Not exact matches
A few things stand out about this
particular rate change: first, the magnitude
of influence that just a quarter
percentage - point change had on the
stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range
of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages
of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.
7 Dividend growth is the annualized
percentage rate
of growth that a
particular stock's dividend undergoes over a period
of time.
The Board recommends a vote AGAINST a stockholder proposal seeking to have us adopt a policy requiring that senior executives retain a significant
percentage of stock acquired through equity pay programs until reaching retirement age because our existing
stock ownership guidelines and other compensation policies already effectively facilitate significant
stock ownership by our executives, and establishing holding requirements based on a
particular retirement age would not be in the best interests
of our stockholders.
Basically, if you have a large
percentage of your money investment in one
particular stock, bond, or mutual funds you're exposing yourself to unnecessary risk.
A tactical asset allocation strategy calls for investing an array
of percentages in every asset class, meaning you can increase your distribution in a
particular category when the
stocks are expected to perform well and decrease it when they're projected to perform poorly.
This includes reading each fund's last few annual reports, and evaluating returns (over 1, 3, 5 & 10 years, if available), the fund's geographic focus, any
particular company / sector concentration, and the
percentage of the fund's portfolio invested in unlisted
stocks.