Sentences with phrase «negative returns on assets»

It appears the most powerful feature of ROA is associated in identifying stocks with negative returns on assets to avoid poor performers.

The District is responsible for funding the plans, and if plan assets decrease (e.g. because of a year of negative returns on assets invested in the stock market), the District must make up the loss, generally smoothed over several years.

Not exact matches

Investors who were underweight on the Canadian market because of negative outlooks on the Canadian dollar, oil and other commodities are returning, says Lesley Marks, senior vice-president and chief investment officer, Fundamental Canadian Equities, at BMO Asset Management.

Yields on the securities have climbed to their highest levels in six years, and total returns were negative 2.6 percent for the first two months of 2018, making for the worst start of a year for the asset class since 1981.

for sure its not ideal, and negative real returns on fixed income assets / cash are not the norm so hopefully it will get better / revert to mean

The whole industry has got a negative risk - adjusted return because the return on assets is so low.

Sure, there will be years here and there when the return on equities is negative, but over the long run, equities have dominated other asset classes and we see no reason for that to change.

A safe haven is different from a hedge, which has zero or negative return correlation with another asset or portfolio on average.

Malami also lamented the negative attitude of some countries that are still holding on to stolen assets, despite several treaties signed with the Federal Government to facilitate the return of loot.

If a company is trading for less than its book value (or has a P / B less than one), it normally tells investors one of two things: Either the market believes the asset value is overstated, or the company is earning a very poor (even negative) return on its assets.

His variables capture profitability (positive earnings, positive cash flows from operations, increasing return on assets and negative accruals), operating efficiency (increasing gross margins and asset turnover) and liquidity (decreasing debt, increasing current ratio, and no equity issuance).

The advantages of following Mort's approach are: It more quickly provides the security of debt - free home ownership, which will better enable you to weather any economic storms; in case of an emergency, the wealth in your home is more accessible than assets tied up in a retirement plan; and while Rob's return in the 401 (k) could fall or (even turn negative), Mort's interest savings on his mortgage is guaranteed.

You can take rates negative... you can make the return on cash negative... and you can eke out a bit more in the return spread between risk - free and risky assets... but eventually that spread gets bid tight and looks something like this:

As with the traditional asset classes, none of the alternative categories escaped a negative return on the year:

KODDs, on the other hand, have a trigger feature such that depreciation of the underlying asset beyond the barrier level removes the possibility of positive returns on the note if the asset has depreciated in value as of the final observation date.3 Within our sample, no KODDs offer buffered exposure to negative returns of the underlying asset.

Profits keep falling, as does interest coverage, and net FCF's been negative for the past couple of years... Return on equity, despite a hefty dose of leverage (a slightly threatening 58 % of total assets), is a measly 4.8 %.

Those who lowered their stock allocations when the long - term value proposition was poor (the most likely long - term return on stocks was a negative number at the top of the bubble) have a lot more in the way of assets to invest in stocks now that they again offer a reasonable long - term value proposition.