Not exact matches
Desjardins senior economist Hendrix Vachon has forecast that the loonie will
return to 98
cents by the end
of the year.
This was ahead
of analysts» expectations for 26
cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S, but down from $ 1.09 per share a year ago, when a buoyant stock market boosted investment
returns.
Personal income tax will hit a 20 - year high
of 12.5 per
cent of GDP by 2020 - 21 under the budget forecasts as the government relies on bracket creep and an increase in the Medicare levy to
return the budget to surplus.
Aside borrowers, investors benefit from regular monthly
returns at an average rate
of 15.5 per
cent, which is significantly higher than other asset classes.
Net earnings increased to $ 209 million from $ 3 million, and the market value
of the company's shares increased from $ 61 million to $ 2.6 billion, for a compounded annual
return of 16.4 per
cent.
«Several decades back, a
return on equity
of as little as 10 percent enabled a corporation to be classified as a «good» business — i.e., one in which a dollar reinvested in the business logically could be expected to be valued by the market at more than 100
cents.
Eighty - five per
cent of its business comes from
return clients, CEOs and boards who wouldn't continue to pay its fees if they weren't getting something out
of the deal.
The share price
of Perth industrial parts and services provider Coventry Group has risen 14 per
cent following the announcement
of a $ 21 million
return to shareholder
The OSC warning comes after a Texas regulator issued a cease and desist order against BitConnect in January, claiming BitConnect said it would deliver annualized
returns of 100 per
cent or more by issuing BitConnect Coins.
«This encouraging start to the year shows that we are firmly on the path laid out in February that will take us above an eight per
cent return on equity in the medium term,» said chief executive
of the company Bill Winters.
TORONTO — The 2013 - 14 financial year was an unusually strong one for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which earned a 16.5 per
cent annual
return on the billions
of dollars in assets it manages for the national retirement system, but its CEO cautions that level
of growth likely won't soon be repeated.
Executives said the
return of the Obamacare health insurance tax next year will pose a 75 -
cent - per - share headwind to profits.
When you exchange points for cash or as a statement credit, generally the best
return you can get is one
cent for each point applied towards the price
of the ticket when you booked it.
In the year to September 30 2016, Seedrs investors received an annualized rate
of return of 14.44 per
cent.
These businesses delivered an average internal rate
of return of 14.4 per
cent, if priced at «fair value» at that date.
Economists predict inflation will move well above the Bank
of Canada's 2 - per -
cent target in the coming months, while growth should also
return to an above 2 - per -
cent pace after a recent slump.
If you're talking about a new project with no significant investment already deployed, building a new mine if you expect today's prices to hold in the long term is a tough call — a 50 year oil sands project is a lot
of risk for less than a 10 per
cent rate
of return — but even there, you can see the impact
of the lower Canadian dollar and the hedge provided by a royalty regime which lowers rates when prices are low.
While we used to think
of new mines as projects that required WTI prices near $ 100 per barrel to be viable, we can see 10 per
cent rates
of return on investment at WTI prices below $ US65 per barrel for a new build.
For a mine project like Suncor's Fort Hills, with about 25 per
cent of construction already completed, the forward - looking decision would imply a
return on the balance
of capital invested
of 12.5 per
cent — now, the project
returns overall might be lower than that, but when you're considering a decision to abandon a partially built mine, you're not likely to get much
of a
return on they money you've already invested in it if you don't continue building.
Because
of this extra capacity, the inflation spike this year — largely the result
of an inflation soft patch a year ago — will be temporary, eventually
returning to the 2 - per -
cent target, according to the central bank's assumptions.
If everything stayed as it is today... it would probably be around a 15 - year full payback, and then over the life
of the panels, you'd expect to make a four or five per
cent return on your investment.
Shorten told Nine last week that PHIs «are making 25 per
cent profits» — which is just wrong (though why would we expect a former director
of AustralianSuper with fiduciary duties over the nation's largest retirement fund to know the difference between a profit margin and a
return on equity?)
And because the TSX has come to be dominated by two sectors in particular — financial services and resources account for close to 60 per
cent of the index's $ 1.9 - trillion market capitalization — any strife facing companies in those sectors has an outsized effect on overall
returns.
It had a total
return of 9.7 per
cent for 2017, up from 4...
«A number
of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would
return to 2 per
cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records
of its March 20 - 21 meeting.
A year ago, Canadian equities posted strong
returns of 6.7 per
cent while the TSX Composite Index posted a
return of 5.5 per
cent.
