Increasing income to manage future risk is a more stable strategy
than increasing investment risk.
Not exact matches
Instead, the crucial levers would be productivity (keeping the cost of shipping each carload in check through smart
investments to
increase the average speed, length, and reliability of trains) and pricing (ensuring that rates consistently rose far faster
than costs).
This gambit and others — like additional senior hires and the use of tech to engage clients — is expected to
increase Goldman's
investment - banking client base by 10 %, to more
than 9,000 by 2020 and to contribute $ 500 million of the $ 5 billion in new revenue the bank is chasing.
Private equity returns remained strong but were lower
than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income
investment portfolio
increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity
investments and higher short - term interest rates.
But she also stresses creating the environment for long - term economic growth, which is why a significant
increase to the capital - gains tax for
investments less
than six years in duration is at the center of her plan.
«Cash flow after organic
investments increased to $ 2.8 billion, up by more
than 50 percent from a year ago, thanks to good operational performance and continued spending discipline,» added Pouyanne.
You can think of the «return» on this
investment as the value of paying yourself, rather
than a landlord, even if it's not paying dividends or
increasing in value.
The BP spill led to more regulation (although not as much new in the U.S. as some would like) and less
investment in the U.S. offshore oil industry
than would have otherwise been the case, and these changes were likely compensated for with
increased investment elsewhere.
He wants to see business improve its productivity,
increase its R&D
investment and grow its exports to new foreign markets — particularly to emerging markets, which for the first time in 2012 will import more goods
than will the developed countries.
Myths, like the so - called «disincentives» to work in programs that ensure basic living standards, and half - truths like Trump's «infrastructure plan,» which amounts to little more
than tax giveaways to Wall Street that the CBO says will not meaningfully
increase infrastructure
investment.
Cell phone tower operator American Tower, now a real estate
investment trust,
increased its revenue more
than 21 % last year as acquisitions helped expand its footprint.
In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Greg Mankiw and Phillip Swagel found [http://www.nber.org/papers/w12398.pdf] that a move to more overseas jobs «appears to be connected to
increased U.S. employment and
investment rather
than to overall job loss.»
With very little cost upfront and with very little time and effort, Marsh found that with an
investment of less
than $ 1,000, she was able to
increase her sales and recoup her initial
investment within two months.
These platforms also give investors the ability to invest substantially smaller amounts of capital in a given opportunity,
than a typical angel investor, allowing for
increased diversification across
investment opportunities.
China is the best place for expanding manufacturing and
investment, the country's premier told Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, less
than two weeks after its chief executive Terry Gou went to the White House to discuss
increasing investment in the United States.
The firm spends more
than $ 9.5 billion on technology with an
increasing percentage of that budget going towards new
investments and innovation, according to a letter from COO Matt Zames Tuesday.
When we talk with companies, many tell us that planned
increases in
investment are modest, or related to maintenance, rather
than to expansion.
The consumer will incur a surrender charge, be subject to the commencement of a new surrender period, lose existing benefits (such as a higher crediting guarantee
than is currently available, as well as death, living or other contractual benefits), or be subject to
increased fees,
investment advisory fees or charges for riders and similar product enhancements;
But like all
investment ideas, you are only
increasing your probability of success by getting to know
investment cycles, rather
than discovering a sure way to invest.
Why can't they
increase their consumption and
investment levels rather
than relying on the U.S. economy to buy their consumer goods and capital goods for surplus dollars that have no better use
than to accumulate in the world's central banking system as excess reserves?
In my experience, a dividend growth portfolio strategy seems to be performing better as an
investment than owning a home, in my honest opinion, I would rather rent in a great area
than own a home in that area, jeez if I were able to get a lease agreement for 10 years indexed at inflation or at 2.5 %
increase annually I would take it and take my down payment and invest it in my portfolio, and continue to contribute the max in my 401K, HSA, and Roth IRA, while enjoying living in a low tax bracket because of my contributions.
For those who argue that China is poor because capital stock per worker in China is much lower
than in the advanced countries, and that China should aggressively
increase investment to close the gap, the findings in this paper ought to be surprising.
If you believe that China can and should continue to
increase investment until capital stock per capita approaches US or Japanese levels, then clearly China should continue to invest, and it should invest more in the poorer regions
than in the richer ones.
«If you assume that for many years China has been misallocating
investment (by which I simply mean that the resulting
increase in productivity generated by the
investment was less
than the correctly calculated debt - servicing cost)...» How about not «assuming» and offer proof?
All else equal, unless it possesses some sort of major offsetting advantage that makes the risk of non-payment low, a company with a low - interest coverage ratio will almost assuredly have bad bond ratings,
increasing the cost of capital; e.g., its bonds will be classified as junk bonds rather
than investment grade bonds.
If the further an economy is from US levels of capital stock the more appropriate it is to
increase investment, then
investment in the poor inland regions should have a higher return
than investment in the richer coastal regions.
