While the form of the return of capital to shareholders has not yet been finalized, Yahoo!'
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How is it that Taubman pays dividends that are considered a return of capital?
The pipe companies instead are benefiting from declining capital needs, improving free cash flow, attractive return of capital.
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Individual investors placed a greater emphasis on return of capital last month because of the volatility in the stock markets.
The fund has had an abundance of unrealized capital gains, which it distributes to shareholders as a return of capital.
Getting a flight would be much less of an ordeal and with a return of capital almost guaranteed service would improve.
Another possibility is that you get so much as return of capital that your tax basis shrinks all the way to zero.
We remain committed to having an ongoing dialogue with our shareholders to get perspectives around return of capital and driving shareholder value.
Most of the distribution is treated as tax-deferred return of capital.
"I predict that within the next six months we will see a significant return of capital, " says Sudamek Sunyoto, deputy chairman of the Chinese Indonesian Association.
And at YHOO, we believe results will show Display revenue remains challenged, though we believe investors are far more focused on Alibaba monetization and return of capital.
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From an economic and investor standpoint, this distinction is unjustified, since interest and dividend payments both represent a return of capital to investors and should be treated equally.
More than 40 of the first 200 or so petitions published called for the return of capital punishment, the most popular attracting more than 1, 000 supporters by 1800 BST.
The company said that the return of capital to holders will involve multiple steps, and could also include share repurchases in the open market, privately-negotiated transactions and the payment of dividends.
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When held to maturity, bonds provide return of capital.
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Here's the best part:Their yields are substantial, and as much as 95% of the cash they pay out is treated as a tax-free return of capital, meaning you don't pay any tax until you sell your shares.
But the example of Japan suggests that nervous savers may be happy to receive nothing at all from their accounts if they think that is the only safe option: the return of capital becomes more important than the return on it.
Another selling point of MLPs is tax deferral. (So hold MLPs in a taxable, not a tax-deferred, account.) The deferral works like this: In your early years of owning an MLP, most of your cash payout counts as a return of capital--it isn't taxable, but it reduces your basis in the MLP shares.
Second, bonds offer return of capital when held until maturity. (Corporate bonds are not completely without risk, so be sure to monitor the fiscal health of the issuer.) Finally, bonds have historically had low correlations with stocks. (When stock prices zig, bond prices often zag.) Thus, even in the current low-yield environment, bonds should not be ignored.
This was clever, because much of the gold inflow was a return of flight capital into the country and did not affect the balance of payments.
The return of flight capital is a practical necessity for the country to keep growing.
The prevailing concern of investors is still on the return of their capital, not the return on capital.
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Also ask how the distribution is being funded and whether a portion of that distribution is comprised of a return of investor capital.
What made the difference in Colombia, where Patterson served as ambassador from 2000 to 2003, was the return of private capital, both American dollars and the repatriated pesos of wealthy locals who had chosen to live and invest abroad.
Rates of return on invested capital are only a small fraction of that in the U.S. Over time, we get moderate to high rates of growth from a small amount of capital.
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Over the next five years or so he's targeting annual sales growth of at least 10%, earnings growth of 10% to 15% and return on invested capital of 15% to 16%.
If a firm can deploy the incremental dollar of cash flow at a rate of return greater than its cost of capital, it should pursue acquisitions or internal capital projects, as these methods will be the fastest way to build shareholder value.
In this category, Amedisys is in rarefied company, ranking ninth with a return on capital of 180.97%.
Brad Smith, an analyst at Stonecap Securities, wonders whether the bank will return its cost of capital.
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