Not exact matches
From that sample, we seek out companies that have
return on equity of at least 12 % and a beta above 1, indicating that a company is less
volatile than the market average.
Another thing to note about IBLN is that it tilts toward growth stocks and technology names, and that has made it significantly more
volatile than the S&P 500 but has failed to boost
returns, Bogart said.
While these funds have the potential to provide high income and total
returns, they are riskier and more
volatile than their investment grade counterparts.
Those
returns were incredibly
volatile — a stock might be down 30 % one year and up 50 % the next — but the power of owning a well - diversified portfolio of incredible businesses that churn out real profit, firms such as Coca - Cola, Walt Disney, Procter & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson, has rewarded owners far more lucratively
than bonds, real estate, cash equivalents, certificates of deposit and money markets, gold and gold coins, silver, art, or most other asset classes.
There are alternatives that can protect investors from future inflation that are less
volatile (TIPS) or offer a better
return profile (REITs and even high quality dividend stocks)
than commodities.
An investment in a limited partner interest in a private equity fund is more illiquid and the
returns on such investment may be more
volatile than an investment in securities for which there is a more active and transparent market.
Control asset companies produce more
volatile returns for their shareholders
than do investment companies not employing debt financing.
A beta lower
than 1 suggests that a
return was less
volatile than the market.
By investing in a specific geographic region, a regional fund's
returns and share price may be more
volatile than those of a less conc entrated portfolio.
For example, a risk index of 1.30 for a fund indicates that it is 30 % more
volatile than the typical fund in its category and should therefore have a higher
return than average.
A beta of 1.00 indicates that the fund's
returns will, on average, be as
volatile as the market and move in the same direction; a beta higher
than 1.00 indicates that if the market rises or falls, the fund will rise or fall respectively but to a greater degree; a beta of less
than 1.00 indicates that if the market rises or falls, the fund will rise or fall to a lesser degree.
While smaller - company stocks tend to be more
volatile than the stocks of larger firms, studies indicate that their average long - term
returns have been greater.
Because the Oakmark Select and Oakmark Global Select Funds are non-diversified, the performance of each holding will have a greater impact on the Funds» total
return, and may make the Fund's
returns more
volatile than a more diversified fund.
However, for ETF trading, our average
returns are usually 5 to 10 % because ETFs are usually less
volatile than individual stocks.
Long - term data clearly demonstrates that stocks, though more
volatile than bonds, have rewarded investors with higher
returns.
Google Finance reveals Vanguard managed market beating
returns with less risk, as Vanguard's fund has a listed beta of.82, making it less
volatile than the S&P 500 index.
Because Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund are non-diversified, the performance of each holding will have a greater impact on the Funds» total
return, and may make the Funds»
returns more
volatile than a more diversified fund.
Instead, what developed was a gently ever - ascending bull market, the least
volatile in more
than 50 years and the first year ever to post positive total
returns (for the S&P 500) in every month.
Now, many of you may be wondering, «How can assets that are as
volatile as Bitcoin and Dash have a better risk - adjusted
return than the stock markets?»
Stocks tend to offer higher
returns than bonds in the long run, but they tend to be more
volatile: they can gain or lose a lot of value in a short time.
Because the Oakmark Global Select Fund is non-diversified, the performance of each holding will have a greater impact on the Fund's total
return, and may make the Fund's
returns more
volatile than a more diversified fund.
When it comes down to it, in a stock market that is feeling more uncertain and
volatile than it has in several years, and when income vehicles are priced at a premium, there's a certain wisdom (or at least well - studied prudence) in considering a slightly lower dividend in exchange for the potential for greater stability and long - term
return.
Much of Connecticut's rainy day fund depends of a
volatile source — the sometimes higher
than expected revenues generated by corporations and the state's wealthiest residents, who make money on Wall Street, and file quarterly
returns, Lembo said.
Yes, that money could be in the stock market instead I guess, but other
than that you aren't going to find any investments making great
returns right now and the stock market is pretty
volatile.
Investing in currencies can reduce the overall risk profile of your portfolio, as currencies have different and less
volatile returns than stocks and bonds.
Stocks have historically provided higher
returns than less
volatile investments, and those
returns may be necessary in order for you to meet your goals.
For better or worse, most of my net worth is equity in our house (lower
return but less
volatile than stocks — a bond substitute?).
These markets are no less tricky and
volatile than their traditional counterparts, yet they often deliver similar
returns with less risk.
(Emerging markets are certainly
volatile, but they have delivered annualized
returns over 12 % since 1988, compared with less
than 9 % for Canadian equities.)
Dividend stocks are less
volatile — and over the long haul higher
returning —
than companies that don't pay them.
These are more
volatile than liquid funds but provide better
returns than them.
When it comes down to it, in a stock market that is feeling more uncertain and
volatile than it has in several years, and when income vehicles are priced at a premium, there's a certain wisdom (or at least well - studied prudence) in considering a slightly lower dividend in exchange for the potential for greater stability and long - term
return.
But, having said that, I must add that good dividend - paying stocks, sometimes called «value» stocks, get a higher
return and at the same time are less
volatile than «growth» stocks.
The «Impact of Volatility» chart below reveals the results as being quite sporadic in all quartiles except the least popular quartile, where lower - beta stocks generally delivered higher
returns than more
volatile stocks.
The comparison in Exhibit 4 demonstrates that not only do individual stock strategies tend to be
volatile, but over the long term, a consistent approach (such as the S&P BSE SENSEX) can provide consistent
returns that, in some cases can be better
than individual stock performance.
Bonds are more
volatile than cash, but offer higher
returns.
Riskier assets like stocks have a higher rate of expected
return so if your time horizon is long enough, don't avoid stocks completely just because they are more
volatile than fixed income or cash.
Recently I've been working with several new clients who are conservative investors looking for better
returns than CDs and Treasuries but aren't interested in taking on the
volatile market risk of stocks, bonds and derivatives.
If some of the 2009
returns for these emerging markets ETFs stirred your interest, check out this review on Frontier Markets which are even more
volatile and speculative
than the more established western and emerging markets exchanges.
This is significantly less
than the interest rates of bonds, although stocks offer, in average, better
returns, because they are more
volatile and investors demand a premium in exchange for that uncertainty.
Because balanced funds contain a big dollop of bonds, their
returns tend to be much less
volatile than those of stock funds.
Equities are more
volatile than bonds and can provide a higher rate of
return.
Bond market
returns were also more
volatile than single - family rental
returns, but less risky
than stock market
returns on an annual basis.
There is also good data about buying when the market is as low as it is (which could be negative as in example # 1), but if you're a newbie to that, I would still suggest paying off the CC first (a good 20 %
return on the money, to your pocket and not to the CC company's) rather
than entering into a
volatile (read risky) market that you do not understand.
In other words, an investor is more likely to do well by achieving consistently good
returns with limited downside risk
than by achieving
volatile and sometimes even spectacular gains but with considerable risk of principal.
Speaking of Vanguard, it's making its second foray in the world of liquid alts (after Vanguard Market Neutral) with Vanguard Alternative Strategies Fund seeks to generate
returns that have low correlation with the
returns of the stock and bond markets, and that are less
volatile than the overall U.S. stock market.
This means that the
returns, while often much higher
than traditional dividend payments, are
volatile, and the future is a bit uncertain.
The conventional wisdom is that stocks deliver higher long - term
returns than bonds: on average, stocks are more
volatile, creating the rational expectation that equity investors will be compensated with higher
returns.
The Fund's
returns are expected to be more
volatile than those of its benchmark.
Lastly, income investments» reliable
returns make them less
volatile than the market.