Word: reinvests
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...short answer: hang tough. Boutique investment firms catering to the wealthy offer all kinds of fancy alternatives, from timberland and drilling partnerships to market-neutral and hedge funds to buying a vineyard in Italy. But the wisest course may be to hold your nose and reinvest in private equity...
...Marriott. The stock is about $7.50. They own Ritz Carltons and Marriotts and high-end hotels. Going into this year, I expected them to earn about $2 per share, pay out $1.04 as a dividend, spend about 50[cents] on required maintenance and have about 50 cents left to reinvest in new properties. On that basis, the properties could be sold with one phone call for about $15 a share. So if it takes five years to get to $15, you make 15% a year. And I can't imagine it taking that long...
...risks. If you decide to take a loss now and don't buy a similar stock or fund right away, you might miss out on the run-up as that market sector or industry recovers. Also, "if you swap out of one asset, and you take a loss and reinvest the money in another asset, you're taking a different kind of risk," says portfolio manager Josh Weiss of Litman/Gregory Asset Management. "Even though you may be swapping into something similar, it doesn't guarantee the performance will be identical...
...FEWER GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES This global economic slowdown could be with us for years. That means firms have fewer chances for growth, no matter how much they reinvest. They can still use cash to buy back stock. But in a persistent bear market, a more certain way to reward shareholders is to raise the dividend...
...When Desmond Tutu approached Harvard after apartheid ended to ask for help pressuring companies to reinvest in South Africa, the University had sold all of the stock in companies that did business with South Africa...