Canadian equity
returns reverted to positive territory with
returns of 3.8 per
cent in Q3 2017, compared with -1.9 in Q2 2017.
The critical issue in determining the extent
of the tightening was whether inflation was forecast to
return to the 2 to 3 per
cent range within the policy horizon (around 18 months).
These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and international investors that are the most plausible sources
of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest
return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary
return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 per
cent rate, invite all kinds
of tax - shelter abuse.
Total inflation has been close to 2 per
cent and is expected to dip to about 1.7 per
cent in the middle
of the year before
returning to near its target.
Positive global economic conditions in Q1 2017 helped lift global equities in delivering a
return of 6.2 per
cent, up from 3.0 per
cent in Q4 2016.
With an end - date in sight, the wealthy can take advantage
of various means to defer their income until the top tax rate
returns to 14.7 per
cent, thereby undermining the ability
of the new tax to raise as much revenues as it should.
Both our five and 10 year total
returns to shareholders have averaged in excess
of 20 per
cent per year, ahead
of virtually every major bank in the world.
TORONTO, May 15, 2017 - Building on a strong 2016 annual
return of 6.8 per
cent, Canadian defined benefit pension plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017
returns of 2.9 per
cent, according to the $ 650 billion RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe, the industry's most comprehensive universe
of Canadian pension plans.
Gaurav Mendiratta, founder and CEO, SocioSquare, said, «Everyone is facing common problems
of return on investment (ROI) from social ads, as well as their content reaching to only a few per
cent of their followers / fans.
Canadian fixed income assets rebounded in Q1 2017, posting a
return of 1.4 per
cent, compared to a Q4 2016 loss
of -3.4 per
cent.
The Bank anticipates that the economy will
return to full capacity and inflation to 2 per
cent on a sustained basis in the first half
of 2017.
I have had some business leaders tell me that they have been surprised to see, for example, companies in Asia pursuing investments with implicit
returns of around 3 to 4 per
cent, well below most companies» hurdle rates.
We have had a successful year on the investing market, so if an individual makes contributions to their TFSA and has a portfolio with a higher
return of 20 per
cent or 25 per
cent, it makes sense to keep that because the advantage is no tax being paid in the TFSA.
2017.05.15 Canadian pension
returns post four consecutive quarters
of gains: RBC Investor & Treasury Services Building on a strong 2016 annual
return of 6.8 per
cent, Canadian defined benefit pension plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017
returns of 2.9 per
cent...
Economic growth in Canada is expected to average 2.1 per
cent in 2015 and 2.4 per
cent in 2016, with a
return to full capacity around the end
of 2016.
In our most recent Monetary Policy Report, in July, we said that our current policy rate setting
of 0.5 per
cent was consistent with the economy
returning to full capacity toward the end
of 2017 and inflation
returning sustainably to its target.
Building on a strong 2016 annual
return of 6.8 per
cent, Canadian defined benefit pension plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017
returns of 2.9 per
cent...
In a statement after the end
of the two - day policy meeting, the central bank said, «The stance
of monetary policy remains accommodative, thereby supporting strong labour market conditions and a sustained
return to 2 per
cent inflation.»
Those outflows showed up in
returns data, with a Bloomberg Barclay's Index
of U.S. corporate bonds posting a 2.3 per
cent loss for the first three months
of the year.
Historically, accepting market risk in the 8 %
of history matching the present market
return / risk classification has turned a dollar into about 7
cents over time.
Youbit has already halted all deposits and withdrawals and plans to
return clients holdings at the rate
of 75
cents on the Dollar.
Over the past couple
of years, speculators have also used short sales
of gold to obtain low cost funds to invest in other assets — for example, by shorting gold (borrowing it and selling it in the spot market), market participants have been able to obtain US dollars at between 1 and 2 per
cent, well below the rate
of return available on US assets.
Whereas in most markets an increase in short - selling puts pressure on the lending market and pushes up the interest rate at which short - sellers can borrow the underlying stock, the ready supply
of gold loans from central banks seeking to earn some
return on their gold holdings has, until recently, helped to keep lease rates low, generally in the range
of 1 — 2 per
cent (Graph B3).
Regardless
of Brenner's trumpeting
of recent total shareholder
returns, AMP has been, and remains, a perennial laggard, trading at an 8 per
cent discount to the market multiple versus its historical 8 per
cent premium.