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«Companies are finding that they are able to get a much higher return on their investment by monetizing real estate and putting that money back into the core business whether that's manufacturing coat hangars or computer chips,» says McDowell.

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Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

With a new year in swing, it's time again to focus on setting new revenue records in 2011 by investing in the marketing strategies with the highest return - on - investment potential.

According to Bloomberg and research by Lesa Mitchell and Professor Vivek Wadhwa, women - led high - tech startups are more capital efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and generate 12 percent higher revenue than male - owned companies when venture - backed.

The borrowers credit ratings, typically rated «BB» or lower by Standard & Poor's or «Ba» or lower by Moody's make it difficult for them to acquire capital inexpensively, leaving them with little choice but to offer a high return on an investment.

OTTAWA — A five - year $ 50 - billion public infrastructure spending initiative would generate a return on investment to Canadians over the long term as high as $ 3.83 per dollar spent, trigger significant private sector investment and stimulate wage increases, according to a new study by an independent economic modelling firm.

«Higher prices are reducing returns on investment and investors are responding by cutting back on their purchasing plans until conditions sort out.

It is expected that silver's price will continue to increase by the end of this year, which is why it is high time for silver investors to save for short - term return on investment.

By design, the Fed wished to push investors into higher risk assets such as equities and real estate by lowering the return on safe bond investmentBy design, the Fed wished to push investors into higher risk assets such as equities and real estate by lowering the return on safe bond investmentby lowering the return on safe bond investments.

To return to the earlier parable, ideas do not much matter if they are held or being debated by men whose investment in them is as remote as that of the man high on the cliff who idly speculates about the options available to men threatened with drowning.

High Spirits Marketing, LLC can also help you convert promotional activity into volume driving activity by providing consultation on building good customer relationships, driving return on investment, and doing post-promotion analysis that leads to positive results.

By pooling together, you can afford to pay investing experts to know what to do, and you can invest money in such a way that it benefits the national economy, instead of just seeking the highest return on investment no matter the cost for others.

While ESDM frontloads costs and is more expensive to deliver in those first two years of early intervention, the end of elementary schools by the time children entered high school, ESDM showed a positive return on investment, by the time children will enter high school» explained Dr. Mandell.

Financial experts do not make higher returns on their own investments than untrained investors, according to research by a Michigan State University business scholar.

This process clearly involves more by the farmer (investment, time, etc) on the front end, but may provide a higher return over the long term.

Everyone at Monkey Music is motivated by exceptional high standards and musical integrity behind the company and also the fact that they earn an excellent return on their own time and any personal financial investment.

They provide a prosperous return on investment by producing high - quality interactive learning solutions and immersive training.

Belief in the impact of the tutoring is so strong and the perceived return on investment from hiring tutors so high that Match Corps quickly went from a program funded by pilot grants to one that the charter school includes in its annual budget.

The returns on this massive investment, as judged by the performance of high school students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, have been meager at best.

We strive to provide your business with a prosperous return on investment by producing high quality products and providing exceptional project management services.

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

In Class Today's mission is to reduce absenteeism among at - risk Pre-K — 12 students by one million days per year by implementing proven, scalable, and high return - on - investment absence - reduction interventions that empower and motivate families to support their students.

Rouse said the studies showed that a high - quality preschool is a good return on investment for children, with an average earned annual income of $ 42,000 by the time children were in their 40s as compared to the $ 17,000 the program cost.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

By staying in Coca - Cola's common stock, a high - quality dividend growth company, Berkshire - Hathaway receives a 38 % cash return every year on its original investment just in dividends!

They also miss out on higher total returns by focusing on an investment's income potential instead of an investments capital gain potential.

Higher fee investment funds bring down exchange traded fund and mutual fund performance returns by continually pulling on the average investor's wallets and handbags.

Here are three reasons to avoid high - risk investments — and advice on buying blue - chip stocks instead Investors often try to improve their investment returns by delving into high - risk and / or high - fee investment areas such as specialized investment products, options, penny stocks and so on.

They may not be as high - stakes as the investment industry's heavyweights, but they make money just the same, and they make you feel good to boot, whether by investing in small firms, channeling profit to micro-credit operations in developing countries, or simply by posting better - than - average returns on cash.

