Sentences with phrase «lower earnings rate»

This mostly affects the lower level fares, as the bonus is paid on the lower earnings rate.

Given the relatively low earnings rate of 2 % and 1.25 %, respectively, the Venture ® and VentureOne ® cards don't necessarily provide the best per - mile value available for credit card rewards, so they're not generally the top choice of travel enthusiasts who try to maximize their rewards.

Not exact matches

Earnings coverage was better due to more stringent bank regulation and lower interest rates.

WESTERN Australia's hotels increased their total earnings by 20 per cent in the past financial year despite low occupancy rates.

Economist Michael Wolfson noticed that since extra coverage for those with lower earnings is not needed, we should keep the replacement rate at 25 per cent for lower earners, then use a 40 per cent replacement rate for earnings above a certain threshold.

The Canadian Labour Congress, Mintz - Wilson, and 10-10-10 plans all increase replacement rates for low - earners, while the Wolfson - Sheridan Wedge proposal only veers off from the current system when earnings hit $ 25,600.

As for «peak earnings,» Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist and CIO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, said in a note to clients on Sunday that» [W] e think the market is digesting the fact that the tax cut last year has created a lower quality increase in US earnings growth that almost guarantees a peak rate of change by 3Q.»

Comments: «Admittedly, we are forecasting relatively low rates of earnings growth for 2013 given our price forecasts,» he writes.

The German bank has struggled over the last few years due to weak earnings, a low - interest rate environment and penalties on past misconduct.

Sun Life recently estimated it could take a $ 600 - million hit to earnings by 2015 if rates stay low.

«We expect to earn back the tax writedown in the first year through the lower tax rate on U.S. earnings,» he told analysts on a conference call.

Perhaps the fact their underemployment rate is still hanging at 26 percent plus (and comes with lower salary earnings, too) is making Millennials rethink what matters in a job.

Many expect that a lower tax rate would encourage companies to repatriate overseas earnings that had been left abroad for tax reasons.

Companies have announced significant earnings pickups as a result of the lower tax rate,» said David Katz, chief investment officer at Matrix Asset Advisors in New York.

Morgan Stanley lowered its ratings on several chip stocks, citing lower flash memory prices and meager earnings growth next year.

The recent popularity of junk goes counter to multiple warnings from Wall Street experts who believe the sector is in trouble due to looming interest rate hikes and declining earnings for companies particularly at the lower end of the credit spectrum.

Morgan Stanley lowers its ratings on several chip stocks, citing lower flash memory prices and meager earnings growth next year.

A low multiple means that investors aren't expecting their gains to flow from rapidly rising profits, driven by reinvesting earnings at high rates of return — Warren Buffett's ideal.

It may be a tough quarter for banks this earnings season, but banks are going to benefit from lower corporate tax rates in 2018, analysts say.

The top 1 percent and the bottom 99 percent are separated by a difference of just 16 times in average annual earnings, which is a relatively low rate of economic disparity.

Cisco is the latest big U.S. firm to announce that it will bring its overseas profits home, in order to take advantage of the one - off lower tax rate for repatriated earnings that was included in last year's tax reform.

GAAP earnings per share (EPS) increased 16 percent to $ 3.25 driven by higher product sales, a lower tax rate and lower weighted - average shares outstanding.

Also, although the new tax law that took effect Jan. 1 lowered rates individual tax rates and created a 20 percent deduction for qualifying earnings for solo workers (and other business entities that have so - called pass - through income), it doesn't take much to owe the government.

«S&P 500 price - to - earnings is demanding excluding mega-caps and likely dependent on interest rates staying low versus history,» says David Bianco, chief U.S. equity strategist at Deutsche Bank.

European stocks closed lower on Wednesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve's statement on its interest rate decision and digested new corporate earnings.

«Now, we have low earnings volatility, low GDP volatility, and low interest rate volatility, so investors view things as extremely safe,» says Kalesnik.

Loblaw warned that full - year earnings will be lower than in 2011, as its operations aren't growing at a rate fast enough to cover the IT and supply chain investment.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

«We believe the bias for stock prices in general remains to the upside, underpinned by a growing economy, low interest rates and increasingly, cheaper oil... With operating margins at elevated levels, top line growth is poised to more quickly bleed through to the bottom line, thus supporting earnings.»

