Sentences with phrase «from higher equity»

Furthermore, he notes that while earnings are decent, there is the hard truth that returns over the last few years have come as much from higher equity valuations as they have from fundamental growth.

Investors can take advantage of exchanges to meet other objectives including: A) Leverage: exchanging from a high equity position or «free and clear» property into a much larger property with some financing in order to increase their return on investment.

Not exact matches

Shareholders» equity of $ 22.979 billion decreased 3 % from year - end 2017 due to the impact of higher interest rates on net unrealized investment gains.

Private equity returns remained strong but were lower than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income investment portfolio increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity investments and higher short - term interest rates.

After all, the former economics professor who is now president of the Hussman Investment Trust has made a name for himself by repeatedly predicting a stock market decline exceeding 60 % and forecasting a full decade of negative equity returns — and yet here we sit just 9 % from record highs, even after some bouts of heavy selling.

Corporate investment - banking fees were down 4 % from the year - ago quarter because of lower advisory and equity issuance fees but partly offset by higher debt - issuance fees, according to the firm.

During the economic boom a decade ago when private equity firms were enjoying sky high valuations, they also took money from sovereign wealth funds in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Singapore, and China.

The bearish sentiment in Asia followed a softer lead from Wall Street, which has led a global equities rally over the past year thanks to strong world growth fueling higher corporate earnings and stock valuations.

LONDON, May 2 - World stocks inched higher on Wednesday after two days of losses but remained pinned down by the dollar's recent surge and expectations that a U.S. Forecast - beating results from U.S. tech giant Apple helped lift shares in technology shares worldwide, but with investor focus firmly on the Fed, equity futures were tipping only a marginally firmer...

The NOCs are being approached by lawyers and investment bankers not just from Calgary but from Houston and Melbourne too, seeking patient capital for long - timeline projects while equity prices for energy companies have been steadily sinking on stock markets despite the high price of oil.

Some funds are from debt (less risky to the creditors, so it has a lower cost of capital to the firm), and some funds come from equity (more risky to the investors, so these have a higher cost of capital).

Elevated debt levels from the acquisition, after accounting for the recent C$ 345 million equity issue, contribute to estimated pro forma leverage of about 3.5 x, which is high for the rating.

The industry in North America has high fragmentation and has low barriers to entry, but ACT enjoys one of the strongest positions, enhanced by the brand equity of its banners, the quality of its real estate, and efficiencies stemming from the breadth of its operations.

Tactical cash is extra cash you intentionally hold from time to time either because cash rates are so high that they're attractive, or because the prospects for bonds and equities are so negative that you'd rather withhold capital from those two asset classes for the time being.

Equities closed higher on Tuesday after rebounding from the concern of further escalation in tension between the U.S. and North Korea.

Excluding proceeds from the equity financing completed in the first quarter and excluding other financing - related amounts (interest and royalty) and without the company's high level of research and development payments, most of which relates to advancing the REDUCE - IT study to completion this year, net cash outflow in the quarter ended March 31, 2018 was approximately $ 0.1 million.

Despite the disappointing results, General Cable CEO Gregory Kenny's total compensation rose from $ 5 million to $ 5.4 million between 2013 and 2014, on the back of higher cash and equity bonuses, according to data from compensation firm Equilar.

In fact, eight of the 12 companies on the list drew higher scores from women than from men in response to questions about whether they believe they're paid fairly, if they're satisfied with stock / equity compensatio, and if they're satisfied with their benefits.

Spooked by a sudden 19 % plunge in the Shanghai Composite Index, regulators halted initial public offerings, suspended trading in shares accounting for 40 % of market capitalization, forced state - owned brokers to promise to buy stocks until the index reached a higher level, mobilized state - controlled funds to purchase equities, and promised unlimited support from the central bank.

It demonstrates that a global equity framework can provide diversification and higher long - term risk - adjusted returns for investors from high growth countries who often hold home - biased equity portfolios that can have high concentration risk.

This type of equity investor differs from angel investors and other equity investors as the firms are primarily interested in high - value opportunities (think millions of dollars rather than thousands or tens of thousands of dollars).

Obviously, shareholders in a company with a low return on equity would be better off liquidating the company or paying 90 % of earnings out in dividends since investors may be able to earn a higher return from another investment.

