Because I see low costs of capital for corporations persisting along with a low tax rate and below average ratio of employment costs, earnings seem secure even in a below normal GDP setting of 2 percent.
More developed economies, such as South Korea and Singapore, where both the rate of investment and the capital-to-labour ratio are relatively high, are probably not underinvesting.
Conversely, PBJ provides investors with a 134% portfolio turnover rate and a 0.63 expense ratio.
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So I could have got by with a growth rate below 30% and a PEG ratio below 2.00.
One bright spot in the Labor Department jobs release, at least, was the slight rise in both the labor force participation rate and employment-to-population ratio, the first increases since February.
The substantial drop in delinquency rate and loan-to-value ratio for borrowers who purchased homes in the years after 2007 is likely a product of the tightened lending standards implemented in the post-bubble housing market.
Indeed, Linda Lim, a professor of Southeast Asian studies at the University of Michigan Business School, notes that the country's puny savings rate, chronic budget deficits and high ratio of nonworking dependents to workers make it look more like a Latin American than an Asian nation.
The Dividend Integrity Index simply divides the past 5 year dividend growth rate by the dividend payout ratio, and listed values greater than one.
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The MX-1 features Full HD movie recording functionality employing the H.264 recording format, to capture high-quality, extended movie clips (with 1920 x 1080 pixels, at a 16:9 aspect ratio, and at a frame rate of 30 frames per second).
With a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.10 and a growth rate (based on the average of the three-, four- and five-year historical EPS growth rates) of 24.14%, Hasbro has a price-to-earnings-growth ratio 0.96.
The country achieved a single digit inflation rate of 8.6% and the lowest fiscal deficit to GDP ratio of 4.8% in decades, according to figures from the Minister of Finance.
But he said it is a different situation when one approaches asset class as a fundamental investment and add commodities to achieve a certain rate of return or Sharpe ratio.
And all this is a nice reminder that the rent-versus-own ratio and its divinely inspired cousin, the capitalization rate, is perhaps the most important calculation you should make in your financial life.
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The European Banking Authority will be given the task of determining the type of instruments that win favourable treatment and the discount rate that is used to calculate their value within the ratio.
With a current-year price-to-earnings ratio just above 10 and a projected five-year growth rate of 10.8%, Scotts sells at a discount to anticipated growth.
Yokosawa and Oberweis look for companies with accelerating earnings growth (at least 30% a year), a price-to-earnings ratio no more than twice the long-term growth rate, and a defensible competitive advantage in a growing market.
It took so long for electronic ink screens to finally hit the market we feel a bit silly getting impatient for the next-generation, but the Kindle has been on the market for a year and a half now, Sony Reader models for twice that long, and still we're dealing with the same crummy 7:1 contrast ratio, 16 shade grayscale, and .74 second refresh rate.
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Then, by adding two known costs, the annual expense ratio and trading commissions, Barra computed what it calls a fund's hurdle rate.
What price-earnings ratio to put on the market is more of a function of the going inflation rate and the confidence level of the recession's depth and duration.
S. would create a new tax bracket for the highest 1 percent of income and calculate a marginal income tax rate for that bracket sufficient to reduce the after-tax Brandeis ratio to 36.
It also includes the price-earnings ratio as a basic valuation measure, the earnings growth rate to examine recent growth, and the 52-week relative price strength to highlight stock market performance relative to other companies.
PlaceIQ recently announced a partnership with Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) to launch the Place Visit Rate, a way to monitor the ratio of people who view mobile advertising for a physical retailers and are later observed in a bricks and mortar store.
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For example, you didn't mention that the recent interest-rate rise on January 31st followed both an unexpected increase in the cash reserve ratio by the central bank and cuts to import duty on several items by the government in order to check inflation.
And its PEG ratio is just 0.4 based on a consensus 5-year EPS growth rate of 21%.
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The dividend payout ratio was 30.6% in 2011, above the rate of 20.8% in 2009 and 24.2% in 2010.
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Digital media enthusiasts will appreciate the entertainment-ready MD Series with a 16:9 aspect ratio and high-definition 15.6-inch widescreen display that vibrantly delivers a first-rate viewing experience.
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Apple trades for 15.2 times expected 2012 earnings and analysts figure on a 5-year EPS growth rate of 22.5%, giving it a PEG ratio of 0.67.
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By 1990 the employment to population ratio for adult men had regained about half of the losses incurred during the recession and the unemployment rate had fallen to 7.1%.
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