Our updated take on portfolio theory, Modern Portfolio Theory 2.0, diversifies investors into higher - return - potential private market investments similar to the portfolio models used by major institutional investors.

For instance, the natural gas ETF, UNG, has the distinct honor of being the highest risk (2.47 %) and second lowest return -LRB--0.12 %) commodity investment as displayed by its lower right placement on the chart.

Remodeling a kitchen by upgrading cabinets or replacing a linoleum floor with tile or hardwood can be a significant upgrade with a high return on investment.

The investment strategy followed by fund manager Neelesh Surana is choosing quality business houses that deliver high return on capital.

One such Tolyatti resident was invited by the fake company to its office where he was promised high returns on his investment.

A mix of investments which aims for high long - term returns by taking on greater short - term risk and volatility.

The aim of the investment management / research team is to invest in companies which on average have high return on capital invested, are not excessively leveraged, are run by competent and minority shareholder friendly managers and are available at reasonably attractive valuations.

Seeking opportunities through mortgage - backed securitiesBroad securitized opportunities: The fund invests in mortgage sectors, including agency MBS and CMOs, and non-agency RMBS and CMBS, and ABS.Higher potential returns: By investing in mortgage - backed bonds, the fund can offer the potential for higher returns than an investment strategy focused only on agency MBS.Leading research: The fund's portfolio managers use proprietary models to assist in the evaluation of mortgage - backed bonds and to manage the fund's interest - rate risk.

Because as we showed nearly a year ago, the IRR on lobbying is by and far the highest of any investment return under the sun.

Of course, meeting 5 % of investment return after inflation seems not that easy, it means 7 - 8 % return, with a risk, and since your table is based on that number as a performance, that means you have to risk ALL of your savings into that kind of return... Of course, apparently Buffett did a 25 % return according to this web site http://www.zimbio.com/CEO+Warren+Buffett/articles/214/Berkshire+Hathaway+Historical+Total+Return plus they show a portfolio based on BH purchases which performed higher than the market, i suppose that is with buying at prices after the purchases by BH become publicly known.

-- I'd agree with management's assertion that «much of the capital expenditure in recent years focused on larger infrastructure projects which take a longer time to reach maturity in their returns», so I think underlying ROCE is a few % higher (though that may still remain offset by continued investment) & management's 20 % + ROCE target continues to make sense.

There's also no guarantee that every percentage point you reduce investment fees will raise your return by the same amount, although Morningstar research on the relationship between fees and performance shows that low - cost funds typically do outperform their high - cost counterparts.

Ask yourself, is the return you are being offered high enough to compensate you for the risk you are taking on by putting your money in this investment?

Why do I even bother... but it hardly needs pointing out we're talking about stocks whose business is inherently low / steady growth — can these muppets not figure out that high CAGRs obviously come from a constant diet of investment & acquisitions (regardless of the potential returns on offer), all funded by serial equity & debt issuance.

I've known Matt for a number of years now, and he and I think similarly when it comes to our approach to investing, which is focused on making a few select investments in high - quality companies that produce attractive returns on capital and, by our estimation, can continue to compound value going forward.

In the real world, speculators snatch up real estate and land bank it as well — most of the «abandoned» buildings you see in East Coast cities are actually owned by investors who don't put them to use because they're waiting for a higher return on their investment.

With the new NEM - 2 regulations new solar customers must switch to time of use billing before installing solar reducing returns by about 10 % although, this is miniscule and will such high production numbers in Garden Grove and the price on solar equipment decreasing solar is still a great investment.

The interesting, central finding of the theory paper is that when a «fortune» (available resources) fall below a certain critical level (determined by the cost per unit time of surviving, and the stochastic return investments available to the investor), the optimal policy becomes what economists call a «risk - seeking» one, where the investor should place relatively large bets on relatively high payoff, low probability of payoff gambles.

Calls on the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the High Representative for CFSP to make every effort with the Argentine authorities to defend the Community interest and to safeguard the principle of legal certainty which guarantees Europe's presence and investment in this South American country, by returning to the path of dialogue;

By direct mail standards this rate is very high and typically yields a significant return on investment for those we work with.

Sahara Mutual Fund offers various portfolios and aims at reducing the investment risks by concentrating on higher risk adjusted returns.