Business run by diverse boards are generating
greater returns on the assets they employ.
Not exact matches
Indeed, it's often a mistake to do so: Truly
great businesses, earning huge
returns on tangible
assets, can't for any extended period reinvest a large portion of their earnings internally at high rates of
return.
This means investors who want higher
returns must consider taking
on greater risk — by increasing leverage or moving into riskier
asset classes.
But, in practice, the
great risk to this approach is that it leads both sides to understate the cost of these liabilities by overstating the anticipated rate of
return on the
assets — often at a ludicrous eight percent — which are set aside to fund the program.
The debt used in buyouts has a relatively fixed cost, so if a private equity fund's
return on assets (ROA) is
greater than this cost, the fund's
return on equity (ROE) is higher than if it hadn't borrowed money.
In the case of a bad year, however, with the firm
returning 4 percent
on its
assets, the debt will lower profits even further than normal, since the cost of the interest is
greater than the
return.
A company with a high
return on net
assets ratio, profit margin, or
asset turnover relative to its industry median tends to have
greater mean reversion in these measures.
✓ You have money to invest for at least 3 years but want access to it within 10 years ✓ The money you're investing is earmarked for retirement or to be passed
on to heirs ✓ You've already maxed out your IRA or 401 (k) contributions ✓ You want
greater certainty and principal protection ✓ You have other
assets in the market exposed to higher expected
returns ✓ You want to preserve some liquidity
Riskier
assets, such as stocks have a higher expected rate of
return though, so it's important to not avoid these types of investments completely and miss out
on potentially
greater returns.
Identifying the right
assets to own and when to own them is the most important step in the investment process as it will have the
greatest impact
on the overall
return and risk characteristics of the Fund.
This is why we expect a
greater return on stocks than bonds, of course; that's consistent with the capital
asset pricing model and the efficient market hypothesis.
The thinking is that including a small percentage of your overall
asset allocation (from 5 % - 10 %) into these
assets can provide high potential
returns with only a small impact
on your portfolio if the risk becomes too
great.
For example, corporations borrow money to buy
assets when they expect a
return on those
assets that is
greater than the cost of borrowing.
Indeed, it's often a mistake to do so: Truly
great businesses, earning huge
returns on tangible
assets, can't for any extended period reinvest a large portion of their earnings internally at high rates of
return.
«If an investor had determined that an
asset allocation was appropriate for their risk /
return goals, we would caution against changes in response to the yield environment because generally that involves taking
on greater risk,» says Todd Schlanger, senior investment strategist at Vanguard Investments Canada.
However, the success or failure of their financial plan is subject to
greater variability, since they have a
greater dependence
on more risky investment
assets, which may or may not deliver the
returns that they expect.
A Fund's investment in the common shares of closed - end funds that are financially leveraged may create an opportunity for
greater total
return on its investment, but at the same time may be expected to exhibit more volatility in market price and net
asset value than an investment in shares of investment companies without a leveraged capital structure.
But the longer the time period you allow to build your savings the easier it is to look through short - term market fluctuations and the
greater the time the compounding of higher
returns from growth
assets has to build
on itself.
Hands -
on management approach that garnered
greater restaurant management participation in company objectives, strict adherence to budget initiatives, and increased patronage counts and
return on assets and investments.
«Our company's mission is to make this new
asset class more accessible to individuals looking for
greater yield and
return but who don't want to be hands -
on landlords.»
REITs offer a respectable
return on your investment, but investing directly into the
asset itself (income property) offers an even
greater return on your investment.