If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote if you want it to count in the election of directors, the vote to approve the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the vote to approve the amendment and restatement of our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, and the stockholder proposals requesting: (i) the elimination of supermajority voting requirements, (ii) the adoption of a policy to consider employee pay ranges when setting CEO compensation, and (iii) a report on Salesforce's criteria for investing in, operating in and withdrawing from high - risk regions (Proposals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in this Proxy Statement).

Equities in developed market — Canada, the United States, Europe — are down between 12 to 20 % from their April highs but have recovered somewhat from their mid-August lows.

Since the end of August to a couple weeks ago, the rally of 22 % was unprecedented as the market took cues from the other global equity markets hitting all - time highs in many cases (US, German, etc.) and the -LSB-...]

As stocks make a comeback from a series of sell - offs earlier this year that dragged many of 2017's highest - flying equities into correction territory,...

Well, it will certainly lift the rate of return investors expect from stocks, but bulls insists that with earnings growing 20 percent this year, the expected return may be sufficiently high, so that there will not be any shift out of equities, that corporations are going to make enough money to more than compensate for higher rates.

In 2016, Natasha received the Upstart Business Journal Upstart 100 Award and the Aiming High Award from Legal Momentum for pioneering a shareholder campaign on gender pay equity.

We invest in countries around the world at all levels of the capital structure — from debt (first lien bank debt, second lien loans and high yield bonds) to undervalued equity.

«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.

The highest reported bid so far is one from U.S. chipmaker Broadcom and its partner, U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake.

Finally, modestly higher bond yields support our view that the rotation into value and momentum shares away from low - volatility equities likely isn't over.

The Fed's dovish stance, in conjunction with continued stimulus from the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan's adoption of negative interest rates in January, has helped drive equity markets higher since mid-February.

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.

It showed equity holdings at 45.3 percent, the highest since June, capping an eventful year that saw a significant worldwide lurch towards populist, anti-establishment political movements but also signs of economic recovery - from the United States to emerging markets.

The bank posted $ 1.6 billion in revenues from investment banking, down 7 % «driven by lower debt and equity underwriting fees, which were partially offset by higher advisory fees.»

Our view of a modestly higher U.S. dollar further supports the case for non-U.S. equities as export - driven earnings get a further boost from a healthy global trade backdrop.

The highs and lows of equity ownership can feed all kinds of irrational behaviour, from panic - selling in the face of loss to piling into a bubble market.

I agree that it is reasonable to predict this from the high valuations on equities.

Over the long run you should benefit from the high expected returns of equities.

SUMMARY It's difficult to rationalise why there should be excess returns from high quality stocks The Quality factor needs to be constructed beta - neutral to achieve positive returns Exposure to the Quality factor is an attractive hedge for an equity - centric portfolio INTRODUCTION The concept of

Net investment income increased 7.6 % to $ 108 million, driven by higher short - term interest rates and higher dividend income from equity investments.

Meanwhile, Albert Edwards of SocGen suggested that there has been an excessive «move away from equities» in recent years — instead of noting, for example, that the volume of U.S. government debt foisted upon the public (even excluding what has been purchased by the Fed) has doubled since 2007, not to mention other sources of global debt issuance, while the market capitalization of stocks has merely recovered to its previously overvalued highs.

Redemptions from Brazil Equity Funds hit a 36 - week high despite more optimistic projections for economic growth, the central bank's easing bias and rising commodity prices.

Businesses have access to a high level of internal funding from retained earnings, and they have been able to raise funds through equity and non-intermediated debt issuance.

Inside an Isa would be nice but it's the capital gain shielding in an ISA which is of real value to me rather than the income tax shield as such the higher potential gains to be had from equities suit my ISA better.

The June survey of fund managers conducted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research revealed that a net 44 % of these investors feel equities are overvalued, the highest such reading on record and up from a net 37 % the previous month.

This reflects borrowers switching from loan products with higher interest rates, such as traditional fixed - term personal loans, to products which attract lower rates of interest, such as home - equity lines of credit and other borrowing secured by residential property.

-LRB-...) Whether 2014 is a profitable year will come down to investors relying less on endless liquidity from the Federal Reserve that, like a high tide, has floated all equity boats.

European private equity and venture capital fundraising soared to its highest level in more than a decade last year, new data from industry group...