Sentences with phrase «increase average yields»

They contend there is no evidence to show GM crops increase average yields.

Eventually the ladder will contain only 5 - year bonds, thus increasing your average yield, while maintaining the average maturity.

Not exact matches

It has a 5.54 % yield — it increased its dividend by 6.9 % last quarter — and while more purchases like this one could impede future dividend increases, writes Plessis, you're still getting an above average payout.

Social Higher prices and farmer training helped farmers increase average annual cacao yield by 14 percent, translating to a 20 percent increase in income.

Nickel set for biggest weekly increase since April 2009 Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches record on Thursday Gold heading for worst week in a month Largest increase in 30 - year Treasury yields since 2009 Italian bonds are poised for worst three - week selloff since 2011 Emerging - market stocks set for biggest three - day slide since August 2015 Mexico's peso plunges 12 percent in three daysCommodities

Thus far in 2015, the performance of the Dogs of the Dow has not been particularly inspiring, with the 10 highest - yielding Dow components at the start of the year up 5.0 % in February, versus a 5.7 % increase in the overall Dow and a 6.1 % jump in the remaining 20 companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

As you can see in the chart above, December's purchases resulted in a total increase of $ 8.27 to my forward 12 - month dividends and carried an overall average yield on cost of 2.18 %.

Enterprise bargaining outcomes in the early part of the year also suggested little change in the rate of wage growth; new federal enterprise agreements in the March quarter yielded an average annualised increase of 3.4 per cent, unchanged from the previous quarter.

The Wage Cost Index continues to record wages growth at an annual rate of around 3 1/4 per cent, and there has been little change in the wage increases being negotiated under enterprise bargaining, which continue to yield average annualised increases in the 3 1/2 to 4 per cent range.

Let's assume you have a diversified portfolio yielding 3,5 %, some good old blue chips grow their dividend slowly, some newer companies keep raising their dividend higher and higher like their life depends on it, averaging dividend increases of let's say 7 % per year.

However, this shareholder yield backtest did not exhibit a smooth increase in average excess returns from the 1st quintile to the 5th quintile.

We say that each rate rises or falls when the associated average monthly yield increases or decreases during the SACEVS holding month.

Yields available on high - quality securities continue to remain low but are somewhat offset by increases in average investment balances.

The first screen looks for companies with above - average dividend yields that have also maintained or increased their dividends over the past five years.

Though the rental yield is less than average, rents have increased by 3.3 percent since last year and seem poised to continue.

As a result, average yields are now declining and soil loss is increasing at a disastrous rate.

This yield result is a significant increase from the previous season with an average of 13.9 bales per hectare and is well ahead of the industry.

We believe that the large increase is due to new plantings coming on line, as vine yields seemed average.

A 2011 report from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research found that between 1985 and 2009, IRRI varieties and breeding lines contributed, on average, 50 % of the annual yield increases in southern Vietnam and the use of new varieties increased Vietnamese rice farmers» income by US$ 127 per hectare (in 2009 values) per year during the study period.

Under the campaign, average yields of maize and rice have increased, and our warehouses are filling up.

The result is that local government workers, faced with an average additional 3 % increase in their contributions which will then yield a much reduced pensions, are likely to abandon the local government pension scheme in droves as no longer worthwhile, thus adding to the State's welfare bill in retirement and perhaps collapsing the investment funds which this pension scheme feeds.

Nonetheless, in the simulations, it yielded an 8 percent increase in average car speed during periods of peak congestion.

Their results showed that from 1985 through 2011, wheat breeding programs boosted average wheat yields by 13 bushels per acre, or 0.51 bushel each year, for a total increase of 26 percent.

A 2011 report from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research found that between 1985 and 2009, IRRI varieties and breeding lines contributed, on average, 50 % of the annual yield increases in southern Vietnam and the use of new varieties increased Vietnamese rice farmers» income by US$ 127 per hectare (in 2009 values) per year during the study period.

Provides an average yield increase of 15.9 % more than untreated with one application made between Feekes 8 and Feekes 10.5

Thus, an increase in the level of achievement in high school of a standard deviation yields an average increase of between $ 110,000 and $ 230,000 in lifetime earnings.

Also, our tests show that fuel consumption is increased — this test yielded 13.5 mpg versus an average of 16.7 mpg in the last unsupercharged Xterra we tested.

Today, with the average yield below 3 %, that 1 % increase would create a negative return of -3.41 % on a typical core bond fund.

Average increases are in the 3 % -4 % range, which is OK for a stock yielding 4.5 %.

