Not exact matches
Comments: «We continue to believe that prospects remain good for economic
growth to reassert itself as challenges are persistently met by concerted efforts of country officials and central bankers around the world aided and abetted by secular trends larger than the
cyclical hurdles
in the immediate path.
Analysts at the bank,
in a research note Tuesday, also said that
growth was mostly due to
cyclical reasons, but added that it has further room to run if Italian companies invest more.
Maury Obstfeld, economic counsellor and research department director at the IMF, told CNBC Monday that there was a broad
cyclical upswing but many of the factors driving
growth were temporary
in nature.
Financial institutions
in advanced economies face a number of
cyclical and structural challenges and need to adapt to low
growth and low interest rates, as well as to an evolving market and regulatory environment.
Interestingly, automotive industries do not show symptoms of the Dutch disease; their weakness stems from
cyclical changes
in demand and lagging productivity
growth»
Because consumer spending
growth remains
in a
cyclical downturn, we expect job
growth to start flagging
in the coming months.
There was a general feeling that the deficit was
cyclical in nature and that a rebound
in economic
growth would solve the deficit problem.
In other words, when developed markets enjoy a
cyclical bout of reflationary
growth, they have historically had a bigger
growth impact on China and EM economies than when developed market economies are weak.
We find that year - over-year
growth in ECRI's Weekly Leading Index (WLI) remains
in a
cyclical downturn (top line
in chart) and, as of early March, is near its worst reading since July 2009.
As a result, and because of the Bullwhip Effect,
growth in developing economies is going to be jerked around more than people think, making for a good deal of
cyclical economic contagion.
World
growth will remain low on average but negative
in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally, stock markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four - year old
cyclical bull market is long by historical standards.
I would like to say a little more about it today and will divide the subject into two aspects: the shorter - term
cyclical fluctuations
in household credit
growth, and the fact that various debt ratios have trended upwards over time.
For investors, if the anticipated pickup
in growth materializes as expected, this would be a good time to consider taking positions
in cyclical stocks with the potential to produce healthy long - term total returns.
He would look for weakness
in cyclical names, which are more sensitive to better economic
growth.
However, while demographic shifts are fairly predictable, it is less clear how much of the decline
in productivity
growth reflects a structural change and how much is a
cyclical response to the subdued recovery.
With buoyant financial markets and a long - awaited
cyclical recovery
in manufacturing and trade underway, world
growth is projected to rise — especially for developing, or emerging market (EM), economies (FIGURE 3).
It is the central premise behind inflation targeting, and central bankers — essentially without exception — assert that they have the capacity to affect or even determine inflation
in the long term, but that they do not have the capacity to affect the average level of output, much less its
growth rate over time, even though they may have the capacity to affect the amplitude of
cyclical fluctuations.
In contrast, dividend
growth stocks, primarily from
cyclical sectors like technology, tend to be higher quality and less expensive than those higher yielders.
We continue to favor
cyclical sectors, like Consumer Discretionary, Financials, Industrials, and Health Care, as they are likely to benefit the most from policy reform and an increase
in economic
growth.
A more likely scenario,
in our view, is one whereby the current
cyclical upturn continues, along with the structural restraints that could keep global
growth from accelerating too much further.
The IMF pointed to an improved outlook for Europe and Japan, based on a
cyclical recovery
in global manufacturing and trade that started
in the second half of 2016, and it modestly raised its 2017
growth forecasts for both to 1.7 % and 1.2 %, respectively.
While
cyclical factors are supporting job creation, the drop
in participation and slow wage
growth are a multi-decade phenomenon.
Rieder and Brownback discuss how
cyclical turning points result
in market friction, even with solid
growth, presenting the Fed with two potential paths.
Moody's says house price
growth in Australia does not appear to be fuelled by excessive credit
growth, capital buffers at the LMI companies are sufficient to meet a serious
cyclical recession and mortgage loss ratios are not only benign, they are likely to improve.
Enders reports that the advertising market, which is a
growth area for the UK, will suffer as «a post-Brexit recession will cause a hyper -
cyclical decline
in the advertising revenues of broadcasters and publishers».
In this interactive course, educators will learn how to use a proven
cyclical method to integrate student
growth into the evaluation process.
