Sentences with phrase «for equity valuations»

This recent instability comes as yields have jumped from July record lows and investors have become concerned about the implications of higher bond yields for equity valuations.

Our view for broader and stronger economic growth this year, with only slightly higher interest rates from current levels, is favorable for equity valuations — especially after the latest decline in equity prices.

Not exact matches

Select startups that receive an upfront investment of $ 50,000 for 5 % equity, at a $ 1,000,000 valuation.

For one, investors are going to have to get comfortable taking on more risk in their equity portfolios by buying stocks at higher valuations.

Also known as convertible debt, convertible notes are used primarily for seed funding, and are useful for situations where you may be hesitant to set an equity valuation too soon.

«Equity markets have really been buoyant for a long time now and valuations are extremely high, higher than you can actually justify based on fundamentals,» Allianz Chief Executive Oliver Bate told CNBC Saturday at the China Development Forum in Beijing.

Yet the current situation actually creates a double positive for stocks: interest rates are likely to stay lower for longer, which helps support equity valuations while also providing investment - grade issuers with the ability to borrow cheaply and increase shareholder value.

Lori Calvasina, head of U.S. equity strategy for RBC, said in a recent note the sector «continues to be in the middle innings of a rotation back in,» and that «valuations don't worry us.»

«The absence of adequate market access for crude oil out of Canada has repeatedly impeded equity valuations and is once again driving a wedge between the performance of Canadian investments and global alternatives,» it said.

Another factor: In January, to the horror of the private equity world, the Ohio Bureau of Workers» Compensation asked a state judge for permission to publish information on the VC firms in which it invests — including company valuations and rates of return.

We just completed a deal involving a foundry that wound up earning a much higher valuation for its equity than we might ever have imagined possible.

After all, the currency fueling much of the deal - making — those companies» inflated equity valuations — is now depressed, and acquisition targets may prefer to hold out for a higher price.

Using the valuations as the basis for their equity split, Patriot's original owners (Hotze; his wife, Cindy; and their partner, Patty Brown) received 87 % of the stock in the new company, which kept Patriot's name; Watts and his wife, Jo Ann, received the rest.

The determination of Albertsons» majority owner, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, to carry out the IPO despite volatility in the stock markets underscores its confidence that it can fetch a high valuation for Albertsons.

yields will hit the highs on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder if they are behind on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations

The equity offering has a pre-money valuation for the company of $ 7,000,000 and is seeking up to $ 5,000,000 for the equity raise.

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.

«While the stock at its current valuation is discounting the end of the Yieldco business model, we believe that management has a nice cushion of cash and several options to ride through this market dislocation until cost of raising equity for Yieldcos normalizes,» RBC Capital analysts said.

For instance, equity crowdfunding is not a great solution at an early, early stage, because it can be really expensive in the long term, when you have a low valuation... So we would help an entrepreneur understand, well, let's look at debt - based crowdfunding,» he says.

«As alluded to earlier when discussing the long - term upward drift in CAPE, another related but distinct headwind for contrarian stock market timing in the second half of our sample has been the decades - long valuation drift in post-World War II equity markets, over which the CAPE gradually doubled.

Event - driven and long short equity managers, for instance, have overall seen rosier average gains over the past 12 — 18 months on the back of investors» growing focus on company - specific events, earnings growth, balance sheets and valuations of individual securities across different sectors and regions.

When finally, I sat down and started talking, they basically tallied up the hours I spent and gave a choice to get equity at current $ 3 mil valuation or get full cash for my time or blend of both cash / equity.

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.

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And economic reform momentum, improving cash flows and reasonable valuations make a solid investment case for EM equities.

Financial theory does suggest that equity valuations, i.e. the price you pay for a dollar of earnings, should drop as the interest rate used to discount that earning rises.

In light of this valuation backdrop, we believe that it is important to remember the propensity for equities to recover their valuations over time.

For priced rounds (preferred equity) you will need to provide the pre-money valuation.

This helps explain our preference for European, Japanese and emerging market (EM equities), where valuations look more reasonable and gains have been driven more by expected earnings growth.

But stock performance has actually outpaced gains in earnings, and as a result, US equity valuations appear stretched as we begin 2018 — for example, the S&P 500's price - earnings ratio is well above longer - term historical averages.

«Absent material equity valuation improvements for Ares and KKR, we expect further conversions of Fitch - rated alternative investment managers to be decreasingly likely, given that the remaining managers generally have more incentive income which would not benefit from the lower tax rate,» said Meghan Neenan, head of North American Non-Bank Financial Institutions at Fitch.

«Many participants reported that their contacts had taken the previous month's turbulence in stride, although a few participants suggested that financial developments over the intermeeting period highlighted some downside risks associated with still - high valuations for equities or from market volatility more generally,» the minutes said.

One challenge to our growth investing strategy in 2018 may be the high level of investor skepticism surrounding current valuations for US equities in general, and for technology in particular.

