Instead, they're cashing in on the double -
digit returns of Mortgage Investment Corporations, known as MICs (pronounced MIC as in Mick Jagger).
Banks, because of their strict lending guidelines, can not make anywhere near the double -
digit returns of the private lenders.
In individual terms, those that are looking for double -
digit returns of stocks to pay for education and retirement are bound to be disappointed, and that's why the cult of equity is dead.
Not exact matches
Buoyed by uncommonly low interest rates, the industry has boasted
of double -
digit returns; the past few years, at least anecdotally, have been especially rich.
Some
of that is the result
of the commodity price slump, but excise its effects, and «earnings growth was somewhere in the low single
digits in Canada and the United States,» says Cooper, whose firm is predicting mid-single-digit
returns for equities.
With overall
returns projected to range in the mid-single
digits — that includes dividends — and guaranteed savings vehicles paying literally nothing, they will need to do more
of the heavy lifting to meet their retirement goals.
Canadians were better savers in the 1980s in large part because it paid off: double -
digit interest rates meant double -
digit rates
of return on GICs and savings accounts.
Investors get a pledge
of double -
digit returns within a few years, while producers can raise productivity without spending more
of their own money.
Drillcos differ in that investors get control
of land until a double -
digit rate
of return is met, providing insurance against a default.
Instead
of the double -
digit returns investors have grown accustomed to, Wessel predicts high single -
digit returns will be the norm.
Nearly half
of these hedgies posted only single -
digit returns for their investors in 2016, «a lackluster sum in a year when the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index was up 12 percent, accounting for reinvested dividends,» writes The New York Times.
In 2000, Buffett testified that he had a series
of meetings with Freddie Mac's CEO at the time, Leland Brendsel, in which it was clear to Buffett that Brendsel was unwisely striving for double -
digit returns.
The company must have long - term potential; it needs some sort
of sustainable competitive advantage that will keep it in business for years to come; he wants double -
digit returns — «Why bother buying a business if you're not getting at least that for taking on the risk
of owning a company?»
«Looking forward to 2017, we expect to
return to profitability, driven by the strength
of our new products, double
digit revenue growth and annual operating expenses
of approximately $ 650 million,» he said.
«Looking forward to 2017, we expect to
return to profitability, driven by the strength
of our new products, double
digit revenue growth and annual operating expenses
of approximately
Part
of Madoff's appeal was that he offered investors double -
digit returns year in and year out and — until the stock market collapsed — let his investors take out money anytime they wanted.
Since the financial crisis, Morgan Stanley's
return on equity, a key measure
of profitability for financial firms, has bounced around in the single
digits.
Evercore ISI analyst Michael Newshel called out the comments about 2018 in a research note, saying that Aetna will be better positioned to
return to its long - term revenue growth target
of mid - to high - single
digits in 2019.
The crisis may also mark an end to the notion that «investing» means guaranteed annual double -
digit returns (far in excess
of income growth) without having to do any real work.
In the 1980s and 1990s, when stocks and bonds alike racked up double -
digit average
returns, the markets did most
of the work.
The folks who financed the Vietnam War deficits got burned the worst — the triumphant
return of double -
digit inflation swindled them out
of nearly a third
of the
return they were owed from their US Treasury bonds.
Based on our research, none
of these asset classes are likely to produce the same type
of double -
digit returns that investors have enjoyed in recent years.
I'm actively looking at my debt and determining if it makes more sense to pay down mortgages (locking in a guaranteed ~ 4 %
return) or investing in bonds (~ 1 %
returns if held to maturity) or stocks (uncertain, but I just wrote an article about the current PE ratio and the inevitable reversion to the mean and I believe we are likely headed for 10 years
of low single
digit returns).
Gross concludes that there are no double -
digit investment
returns anywhere in sight for owners
of financial assets.
Q: Bill Gross, the head
of PIMCO, says we'll never see those kinds
of double -
digit returns again; in fact, he's not sure we'll even see high single
digits.
With growth acceleration, scale - up in digital and support from currency, margins are ready for uptick as well, implying
return of double -
digit revenue / earnings growth after 3 years,» Edelweiss Research said in a note.
