Rather, I think index funds and index ETFs are the perfect solution for
high equity returns for most people.
I don't understand what you mean when you say they are not a magic solution to
high equity returns.
High interest rates lead to
higher equity returns 10 years out.
Nowadays, companies are increasingly global and multi-sector, which means that investors could be missing out on potentially
higher equity returns by continuing to base their equity allocation decisions purely on traditional geographic or sector approaches.
It has some of the most innovative and entrepreneurial companies in the world, and historically, U.S. equities have delivered some of
the highest equity returns in Canadian dollar terms, says Wong.
Remember, too, that rate increases like this are likely to happen only if the economy gets red hot, which would probably lead to
higher equity returns on the other side of your portfolio.
Not exact matches
Federal Labor MP Pat Conroy will demand to know why Australian banks have
higher returns on
equity than those in other countries when he questions bank chief executives attending a Canberra hearing next week.
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.
According to BlackRock's
equity team, an annual
return in the «mid to
high single digits» is not an unreasonable target in the current environment.
In reality, when investors are paying extremely
high prices for each dollar of earnings that
equities produce, market math dictates that future
returns will be the reverse of what the bulls are claiming — extremely low.
Some of the effects were measurable — boards with more women are linked to a 53 %
higher return on
equity, according to one study, and their companies go bankrupt less frequently.
Not because it is attractive as a repository for
equity capital, but precisely because it is so unattractive, the low -
return business must follow a
high retention policy.
We have no corporate solution to this problem;
high inflation rates will not help us earn
higher rates of
return on
equity.»
But after five straight years of positive
returns, sentiment among
equity analysts neared an all - time
high, with the Wall Street consensus calling for an 11.1 % gain, according to a recent study by Bespoke Investment Group.
Banks have been an attractive investment in part because the
return on
equity has historically been very
high — more than 20 % — but that level will be much harder to maintain.
Given the concentration in Canada's banking sector, it's likely that at least some of the banks will be designated as such, requiring
higher capital levels and putting even more pressure on their
return on
equity.
In recent years they have added international
equities and small - cap stocks — asset classes that come with
higher volatility than sturdier blue chips, but also offer the promise of
higher returns.
He then looks for an above - average
return on
equity and a
high percentage of the management's own net worth invested in the company.
If the same person instead invested a little less each year (6 % of his income) in a portfolio weighted 80 % to
higher -
returning equities and 20 % to bonds, he would only have $ 469,000 at retirement.
With
equity valuations at historic
highs and government bonds barely eking out a
return, junk bonds offer solid yields at a good price, he reasons.
That being said
equity markets have the
highest rate of
return at ~ 10 %.
Software companies usually sell at larger p / e ratios because they have much
higher growth rates and earn
higher returns on
equity, while a textile mill, subject to dismal profit margins and low growth prospects, might trade at a much smaller multiple.
The report found that banks with more than $ 10 billion of assets generally had
higher returns on assets and
equity, except during the worst of the financial crisis.
There is no share holder buyer of last resort, and so
equity buyers can demand a
higher return than bond holders.
A
high return on
equity is also a must for the growing company to attract additional
equity capital.
It intends to give investors
higher returns by eschewing market capitalization weightings in and across
equity asset classes.
The result in the early 1980s when debt - leveraged buyouts really gained momentum was that financial investors were able to obtain twice as
high a
return (at a 50 % corporate income tax rate) by debt financing as they could get by
equity financing.
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.
The HRC considered the fact that, despite credit write - downs in its home
equity loan portfolio and a Visa - related litigation expense accrual, the Company's business performance for 2007 was strong, as exemplified by one of the
highest returns on
equity and
returns on assets in our Peer Group.
A
high return on
equity usually means that the company has an above - average financial operating ratio and can often fund projects internally.
With debt financing, the fixed repayment schedule and the
high cost of loan repayment can make it difficult for a business to expand while with
equity financing, money is invested in the business in exchange for
equity - there is no fixed repayment schedule and investors generally have a long term goal of
return on investment.
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.
The MSCI USA Quality Index is comprised of 125 stocks in the MSCI USA Index that have
high quality scores based on
return - on -
equity, earnings growth and financial leverage.
An Improving or
High Return on
Equity — Return on equity has often been offered as a measure of management's abil
Equity —
Return on
equity has often been offered as a measure of management's abil
equity has often been offered as a measure of management's abilities.
The bank has the
highest return on
equity among the Canadian lenders at 19.3 per cent.
To the extent that lower Treasury yields are even weakly associated with
higher equity valuations, recognize that this effect is also expressed over time as lower subsequent stock market
returns.
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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.
Gross criticized the Siegel constant (a 6.6 % annual real
return on
equities) as an artifact of a
high U.S. 20th - century growth rate that is unsustainable in the «new normal» economy.
Equity crowdfunding is an equally
high - risk investment strategy and because it's still relatively new, pinning down an average rate of
return is difficult.
Why leave money in
equities, and risk another year of lost opportunity, when fixed income securities seem to be on the road to
higher (and less risky)
returns?
And private
equity's
high return targets could reduce the danger of overpaying.
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Moreover, a sustained move toward
higher inflation is a risk to most investors and investment strategies, given that rising inflation has historically been a drag on
equity and bond
returns, making diversification beyond mainstream asset classes more critical.
A body of academic research led to identifying profitability as a dimension of
higher expected
returns that can be pursued across
equity markets.
The tax collector (a euphemism for taxpayers) suffers as investors across the economic spectrum borrow funds so as to leverage a
higher return on
equity.
Like IRR, the
higher the
equity multiple, the greater the projected
return on your initial investment and the greater the potential risk.
Managers of big banks claim that they can't fund themselves with more
equity and still lend as much as they do now because stock holders require a
higher rate of
return than lenders do.
The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its generally
high debt management risk, disappointing
return on
equity and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself.»