Sentences with phrase «performing investments this year»

After a few years of losses, gold prices have risen 17 % year - to - date as of April 25, making it one of the best - performing investments this year.

Not exact matches

«I argued that active investment management by professionals - in aggregate - would over a period of years under - perform the returns achieved by rank amateurs who simply sat still.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Stock markets have performed well in recent years, so it may not be a bad time to draw down on your investments for up to the next five years before starting your CPP and OAS at 70.

So while there could be one or even five year periods where longer maturity bonds perform fairly well from these yield levels, over the long - term they're likely to be a poor investment in terms of earning a decent return over the rate of inflation.

With Japan now one of the worst performing equity markets this year, BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist Richard...

In my experience, a dividend growth portfolio strategy seems to be performing better as an investment than owning a home, in my honest opinion, I would rather rent in a great area than own a home in that area, jeez if I were able to get a lease agreement for 10 years indexed at inflation or at 2.5 % increase annually I would take it and take my down payment and invest it in my portfolio, and continue to contribute the max in my 401K, HSA, and Roth IRA, while enjoying living in a low tax bracket because of my contributions.

Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International in Washington, D.C., forecasts that suburban office will be the top - performing real estate investment product over the next five to 10 years.

Even closer to home for advisors is the class action lawsuit brought employees of CheckSmart who are charging that CheckSmart and Cetera Advisor Networks, as co-fiduciaries, allowed «grossly excessive» fees in a 401 (k) plan whose investments performed poorly over a period of six years.

Do you know how well your investments performed last year or over the past five years?

With Japan now one of the worst performing equity markets this year, BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist Richard Turnill provides an updated outlook for stocks in the Land of the Rising Sun.

For example, investments in Google or Amazon performed well in recent years.

Assuming you have a legitimate investment plan in place, you should never feel ashamed that your portfolio doesn't keep up year - in and year - out with the best performing strategies.

We've been talking recently about the lack of persistence in active investment management: Funds that perform well one year are no more likely than others to perform well the next year, suggesting to uncharitable observers that good performance is more a matter of chance than of replicable predictable skill.

Reflecting the sour mood over Canadian investment opportunities, the loonie is one of the worst - performing major currencies versus the US dollar over the past year.

Once again Buffett this year lays out in simple terms how Berkshire performed over the past year, provides some insights into the environment, and enlightens us with some investment guidance.

Real estate investments haven't performed so well over the last couple years, as the bursting of the housing bubble really hurt the market and impacted many lives in a negative way.

The fact that it has performed well for me over the past 5 years provides zero perspective on whether it is a good investment now.

Reams of data in recent years demonstrate businesses perform better and returns on investment are higher when women are among a company's executive team and in decision - making positions at venture capital firms.

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been one of the best performing asset classes this year.

The chart they produced assumed a $ 1 million initial investment compounded at 20 % per year (after all — most money managers who are hyperactive in their trading espouse their desire to perform at least 70 % to 80 % better than the long - term average of the index.)

Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Funds, gives his forecast for the gold mining markets and best performing sectors this year.

For many parents, the outcome of this process is the ultimate assessment of how they have performed as caregivers and how their children have repaid them for the sacrifices, efforts, and investments they have made over the years.

Bids will be out in mid-May for Overlay A work to be performed as part of this next, $ 5.6 million investment, and Overlay B will be bid out later this year.

The investment comes at a time when Spark has continued to perform poorly, with revenue for Q2 falling 8 % from the previous quarter to $ 9.1 m — a drop of 26 % compared to a year ago.

Maybe they're just coasting through the early years of this generation, shifting their major investments into a mid or late - mid gen release of a console that will perform significantly better than competitors, while timing it so Sony / Microsoft can't respond well?

The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.

Yet it is worth noting that the public - school systems in Montgomery County and the neighboring District of Columbia both spent about $ 15,000 per student in the 2007 - 2008 school year — and while Montgomery County has obviously gotten a respectable return on its investment, D.C. has performed dismally, ranking dead last in the nation on 2007 and 2009 NAEP math and reading scores for fourth graders.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

He also suggests the fund or ETF variables that lead to higher expected returns, along with the impact on a child or grandchild if the investment has performed well during the early years of the program.

How anxious will I be if I plan to have my retirement income vary from year to year depending on how well my investments perform?

For example, investments in Google or Amazon performed well in recent years.

The funds performed quite abysmally (I don't know whether that had to do with the market at the time or the funds themselves) and about five years later I transferred my investments to a friend that had just received her license as a financial advisor.

For that reason, they pulled together a nifty tab called «Potential» which is designed to show you how your investment might perform under different scenarios, over the course of 1 year, 5 years, and 10 years.

Not only are they defined benefit (DB) pensions, meaning that their retirement income is based on their years of service and salary, not on how their pension fund investments actually perform, but both pensions are indexed for inflation too.

I have collated returns of regular plans and direct plans of some of the top performing mutual fund schemes for lump sum investment (last 3 year returns) as well as SIP investment (last 4 year returns).

Most of my investments in my taxable brokerage have come in the last five years and have performed well (along with the market).

But after say 5 years, (my investment becomes 3 Lakh aftre 5 years), I find that the fund is not performing well, e.g. as compare to its peers, or change in Market trends (other category fund performing well), etc..

Because you're recalculating how much you should withdraw each year based not only on your assumed life expectancy, but also on your portfolio's year - end value, you're forced to raise or lower your withdrawals depending on how your investments performed over the prior year.

You could simply look at how that particular fund performed in the last year, or the last number of quarters, and make an investment decision based on that.

These are produced each year and include information on how the Managed Growth Fund has performed and commentaries on investment markets and the economic outlook.

Bottom line: Until someone can accurately predict how long you'll live and how your retirement investments will perform, it will be impossible to know precisely how much you can spend from savings each year without the possibility of depleting your savings too soon or ending up with a large nest egg late in life.

The fund's annual report tells you the investments it made and how they performed during the year.

It tells me how my investment portfolio — spread across four different accounts — performed last year.

This simple strategy, of overweighting whatever sector performed worst the previous year, is gaining credence among investment pros.

First year only bonus accounts are usually appropriate for consumers who are looking to exit an under - performing investment.

For example, some of your investments might have performed exceptionally well over the past year — U.S. equities, for example — and may have distorted your equity asset weighting well beyond your target level as a result.

If you look at a list of top - performing mutual funds or investment advisors, you'll often find momentum investors at the top of the list for periods of one year.