Like any fixed or nearly fixed cost, its impact per
dollar of assets declines with asset size.
Not exact matches
With global synchronized growth underway and demand outstripping supply in a number
of cases, not to mention the U.S.
dollar in
decline and inflation on the rise, commodities are poised to be among the best performing
asset classes in 2018.
That is because a
decline in the
dollar would raise the value
of the income earned on our foreign direct investment and foreign - currency denominated
assets, relative to the income that foreigners earned on their
dollar - denominated investments in the United States.
* Information efficiency * Economic slack * Contained inflation * Coordinated Central Banks * The growth
of China and India and their continued purchasing
of US debt * The growing perception that US
dollar denominated
assets are the safest
assets in the world * A 30 + year trend
of declining rates that is telling us we're more adept at managing inflation with each new cycle that passes
Most
of the stuff that this guy brings out; Old capitalism versus new capitalism, Financial intelligence and education and the importance
of both, the possible pitfalls
of the American social security system and medicare, Taxation system - who it favors and who it hurts the most, all the stuff about residential homes not being
assets, the
dollar and how it continues to
decline in value and the rest all this stuff is absolutely true.
While we continued to see a
decline in total
dollar volume
of trades in the multifamily
asset class in 2017, especially from the peak
of the market in 2015, pricing generally remained the same.
«We continue to grow
assets, but the revenue per
dollar of loan under management is
declining due to the pricing pressures in the market.»
If you have 50
dollars of assets for every
dollar of equity, it doesn't take much
of a
decline in your
asset values to wipe out your equity.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that defendants misrepresented or failed to disclose: (1) Barnes & Noble's Nook e-book reader sales had dramatically
declined; (2) the Company would shutter its Nook manufacturing operations altogether; (3) the carrying value
of the Nook
assets were impaired by millions
of dollars; (4) the carrying value
of the Nook inventory was overstated by $ 133 million; (5) the Company was expecting fiscal 2014 retail losses in the high single digits; (6) Barnes & Noble had over-accrued certain accounts receivables; (7) Barnes & Noble was unable to provide timely audited financial results for fiscal 2013; and (8) the Company might be forced to restate its previously reported financial results.
The Portfolio's net
asset value could
decline as a result
of changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S.
dollar.
However, I would note the more recent revival
of mercantilism & a new willingness
of many countries to diversify into real
assets (rather than currencies / bonds)-- this could pose a new and more substantial / elevated risk
of decline for the
dollar as a reserve currency (vs. the historical example
of sterling).
If you are worried about the possibility
of a U.S.
dollar decline, our advice is to reduce your exposure to U.S. stocks and other U.S.
dollar assets.
Investors with trillions
of dollars under
assets repeatedly have warned that all industries are exposed to both physical climate impact risks and risks that could arise from the low carbon transition as demand for carbon - intensive fuels and technologies
declines and new markets emerge.
In a couple
of minutes / hours following the rumors
of China GOV banning exchanges, virtual
assets have
declined for up to 25 percent in price against the US
Dollar.
Commercial property sales
declined for the second straight year in 2017 across
asset classes, with only the sales
dollar volume
of industrial properties increasing over the 2016 level, according to Real Capital Analytics (RCA).