While it remains unknown to most investors, it is in fact safer than outright
stock ownership because the investor's downside risk is offset by premium income received for selling the call -LSB-...]
Begin with a simple strategy that involves
stock ownership because you already are familiar with how that works.
While it remains unknown to most investors, it is in fact safer than outright
stock ownership because the investor's downside risk is offset by premium income received for selling the call provision.
Not only did this encourage companies to increase dividends, it encouraged
stock ownership because interest income from Treasuries and money market funds were still taxed as ordinary income.
Not exact matches
One wrinkle is that an employee would need to receive more phantom
stock relative to direct
ownership to get the same amount of equity compensation
because they are not receiving the underlying value of the
stock.
Robert R. Johnson, president of the American College of Financial Services in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, says homes appear to be stable investments only
because you can not get minute - to - minute price updates like with
stocks, and that many homeowners focus on long - term price gains and ignore all the costs of
ownership.
For industrial firms such leveraged buyouts (LBOs) are called «taking a company private,»
because its
stock ownership is no longer publicly available.
The Board determined to adopt a «net long» definition of
ownership because it believes that only stockholders with full and continuing economic interest and voting rights in our common
stock should be entitled to request that the Company call a special meeting.
Ms. Brewer is not included in the graph above
because she has not yet reached the required compliance date applicable to the
stock ownership guidelines.
Should I elect to sell at today's prices, I could realize a nice capital gain
because the other
stock market participants are willing to pay more for each
ownership unit than they were a year or two ago.
A new meta - analysis of studies with 102 samples covering 56,984 firms finds a small but significant positive relationship on average between employee
stock ownership and firm performance.25 The positive relationship holds across firm size and has increased over time, possibly
because firms are learning to implement employee
stock ownership more effectively.
The group incentive nature of employee
stock ownership and profit sharing makes this an effective way to create and reinforce a sense of common purpose, and to encourage higher commitment and productivity.23 It is also the case with ESOPs that the new
ownership might not be viewed by the firm in the same way as other added compensation
because the
ownership is financed through loans to buy new capital as company
stock, with Federal tax incentives, and the shares are not paid as normal wages and benefits out of company budget reserved for this purpose.
Bonds and
stocks rise and fall differently
because bonds are a contract for fixed payments while
stocks are only an
ownership stake in potential profits.
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.
JA: If I have a piece of
ownership such as common
stock with that company, yes, then I will see a lot of higher appreciation
because I'm an owner I have skin.
Should I elect to sell at today's prices, I could realize a nice capital gain
because the other
stock market participants are willing to pay more for each
ownership unit than they were a year or two ago.
For some reason, this logic does not transfer to the domain of public
stock ownership, possibly
because this aspect of asset
ownership is not taken into account.
And
because their company is employee - owned — an Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)-- their employees appreciate the value of the services they provide to their clients.
The
stock market has, over time, consistently provided investors with higher returns than «safer» investments like certificates of deposits and bonds — but there are also risks
because buying
stocks means acquiring an
ownership interest in companies.
I gravitated towards high - quality dividend
stocks because you only have to make a decision once and the
ownership process is satisfying in the same way that planting an oak tree on the family farm and watching it grow for decades is satisfying.
This is
because bonds, as was discussed above, are worth their face value when they mature, and
stocks are
ownership in a company with assets and a business that can be valued.
However, management at Liberty Media / Discovery Holdings and Cox felt that true value of the Discovery Channel was not being reflected in the
stock market valuation of their respective companies
because of Discovery's complex
ownership structure.
Preferred
stocks are the preferred choice of some investors
because of the routine fixed dividend payments that come with
ownership.
The welcome effect is that people took it as a matter of course that
stocks were real businesses bought for
ownership, although
stock buyers had the reputation of being slick and wily
because their
ownership positions were based on the current and future profitability of companies rather than secured bonds which had been the hallmark of traditional conservative investing accounts
because property could be sold to return part of your principal in the event that the business failed.
When people start claiming a business deserves a special valuation above all reasonable fundamental analysis (
because of the «franchise»,
because there's so little institutional
ownership for a big cap growth
stock,
because Buffett's in it,
because global expansion will provide endless opportunity,
because ROE is so damned high,
because it's nearly a monopoly,
because Buffett's in it...), that's a short, IMO.
We pair this evaluation with information about any significant or increasing
stock ownership among a company's officers and directors
because meaningful insider
ownership can signal management's personal confidence in the business.
This is generally considered to be a conservative strategy
because it decreases the risk of
stock ownership while providing additional income; however, it caps upside potential on price increases above the strike price at which the call option is sold.
'» However, the 5th Circuit found that
because Enron's employee savings or
stock ownership plans were not financial institutions, the enhancement should not apply.
Assurity Life is a mutual organization which is important
because it means that they have no shareholders or publicly traded
stock and that Assurity's shareholders share in their
ownership.
Because stock is easily transferred, within certain limitations, changes in
ownership can easily be effected without disturbing the smooth operation of the business.
Most
stocks, there is no intrinsic value
because you have no true
ownership rights and no voting rights.
And
because there are so many different types of retirement plans (ie: 401 (K)'s, pensions, 403 (B's),
stock ownership plans, etc.), a qualified QDRO consultant who is familiar with each type of retirement plan must be employed to draft this specialized document.