Banks have been an attractive investment in part because the return on
equity has historically been very high — more than 20 % — but that level will be much harder to maintain.
Hi John,
equities have historically beaten inflation over the long term.
Equities have historically been better than bonds at protecting purchasing power.
Equities have historically grown in value over the long - term and have been less vulnerable to the effects of inflation than other investments.
The average performance cycle for US equities versus international
equities has historically lasted 7.2 years.
Not exact matches
And good, old - fashioned profitability
has historically been the biggest driver of
equity bull markets.
Bonds
have historically had little correlation to
equities except in market crisis situations, so creating a portfolio of both
equities and bonds makes a whole lot of sense as a long - term investor.
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Equity has been
historically managed with spreadsheets in a startup while the official ledger / cap table sat with a law firm.
If every valuation metric I can find didn't suggest the domestic
equity (and real estate) market is
historically expensive, I
'd try to follow Buffett's advice for his wife's estate and put 90 % of my assets in broad market
equity index funds.
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equities have also
historically shown a low to negative correlation to the broader market, which might appeal to bears.
Investors
have historically accessed infrastructure through private debt and
equity markets (see graphic below).
Historically, we
have seen short duration bonds
have a lower correlation to stocks, which can be a beneficial ballast when
equity markets are down.
For example, during 2008 and 2009, many third - party investors that invest in alternative assets and
have historically invested in our investment funds experienced significant volatility in valuations of their investment portfolios, including a significant decline in the value of their overall private
equity, real assets, venture capital and hedge fund portfolios, which affected our ability to raise capital from them.
But they
historically have lower
equity beta and bond - like characteristics that may help provide some protection in downturns, where they
have tended to exhibit less downside capture.
Other considerations that
have historically been important
would persist independent of our various concerns about profit margins, Fed - induced yield - seeking, covenant - lite leveraged loan issuance,
equity margin debt, economic deceleration, and so forth.
Pursuant to applicable accounting principles, for financial statement reporting purposes we
have historically recorded salary and bonus payments to our senior Carlyle professionals, including our named executive officers, as distributions in respect of their
equity ownership interests and not as compensation expense.
It's important to remember that the precious metal
has historically shared a low - to - negative correlation with
equities.
But there is another reason to maintain a position in gold:
Historically, it
has been a cheap and effective hedge against
equity volatility.
Historically, SeedInvest
has raised capital for startups leveraging convertible notes or traditional preferred
equity.
Credit spreads
historically have shown a close relationship with the VIX gauge of U.S.
equity market implied volatility.
Moreover, a sustained move toward higher inflation is a risk to most investors and investment strategies, given that rising inflation
has historically been a drag on
equity and bond returns, making diversification beyond mainstream asset classes more critical.
Through a period in which interest rates
have been
historically low and
equity markets
have posted record highs, there
have been relatively few opportunities for active investors to identify differentiated investment ideas.
Additionally, alternative investments
historically have lower correlations to traditional assets like
equities and fixed - income securities than some other asset classes do.
It seems likely that startups will share more
equity with employees than they
have historically (this is a prediction, but we're starting to see early examples of this)
In determining the size of
equity grants to our executives, our compensation committee
has historically considered our corporate performance, the applicable executive's performance and potential for enhancing the creation of value for our stockholders, the amount of
equity previously awarded to the executive and the
vesting of such awards, the executive's position and, in the case of awards to executive officers other than our chief
Active managers
have historically outperformed passive funds in EM
equities (FIGURE 6).
Although we can not guarantee how the fund will perform in the future, NEARX
has historically shown an ability to dodge the dramatic swings and volatility in the
equity market, similar to the ones we experienced during the first decade of the century.
Historically, gold is either negatively correlated or
has very low correlation to traditional asset classes such as bonds and
equities, and there are periods when these asset classes either outperform or underperform the others correspondingly.
And it
has historically lagged
equities by roughly 3 % per year.
Before The Bell - At the midway point of October, a month that
historically, at times,
has proven to be very difficult for those long
equities, the bulls are more than holding their own.
Momentum stocks, along with the broader
equity market,
have historically had a negative relationship with volatility.
In other words, if cash
historically returned about 1 % a year, then an
equity risk premium of +4 %
would imply an average return from
equities of 5 %.
U.S. midterm elections will be held this fall, and these elections
historically have signaled some clear patterns for
equity markets.
Though the gain in the S&P 500 since 2014 is likely to be wiped out rather easily, the challenge for hedged
equity strategies in the interim
has been the extended duration of this top formation, coupled with a feverish shift of investors toward indexing, which
has benefited the capitalization - weighted indices relative to a wide range of
historically effective stock - selection approaches.
As Chart 1 shows,
equity - market corrections during midterm election years
historically have turned out to be great buying opportunities.
Even though SEC rules
have historically barred even the comfortably wealthy from private
equity, new structures and strategies are beginning to challenge the status quo.
In addition, midterm elections
have historically marked a good time to own domestic
equities.
Last week, the most
historically reliable
equity valuation measures we identify (
having correlations of over 90 % with actual subsequent 10 - 12 year S&P 500 total returns) advanced to more than double their reliable historical norms.
Historically, the benefit of managed futures
have been solid long - term returns with very low correlation to
equities and fixed income securities.
What the chart above shows is that the fund
has historically demonstrated a greater likelihood of dodging the dramatic swings the
equity market
has experienced in times of uncommonly high volatility.
UBS analysts pinpointed a key abnormality in last week's correction: «a U.S.
equity decline of 7.4 %, as seen over the last five working days,
has historically been associated with a high yield spread widening of 75 — 80 basis points... The actual move
has only been 21 basis points.»
Anyone who doesn't recognize that the Federal Reserve
has done the same thing again — this time focused on the U.S.
equity market and the market for low - grade junk and covenant - lite debt — is not paying attention to
historically reliable data.
Historically there
has been a positive relationship between economic surprises and U.S.
equity market performance.
Historically over long periods of time,
equity index funds vastly outperform bonds, so it's important to
have a large exposure to them during most stages of your life.
«In our view, investors should consider maintaining full
equity exposure because the final years of bull markets
historically have been strong.
Second, for the past two decades, the United States
has been committed to the
historically unprecedented mission of simultaneously promoting excellence and
equity in education.
Equity is multifaceted and in order to
have an equitable formula, we need to ensure that Illinois»
historically under - resourced students (Black and Latino students, low - income students and English learners), are benefiting from additional resources under the new formula.
Beyond that,
equity means that educators know how to interrupt prejudice and bias, making sure that schools are transformative for all groups, not just those who
have historically benefited from the status quo.
Historically, it
has been the courts that
have forced lawmakers and citizens to
have a brutally honest conversation about race, class and
equity in public education...
Historically, magnet schools
have been an important part of school districts» efforts to improve
equity and quality in our nation's schools.