What gets me is people who only look at the index number when talking about how long
it takes for equity investors to recover their investment after a crash which ignores dividends.
Not exact matches
For one,
investors are going to have to get comfortable
taking on more risk in their
equity portfolios by buying stocks at higher valuations.
And that will require
investors to adjust their strategy and their expectations henceforward — by paying more
for equities,
taking on more risk with fixed income and socking away more than they used to.
At a time when a stock market rally has made private
equity firms reluctant to
take companies private
for fear of overpaying, the deal illustrates how activist
investors have the potential to drive corporate boards to explore such deals and accept a price that makes a leveraged buyout possible.
CASPERSEN and Park Hill Group were working on behalf of Firm - 1 to solicit
investors for the loan, but, at some point after Firm - 1 agreed to
take the loan, it transpired that Firm - 1 did not need the loan in order to purchase the secondary private
equity interests.
Starting Tuesday, the crowdfunding platform will begin
taking advantage of a securities rule put in place last May that allows anyone, not just accredited
investors, to invest in private companies in exchange
for equity.
According to the company, there are about 28 million small businesses in the country, and the overwhelming majority are hidden from
investors; they're too small
for private
equity firms to
take notice, but not right
for a traditional bank loan either.
Investor Balaji Srinivasan said in a recent essay that he believes crypto - currency tokens could eventually generate more money
for the technology industry than all of the Internet - related
equity offerings that have
taken place to date.
For example, if you opt for equity crowdfunding you can get in trouble for taking money from non-accredited investors, so what is the platform doing to ensure it is only connecting companies with legitimately vetted backe
For example, if you opt
for equity crowdfunding you can get in trouble for taking money from non-accredited investors, so what is the platform doing to ensure it is only connecting companies with legitimately vetted backe
for equity crowdfunding you can get in trouble
for taking money from non-accredited investors, so what is the platform doing to ensure it is only connecting companies with legitimately vetted backe
for taking money from non-accredited
investors, so what is the platform doing to ensure it is only connecting companies with legitimately vetted backers?
And
for the Chinese private
equity groups, raising funds in dollars instead of yuan enables them to target overseas investments without getting entangled in Beijing's capital controls, while international
investors often wish to avoid
taking local currency risk.
For many
investors, the decision starts with whether to
take an active or an indexed approach to investing in EM
equities.
The Treasury is
taking responsibility
for making bad lenders and bad
investors whole, but leaving bad debts and even Negative
Equity on the books and even putting the government in the position of «debt collector of last resort.»
Schwab
Equity Ratings and the general buy / hold / sell guidance are not personal recommendations
for any particular
investor or client and do not
take into account the financial, investment or other objectives or needs of, and may not be suitable
for, any particular
investor or client.
Which will now be harder, because paying
for Solar City in stock — and hence diluting existing shareholders substantially — mere weeks after a big
equity offering will make
investors to whom Musk will have to sell stock in the future to meet his voracious needs
for money think twice: will he
take their money then dilute them again a few weeks or months later?
The deal is a huge one by any standard — bigger than Walmart's $ 3.3 billion deal
for Jet.com last year — and especially
for a retail company like PetSmart, which was itself valued at only $ 8.7 billion when private
equity investors took it over in 2015.
The bottom line:
Investors are being offered better returns
for taking risk in the low - return landscape, and a portfolio allocation to a broader, diversified mix of assets — including alternatives, global
equities and emerging market (EM) assets — can potentially help improve returns, in our view.
This poses a dilemma
for investors: Accept lower returns or dial up risk by
taking more
equity, credit and interest rate exposure.
Private
equity investors were often willing to
take noncontrolling stakes in companies, leaving significant stakes
for owners, managers and workers.
In 2002 Joe moved to the UK to
take the role of director and head trader
for global
equities for Principal Global
Investors, returning to Australia with Citigroup in 2007.
Investors want to
take as many shares as they can
for the amount of money they invest, but if you give them too much
equity, you won't be doing yourself any favors.
Founder Michael Dell and private
equity firm Silver Lake Partners bought the company in whole
for around $ 25 billion and
took it private after a fight with billionaire activist
investor Carl Icahn
for control of the company.
Our return expectations across most asset classes are at post-crisis lows, but we believe
investors are getting compensated
for taking on risk in
equities, selected credit / emerging markets (EM) and alternatives.
Instead, Koesterich says that
investors are looking
for ways to diversify
equity risk, and the historical diversifier of choice — bonds — is increasingly correlated to
equity, and should become more so as monetary policy evolves and rate hikes
take place.
HOOPP was an initial private
equity investor at Teranet's founding, remained the largest shareholder when the company was
taken public on the TSX, and eventually sold its stake into a $ 2.0 billion
take - over bid in 2008; and Ducati Motorcycle Company, initially an NYSE / Milan listed Italian sport motorcycle manufacturer, which was the subject of a deleveraging capital increase,
taken private and eventually sold to Volkswagen / Audi Group in 2012
for US$ 1.1 billion.
