Note also that closed - end funds with similar yields may cut or suspend the dividend, which would in all likelihood result in further
declines in price per share.
Rather, I reached this conclusion: unless we are headed for a substantial
decline in the price per barrel of oil, those 4 - 6 % dividends from Conoco, BP, and Shell are a great way to generate substantial income over the course of coming business cycles based on current prices.
Not exact matches
Perth has suffered the biggest drop
in house
prices, falling 2.4
per cent
in the June quarter, as capital city house
prices across Australia
decline by the sharpest rate
in nearly than three years.
(
Prices of passenger vehicles dropped 0.2
per cent
in June, the first
decline since February 2015.)
The major contributors
in June were a 4.6 -
per - cent increase
in gasoline
prices at the pump, and a two -
per - cent hike
in the cost of purchasing a new motor vehicle, which Statistics Canada attributed to smaller monthly
price declines compared to June 2012.
Oil
prices continued their months - long
decline Monday, with the
price of crude briefly falling below $ 50
per barrel for the first time
in more than five years earlier
in the session on account of global oversupply.
By keeping
prices below the marginal cost of unconventional production (about $ 75
per barrel), OPEC hopes that expensive oil production will
decline along with the fortunes of the companies engaged
in these plays.
Coinciding with this period of elevated commodity
prices, the share of the manufacturing sector
in Canadian GDP has
declined since the turn of the century from 18
per cent to around 11
per cent.
It's current stock
price of ~ $ 52
per share implies a permanent 35 %
decline in the company's profits.
In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy change
In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on
prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results
in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy change
in years, while zinc and lead
prices also
declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures
prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714
per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion
in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy change
in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions
in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy change
in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changes.
The index
declined 3.8
per cent Thursday to 2,784 points, reflecting the slump
in the shipping industry's
prices to transport dry raw materials over 26 global routes.
All up, national house
prices fell 1.1
per cent, driven mainly by the
declines in Sydney and Melbourne, Corelogic said.
Total CPI inflation
in Canada has been around 1
per cent
in recent months, reflecting year - over-year
price declines for consumer energy products.
However, an increase
in import values of around 3 1/2
per cent
in the March quarter, despite another
decline in prices, points to a further rapid expansion
in import volumes.
In contrast to the strength in volumes, the value of total imports declined by around 5 per cent over the year to the December quarter, as the currency appreciation has lowered Australian dollar import price
In contrast to the strength
in volumes, the value of total imports declined by around 5 per cent over the year to the December quarter, as the currency appreciation has lowered Australian dollar import price
in volumes, the value of total imports
declined by around 5
per cent over the year to the December quarter, as the currency appreciation has lowered Australian dollar import
prices.
Following
declines over the past three quarters, driven by significant
price falls, expenditure on imports of goods and services rose by 6
per cent
in the September quarter, to be 3 1/2
per cent higher than a year ago.
The
price of gold fell by 2.4
per cent
in SDR terms over the three months to January, with a sharp
decline in January.
The rate of
decline in tradables
prices continues to slow, suggesting that the maximum impact of the exchange rate appreciation
in 2002 and 2003 has passed; excluding food and petrol, tradables
prices were only 0.6
per cent lower
in the December quarter than a year previously.
CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS) recently touched down to a 52 - week low of ~ $ 60
per share which is a drastic
decline from its all - time high of $ 112
in 2015 translating into a nearly 50 % slide
in its shape
price.
For the year, the TSX has lost just over 11
per cent of its value, primarily as a result of a
decline in key commodities
prices.
The average
price of houses that sold over the Multiple Listing Service
in September was $ 385,906 nationally, up 8.8
per cent from a year ago,
in large part because pricey cities, such as Toronto and Vancouver, are rebounding from steep sales
declines a year ago.
TD's call is for an eight
per cent
decline in prices by the end of 2015.
Galaxy said
prices for lithium carbonate
in China
declined by 10
per cent during the period, while
prices for lithium hydroxide (which is increasingly preferred by battery manufacturers)
declined by 3
per cent.
«We continue to grow assets, but the revenue
per dollar of loan under management is
declining due to the
pricing pressures
in the market.»
The Downtown market was the only one to see a
decline in asking rents, with average
prices falling by $ 0.11
per foot to $ 44.85
per square foot.
Oil futures jumped nearly 3
per cent on a
decline in US crude inventories and after sources signalled Saudi Arabia wants to see the crude
price closer to $ US100 a barrel.
The average
price of freehold properties
declined by 15.5
per cent from March 2017; the average sale
price in the condominium market decreased by 1.6
per cent compared to the same period.
