash balances than previously.
While the 25 basis point increases in November and December have brought the
cash rate closer to its
average level of the past ten years — a period in which the economy has recorded
average annual growth of 3.9 per cent — the rate still remains slightly below the
average over this period (Graph 66).
The nominal and real
cash rates are now both close to their
average levels of the past decade.
Lending rates are also below
average, reflecting both the
level of the
cash rate and the compression of interest rate margins over the past decade.
Bennett urged the government to find the
cash for internal inclusion units at schools with higher than
average levels of challenging behaviour.
Domestic travelers, unless they spend more than $ 8,600 on travel each year for five years, would actually be better off using a
cash - back credit card, assuming
average spending
levels on other expenses as compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In tandem, the All Asset funds dialed back risk, as reflected by allocations to «dry powder» asset classes (i.e., short - term bonds,
cash equivalents and alternative strategies) of 10.2 % in All Asset and 13.9 % in All Authority,
levels meaningfully above the since - inception
averages of 7.0 % and 7.5 %, respectively.
The newsletter's model portfolio was invested in stock mutual funds whenever the market was trading above its
average level of the previous 39 weeks, and otherwise in
cash.
The
average cash level /
cash equivalent
level across my client base of 225 families is 15 %.
If the price of natural gas recovers to the
average levels between 2005 and 2008 ($ 6 - $ 8), and demand for Seahawk's rigs improves correspondingly, we believe the company can easily generate
cash flow in the range of $ 175m.
Changes to the Chase Ink Business card and the Chase Ink
Cash card pushed the
average APR for business cards down to 12.67 percent — its lowest
level in two years.
You join a game late, use real
cash to buy currency, which you in turn, use to buy elite gears that help you
level much faster than the
average newbie would.
American Management Systems (Fairfax, VA) 07/1998 — 05/2000 Recruiting Coordinator • Maintained system for more than 200 college students» second - round interviews with the Government and Education Management Systems (GEMS) business unit • Established travel program to facilitate interviews and oversee reimbursement accounts, petty
cash, and travel itineraries • Coordinated and conducted new hire orientation for entry -
level employees ensuring compliance with corporate protocols • Responsible for communication with GEMS national recruiting manager regarding budgets, school
averages, and source data
As corporations seek more and more profits, all
levels of governments are increasing taxes and closing tax loopholes, new technology costs are increasing (cell phones, internet), higher and higher
levels of consumer debt (debt servicing) increase... these all erode
cash flow for the
average family.