Early on, your lifestage option invests mainly in
growth assets such as shares.
But if you do need a higher return to meet your savings goals, you'll need to add
some growth assets such as real estate or stocks, he added.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in
such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our
growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones
such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by
such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan
assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws,
such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws
such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law,
such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of
such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
And as U.S. economic
growth becomes self - sustaining, interest rates can be allowed to rise, which would offer more competition to non-income paying
assets such as gold.
The company has come under pressure from outside shareholders to separate its higher -
growth assets — notably its stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group — from its struggling core search and e-mail businesses, but
such a split would be complicated by the fact that it could land the company with a large tax bill.
GIC invests in
growth and defensive
assets such as emerging and developed market equities, real estate, private equity and inflation - linked bonds and is known to be a patient investor.
These included
such bullet points as «Recent organizational realignment has strengthened focus on sales and revenue generation,» and «Well positioned in our markets, strong portfolio of strategic
assets and committed to achieving revenue
growth.»
«High - tech, high -
growth innovative start - ups create value fast, efficiently and effectively, and can be a strategic
asset for a country like Greece at this time,» says Glezos, whose company has joined the small but growing ranks of promising Greek start - ups
such as Gipht.me and Metavallon.
Growth is expected to come from wirehouses
such as Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch that are starting to allocate more funds to the newer net
asset value (NAV) non-traded REIT products on behalf of their clients, notes Kevin Gannon, president and managing director at Robert A. Stanger & Company Inc., a real estate investment banking firm based in Shrewsbury, N.J..
Under the Bonus Plan, our compensation committee, in its sole discretion, determines the performance goals applicable to awards, which goals may include, without limitation: attainment of research and development milestones, sales bookings, business divestitures and acquisitions, cash flow, cash position, earnings (which may include any calculation of earnings, including but not limited to earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and net earnings), earnings per share, net income, net profit, net sales, operating cash flow, operating expenses, operating income, operating margin, overhead or other expense reduction, product defect measures, product release timelines, productivity, profit, return on
assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on investment, return on sales, revenue, revenue
growth, sales results, sales
growth, stock price, time to market, total stockholder return, working capital, and individual objectives
such as MBOs, peer reviews, or other subjective or objective criteria.
Capex — the money that a company invests in fixed, tangible
assets such as machinery, buildings and technology — is a major component of productivity
growth and economic expansion.
Our Dividend
Growth solutions still need to be blended with other
asset classes
such as fixed income and real estate to craft the right
asset mix for an investor.
Chart 2 highlights the
growth in securitization across many different
asset categories besides residential mortgages,
such as commercial real estate loans, auto loans, credit card loans and student loans.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue
growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible
assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay
such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.
We define the reflation trade as favoring
assets likely to benefit from rising
growth and inflation,
such as cyclical equities and emerging markets (EM), while limiting exposure to long - term government bonds.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue
growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible
assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay
such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.
*
Assets that are high
growth but tax efficient,
such as long - term stock holdings and equity index funds, should be added to a taxable account.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue
growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible
assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay
such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.
Its future
growth will come from a spike in domestic consumption and from leveraging
such national
assets as the labor pool.
Blockchain could also facilitate the
growth of services
such as AirBnB where people can exchange real estate
assets for monetary value over a short term.
Through our unique programs
such as the GP Wealth Signature Service Account and our Personal Advisory Service, we continually monitor our clients» portfolios to protect their
assets while maximizing opportunities for
growth.
This is evident in a number of developments, including: increased demand for higher - risk
assets; the increase in «carry trades» — a form of gearing where funds are borrowed short - term at low interest rates and invested in higher - yielding
assets, often in other countries;
growth in alternative investment vehicles
such as hedge funds; and
growth in alternative investment strategies
such as selling embedded options (see Box A).
The unprecedented
growth of systemic liquidity has outpaced the availability of real
assets such as bonds, equities, and commodities to invest in.
It is a medium to long term exercise to grow an
asset and in the situation when many people approaching retirement have
such limited funds set aside that
asset growth may be needed to provide a comfortable retirement.
The big takeaway for those seeking to buy into market weakness: Be wary of buying notionally cheap
assets that face challenges (e.g. domestically - focused European
assets like U.K. real estate and European banks), and instead focus on
assets with relatively attractive valuations and positive fundamental drivers,
such as quality stocks, dividend -
growth stocks and investment - grade bonds.
This skepticism about the future — even with
asset prices rising — has created a negative feedback loop, driving investors to safe harbors
such as cash, bonds, gold and yield - generating securities thereby reducing demand, inflation and
growth in an ongoing vicious cycle.