Unadjusted career average earnings will result in a smaller denominator than career average earnings that are adjusted to reflect wage growth, as in the C / QPP benefit rate calculation, and both are likely to be lower than a measure of best average earnings for people whose earnings are high relative to average earnings for limited periods of time.

While the government may not do anything specific for investors, Russell does say that its commitment to lowering business tax rates and creating a more business - friendly climate helps companies grow earnings, which should then, theoretically, boost stock prices.

SPR is up 40 % since publication, but still earns an Attractive risk / reward rating based on earnings quality and low market - implied expectations for future profits.

The bank expects to see its earnings benefit from the lower tax rate in the U.S. over the long run.

target and maximum levels, assumed, for Mr. Hoyt's Wholesale Banking Group, continued double - digit loan growth and favorable credit quality; for Mr. Oman's Home and Consumer Finance Group, improvement in the home mortgage business due to cost control and expected improvements in the yield curve favorably affecting earnings from hedging activities; and for Ms. Tolstedt's Community Banking Group, growth in deposits, especially low or no - cost core deposits, continued loan growth, and stable credit loss rates.

The Republican tax bill, which seeks to lower the corporate tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent, would lead to an average 14 percent in earnings growth for seven of America's largest banks next year, according to a Monday note from Goldman Sachs analyzing the plan's implications.

Though an improving economy later this year could lead to a pickup in loan demand and raise earnings potential for banks, it's true that traditional banks are struggling with low rates and declining net interest margins.

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Mr. Cook is also expected to argue that some of Apple's largest subsidiaries do not reduce Apple's tax liability, and to press for a sweeping overhaul of the United States corporate tax code — in particular, by lowering rates on companies moving foreign overseas earnings back to the United States.

The ad argues that «Stocks should soon be benefiting from the sweet spot of a friendly Fed: low interest rates and improved earnings visibility.»

Combining this with poor sales growth results in a dismal outlook for earnings 3) the pressure on earnings will continue to hurt capital spending, which is usually just a magnified image of earnings, 4) the same factors will continue to raise default rates, causing earnings problems and debt downgrades among banks and financial companies, 5) earnings shortfalls will also lead to continued job cutbacks, with the unemployment rate rising to at least 5.5 % (indeed, once the unemployment rate has advanced by 0.5 % from its lows, it has never reversed until rising by least 1.5 % off those lows).

Since investors can't quickly change the long - term growth rate of earnings, the only way to substantially increase the long - term rate of return offered by stocks is to lower prices vertically.

Our view is that the equity markets have low volatility because we have been experiencing low volatility in the things that drive equity prices — interest rates, economic data and corporate earnings.

Fitch Ratings, confirming its BBB rating — the second - lowest investment grade — and a stable outlook, said today the rating «would come under pressure» if there was no clear expectation of the Paris - based company's ratio of adjusted net debt to earnings staying below 2.5 times in the «medium» term.

* The policy «impose a low tax on the repatriation of foreign profits» is particularly unclear whether it is a switch to a territorial system or simply a lower rate on repatriated earnings.

Interest rates can affect stocks because when rates are low, people are more willing to borrow money that they may use to buy products and services, which can help buoy company earnings and stock prices.

In 1991, Apple Corporation cut a deal with the Irish government so that only a certain bracket of its earnings would be taxed, giving it, writes Business Insider,»... a dramatically lower tax rate than it would have to pay in the U.S.» In return, Apple promised jobs, lots of jobs, which it provided.

The bull market is alive and kicking due to optimism about earnings growth, low interest rates, and a business friendly environment that has cut taxes and reduced red tape.

Looking out to decade's end, our projections call for earnings to advance at a low - to mid-teens percentage rate.

Any future changes in the tax treatment of investment earnings or a rate of return that is lower than the assumed rate of return may further impact the comparison.

Over the past 30 years, during which earnings growth hasn't been stellar, market values have instead been driven by Federal Reserve - induced low interest rates leading to corporate share repurchase strategies and merger and acquisition activity.