Not exact matches
As inflation
rises in tandem with
economic growth, growth stocks» future potential
profits look less enticing compared with the steady
profits of value companies, many of which are in industries where they can pass their costs through to customers.
Even prior to the Trump win, a victory that signaled higher
economic growth,
rising interest rates, and likely less regulation, all good for financial services, Buffett had secured paper
profits over 5 1/2 years of $ 6.9 billion on his preferred.
«Our «rational exuberance» rests on a combination of above - trend US and global
economic growth, low albeit slowly
rising interest rates, and
profit growth aided by corporate tax reform likely to be adopted by early next year,» Kostin said in a report for clients.
Rising rates are good for stock valuations because they reflect underlying
economic growth and inflation, which are both good for
profits, at least initially, Lakos - Bujas said.
China's biggest lenders are in the midst of a revival, posting faster
profit growth and generally healthier net interest margins after years of
rising bad debt as
economic growth slowed down.
Our analysis shows that
profits can improve even with
rising wages — indeed, this is a hallmark of reflationary
economic phases, as the chart below shows.
Wages and
profits can, and typically do,
rise together during the reflationary phase of
economic expansions.
When these spirits are aroused and businesses start to see demand strengthening,
economic momentum accelerates.2 As sales improve and
profits rise, businesses become more confident.
But even if America's future average
economic growth is as steep as optimists believe, say just over 4 % a year, the current level of share prices implies that
profits will
rise even faster.
But pullbacks that occur against the backdrop of sustained
economic expansion and
rising corporate
profits — as is the case currently — present attractive opportunities for long - term investors.
Coupled with higher
economic growth and greater investor confidence,
profit growth will also be on the
rise.
According to the organization, «In the face of
rising poverty and
economic inequalities across the country, the Lagos State government should be considering eliminating toll charges rather than allowing the Lekki Concession Company to get away with overcharging citizens and residents and prioritising
profits over the public interests.
Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Tuesday its quarterly
profit rose 36 percent as an
economic rebound helped to boost advertising spending.
It would be one thing if the
rise in
profit margins was even a mystery, but margins have remained highly cyclical (reflecting identical cyclical movements in household and government saving), and have remained tightly related to deficits in other sectors, and must be as a consequence of
economic equilbrium.
• Support for energy innovation today comes from those concerned about the high (and
rising)
economic costs, not to mention the foreign entanglements created by America's dependence on oil; the need for greater energy access in poor countries; diseases and deaths caused by air pollution, oil and gas drilling, and coal mining and waste; and the potential for America to manufacture and export new energy technologies at a
profit.
One wonders whether our institutional memory still recalls the impulses that gave
rise to our constitution — or whether we have substituted a belief in efficiency,
economic rationalization and
profit maximization for our traditional pursuit of a finely calibrated balance between individual liberties and social justice.
Although there have been a few glimmers of hope in recent
economic news, including an increase in mortgage applications, an increase in retail sales, some positive cash flows and even
profits by some of the larger banks, more clarity from the President about his stimulus package, and a
rise in the stock market over the past week, so far nothing has turned positive for the trucking industry, and other than seasonal increases coming into the spring, likely won't for some time.
As spending
rises, this lines the pockets of businesses they choose to spend their money with, stimulating
economic activity, as they use greater
profits to consume more themselves, expand and hire more employees or invest in R&D.