Baby boomers nearing the end of their careers are more concerned about protecting their savings and should shift their
asset allocation to have a higher ratio of low -
growth - but - safer investments
such as bonds, annuities and money market funds.
Since the
growth of your policy's cash value is tax - deferred, variable life insurance might be a good consideration if you've maxed out your retirement account contributions, have a sizable portfolio of more liquid
assets (
such as in your brokerage and savings accounts), and are looking for an additional investment vehicle that also offers coverage to your dependents should anything happen to you.
When more money is printed, gold has traditionally been a beneficiary, for two key reasons: 1) If the money - printing is accompanied by economic
growth, greater access to capital might boost demand for luxury items, including gold (the Love Trade); and 2) If the money - printing isn't accompanied by economic
growth, inflationary pressures might prompt investors to increase their exposure to real
assets,
such as gold (the Fear Trade).
The cost centers on crypto currency and Blockchain
assets showed dramatic
growth, leaving behind some key economic indicators,
such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500.
This site is designed in the interest of the individual whose responsibility includes attending to business cash flow or anything that has to do with the financial survival and
growth of a business
such as accounts receivable, payables, sales, purchasing,
assets, and general business management.
You need to study fundamentals
such as company background,
assets, financial statements,
growth, profit and everything else about a company that can help you make the right choice.
The founder literally «freezes»
growth of
such assets as the business, investments or real estate, in effect transferring future
growth to the heirs.
The big takeaway for those seeking to buy into market weakness: Be wary of buying notionally cheap
assets that face challenges (e.g. domestically - focused European
assets like U.K. real estate and European banks), and instead focus on
assets with relatively attractive valuations and positive fundamental drivers,
such as quality stocks, dividend -
growth stocks and investment - grade bonds.
Our analysis of cycles and markets suggests that the combination of weaker
growth and higher inflation is not good for risk
assets such as equities.
Commodities have historically provided investors with a hedge against inflation, a way to capitalize on the
growth of emerging economies around the world as well as returns that are uncorrelated to more traditional
asset classes,
such as stocks and bonds.
Seeks to capture large cap stock mispricing opportunities due to market inefficiency, by continuously computing relative valuation of large cap stocks according to
growth factors
such as earnings
growth rate, sales
growth rate, p / e / g ratios,
asset turnover rate, operating margin, debt / equity ratio, free cash flow, relative price strength, etc..
As interest rates tends to rise in anticipation of stronger economic
growth,
assets which are more sensitive to economic
growth (
such as high yield debt) can still perform well.
That in turn allows it to borrow very cheaply (average interest rate 3.6 %), which, along with its massive cash position, allows it to not only continue growing the dividend, but also invest in future
growth by acquiring new
asset managers in other countries and industries (
such as K2 Securities to get into hedge funds).
The performance of economically sensitive
assets such as stocks tends to be the strongest during the early phase of the business cycle when
growth is rising at an accelerating rate, then moderates through the other phases until returns generally decline during a recession.
Within the passive investment arena, smart beta strategies have witnessed a substantial
growth in
assets, and there is now a swathe of
such strategies in the marketplace, many of which bear similar names and share similar objectives.
A multi-sector option,
such as a balanced or
growth fund, which contains a mix of different
asset classes.
Todd previously served in other financial positions at the company
such as International Mutual Fund Sector Specialist and Large Cap Value and Large Cap
Growth Analyst, as well as serving on the Fund Services
Asset Allocation Committee.
The
growth of software - based
asset management firms that help individuals minimize fee expenses,
such as FeeX, don't even bother projecting potential returns for actively managed funds, instead pointing out to consumers how much money they can save on fees by investing in low - cost index funds.
That's why you would usually want to devote only a portion of your
assets to these types of annuities, leaving plenty of other savings for
assets such as stock and bond funds that can provide liquidity and long - term capital
growth.
Most optimizers work only at the
asset class level,
such as cash, bonds,
growth stocks, and international stocks.
You may have seen this type of study done before, but only using generic
asset classes
such as
growth stocks, bonds, cash, etc..
However, if your time horizon is longer and you are still young, a greater portion of your investment portfolio should be allocated in
growth - oriented
assets such as stocks and real estate.
«As Kinn expands our distribution beyond the established veterinary channel into the pet specialty retail space, we are excited to have Jack join us to spearhead our sales
growth,» said Alex McKinnon, CEO of Kinn, Inc. «Jack's strong expertise, track record and relationships have played a major role in growing the businesses for numerous pet - care retailers, distributors and manufacturers, and his skill set and reputation will be important
assets, as Kinn enters exciting new
growth categories
such as biodegradable disposable bowls, and plush - comfort collars and leashes.»
As a result,
such banks in Belize have witnessed a slow but steady
growth in their
asset protection business.