Every dollar of expense is one
less dollar investors have available for reinvestment and their future use.
Not exact matches
A half - percentage - point difference in fees will translate into thousands of
dollars less in total return over an
investor's lifetime.
Take the underrepresentation of women among tech entrepreneurs together with an overwhelmingly male VC population (with their presumably dude - heavy networks and natural affinity for the types of companies that speak to men) and the result has been dismal amounts of
investor dollars going to female founders —
less than five percent just a decade ago.
Indeed, it is poised to become the next great brand export from a country not known for its global brands — even if its shares are as overpriced as a hundred -
dollar hoodie, leaving
investors vulnerable to anything
less than peak performance.
Hence,
investors who three years ago paid
less than $ 19 for $ 1 of earnings now pay $ 24.30 — an extra $ 5.30, or an almost 30 % premium, for a
dollar of earnings.
«Some pump and dumps use false news reports, typically about a famous high - tech business leader or
investor who plans to pour millions of
dollars into a small,
lesser known virtual currency or coin.
Thus, the
investor is
less likely to panic, dividends can be reinvested,
dollar cost averaging plans followed, and the wealth manager has protected the client from their psychological urge to «conquer» the market by trading trends.
The YC documents are probably fine in situations where the
investor (i) wishes to purchase equity rather than convertible debt, (ii) is otherwise somewhat indifferent on terms other than percentage ownership of the company, liquidation preference and right of first offer in future financings, (iii) is investing at a fairly low valuation (i.e. a couple of million
dollars), and (iv) is only investing a small amount (i.e. a couple hundred thousand
dollars or
less).
The U.S.
dollar weakened during what was a choppy session a day after the Federal Reserve ended a policy meeting with no change in rates and a
less hawkish statement than
investors had anticipated.
Reserve Primary was liquidated with
investors losing
less than a penny for every
dollar invested.
No
less a value conscious
investor than Warren Buffett commented on this shift at the most recent Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, where he pointed to the fact that the largest companies in the S&P 500; Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, and Google generate far more cash per
dollar of earnings than companies of the past.
In other words, if correct,
investors will be
less willing to pay more for each
dollar of earnings and stocks will climb at a much slower pace.
Currency impact can be managed by hedging local currencies back into U.S.
dollar, allowing
investors to potentially earn local market yields and take advantage of potential local bond price appreciation, with
less currency fluctuations.
His partners and
investors are
less excited at the prospect of eating dozens of millions of
dollars in losses every year until his prediction comes true.
As I write in my new weekly commentary, «The Curious Case of
Dollar Strength,» while small caps do have
less exposure to international sales, they have proved more vulnerable to rising real interest rates (the interest rate after inflation) and
investor anticipation of monetary tightening.
In other words, if correct,
investors will be
less willing to pay more for each
dollar of earnings and stocks will climb at a much slower pace.
In an effort to mitigate the impact of a stronger
dollar, many
investors have been favoring small - cap stocks, which depend
less on international sales than larger companies.
For that reason ETFs are not ideal for portfolios worth
less than $ 30,000, or for
investors planning on using a
dollar - cost averaging strategy, where you invest a fixed amount at regular intervals, such as every month.
The reverse has been true, however, for Canadian
dollar - based
investors: exposure to global equities in their local currencies has resulted in higher volatility — not
less — than the same exposure held in Canadian
dollars.
Low cost brokers are generally
less expensive for an
investor who invests in small amounts (say, fixed
dollar amounts) and who is not particular that the stock trade must happen in real time.
This
investor's cash outlay was $ 10.1 M (335,800 * 30.10), and the max profit (including the March dividend) is a few
dollars less than $ 400K.
Inflation risk Inflation causes tomorrow's
dollar to be worth
less than today's; in other words, it reduces the purchasing power of a bond
investor's future interest payments and principal, collectively known as «cash flows.»
Investment
dollar minimums may make buying and selling individual bonds
less suitable to many individual
investors than buying an agency bond fund or U.S. Treasuries directly.
The Index includes publicly issued U.S.
dollar denominated, non-investment-grade, fixed rate, taxable corporate bonds that have a remaining maturity of
less than 5 years regardless of optionality, are rated between Caa3 / CCC - / CCC - and Ba1 / BB + / BB + using the middle rating of Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., Fitch, Inc., or Standard & Poor's, Inc., respectively, and have $ 350 million or more of issuance.
The Index includes publicly issued U.S.
dollar denominated corporate issues that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 1 year and
less than 3 years, are rated investment grade (must be Baa3 / BBB - or higher using the middle rating of Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., Fitch Inc., or Standard & Poor's Financial Services, LLC), and have $ 300 million or more of outstanding face value.
For example, if the U.S.
dollar appreciates against the Japanese yen, the real return to a U.S.
dollar - based
investor will be
less than the return to a yen - based
investor because of the stronger
dollar.
Across all funds,
investors earned an average
dollar - weighted return of only 6.87 %, 194 bps
less than the 8.81 % that managers achieved on a time - weighted basis.
What's more, the
less faith that
investors around the globe have in currencies like the U.S.
dollar, the more they tend to gravitate towards gold.
With the new Vanguard deal, I'd recommend that all but the smallest
investors (with
less than a few thousand
dollars to invest) seriously consider using Vanguard Brokerage Services for investing in ETFs.
If a fund's dazzling record has attracted billions of new
dollars from
investors, the manager could struggle to invest the money involved and may be forced to buy
less attractive investment ideas.
This shock is actually
less severe than what occurred in the life settlement market a few years ago, leading some institutional
investors to suffer losses of hundreds of millions of
dollars on their portfolios.
Or put differently, this Australian
investor could purchase the same asset for 30 %
less than a U.S
investor using American
dollars.