He believed that businesses with
sustained returns on assets (lasting for years, not months) produce superior investment returns.
Not exact matches
Moreover, a
sustained move toward higher inflation is a risk to most investors and investment strategies, given that rising inflation has historically been a drag
on equity and bond
returns, making diversification beyond mainstream
asset classes more critical.
However, given time and the law of averages, profit opportunities began to fade (the
returns on assets tell this story) so they had to go farther out
on the risk curve to
sustain income growth.
Despite the significant premium (at # 2.50 per share, a 39 % premium vs. the market price), we've seen no
sustained improvement in sentiment or the share price, which is pretty frustrating... However, this reflects a prevailing market theme: While small / micro cap stocks are oft - neglected these days, those which get «classified» as discounted
asset plays (& specifically those which earn an insufficient
return on equity) appear most shunned of all.