Not exact matches
Mills contends
economic fundamentals and solid
earnings will push stocks higher this
year even though valuations remain elevated — adding it's the wrong time to get majorly defensive.
From his point of view,
earnings growth for the
year will be moderate and a choppier stock market could hurt the stock, which is sensitive to
economic ups and downs.
But I've seen estimates for calendar
year 2017, of increases in S&P
earnings of as much as six to eight bucks, purely based on the tax piece of [Donald Trump's
economic agenda].
Equities benefited from strong
economic data and solid corporate
earnings growth at the start of the
year.
«We haven't seen this happen over the past eight
years,» the E-Trade official said, referring to bullishness based on a combination of strong
earnings and strong
economic fundamentals.
According to a 2015 study from former President Barack Obama's Council of
Economic Advisors, conflicted advice was costing consumers about $ 17 billion in retirement
earnings each
year.
Buyers say better - than - expected
earnings, as well as lower prices at the pump and relatively positive
economic data provide three powerful catalysts that should drive a slow churn higher into the end of the
year.
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year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
Stocks kicked off the
year trading sharply higher, as investors cheered strong global
economic growth and better - than - expected corporate
earnings.
Alibaba has since blossomed, echoing China's growing
economic might, with
earnings of $ 2.9 billion through the first nine months of its last fiscal
year ending in March.
They found that «on average associate's and bachelor's degree students experience a decline in
earnings after attendance, relative to their own
earnings in
years prior to attendance,» according to a summary of the report published by the National Bureau of
Economic Research.
Recent improvements in the tone of US
economic data suggest to us that prospects are good for investors to see a continuation of the
economic recovery that could drive
earnings higher in the
year ahead.
«Given the combination of improving
economic conditions and rebounding
earnings growth, we believe 2015 will represent another
year of solid gains for US stocks.
This past
year, the information technology sector and other growing areas of the market have benefited from optimism about the global
economic recovery and improving corporate
earnings.
This firm aligns executives» and shareholders» interests by tying compensation to
economic earnings and has increased its return on invested capital (ROIC) for five straight
years.
Despite steady
economic growth, the US stock market suffered through five quarters of
earnings recession, in which S&P 500
earnings fell
year - on -
year due to falling oil prices and a strong US Dollar, returning to growth in the third quarter of 2016.
As can be seen in our model, Entergy has failed to generate positive
economic earnings in any
year of our model.
In any case, smaller stocks will probably be most vulnerable to
earnings shortfalls in the coming
year or two, stemming from either slower
economic growth, rising real wage costs in excess of productivity growth, or most likely, both.
The favorable market performance associated with many historical
economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak
earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak
earnings in the first
year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.
... I am bullish because of (1) the high volume of cash on the sidelines now returning to the stock market, spurred by (2) easy
year - over-
year comparisons for
economic news, and (3) a dramatically improving
earnings environment due to easier
year - over-
year earnings comparisons.
Even though there are very serious problems with consumer confidence and unemployment, easy
year - over-
year earnings comparisons in the coming months should help the overall stock market, especially if there are positive
economic headlines.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed 24000 points this
year thanks to solid
earnings, steady
economic growth, subdued inflation...
Last
year, Buffett added that, «Our efforts to materially increase the normalized
earnings of Berkshire will be aided — as they have been throughout our managerial tenure — by America's
economic dynamism.
As the S&P 500 index has advanced this
year mostly through multiple expansion, the index is no longer cheap, particularly considering that we are now almost half a decade into an
economic expansion and
earnings growth is unexciting.
The company has generated positive
economic earnings in every
year since 1998, and has grown
economic earnings from $ 3.1 billion in 2007 to $ 18.8 billion in 2017.
If the whole thing — the rises in stock prices, in corporate
earnings, in the housing market, even in job growth — is driven solely by the flood of money, or whether five
years of zero - interest rates and trillions of dollars in bond purchases have succeeded at getting a more resilient
economic engine for the United States up and running.
While the US economy has avoided an
economic recession in the past few
years, it has not been able to avoid an
earnings contraction.
Due to the global
economic slowdown last
year and the very strong U.S. dollar and Chinese yuan, we experienced a significant
earnings recession for the S&P 500 and other major global equity markets.
