Sentences with phrase «investors over its long history»

While the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund has added value for investors over its long history, its performance in 2008 shows that it may quickly lose a lot of that value in a market downturn.

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Over the past decade, patient investors benefited greatly from one of the longest economic expansions in U.S. history, using stocks, gold and even cryptocurrency as vehicles of profit.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — RadioShack's stock closed below $ 1 per share Friday for the first time in its history, reflecting investors» concern over what lies in store for the long - struggling consumer electronics chain.

If the speculative bubbles and crashes across market history have taught us anything (particularly the repeated episodes of recklessness we've observed over the past two decades), it's this: regardless of the level of valuation at any point in time, we have to allow for the potential for investors to adopt a psychological preference toward risk - seeking speculation, and no amount of reason will dissuade them even when that speculation has already made a collapse inevitable over a longer horizon.

Looking back through history, whenever value stocks have gotten this cheap, subsequent long - term returns have generally been strong.3 From current depressed valuation levels, value stocks have in the past, on average, doubled over the next five years.4 Not that we necessarily expect returns of this magnitude this time around, but based on the data and our six decades of experience investing through various market cycles, we believe the current risk / reward proposition is heavily skewed in favor of long - term value investors.

History shows stocks have generated the best returns of any asset class over the long run within North America — but they are volatile in the short run and investors who track things too closely are more likely to be frightened out of their positions prematurely.

However, most investors refer to companies that have a long history of paying out dividends and increasing those dividends over time as «dividend stocks» — Dividend aristocrats is another term used for these companies.

History shows that investors taking such a risk have been rewarded with positive returns over the long run that should be greater than the expected return of cash investments.

While there is no legal force ensuring the profitability of the insurance business, over its long history the insurance business has generated substantial returns for value - oriented investors.