And what about the valuations of these funds using realistic mark to market prices for the illiquid assets, like private equity, commercial real estate and OTC derivatives?

On the profits front, we've developed a number of approaches over the years to understand what drives cyclical fluctuations in profit margins (see for example Recognizing the Valuation Bubble in Equities and The Coming Retreat in Corporate Earnings).

For immediate release: January 31, 2018 Zecotek Announces Divisional Equity Financing of $ 5,000,000 Based on $ 75 Million Valuation Vancouver, January 31, 2018 — Zecotek Photonics Inc. («Zecotek» or the «Company»)(TSX - V: ZMS, Frankfurt: W1I, OTC PINK: ZMSPF), a developer of leading - edge photonics technologies for healthcare, industrial and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that it has closed on a previously announced divisional equity financing of $ 5 milliFor immediate release: January 31, 2018 Zecotek Announces Divisional Equity Financing of $ 5,000,000 Based on $ 75 Million Valuation Vancouver, January 31, 2018 — Zecotek Photonics Inc. («Zecotek» or the «Company»)(TSX - V: ZMS, Frankfurt: W1I, OTC PINK: ZMSPF), a developer of leading - edge photonics technologies for healthcare, industrial and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that it has closed on a previously announced divisional equity financing of $ 5 miEquity Financing of $ 5,000,000 Based on $ 75 Million Valuation Vancouver, January 31, 2018 — Zecotek Photonics Inc. («Zecotek» or the «Company»)(TSX - V: ZMS, Frankfurt: W1I, OTC PINK: ZMSPF), a developer of leading - edge photonics technologies for healthcare, industrial and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that it has closed on a previously announced divisional equity financing of $ 5 millifor healthcare, industrial and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that it has closed on a previously announced divisional equity financing of $ 5 miequity financing of $ 5 million.

The impact of a stronger dollar is likely to remain a hurdle for earnings, but U.S. equities are also contending with high relative valuations and a likely increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve (Fed) in the second half of this year.

For Asia / Emerging Markets equities, meanwhile, uncertainty over trade protectionism could drive valuation adjustment to the downside.

But with long - term bonds and non-cyclical equity sectors trading at historically extreme valuations while cyclical sectors trade at valuations below their long - term average, we think that risk aversion is creating numerous investment opportunities for investors willing to build a portfolio of more economically sensitive companies.

For instance, as measured by price - to - earnings (P / E) and price - to - book (P / B) valuations metrics, EM stocks continue to trade at a roughly 30 % discount to the broader global equity market (source: MSCI, as of 3/31/2015).

We allow that short - term interest rates may be pegged well below historical norms for several more years, and we know that for every year that short - term interest rates are held at zero (rather than a historically normal level of 4 %), one can «justify» equity valuations about 4 % above historical norms — a premium that removes that same 4 % from prospective future stock returns.

With lower energy prices, the potential for resolution to increase confidence, and the reasonably low valuations currently afforded to small - cap growth equities, now may not be the time for pessimism.

The current environment of low interest rates and elevated equity valuations has many investors in a tight spot, as return expectations are lower than usual for both bonds and domestic stocks.

In its detailed 137 - page report, Equity Valuation and Consulting advised the government that these public assets would command a $ 128 million sale price if exposed to the markets for six to nine months.

Attractive valuations, favourable demographics and greatly improved corporate governance levels have led to Asia emerging as the ideal hunting ground for equity investors.

The demographic sweet spot for rising equity valuations is as people begin to accumulate assets, begin to save and invest for their future.

Below are two of the best long run valuation metrics for US equities: Tobin's Q ratio or replacement cost and CAPE or the cyclically adjusted price to earnings or PE ratio.

Equity valuation worsened a little last week as U.S. inflation rose from 1.6 % in January to 2.0 % in February, a level that looks like a strong anchor for inflation (see below).

The reality is that when equity valuations get on the high side, nervous investors tend to hold on as long as they can, waiting for reasons to sell to show up.

The Series A Preferred shall also be convertible into any future series of Preferred Stock (the «Future Preferred») under either of the following circumstances: (a) if such conversion is approved by the Board or (b) if such conversion is in connection with a future Preferred Stock equity financing in which the Company's fully diluted pre-money valuation is greater than the Company's fully diluted post-money valuation immediately following the Series A Financing contemplated by this term sheet (a «Future Financing»), in either case, on a one - for - one basis (subject to anti-dilution adjustment) at the option of the holder; provided however, if such conversion is in connection with a Future Financing, that the holder may convert into shares of Future Preferred only in the event that all of such shares of Future Preferred received by the holder upon conversion are sold to an Approved Investor (as defined below) no later than 90 days following the first closing of the Future Financing at a price per share no lower than the price per share at which the Company sells shares of such Future Preferred in the Future Financing and, provided further, that such Approved Investor is not an affiliate, family member, or related party of the holder.