In other words, the market expects the stocks held by FSRFX to grow
economic earnings for the same length of time as the S&P 500 and 1
year less than the stocks held by the benchmark.
Equities should continue to benefit from underlying fundamentals like global
economic and
earnings growth, and we expect new highs in U.S. and international equity markets this
year.
Last
year, U.S. companies registered an
earnings growth rate of more than 6 %, while those in Europe struggled due to ongoing
economic concerns.
Economic earnings rose by $ 9.1 mm (506 % increase) while Net Income rose by only $ 8.1 mm (79 % increase) during its last fiscal
year.
We expect good performance over the next few
years as
economic growth improves, driving strong
earnings growth and a decline in risk premia.
Those expectations are based on analysis of historical precedence, including the average market gains in the third
year of the presidential election cycle, strong momentum,
earnings growth, seasonal trends, accelerating
economic growth, and the normal market performance around the first Fed rate hike.
Despite the respectable
economic performance and the stunning surge in company profits, the major averages are little changed for the
year and stumbled around Friday, despite a massive
earnings beat from Amazon.
Per Figure 2 below, Tesla reported a non-GAAP loss of - $ 294 million in 2015, despite
economic earnings reaching - $ 1.4 billion in the same
year.
I believe it's fair to say that as we look at a world where very few asset classes globally have produced positive nominal returns
year - to - date, and a world where US corporate
earnings and
economic growth have been tepid at best, increasingly ascending US equity valuations connote incremental capital concentration.
Put together these ingredients: The biggest weekly market decline in two
years, the winding down of
earnings season, and a light week for
economic data.
The company has generated positive
economic earnings, the true cash flows of the business, in each of the past 10
years and increased
economic earnings from $ 27 million in 2007 to $ 340 million in 2017, or 29 % compounded annually.
WHEREAS, this pay differential shortchanges women and their families by thousands of dollars a
year, and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars over a lifetime, presenting a lifelong threat to those families»
economic security and reducing their
earnings through Social Security and other post retirement plans; and
In a recent study, we calculated the consequences for
economic growth, lifetime
earnings, and tax revenue of improving educational outcomes and narrowing educational achievement gaps in the United States.1 Among other results, we found that if the United States were able to raise the math and science PISA test scores of the bottom three quarters of U.S. students so that they matched the test scores of the top quarter of U.S. kids (and thereby raised the overall U.S. academic ranking to third best among the OECD countries), U.S. GDP would be 10 percent larger in 35
years.
Because using a single
year's
earnings can massively skew the results based on where you are in the
economic cycle.
But nine
years into the bull run, a synchronized global
economic expansion amplified by U.S. fiscal stimulus is stoking higher
earnings growth expectations — and interest rates.
The CAPE divides the current market price by the average of annual
earnings across the
economic cycle, with 10
years being the most popular time interval.
In addition book value is less affected by
economic cycles than one
year earnings are.
Over full
economic cycles, we believe the company is capable of delivering continued
earnings growth in the range of 8 % per
year.
DIV STRK is consecutive
years of dividend increases; DIV YLD is yield using the most recently announced dividend; 5 YR YLD is average dividend yield over the past 5
years; REC DG is most recent
year - over-
year dividend growth; 5 YR DG is average annual dividend growth over the past 5
years; PRICE was at market close Friday, March 2; FAIR VAL is Morningstar's «Fair Value Estimate»; FWD P / E is price /
earnings ratio based on projected 2018
earnings; 5 YR P / E is average P / E ratio over the past 5
years; MOAT is Morningstar's rating of competitive
economic advantage; SFT is Value Line's «Safety» score; CRD is Standard & Poor's credit rating; MKT CAP is market cap in billions of dollars.
For similar reasons as for the
Earnings Yield 5Y, this ratio calculates the FCF Yield of the last 5
years to smooth out business and
economic cycle, as well as price fluctuations.
For similar reasons as for the
Earnings Yield 5Y, this ratio smooths the ROICs of the last 5
years to smooth out business and
economic cycle, as well as price fluctuations.
A number of my recent articles have focused on the aggressive expectations for
earnings growth over the next couple of
years in relation to expectations for
economic growth.