Locking money up for a long time period — more
than 10 years — is a bad idea because it reduces access to an
investment and
increases risk, according to many financial advisors.
The globalization and financialization of Chile's economy means that its economic surplus is remitted abroad rather
than recycled into domestic
investment to
increase domestic production and living standards.
By correctly diagnosing the cause of America's economic decline, rather
than listening to excuses from Wall Street and Washington, Jay will offer winning
investment ideas to protect and
increase wealth.
The Inflation Close is used to help people rationalize parting with their money for something that either earns a greater return
than the inflation rate (such as certain
investments) or to improve their lifestyle with products and services whose
investments are likely to
increase.
Spain could therefore either use the imported German capital to (a)
increase domestic
investment (which it did in the form of a real estate bubble)(b) binge on consumption and sharply reduce its savings as a function of GDP (which it also did)(c) accept higher unemployment (which it is now forced to do) which forces GDP to fall faster
than consumption falls or (d) try to emulate Germany by passing off a trade imbalance at the expense of the rest of the world (which Europe as a whole is trying to do and which will go nowhere in the long run because only one country is even remotely capable of accepting such massive inflows, and it is increasingly unwilling to import the unemployment caused by German and Asian policies).
Whether or not they do, if domestic savings rise faster
than domestic
investment, which is the only way to
increase the domestic savings pool available to fund Japanese debt, then by definition the current account surplus must rise.
If actual
investment in the United States is far below desired
investment, then transferring savings from abroad to reduce the gap between the two is matched by a commensurate
increase in
investment; because productive
investment makes the economy grow faster
than it otherwise would have, a part of the
increased productivity can go to pay foreign investors and the bulk of it remain in the United States.
At the time the former seemed a more dangerous risk
than the latter — although even then massive overinvestment was China's true vulnerability — but I think by now there is a rapidly developing consensus that
investment, and the unsustainable concomitant
increase in debt, is China's biggest problem.
Well, to kick things off, it is important to mention the fact that during the last five years, bitcoin's value has
increased with around 25,000 %, which means that if you would have bought the digital currency in the past, you may have been able to earn 250 times more
than your initial
investment today.
Going additional, elevated prospects of institutional
investments are additionally prompting a Bitcoin worth surge which may very well be
increased than the one we noticed final 12 months when components of such sort had been merely missing.
As a way of better connecting with its Hispanic shoppers, the 1,800 - unit chain is
increasing its media
investment in TV by 21 % this year compared with last year, and plans to air 16 broadcast spots — four more
than in 2015, the Minneapolis - based retailer announced Tuesday.
While every single day of every single year is a great opportunity to build out and
increase your wealth and passive income, the start of a new year is a particularly good time to look at
investment ideas that could hold the potential to deliver better results
than most other
investment ideas available.
Most bonds (not junk bonds) represent a less risky
investment than most stocks, which means that stocks have to offer a higher return as a premium for
increased risk.
Going further,
increased possibilities of institutional
investments are also prompting a Bitcoin price surge which could be higher
than the one we observed last year when factors of such kind were simply lacking.
By stimulating growth and enabling an inflation
increase that would permit a reduction in real capital costs, fiscal expansion now would crowd
investment in rather
than out.
Anyways, 11 %
increase was achieved more by new
investments than dividend returns and additional
investments are drying up this year.
With a track record of paying a dividend every year since 1890, including more
than 60 consecutive years of payout
increases, the company's reputation as a dependable income
investment is well - earned.
Tail risk is a technical measure of portfolio risk that arises when there is an
increased probability that an
investment will experience a price swing much larger
than it would be expected to under normal conditions.
The low Canadian dollar has meant more
than American businesses purchasing an
increased quantity of goods, it's been leading to
investment, the most well - known of which being the automotive industry
investments.
The unit, the chief
investment office (CIO), has been the biggest buyer of European mortgage - backed bonds and other complex debt securities such as collateralized loan obligations in all markets for more
than three years... The unit made a deliberate move out of safer assets such as US Treasuries in 2009 in an effort to
increase returns and diversify
investments.»
Moreover, it also meant that for the first time, Pakistan saw more
investment than India, despite India registering a slight
increase in
investment from $ 4.3 billion 2016 to $ 4.8 billion in 2017, with a number of road projects nearing final closure.
While this represents a 37 percent
increase over 2016, it was the second - lowest
investment level in the past 10 years, and is 15 percent lower
than the past 5 - year average
investment of $ 109.8 billion.
Again, there are a variety of ways to refine this result, but note that anytime the total return on the S&P 500 is less
than risk - free interest rates, a hedged
investment position
increases overall returns (since hedging instruments are priced to include implied interest).
One area that did pick up was
investment in factories, buildings and other fixed assets, which
increased a faster -
than - expected at 10.2 % year - over-year in January and February, compared with a 10 %
increase for all of 2015.