REALTORS ® in 65 markets were given construction specs and costs on 29 upscale and midrange projects and asked to
estimate the percentage return at resale.
The report outlines the costs of specific remodeling and home improvement projects and
the estimated percentage return in various markets should the house be sold a year later.
Not exact matches
Last August, at the time of the announcement of the sale of the Washington Post, I noted that Washington Post Co. shares had proved a mediocre investment over the past two decades, trailing the S&P 500 by more than 2.5
percentage points on an annualized investment (although starting at the time Buffett began accumulating shares, in 1973, the performance was much better, with an
estimated annual
return of 11.5 %).
Braking at just the right pace, which involved
estimating the distance to stopped cars ahead,
returned a
percentage score of energy recovered.
12 % to 20 % RCMP employee Average age at retirement: 54 Years of service: 31 Years collecting a pension: 32
Estimated value of pension at retirement: $ 820,000 to $ 990,000 (based on a projected real
return of 2.8 % to 4.3 % a year) Amount of pension currently contributed by the employee: 31 % Pension benefit is equivalent to what
percentage of worker's salary?
Federal government worker Average age at retirement: 58 Years of service: 26 Years collecting a pension: 27
Estimated value of pension at retirement: $ 560,000 to $ 660,000 (based on a projected real
return of 2.8 % to 4.3 % a year) Amount of pension currently contributed by the employee: 33 % Pension benefit is equivalent to what
percentage of worker's salary?
Ontario schoolteacher Average age at retirement: 59 Years of service: 26 Years collecting a pension: 30
Estimated value of pension at retirement: $ 650,000 to $ 840,000 (based on a projected real
return of 2 % to 4 % a year) Amount of pension currently contributed by the employee: 50 % Pension benefit is equivalent to what
percentage of worker's salary?
Certain amounts can be excluded when you determine the «total tax» on the prior year's
return, but most of these items apply to a small
percentage of taxpayers, or apply mostly to taxpayers who are unlikely to have to pay
estimated tax.
You'll also be able to see your
estimated internal rate of
return as a
percentage over a five - year period, as well as
estimated appreciation, cash flow, cap rate and total gain.
(Malkiel appears to use recent history to
estimate the dividend growth rate, but other methods also exist such as multiplying the market's aggregate
return on equity by its retention ratio, the
percentage of earnings that the market does not pay out in dividends.)
1 Tax efficiency
estimates the
percentage of total
returns retained by investors, assuming a 46 % tax rate for interest income, 25 % for capital gains and 23 % for dividends.
When the
estimated market
return / risk profile is strongly favorable, the Fund has the ability to leverage the amount of stock it controls to as much as 150 % of the value of the Fund's net assets, typically by investing a limited
percentage of assets in long call options.
Tax Efficiency: The Tax Efficiency Ratio is an
estimate, expressed as a
percentage, of a fund's total
return achieved over a period of time that is retained by the taxable investor.
I would
estimate I lose several
percentage points of gain on both sides of the trade, but the potential for extraordinary
returns on these illiquid stocks is worth the time and effort.
There's an old business school trick called the Rule of 72 for
estimating how many years it will take for an investment to double: Divide 72 by your average
return on investment
percentage, and you have a rough answer.