But our year - to - date
returns might now be into a second
digit had I recognized that investors have learned utterly nothing from the bubbles and collapses
of the past decade.
The age
of credit expansion which led to double -
digit portfolio
returns is over.
We have delivered double -
digit ROE in five out
of the last six years, and for that sixth year, our ROE was 9.4 percent.2 While we may not have a contract to deliver double -
digit returns in every possible circumstance, our focus and intensity, including the way we manage expenses, demonstrate the importance we attach to shareholder
returns.
After three consecutive years
of double -
digit equity market
returns [2], there was less focus on the need for downside protection.
Looking forward, IDC expects shipment volumes to
return to low single -
digit growth in 2018 and the overall market to experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
of 2.8 % over the 2017 - 2022 forecast period with volumes forecast to reach 1.68 billion units in 2022.
His book, Concentrated Investing: Strategies
of the World's Greatest Value Investors goes into great detail on how the strategies
of some
of the most successful investment legends have achieved phenomenal double -
digit average annual
returns over the long run.
Stansberry & Associates Investment Research also offers Steve Sjuggerud's True Wealth, «a monthly investment advisory that boasts one
of the largest followings in the world,» claiming that: «Since 2001, Steve has consistently booked double - and triple -
digit returns for his subscribers.»
He generated triple
digit annual
returns 148 percent, 107 percent, and 112 percent in three consecutive World Cup
of Futures Trading Championships ® using algorithmic trading systems.
However, despite the outlook for low single -
digit equity
returns in 2016, «we do feel more optimistic about a number
of cohorts and securities,» says Parker.
The basis
of my assertion that equity market
returns over the next 10 years will likely be in the low single
digits, if not negative, is my belief in the irresistible force
of mean reversion.
After providing double -
digit returns for many years, REITs are now well off the previous highs and trade at an estimated 15 % discount to net asset value (Source: TD Securities) and yielding an average
of 7 %, a spread
of 2.75 % over 10 - year bonds.
Factor in what might be high - single -
digit business growth over the next year, as well as what's currently a yield
of just over 2.25 %, and you could easily make a case for what might be a total
return of ~ 25 % for 2018.
Once I became a fully converted price action trader, by learning from the work
of others, my own experiences and screen time, my trading results began getting more consistent and eventually I was managing money for private clients and producing double
digit annual percentage
returns for them.
After a double -
digit increase in stocks over the past year, you may need to reduce stocks and add fixed income to
return to the appropriate mix
of stocks and bonds for you.
If Democrats win a majority in the House
of Representatives this November, history tells us that U.S. equity - market
returns have been lower under this scenario, but they still have been double -
digit returns (on average).
Looking ahead to 2017, says Mr Ryalls, «It is expected that Greater Vancouver will experience a near double -
digit correction in the new year, as sanity
returns to the marketplace, causing the region to give back much
of the appreciation witnessed in the first half
of 2016.
A stock as stable as Intel provides peace
of mind because
of its blue - chip status in the market, but it also offers a way to carve out excellent short - term cash generation by selling puts and calls every month or two for double -
digit - percentage
returns.
While the prospect
of higher interest rates will keep investors on edge, it's not like we're
returning to double -
digit levels or the Fed is moving its terminal rate.So even the uptick in ten - year yields to 3 % or even 3.25 % is unlikely to kill the equity market rally as the benefits from fiscal stimulus should continue to feed through the markets.
Ken: If you think about that
return on our equity or the
return on our total assets including debt based on normal accounting,
of which
of course normal accounting is not terribly accurate, they're double -
digit returns.
Kansas City Southern (KSU) stock has sputtered this year, likely reflecting the prospect
of increased competition in its Mexico operations, but each
of the other nine equities in the group have produced positive total
returns so far in calendar 2014, with a number showing double -
digit gains.
Nominal equity
returns in high single
digits don't get it done when your cost
of capital is in the teens, but even more revealing is looking at the zombie banks in terms
of risk - adjusted
return on capital or RAROC.
In the 1970s, it was exactly this type
of double -
digit inflation that set the stage for the high real
returns realized after 1980.
Although the yield may jump around a bit (12.5 % at present) and is contingent on the timing
of asset sales, we expect investors to receive a hefty high single -
digit to low double -
digit return for quite some time.
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