Year - ended inflation slowed further to 1.5
per cent
in the June quarter, partly due to the appreciation of the New Zealand dollar and the recent
decline in oil
prices.
The average
price of freehold properties
declined by 10.5
per cent from April 2017; the average sale
price in the condominium market decreased by less than one
per cent compared to the same period.
According to the Nationwide and Halifax surveys, year - ended house
price growth
declined to around 8
per cent
in March from 20
per cent
in the middle of last year.
The
declines in the December quarter of
prices of clothing and footwear (0.2
per cent), and household furnishings, supplies and services (0.1
per cent) were particularly noteworthy because the
prices of these items typically rise towards the end of the year.
Indeed,
in the December quarter, tradables
prices (excluding petrol and food)
declined by 0.5
per cent, to be 0.8
per cent lower over the year, with downward pressure clearly evident
in a broad range of expenditure categories.
Producer
price inflation remains modest with large
declines in the
prices of imported items offsetting the growth of domestic
prices; overall final stage
prices rose by 0.1
per cent
in the December quarter, to be 1.0
per cent higher over the year (Table 15; Graph 73).
The trend
decline in audio, visual and computing equipment continued
in the September quarter, with
prices falling a further 7.3
per cent to be 20.8
per cent lower over the year.
Oil and gas equities have been underperforming crude oil
prices since the middle of 2017, but the outlook for energy stocks deteriorated further
in the past two weeks, as major oil benchmarks have
declined more than 10
per cent.
Fueled by changing consumer perception of dairy's nutritional value for bone development, concerns around hormones and antibiotics, increase
in milk allergies, rising milk
prices, and the popularity of plant - based milks, U.S. milk consumption has been steadily
declining by 25 percent
per capita since the mid-1970s.
Although there was an 11 %
decline in exports below AUS$ 2.50
per litre, wines
priced AUS$ 5 — $ 7.49
per litre grew 38 %, just behind AUS$ 10 wine at 20 %.
Yowie said the launch of its lower -
price brand, called Discovery World, had failed to live up to expectations, while the total chocolate market
in North America
declined by 1.5
per cent during the December quarter.
Dairy
prices fell for the second time
in a row at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, but analysts say the 3.9
per cent average
decline has not changed the positive outlook for farmers this season.
The ambient sector (shelf stable tins, jars, pouches) is also reporting an 8.9 % increase
in the average
price paid
per kg which is now # 6.62, however the sector remains
in overall
decline.
Fonterra has forecast a 2
per cent fall
in milk production this season, but analysts said increased culling,
declining use of supplementary feed, and less off - farm grazing could lead to a bigger
decline, which would also be supportive for
prices.
Five years on and production has risen by 2.7 million barrels
per day to 93 mb / d,
prices have recently slumped to around $ 100 a barrel and those who dismissed the idea that the rate we extract oil from the ground must inevitably
decline jeer
in delight.
At times, they have raised or lowered
prices per pack anywhere from $ 0.65 - 1.25
per pack to reduce
declines in profit.
In the case of Democratic Republic of Congo, the decline in educational attainments was the result of a decades - long progressive collapse of governance — along with a drop in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92
In the case of Democratic Republic of Congo, the
decline in educational attainments was the result of a decades - long progressive collapse of governance — along with a drop in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92
in educational attainments was the result of a decades - long progressive collapse of governance — along with a drop
in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92
in copper
prices — that drove the DRC's GDP
per capita down from approximately $ 300
per capita (
in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92
in constant USD 2000)
in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92
in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started
in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92
in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92).
Even when one excludes housing market activity
in the greater Toronto and Vancouver areas, where housing
price fluctuations have been more extreme, housing markets
in other parts of the country still reported a 4
per cent
decline.
The
decline in the
price of gold from more than $ 800
per ounce
in the 1980s to less than $ 350
per ounce
in the 1990s is a well - known example.
Multiplying that
price decline by the 21.34 barrels of
per capita oil consumption
in the U.S. results
in an annual savings of $ 1,148.34 for the typical American.
Realtor Royal LePage is reporting today that average housing
prices increased between 2 and 4 %
per cent
in Q4 of 2012 compared with the year before, although
prices declined in all three tracked categories of home (detached bungalows, standard two - storey and standard condominiums.)
Energy
prices in April were down 3.2
per cent compared with a year ago, but the drop was much smaller than the 7.8
per cent
decline in March.
Holding all else equal, an increase
in earnings
per share would lead to a
decline in the
price - earnings ratio.