Sentences with phrase «historical average low»

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The average rating of the franchisee / corporate relationship came in at 1.48, a historical low and down from the historical average of 2.1.

The 2002 - 2003 lows never actually reached even average valuations, much less historical medians, but we did observe enough value based on normalized fundamentals and improved market action to remove most of our hedges in early 2003.

Fidelity research has also shown that picking low - cost funds is one way to improve average historical results of large - cap stock funds relative to comparable index funds.

World growth will remain low on average but negative in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally, stock markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four - year old cyclical bull market is long by historical standards.

As the above historical chart comparing BTC and LTC average transaction fees highlights, Litecoin's transaction fees have been historically much lower than bitcoin's.

The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.

With the exception of 1986, and the 1987, 1990 and 2009 lows, which were moderately but not severely below longer - term historical norms, every point in this chart is «above average» from the standpoint the longer historical record.

The higher the rank, the lower average historical volatility over 63, 126, and 252 days.

Accounting for today's low rates, valuations on stocks are about average by historical standards.

While that's still fairly low by historical standards, it's the highest average we've seen since April 2014.

Strong profitability, low interest rates and a debt burden well below historical peaks have all tended to hold down the interest burden of the corporate sector: as a share of gross operating surplus, net interest paid by the corporate sector remains well below historical averages.

The VIX, a measure of the expected equity - market volatility as determined by put and call prices on S&P 500 Index options, trailed lower in 2017 and remains well below its historical average.

Finally, this is one piece of advice that is likely to do you well if you've chosen to build a long - term, conservative investment portfolio based upon dollar cost averaging, low - cost ownership methods such as a dividend reinvestment program (also known as a DRIP account), and do not expect to retire or need the funds for ten years or more, the best course of action based upon historical experience may be to go on autopilot.

This view contrasts with several prominent market forecasters who predict profit margins will revert to lower historical averages, an outcome that would be more reminiscent of prior cycles.

That may seem low compared to Miller's record - setting broad jump, but it's above the historical average for guards of 8» 5.

While the lows being hit each day or week that winter weren't outside of what had been experienced in the historical record, the persistence of that cold across the season, with day after day of below - average temperatures, was notable.

According to Brian, not only is the stock's forward P / E ratio of 15.0 much lower than its historical norm of 19.1, but its current dividend yield of 2 % is nearly double the company's 22 - year average yield of 1.2 %.

My problem is that when i look for stocks i set very strict parameter rules like: — minimum dividend growth rate of 7 - 10 % in last years 10, 5 years average — historical stocks that increased dividend at least for the last 15 years or paid historically (like BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA)-- very low debt — low payout ratio — historically (long term) stock price has been increasing etc...

For example, I see that AAPL is priced at $ 97.34 today with a P / E of 10.34... however, how do I know if this P / E is high or low in regards to it's historical average?

To overcome this discrepancy, the author extends the average relation of the NTM P / E being lower than the TTM P / E by 24 %, as observed from 1976 to 2003, to the entire 140 - year historical period.

That's still relatively low, compared to historical averages, but it's an increase nonetheless.

Home values are rising in many U.S. markets; mortgage rates are about half their historical average; and, there is an abundance of low - and no - down - payment mortgages available for today's buyers.

Many of our return assumptions are now at or near post-crisis lows, with many expected returns below historical averages, according to our analysis using Bloomberg data.

Rates are at their lowest right now with returns of bonds far below the historical average of 5.18 % but a strong stock allocation should prolong your portfolio's longevity.

Portfolios are designed to consistently reflect an investor's risk requirements in all markets and to outperform their benchmarks by protecting capital in two ways: first, under normal market conditions, with volatility within historical averages, diversification is used to control risk; second, when volatility is historically high or low, PŮR uses a proprietary SmartRisk ™ strategy.

While current 401 (k) rates are lower, our example takes into account historical numbers and a projected long - term average.

Average interest rates for 15 - year fixed - rate mortgages have followed the same historical trend as 30 - year mortgages, with rates for both remaining historically low.

That makes their conclusion worthless when (eg) interest rates are far lower than their historical average.

With a current duration of 4.85 (Morningstar category average: Investment Grade Bonds, 6/18/2015), the typical bond fund is very susceptible to capital losses should interest rates rise from their current low of 2.35 % to the historical average over the last 30 years of 5.44 %.

For instance, the blue dot on the value factor scatterplot suggests that prior to March 2016 the valuation level of 0.14 — meaning the value portfolio was 14 % as expensive as the growth portfolio measured by price - to - book ratio, and lower than the historical norm of 21 % relative valuation — would have delivered an average annualized alpha of 8.1 % over the next five years.

Some astute investors (such as Hussman and GMO) have argued in essence that the combination of record government deficit spending and unemployment levels has propped up corporate revenues while lowering labor costs, thereby boosting corporate profit margins by as much as 70 percent above historical averages.

A higher current yield compared to the stock's historical average suggests better valuation, because dividend yield is higher when price is lower, all else equal.

It also said that future returns from value stocks will likely be lower than the historical average.

This is assuming the earnings growth rate going forward is 7.2 percent (i.e., comparable to its long - term historical average of 7.41 percent) and interest rates remain at the current all - time low levels.

The following table shows the low end of the 5 and 10 year historical averages for dividend yield, P / E ratio, P / S ratio, and EBITDA per share as well as the FY 2015 estimate for each metric with the corresponding price targets.

But rates today are extremely low compared with the historical average.

In a world of future return assumptions described by Richard Turnill, Global Chief Investment Strategist at the world's largest money manager BlackRock, as «now at or near post-crisis lows, with many expected returns below historical averages,» all this will matter.

Weiss» rule of thumb notes that stocks tend to be undervalued or overvalued when they are within the 10 % range of their historical levels of high or low dividend yield average.

So you add nearly 2 % of after - tax return per annum if you only achieve an average return by historical standards from common stock investments in companies with low dividend payout ratios.

To sum up, although it's pretty clear we should expect lower than historical average returns for stocks, there is little evidence for a strong downward force on stock returns due to expected interest rate increases that is anything like the bond situation.

Currently, there is clear evidence that future expectations should be significantly lower than the long term historical averages.

«And with rates well below recent historical averages, the best way to save money on a mortgage is to use today's low rates to shorten the amortization.»

If a business is trading for lower than its historical average price - to - earnings ratio, it is likely trading at fair value or better.

It turns out that this difference is being driven by his capital market expectations, which allow bond yields to be lower like they are at present, but which allow bond yields to gradually increase over time toward their historical averages.

Thanks to unusually high debt levels and unusually low labor compensation in recent years, the earnings peak in 2007 was based on profit margins that were about 50 % above the historical average, and which have now collapsed.

It would put the dividend yield at just 2.8 %, far below the historical average of 4 % which has been attained at every bear market low.

Conversely, if the stock's P / E ratio is much lower thant it's historical average, this might be referred to as being «cheap».

Since September 2014, the average balance transfer period has hovered around 14 months, which is low by historical standards.

«Of the 17 responses, all suggest that the extent will remain lower than the historical average (i.e., mean 1979 — 2000 September values) of 7.0 million square kilometers.

While generators used more natural gas for electricity generation, overall CO2 emissions from natural gas were down because of lower gas heating demand this winter when temperatures were significantly above the historical average for the season.