Bond ETFs attracted more new
money than any other asset class or category of exchange traded fund in Canada during the first half of the year.
Bond ETFs attracted more new
money than any other asset class or category of exchange traded fund in Canada during the first half of the year.
Not exact matches
Despite lackluster returns, investors continue to put
money into hedge funds, saying they are performing relatively better
than many
other asset classes including stocks.
Those returns were incredibly volatile — a stock might be down 30 % one year and up 50 % the next — but the power of owning a well - diversified portfolio of incredible businesses that churn out real profit, firms such as Coca - Cola, Walt Disney, Procter & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson, has rewarded owners far more lucratively
than bonds, real estate, cash equivalents, certificates of deposit and
money markets, gold and gold coins, silver, art, or most
other asset classes.
In short, the practice is nothing more
than moving an investor's
money into different
asset classes such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, gold,
other commodities, international firms, fine art, etc..
Losses in risky
assets will dissipate investor confidence, undermine economic activity, and leave the Fed with little choice
other than to step on the accelerator for more easy
money.
«Rather
than paying rent (in
other words, putting your
money towards your landlord's mortgage), you are investing
money in an
asset that builds equity,» Scorgie writes in her book.
When borrowing is cheap, firms will take on more debt to invest in hiring and expansion; consumers will make larger, long - term purchases with cheap credit; and savers will have more incentive to invest their
money in stocks or
other assets, rather
than earn very little — and perhaps lose
money in real terms — through savings accounts.
On the
other hand, when the consideration is for something
other than money, the tax base is calculated by the market price of the
asset or service.
More
than any of the
others, it was his arrest that reverberated across global financial markets, particularly after reports surfaced that bin Salman — the ambitious son of and newly named successor to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud — would seize some $ 300 billion in
assets and repatriate that
money to the Saudi economy.
Arsenal have # 766 million worth of fixed
assets — following their move from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium — more
than any
other club in world football, while only Manchester United have more
money in the bank (# 307m)
than Arsenal's # 300m.
Bawumia at a lecture last Thursday among
other things accused government of spending more
money to refinance debts
than it spent on productive
assets.
By investing in precious metals such as gold and silver you are putting some of your
money into something
other than dollar - backed
assets, such as stocks.
Number two is for people that have
other assets, they might be able to draw the
money from and are taking it earlier
than they need to.
Once invested, the
money is less likely to flee, as 401 (k) participants are less likely to move their
assets than other investors.
Other than in terms of cash - type emergency funds (my general policy is to have enough cash to get home, however far from there I might be) I consider available credit +
assets that can be liquidated reasonably quickly to count as emergency fund
money.
But as someone who works in the financial field, what I often see that occurs is that the bulk of people's retirement
money and ultimately their estate is in tax - deferred accounts (Traditional IRA, SEP IRA, 401 (k), etc.) While the tax - deferred status of these accounts may allow these
assets to grow more rapidly
than other funds you might own and you get a deduction upfront, it can actually become problematic.
In general, gifting
money or
assets to another person,
other than a spouse, is a taxable event.
... if a common stock can be bought at no more
than two - thirds of the working - capital alone — disregarding all
other assets — and if the earnings record and prospects are reasonably satisfactory, there is strong reason to believe that the investor is getting substantially more
than his
money's worth.
That is why your textbook feels the need to add the qualifier «for practical purposes,» meaning that the risk of a
money market account is so much lower
than virtually any
other asset class that it can reasonably be approximated as risk free.
Imagine you were to buy an
asset or investment
other than a home with borrowed
money, let's say a dry cleaners for $ 500K [with $ 400K borrowed].
As an investor, if you sell a stock for more
than you paid for it, you'll have a capital gainCapital gain The
money you make when you sell an investment or some
other asset for more
than you paid for it.
Having surplus cash & investments on hand may be comforting to management, but it's an expensive luxury to have & no different really
than (
other) fixed
assets — it weighs the business down, and there's always the risk & temptation of spending the
money on a foolhardy investment or acquisition.
As you can see, pretty much whatever
other asset you added to your total portfolio, you would have done better in recent years
than you would have if you'd held 100 % of your
money in the S&P 500.
Investors learn early on that to reduce their risk of suffering big losses, spreading their
money into
assets other than stocks can help give them a smoother ride.