Due to continued resilience
in U.S. economic
growth and anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year, we're starting to see investor sentiment transitioning from defensive to
cyclical stocks.
Aside from the risk of slowing economic
growth in the U.S. and the G7 countries, there is a strong risk that global earnings may slow enough to spook equity investors, especially those who are overweighting highly
cyclical industries.
Moreover, dividend stocks are often more stable, less -
cyclical stocks which mean they hold up better than high - flying
growth stocks
in a bear market.
When the economy is expanding, earnings tend to grow across the market and
in such an environment, investors historically could purchase value
cyclical stocks at a much more attractive price than evergreen
growth stocks.
Cyclical growth is real
growth in this environment.
With buoyant financial markets and a long - awaited
cyclical recovery
in manufacturing and trade underway, world
growth is projected to rise — especially for developing, or emerging market (EM), economies (FIGURE 3).
If you are a
growth investor, your primary screen should provide you with a list of companies that are
in the
growth stage of their life cycle, not mature
cyclical firms.
In contrast, dividend
growth stocks, primarily from
cyclical sectors like technology, tend to be higher quality and less expensive than those higher yielders.
Even a firm
in a
cyclical industry may have a period of secular
growth as it expands its market share.
Our expectation is that gradually higher levels of inflation breakevens will result from firmer inflation data
in the coming months, while a move higher
in real rates will be virtuously tied to
cyclical changes
in real
growth.
The lags from the economic cycle to inflation are quite long and consequently the recovery
in growth over the past year is likely to continue to fuel the
cyclical component of inflation
in 2018.
On a more granular level, investors may want to focus on those segments of the market, notably
cyclical companies that stand to benefit from an acceleration
in nominal
growth.
The low beta, or relative risk and performance to the market, will show that these stocks tend to either perform better - or at least not as poorly - as
cyclical stocks
in bad times and will usually not be most investors» focal points during the boom part of the business cycle when investors are busy chasing technology stocks and high -
growth companies.
We define
cyclical stocks as companies that may achieve an above - average long - term record of earnings
growth; however, the achievement of this
growth often occurs
in fits and starts.
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Growth in China and Japan Pressures the Region
They are looking for companies that they believe are «reasonably priced, and have strong fundamental business characteristics, sustainable earnings
growth and the ability to outperform peers over a full market cycle and sustain the value of their securities
in a market downturn, while [trying to] avoid investments
in companies that it believes have low profit margins or unwarranted leverage, and companies that it believes are particularly
cyclical, unpredictable or susceptible to rapid earnings declines.»
This needs to be addressed regardless (recently announced restructuring is obviously insufficient), but the substantial adjustment
in pelt prices will restrict supply & stimulate demand — and longer - term, the fur industry continues to grow, and Saga still strikes me as a genuine
cyclical growth stock.
So despite the price volatility, pelt volumes have continued to grow (with no signs of abatement
in consumer demand)-- I remain convinced Saga's ultimately a
cyclical growth stock, and
in time we'll see a fresh peak
in sales & turnover again (as
in 2013 & 2006).
When a company has a consistent track record of raising its quarterly payouts even under circumstances
in which its industry is facing challenges, investors can take confidence that the company knows how to navigate the
cyclical nature of its business and still foster long - term
growth.
On the other hand, as it relates to the dividend
growth investor, they might take solace
in the fact that
in spite of their
cyclical natures, most companies
in the materials sector have consistent records of steady and growing dividends.
The recent gain
in cyclical stocks relative to stable
growth stocks has been particularly stark.
From an economic perspective, faster GDP
growth historically benefits
cyclical sectors, which include financials and energy, while the defensive sectors like utilities have historically underperformed
in a faster
growth environment due to rising interest rates.
Companies with less than $ 250 million
in market capitalization
in low
growth or
cyclical markets are the most vulnerable to a potential proxy battle, particularly those companies whose shares are trading near their 52 - week lows.
Unfortunately, over the next several years even if the steel markets shift into a
cyclical recovery, we fear, and believe, that Commercial Metals will simply shift back from the current strategy where management is supposedly focused on unwinding its disastrous investments, to the previous «strategy», where management travels the world investing
in losing «
growth» projects from Croatia to Australia.