REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) are less effective than other high dividend - paying stocks in a taxable portfolio because dividends represent a large portion of returns of the real estate asset class, and REIT dividends are taxed at significantly higher
rates than other stock dividends.
Not exact matches
Stock investors don't necessarily need to fear rising interest
rates, but some sectors could fare better
than others.
Yellen said asset valuations including
stock prices in part reflect expectations that the Fed will normalize
rates faster
than other central banks.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and
other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger
than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or
other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over
other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its
stock price, corporate or
other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange
rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and
other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
The
rate at which employees forfeit their
stock awards, typically by leaving the company before fully vesting, is significantly higher at Amazon
than at
other large tech firms such as Alphabet and Apple, according to an analysis of company filings.
For example, if company ABC and XYZ are both selling for $ 50 a share, one might be far more expensive
than the
other depending upon the underlying profits and growth
rates of each
stock.
The evidence that firms with employee
stock ownership and / or profit sharing perform better
than others suggests that policies that extend ownership would boost the country's lagging growth
rate.
Stocks, by far, offer the best
rates of return for people wanting to make the most of their one million dollars, but they are riskier by nature
than any of the
other securities I will discuss.
As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for
stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations
than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest
rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and
other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.
Because these venture capital firms want higher return
rates than other investments such as the
stock market provide, they typically invest in promising startup or young businesses that have a high potential for growth but are also high risk.
Roughly half of the ETFs have a higher correlation to treasury bonds and the
other half to the S&P 500 Index (i.e., CWB — convertible bonds, JNK — high yield corporate, PFF — preferred
stock and XLU — utilities all react to interest
rates but are more correlated to the
stock market
than to treasury bonds).
Collectible vintage vehicles have historically appreciated at a
rate greater
than that
stock market, gold and
other arts and collectibles as documented by many articles and auction result tracking.
If the interest
rates on your
other debt - car or student loan or mortgage - is higher
than what you could earn by saving or investing (consider that the average annual inflation - adjusted historical return of the U.S.
stock market is just over 6 %), you'd be wise to pay that down first too.
But if we are entering a sustained rising -
rate phase, some
stocks might offer more long - side opportunities
than others.
U.S. preferred
stocks are perceived to be an attractive investment, as they have historically offered higher yields
than other asset classes, especially when the global
rates remain low.
The simple fact is that if you're going to be counting on your savings to fund a long retirement, a portfolio without
stocks will have a hard time generating the returns needed to support anything
other than very low levels of withdrawals, especially given today's low interest
rates.
There are also
stocks within these
rate - sensitive sectors that have a greater tendency to demonstrate positive or negative results as
rates move
than others.
Presently, energy, banking, and finance industries are all paying out higher dividend
rates than stocks in
other industries.
Non-investment-grade bonds (aka junk bonds or high yield bonds) are more affected by factors
other than interest
rates, including some of the same factors (economic booms or recessions) that affect
stocks.
If you are looking for higher
rates of return
than other fixed
rate investments, or want less volatility
than stock investments, then you should be investing with us!
On the
other hand, when
stock market valuations are low the next 10 -20 years have higher
than average
rates of return.
Although past performance is no guarantee of future results,
stocks have historically provided a higher average annual
rate of return
than other investments, including bonds and cash equivalents.
I am sure there are
other stocks that have a higher
rate than that over the last 20 years.
Bonds and
other debt obligations, fixed -
rate capital securities and preferred
stock that are considered senior to common
stock within an entity's capitalization structure and therefore have a higher priority to repayment
than another bond's claim to the same class of assets.
In
other words, the probability of the return on the small - cap
stock being farther away from the mean or expected
rate of return is greater
than the stable blue chip dividend
stock.
If you are looking for higher
rates of return
than other fixed
rate investments, or want less volatility
than stock investments, then you should be investing with us!