While the average most - recent increase for all CCC companies was 9.8 %, many of those are stocks with much lower yields and much shorter streaks of dividend increases.

• At 1.7 % (including the impact of the most recent 11 % dividend increase on April 27), AAPL's yield is below average for the best dividend growth stocks, and well below the average yield of all 690 Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers (CCC), which stands at 2.8 %.

The remaining stocks are then assigned a rank based on their yield (the higher the yield the higher the rank), payout ratio (the lower the payout ratio the higher the rank), 3 year dividend growth rate, and 5/10 year Dividend Acceleration / Deceleration (5 - year average increase divided by 10 - year average increase).

These companies have increased their dividend for at least 15 years and have a lower than average price to earnings (PE) ratio, a higher operating margin, a low price to book, a reasonable dividend yield and payout ratio.

There can be two reasons for an above - average yield: the price is down or the dividend has increased.

DIV STRK is consecutive years of dividend increases; DIV YLD is yield using the most recently announced dividend; 5 YR YLD is average dividend yield over the past 5 years; REC DG is most recent year - over-year dividend growth; 5 YR DG is average annual dividend growth over the past 5 years; PRICE was at market close Friday, March 2; FAIR VAL is Morningstar's «Fair Value Estimate»; FWD P / E is price / earnings ratio based on projected 2018 earnings; 5 YR P / E is average P / E ratio over the past 5 years; MOAT is Morningstar's rating of competitive economic advantage; SFT is Value Line's «Safety» score; CRD is Standard & Poor's credit rating; MKT CAP is market cap in billions of dollars.

As I mentioned before, this is well below the average yield of the portfolio, but offers greater long - term growth and greater increases to my dividend income.

Its dividend yield is above the peer average over the past ten years and increase from 2.8 % in 2012 to 3 % currently.

I'd be a bit more picky in terms of averaging down on a stock I might not want to go too heavy on due to anticipated risk, yield, or something else, but I'm pretty excited about increasing the size of this position fairly quickly, which is something I tend to do quite often as I discussed in the article.

Assuming no interest rate move, you will be buying a six - year CD yielding 2.35 % with your matured CD (previously paying 1.05 %) and increasing your ladder's average yield from 1.85 % to 2.06 %.

It seems these companies are able to return cash to shareholders (via dividend raises) on average in the 8 - 12 % range without share buybacks and in 11 - 15 % range with (total shareholder yield) outside of any additional increase in the actual price per share.

While the average dividend yield dropped 162 basis points between the two periods, average earnings growth increased 222 basis points.

The weighted average affected yield on our CLO equity portfolio increased versus the prior quarter.

AGNC pays $ 2.75 annual dividend yield: 11.80 % Its projected 10YOC is 11.80 %, payout ratio 129 % (note, this is a REIT, the ratio will be at or higher than 100 %) 5 yr average growth: -6.88 % paid dividend since: 2008 # of years of consecutive dividend increases: 0 years

GG pays $ 0.60 annual dividend yield: 2.40 % Its projected 10YOC is 4.01 %, payout ratio 31 % 5 yr average growth: 30.18 % paid dividend since: 2001 # of years of consecutive dividend increases: 4 years

MCD pays $ 3.40 annual dividend yield: 3.60 % Its projected 10YOC is 6.64 %, payout ratio 59 % 5 yr average growth: 10.17 % paid dividend since: 1976 # of years of consecutive dividend increases: 37 years

OHI pays $ 2.04 annual dividend yield: 5.90 % Its projected 10YOC is 14.76 %, payout ratio 256 % 5 yr average growth: 10.58 % paid dividend since: 1992 # of years of consecutive dividend increases: 10 years

PSEC pays $ 1.33 annual dividend yield: 12.90 % Its projected 10YOC is 19.47 %, payout ratio 171 % (note, this is a BDC, the ratio will be at or higher than 100 %) 5 yr average growth: -3.43 % paid dividend since: 2004 # of years of consecutive dividend increases: 2 years

Or, if current spendable income is your objective, look for companies with above - average yields and histories of increasing their dividend each year.

VNR pays $ 2.52 annual dividend yield: 8.70 % Its projected 10YOC is 8.70 %, payout ratio N / A 5 yr average growth: 4.77 % paid dividend since: 2008 # of years of consecutive dividend increases: 0 years

VTR pays $ 2.90 annual dividend yield: 4.80 % Its projected 10YOC is 12.76 %, payout ratio 176 % 5 yr average growth: 7.21 % paid dividend since: 1999 # of years of consecutive dividend increases: 4 years