HOOPP was an initial private
equity investor at Teranet's founding, remained the largest shareholder when the company was
taken public on the TSX, and eventually sold its stake into a $ 2.0 billion
take - over bid in 2008; Ducati Motorcycle Company, initially an NYSE / Milan listed Italian sport motorcycle manufacturer, which was the subject of a deleveraging capital increase,
taken private and eventually sold to Volkswagen / Audi Group in 2012
for US$ 1.1 billion; and Novadaq Technologies Inc., a medical devices company in which HOOPP was the largest private
investor, with such company completing an initial public offering on the TSX in 2005 and which continues today with a market capitalization in excess of $ 730 million.
Taken together, we believe these factors present a compelling argument why
investors should exit all of the electronic gold products specified at the beginning of this article, and convert the proceeds into physical gold and / or non-Deep State - controlled
equities of companies in which they have full confidence that managements are working
for them, not the bullion banks.
If, like many
investors, you have a long time horizon and you look to bonds
for equity diversification and income, then there isn't necessarily any action to
take.
In that article, I listed nine
equity REITs
for dividend
investors to consider in light of the drubbing that REIT valuations have recently
taken due to fear of rising interest rates and to capitalize on the pass - through provision
for REIT income included in the new tax legislation.
The majority of economists, however, agree that the concept of an
equity risk premium is valid: over the long term, markets compensate
investors more
for taking on the greater risk of investing in stocks.
Equity mutual funds are best suited
for investors who have a risk
taking nature and look
for better returns.
For long - term
investors, a traditional bond allocation (whether it's a ladder or a broad - based ETF) will provide more protection when
equity markets
take a tumble, and that's the most important role of fixed income in a portfolio.
The bottom line:
Investors are being offered better returns
for taking risk in the low - return landscape, and a portfolio allocation to a broader, diversified mix of assets — including alternatives, global
equities and emerging market (EM) assets — can potentially help improve returns, in our view.
Beta, compared with the
equity risk premium, shows the amount of compensation
equity investors need
for taking on additional risk.
BlackRock writes that the iShares MSCI World Small Cap UCITS ETF (WSML) is a way
for investors to express a nuanced view within their
equity allocation, allowing them to
take a building block approach to broad exposure but with a lower level of idiosyncratic risk than single stock investments.
In that article, I listed nine
equity REITs
for dividend
investors to consider in light of the drubbing that REIT valuations have recently
taken -LSB-...]
The Conservative Countercyclical portfolio is designed
for the
investor seeking income and safety who understands that bonds won't generate sufficient returns in the coming decades and is therefore willing to
take some
equity market risk to offset this low return environment.
In that article, I listed nine
equity REITs (eREITs)
for dividend
investors to consider in light of the drubbing that eREIT valuations have recently
taken due to fear of rising interest rates and to capitalize on the pass - through provision
for REIT income included in the new tax legislation.
For Rempel, how you invest is an important part of the equation: «In general,
equity investors should
take it (CPP) early, while balanced and bond
investors should not.»
And that will require
investors to adjust their strategy and their expectations henceforward — by paying more
for equities,
taking on more risk with fixed income and socking away more than they used to.
Isn't there a less complex explanation such as commodities and the S&P 500 have simply become highly correlated over the last five years and
for an
investor to gain a true non-correlated return he or she should look
for actively managed commodity programs such as trend following so that they can
take advantage of down moves as well as up moves with the added advantage of non-correlation to their exposure to
equities.
It
takes a bit of time, research and patience if you're used to analyzing
equities but the same basic principles apply
for any value
investor: a strong balance sheet, strong cashflow and understanding the business are all essential.
Private
equity investments
take an average of 5 to 7 years to reach their potential, however
investors money could be tied up
for longer.
The two corporate bond ETFs might appeal to fixed - income
investors who want a little more yield in exchange
for credit and interest rate risk but personally, I prefer to
take risk with the
equity portion of the portfolio especially since corporate bonds are highly correlated with stocks.
Companies with debt / interest in excess of that risk suffering: i) a significantly adjusted price
for their
equity in the event of a takeover — acquirer will refuse to
take on debt, or will
take on debt but haircut
equity to compensate, ii) an eventual rights issue / placing to pay - down debt — this will probably hurt the share price and / or dilute intrinsic value per share significantly, or iii)
investors will mark down company severely at some point.
You can
take 5 % / year and increase it by inflation with a 20 % risk of running out of money
for a 100 %
equity investor.
Refinancing is a popular tip
for real estate
investors who want to
take some cash and reinvest that
equity into another property.
But
for those
investors who
take cues from Warren Buffett, who emphasizes return - on -
equity with a target of 20 % or better, all are very appealing.
He advises clients on establishing and operating public and private open - and closed - end investment funds, and he also assists clients in developing structural alternatives
for taking private
equity investment opportunities to public
investors.
In this edition of the Paul, Weiss Private
Equity Digest, we take a look at the possibly revived PIPEs market and discuss key considerations for private equity investors looking to put capital to work in this
Equity Digest, we
take a look at the possibly revived PIPEs market and discuss key considerations
for private
equity investors looking to put capital to work in this
equity investors looking to put capital to work in this space.
Parity among products on tax treatment will ensure that those who want to
take the
equity route can go
for NPS, and conservative
investors can go
for EPF.»