Not exact matches
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect
of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels
of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments
of the aerospace industry, levels
of air travel, financial condition
of commercial airlines, the impact
of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition
of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization
of the anticipated benefits
of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing
of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition
of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration
of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization
of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels
of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability
of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope
of future repurchases
of United Technologies» common
stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level
of other investing activities and uses
of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition
of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery
of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed
cost reduction efforts and restructuring
costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits
of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits
of diversification and balance
of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome
of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact
of the negotiation
of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect
of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect
of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect
of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability
of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition
of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits
of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing
of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence
of events that may
give rise to a right
of one or both
of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee
of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million
of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects
of the announcement or the completion
of the merger on the market price
of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common
stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation
of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value
of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger
costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability
of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
Given the potential opportunity
cost associated with avoiding the
stock market — which could be as much as $ 3.3 million over 40 years, according to NerdWallet — as well as the benefits
of compound interest over four decades, the bigger risk may be not investing at all.
It may
give Buffett and Munger a chance to address progress on Berkshire's joint venture with Amazon.com Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co to lower employee healthcare
costs, or the scandals hurting the
stock price and reputation
of Wells Fargo & Co, one
of Berkshire's biggest investments.
Given the uncertainty about the economy,
stock markets, housing
costs, pensions and interest rates, many
of us are questioning our original retirement targets.
For example, the expected timing and likelihood
of completion
of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions
of any required governmental and regulatory approvals
of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence
of any event, change or other circumstances that could
give rise to the termination
of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption
of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price
of Kraft's common
stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability
of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses
of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve
cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.
The question was an unusually personal twist on advice Buffett has always
given: That most investors are better off buying low -
cost mutual funds that index, or closely track, the holdings and returns
of the Standard & Poor's 500 -
stock index.
Like all mutual funds, international and global
stock funds can potentially invest in a large number
of securities,
giving you a
cost - effective way to own shares in many different companies.
«ETFs
give you the best
of both worlds: They have the tradability
of individual
stocks and the relatively low -
cost diversification
of a mutual fund.»
Given the huge opportunity
cost of allocating to cash or bonds at current yield levels, even generally optimistic return assumptions for
stocks are enough to keep portfolio level returns near 0 % real.
But
given there is no specific fight between CCA and Woolies, it appears that CCA is being caught in the broader push by the supermarket giants to make drastic cuts to the number
of different products (known in the trade as
stock keeping units or SKUs) in a bid to simplify their ranges, increase private label sales and — perhaps most importantly — cut
costs.
I can also tell my hon. Friend that it would
cost almost # 1.7 million to repaint the nation's 115,000 post boxes, and
given that Royal Mail has 300 litres
of red paint in
stock I think he can sleep easily in his bed at night about the colour
of our post boxes.
When the
stock market was performing well in the 1990s, the PSERS system (Public School Employees» Retirement System) used the opportunity to
give school districts and the state, which contributes more than half
of pension
costs for schools around Pennsylvania, a pension holiday.
Mostly I wait for remaindered
stock or, at worst, reduced price trade paperbacks, which seem to be about the best bargain
given the high
cost of mass market paper backs now.
Evidently, he failed to grasp the most important concept
of short selling, which is that he's borrowing
stock from his broker and he's obligated to
give that
stock back whenever his broker wants, no matter what it
costs him to fulfill that obligation.
Your exact mix
of funds can vary (and we'll get to the details in just a second), but the key advantage
of the Couch Potato strategy is that it
gives you wide diversification among hundreds
of stocks and bonds at rock - bottom
cost.
It's not a necessary
cost for long - term investors either since
stocks are tied to ownership
of real assets and can increase to match inflation or declines in their native currency
given time.
In evaluating how the
stocks held by the Strategic Growth Fund have performed, we estimate a positive correlation between the brokerage
costs we incurred in any
given quarter and the performance
of our
stock holdings relative to the S&P 500.
Ideally, you want to choose a combination
of low -
cost funds that will
give you exposure to
stocks of all types and styles (domestic, foreign, large, small, growth and value) as well as bond funds that track the broad investment - grade bond market (government and corporate issues in a range
of maturities).
Another advantage
of index funds is that they can
give investors with limited funds a low -
cost way to get some
stock market exposure.
The
cost of PPN's insurance is the value
of the
stock returns you
give up.
Given the uncertainty, you might try the equivalent
of dollar -
cost averaging for
stocks.
But to the extent possible you want to end up with a portfolio
of funds that
give you broadly diversified access to the
stock and bond markets at as low a
cost as possible, ideally 0.5 % a year or less.
Dave Ellison:
Given the anticipated rise in short - term interest rates, potentially lower compliance
costs and higher loan growth, we may see the prices
of financial
stocks move much higher over the next few years.
In this FREE report, we're
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stock picks.
Another advantage
of index mutual funds is that they can
give investors with limited funds a lower -
cost way to get some
stock market exposure.
To illustrate whether a DSPP is a viable alternative to discount online brokerages, we compared the
costs of purchasing a
stock through a company's DSPP and through an online broker to
give investors an idea
of the considerations.
Given the simpler, mechanical nature
of the Graham / Schloss approach, an arbitrary upper limit on the number
of stocks in my portfolio seems unnecessary and probably raises my opportunity
costs.
It turns out that opting for high - yield
stocks by industry tends to
give investors the benefit
of diversification (reduced volatility) without
costing much on the return front.
If the
stock S doesn't pay any dividends (and there is no
cost of carry etc.), we can replicate both sides now at time 0; we just buy one call, sell one put (that
gives us the left hand side), buy the
stock, and borrow money so that at time T we have to repay K (that
gives us the right hand side).
Rather than picking
stocks directly or using mutual funds where a manager is trading
stocks on behalf
of similarly minded investors, traditional index funds aim to replicate the returns
of any
given benchmark while aiming to minimize both
costs and something called tracking error.
Global bonds (and maybe some
stock as well)
give the same sort
of protection against Peso free - fall while offering some return to help with the rising housing
costs.
These funds can
give you low -
cost stock market exposure, without the risk
of individual
stock inv...
Inverting some
of these metrics
gives us an idea how much earnings yield / free cash flow yield we get for the business versus historical, other prospecting
stocks,
cost of capital.
Given that long - term analysis is often seen as the best barometer in judging the effectiveness
of a
stock strategy, since it reduces the impact
of volatility, the data appears to back up a growing sentiment among investors that active
stock funds may not be worth the
cost.
Options
give you the ability to be involved in opportunities at a much lower
cost than investing in shares
of the
stock.
With brokerage
costs offered at companies like www.foliofn.com, it seems much more feasibly for someone to have extremely high turnover in
stocks, decently low brokerage fees and closely follow the holdings
of these quantitative models which are easily spread over 5 - 200
stocks at any
given time, and consistently beat the market.
This is a particularly critical question
given that hybrid cars already
cost a good deal more than traditional ones and the majority
of that added
cost is in the
stock battery (a replacement battery for the Prius
costs about $ 6000).
Here's the thing: While many investment apps
give you the option
of investing in
stocks in ETFs (diversified bundles
of stocks that combine low
costs with high growth) you may be left wondering about the ethics and business practices
of the companies you're investing in.
Start up
costs are much higher than blogging or online stores but the benefit
of loans
gives it more leverage than investing in
stocks or bonds.
The optimal vacant
stock is determined by the optimal vacancy duration, which is the one that maximizes a landlord's expected profit
given expected rents and
cost of holding vacant units.