Sentences with phrase «of tangible capital»

Depreciation An accounting procedure that aims to distribute the cost of tangible capital assets, less any expected salvage value, over the estimated useful life of the asset in a rational and systematic manner.

Not exact matches

The details of the capital requirements under Basel III are complicated, but generally speaking, deposit - taking institutions such as Canada's banks will have to maintain tangible common equity, which includes things like cash, equal to 4.5 % of their assets plus an additional buffer of 2.5 %, for a total of 7 %.

Subordinated debt offers business owners access to capital they may be unable to obtain from a bank due to a lack of tangible assets to offer as collateral.

An economy either is in trouble or has lost its sense of balance when investors shy away from tangible capital formation in favor of buying postage stamps and similar collectibles.

Since the financial crisis, regulators have intensely focused on capital and now require higher levels for all financial institutions; increasing our capital and capital distribution is a tangible sign of our financial strength.

Some Prefatory Remarks to the N.Y.U. Real Estate Institute discussion, Oct. 25, 2001 Economic theory focuses on labor and capital, yet the largest category of tangible assets is not industrial plant and machinery earning profits, but real estate, and its primary objective is to make capital gains.

Its statistics would show how much of the rise in wealth (and expenditure) in China — or any other nation — is a result of new tangible capital formation as compared to higher rents, lending and interest, or the stock market.

The effect will be to limit real estate lending to loans for the actual construction or purchase of buildings and other capital improvements, i.e., for tangible capital formation.

So why should investors finance tangible capital investment when they can ride the wave of asset - price inflation?

With strict capital controls and a state - controlled stock exchange that is volatile and risky, the tangible reassurance of evergreen property has made it a «fungible commodity,» in the words of Anne Stevenson - Yang, co-founder of Beijing - based equities analysis firm J Capital Recapital controls and a state - controlled stock exchange that is volatile and risky, the tangible reassurance of evergreen property has made it a «fungible commodity,» in the words of Anne Stevenson - Yang, co-founder of Beijing - based equities analysis firm J Capital ReCapital Research.

Alternative investments cover a broad swath of investing options, ranging from tangible assets like art, antiques, wine, stamps, and coins to financial assets like private equity in businesses, derivatives, commodities, and venture capital.

Heuristics of having a high tangible capital ratio would aid regulation.

Here, ROC is the ratio of the pre-tax operating earnings (EBIT) to tangible capital employed (Net working capital + Net fixed capital).

Or a business may have low FCF because it has low owner earnings in relation to tangible capital employed and the business has to spend a lot of money to replace obsolete plant and machinery.

The latter route, whether of tangible products or web - based information products, contains the seeds of potentially greater wealth, but of course requires a lot of upfront time, energy and often capital in order to establish the infrastructure that will later deliver a sort of «freedom.»

Insured commercial banks had high capital levels at the time of the crisis — 10 % (DM: but look at the tangible capital ratios)

[NB: i) Church House's Argo stake is held by the Deep Value Investments Fund, managed by Jeroen Bos — if you haven't read it already, I can highly recommend his recent book «Deep Value Investing», ii) XXX Capital Management is a well - known European hedge fund, which hasn't publicly disclosed a holding in Argo to date, hence the redaction — Argo management are obviously aware of their shareholding & support, and iii) the letter was based on a GBP 14p share price & a higher GBP / USD rate — at the current 13.875 p price and exchange rate, Argo now trades at a 36 % discount to net cash and investments, and a 47 % discount to net tangible assets.]

Outerwall has historically produced high returns on capital, and it's a business that doesn't need much tangible capital to produce huge amounts of cash flow (an attractive business), but it has been run similar to companies that get purchased by private equity firms — leverage up the balance sheet, issue a dividend (or buyout some shareholders), thus keeping very little equity «at risk».

This tangible cultural capital will be an enormously positive asset for the social and economic recovery of the region.

As Gary S. Becker once nicely alluded to: «such tangible forms of capital are not the only type of capital -LRB-...) economists regard expenditures on education, training, medical care, and so on as investments in human capital.

@Jai Reddy It's not as simple as saying «everything that lasts more than a year is a capital improvement» especially after the release of the final tangible property regs.