According to Barron's, the Vanguard Group — the largest provider of index mutual funds — was on pace to pull in more
money last year
than any
other asset manager in history, having added $ 191 billion in new
assets through October 2015.
I've seen this occur a few times recently, which is probably just a function of the abysmal returns that people get on anything
other than hard
money loans, where they're loaning against a hard
asset.
Personally I hold 4 main
assets, higher yielding shares, property, gold and bonds but I guess I'm getting off topic a bit so I'll say no more
other than If I could go back in time and advise a young me I'd say get a mortgage as soon as possible but also drip feed
money into the stock market on a regular basis.
Most all emphasis is put on making
money and little,
other than the diversification benefits of using mutual funds with
asset allocation, is used in preventing the loss of
money.
Let's assume that the goal of diversification is to reduce our risk by taking on new, uncorrelated risks in order to seek equitylike returns at bondlike risk — our industry's holy grail — rather
than merely to invest some of our
money in low - volatility markets.8 Most would suggest that
other risky
assets should serve this purpose — if they offer an uncorrelated risk premium (e.g., if that risk premium is related to risk, not to beta).
HERE is one Ceres investor statement by 190 real -
money investors with more
than US$ 13 trillion of
assets: «On 14 January 2010 the world's largest investors released a statement calling on the U.S. and
other governments to quickly adopt strong national climate policies that will establish a stable investment climate and thus spur low - carbon investments to reduce emissions causing climate change.»
Drexel and
other investment banks realized that by bundling high - yield bonds and loans and slicing them into different layers of credit risk, they could make more
money than they could from holding or selling the individual
assets.
Prenuptial agreements have a place, especially in relationships where one person has more
money or greater
assets than the
other.
Later cases expanded the investment of «
money» to include
assets other than cash (see Uselton v. Comm.
Because a 529 plan's
assets are considered parental
assets, a 529 will have a less negative impact on a student's financial aid award
than money kept in
other types of checking and / or savings accounts.
The group calling themselves «Bitcoin Core» began to insist that Bitcoin was never meant to be
money, after all, and was nothing
other than a new speculative
asset class.
Mercury Cash CEO Victor Romero agreed with this analysis: «Because we come from Venezuela, we think people in our country are more likely to have their
money in
other assets rather
than in Venezuelan fiat currency.
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The Israel Tax Authority has declared bitcoin and
other virtual currencies taxable
assets rather
than money.
Unless these funds are owned by one spouse alone as a result of
money from before the marriage or as a result of a gift from someone
other than the
other parent, the funds will be divided along with all of the
other assets and debts of the parties.
Now, that's because they're making a riskier loan to you because they're loaning against a property that's usually in bad condition and their
money isn't secure by anything
other than that
asset.
I read Jay Adkisson's book on
Asset Protection that other folks were touting as the bible on the subject & I've got to say it is a better perspective than anything else I've read.One thing he harps on in his book is if a person uses a professional that puts out marketing materials stressing the use of the strategy for asset protection then it may get drug up by the litigator in effort to try & invalidate the instrument so that's another super exotic reason I'd be a little leery to have Tim Berry's firm tagged on my option docs.Regardless I'm convinced paying his consulting fee will be money well spent.Hopefully BP will help me gather a slightly better understanding so I ask more prudent questions when I do pony up for some hour (s) of his time.Th
Asset Protection that
other folks were touting as the bible on the subject & I've got to say it is a better perspective
than anything else I've read.One thing he harps on in his book is if a person uses a professional that puts out marketing materials stressing the use of the strategy for
asset protection then it may get drug up by the litigator in effort to try & invalidate the instrument so that's another super exotic reason I'd be a little leery to have Tim Berry's firm tagged on my option docs.Regardless I'm convinced paying his consulting fee will be money well spent.Hopefully BP will help me gather a slightly better understanding so I ask more prudent questions when I do pony up for some hour (s) of his time.Th
asset protection then it may get drug up by the litigator in effort to try & invalidate the instrument so that's another super exotic reason I'd be a little leery to have Tim Berry's firm tagged on my option docs.Regardless I'm convinced paying his consulting fee will be
money well spent.Hopefully BP will help me gather a slightly better understanding so I ask more prudent questions when I do pony up for some hour (s) of his time.Thanks!