In calendar 2017, the S&P 500 Total Return index produced a whopping 21.8 per
cent return with positive gains in all sectors except Energy and Telecommunications.
Not exact matches
The bank's
return on equity was seven per
cent compared
with 23 per
cent in the same quarter last year.
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.
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.
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?)
Returning the rate to that level, combined
with the most recent uptick in the top marginal personal income tax rate, would mean that Ontario investors would pay as much as 40 per
cent tax on capital gains.
That said, families
with children seem more determined to
return than others; while the post-wildfire population dropped about 17 per
cent, public school enrolment fell only by about five per
cent this year.
«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.
Canadian equity
returns reverted to positive territory
with returns of 3.8 per
cent in Q3 2017, compared
with -1.9 in Q2 2017.
So far, the S&P TSX is among the worst performing markets in the world this year; over a longer horizon, it doesn't get much better,
with Canadian equities having delivered a paltry 4 per
cent annualized
return over the past decade.»
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.
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.
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...
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.
Were he to invest and achieve a four per
cent real annual
return with just a little more risk from dividends and capital growth, he could have $ 17,920 per year starting at age 65.
In 2013, our employees delivered record net income of 8.3 billion dollars, up 11 per
cent from last year and generated a
return on equity of 19.7 per
cent with diluted earnings per share of 5 dollars and 49
cents.
«Strength came from the longer end of the curve,
with FTSE / TMX Long Term bonds rising 5.1 per
cent and FTSE / TMX Real
Return Bonds up 6.1 per
cent,» said MacDonald.
It is tax season, the snowbirds are
returning to 13 per
cent sales taxes, and the 2018 federal Liberal budget broke promises to pensioners and self - employed persons
with holding companies.
Canadian equities
returned 10.5 per
cent for year, in line
with the benchmark TSX Composite Index.
The RRSP
with these contributions would grow from the present balance of $ 322,000 to $ 430,000 in five years at her age 62 in 2017 dollars, assuming a 3 per
cent return after inflation.
If 42 per
cent are
returning, 58 per
cent are not, and are growing further away from the church
with every passing year.
We continued
with the significant and necessary changes we began in the business over three years ago to support our strategy and its priorities, and worked hard to
return every possible
cent of value back to our farmers,» Wilson said.
The supermarket said it only recently became aware that its Stonemill product was not 100 per
cent oregano between January 2015 and March 2016 and that it was working to ensure the product
returns with 100 per
cent oregano only.
In the process he has built an empire
with strong earnings - per - share and dividend - per - share growth, which has translated into total shareholder
returns of 373 per
cent, outperforming the market by 2 1/2 times.
Only 31 per
cent of suppliers surveyed are participating in loyalty programs compared
with 44 per
cent in 2015 and only 13 per
cent believe they are getting an acceptable
return.
In this environment, Lion reported a revenue decline of 6 per
cent to $ 631.8 million in its dairy and drinks business, saying that it «remains a long way from achieving an acceptable
return on invested capital,
with revenue pressure offsetting efficiency gains».
Documents seen by the AFR indicate that the King Island Aggregation has been a stand - out performer for the fund, delivering more than 12 per
cent returns a year for the seven years it has been owned,
with about half of that delivered through income
returns.
Most polling
returns a figure somewhere around the 50 per
cent mark for people wanting to leave the EU, and
with Labour edging close to the Tories» eurosceptic rhetoric — which in turn has been egged on by the tub - thumping of Ukip — the Lib Dems remain alone in being unashamedly European.
The result, 60 per
cent for Owen Smith and 40 per
cent for Corbyn, was the dove
returning to the ark in the evening
with an olive leaf.
So what will I do when I finally vote in the referendum on May 5th where on the one hand we have the incumbent First Past the Post System which we know at a national level to be unrepresentative and unfair as it
returns governments
with overwhelming majorities in the House of Commons even though they only have forty per
cent of the vote or less, or AV which is not a representative system but more complicated
with it's opaque results making it more open to election fraud or the suspicion of.
Declaring the result of the rerun, the
Returning Officer, Prof. Charles Esimone, said Umeh scored the highest number of votes cast
with 64, 878 (95.6 per
cent of the votes cast) and was therefore
returned elected.
The limiting factor is the energy needed to get to an asteroid
with enough mining equipment and
return with the mined ore, meaning only 2.5 per
cent of asteroids are accessible from Earth.
These found that over three months the proportion of needles infected
with HIV that were
returned to an exchange fell from 67 per
cent to 42 per
cent.
Hospitals can't possibly accommodate everyone
with heart failure, he added, noting 50 per
cent of seniors discharged from hospital
return within a year.
I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends» rooms, I
returned coke bottles for the five
cent deposits to buy food
with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.
Recent Upturn By the time 2012 arrived, BESA's quarterly survey of the school's digital content industry in association
with the Education Publishers Council (EPC) showed a
return of market confidence as procurement across UK primary and secondary schools increased by 8.6 per
cent in quarter one, compared to the same quarter in 2011.
The NAO found that 53 per
cent of the 44,900 full time teachers entering the profession in 2014 were newly qualified,
with the remainder either
returning to teaching after a break or moving into the state - funded sector from elsewhere.
In a small community it was only a matter of time before the two parties joined forces,
with the school leasing two areas of its playing field to the town council and providing some 20 per
cent of the funding, in
return for the exclusive use of the facilities during school hours.
It improves the Corolla's torsional rigidity by 60 per
cent, claims Toyota, which together
with the all - new suspension gives the sleek hatch the kind of engaging driver dynamics that may attract a different audience — not just risk averse buyers who want a
return on their investment.
But this is a performance car, and luckily, for those willing to dish out the extra 30
cents per gallon, you'll be rewarded
with a ton more responsiveness and urgency in
return.
Combined fuel economy in everyday driving, both models
return fuel economy and emissions figures that undercut those for conventionally powered sports cars
with similar outputs by around 50 per
cent, yielding approximately 70 MPGe (preliminary figures).
Although Kindle Countdown promotions were set up as a means of discounting your pricing in increments and gradually
returning to the retail price, the preferred method
with most authors has been to discount to 99
cents for one to five days (typically three days) and then
return to retail.
During that period, his portfolio posted an annualized 8.3 - per -
cent return before fees, compared with 5.6 per cent for the S&P / TSX Total Return index and a 3.2 - per - cent loss for the S&P 500 Total Return index in Canadian do
return before fees, compared
with 5.6 per
cent for the S&P / TSX Total
Return index and a 3.2 - per - cent loss for the S&P 500 Total Return index in Canadian do
Return index and a 3.2 - per -
cent loss for the S&P 500 Total
Return index in Canadian do
Return index in Canadian dollars.
The CIBC Energy fund is among the top - ranked Canadian energy funds by Lipper,
with a three - year annualized
return of 10.5 per
cent.
Unlike a conservative investor who favours fixed income investments like bonds or GICs, he says, a more aggressive investor — or someone
with no less than 50 per
cent stocks in their portfolio — will be more likely, though not guaranteed, to net a higher
return.