Sentences with phrase «credit markets face»

So while EPR's dividend is likely to remain safe during a regular recession, another financial crisis could lead to a dividend cut if credit markets face a similar meltdown, especially if the movie theater industry finds itself on even shakier ground.

As such, credit markets face a crucial stretch that will determine how fleeting this selloff ends up being.

Not exact matches

The Issues Small - business owners are likely to face daunting problems in 2013: higher taxes, slow economic growth and an unfavorable credit market.

In the Gallup survey, diverse - owned small businesses were more likely to respond that they have been declined for business credit — about one in five African American, Asian, and Hispanic business owners said they faced a credit decline in the past (14 % of general market respondents said they faced a decline).

yields will hit the highs on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder if they are behind on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations

Faced with two possible data sets, one assuming further credit strains and one assuming that the problems had been solved, I noted «even giving the two possibilities equal weight is harsh, because as I've repeatedly noted, post-crash markets have included advances as large, and larger, than we've observed since March, but with devastating follow - through.»

As the franchise industry continues to face the challenges brought on by the great recession and tight credit markets those franchisors that achieve continued growth reflect sound franchise systems including these ten franchise opportunities.

Now new supply is coming through in most markets, including Multi-Family residential, and credit to Equity Residential for highlighting the issue, while the mall sector continues to face the internet threat and on - going over-capacity.

Some companies — like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, which face less competition now and have been helped by the government's attempts to prop up credit markets — will still hand out enormous paychecks.

In addition, terms and conditions in the leveraged - loan market, which provides credit to lower - rated companies, have eased significantly, reportedly as a result of a «reach for yield» in the face of persistently low interest rates.

At a time like this, where many life insurers, particularly ones facing credit risks, and those having variable policies, where profitability has declined along with the stock market, the surcharges could have kicked additional life insurers over the edge, and who knows how big the cascade would have been.

Typical new home size falls prior to and during a recession as home buyers tighten budgets, and then sizes rise as high - end homebuyers, who face fewer credit constraints, return to the housing market in relatively greater proportions.

This is what we found out: The major reasons why firms cut their dividend had to do with preserving cash amid a secular or cyclical downturn in demand for their products / services or when faced with excessive leverage (how much debt they held on their respective balance sheets) during tightening credit markets.

As the financial crisis waned and the emergency lending programs were wound down, the Fed chairman faced a new challenge: A recovery hobbled by tight credit, a lackluster housing market and financial turmoil in Europe that left the unemployment rate at 9.1 percent two years after the expansion began.

Charter advocates were up in arms late last year when the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) faced elimination as a result of tax reform negotiations in Congress.

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I believe that if the tough credit markets persist into 2009, Lehman will face a forced merger of some sort.

In addition to the credit worthiness of the issuer, the price of a bond on the secondary market is determined by several factors including the interest it pays, its face value and its duration or how long it is until it matures and the issuer repays the amount borrowed.

In recent years, lenders nationwide have tightened their lending requirements in the wake of the housing market collapse, making the VA Loan a lifeline for military homebuyers, many of whom find difficulty when faced with tough credit standards and down payment requirements.

the interest rate a bond's issuer promises to pay to the bondholder until maturity, or other redemption event, generally expressed as an annual percentage of the bond's face value; for example, a bond with a 10 % coupon will pay $ 100 per $ 1000 of the bond's face value per year, subject to credit risk; when searching Fidelity's secondary market fixed income offerings, customers can enter a minimum coupon, maximum coupon, or enter both to specify a range and refine their search; when viewing Fidelity's fixed - income search results pages, the term «Step - Up» instead of a numeric coupon rate means the coupon will step up, or increase over time at pre-determined rates and dates in the future; clicking Step - Up will reveal the step - up schedule for that security

In the bond market, interest rate risk and credit risk are the two biggest risk factors that investors face.

Those with bad credit who need cash fast often face a substantial disadvantage on the loan market.

One problem Mr. Carney faces is that in the current global credit crunch, financial market interest rates are volatile so there's no assurance Canadian banks will pass along the full Bank of Canada rate cuts by reducing their prime lending rate by the same amount.

With the falling U.S. home prices, tightening credit markets, and the general economic uncertainty caused by the subprime lending fiasco, credit card issuers like American Express are facing declining consumer spending as well as the increased likelihood that some customers will be unable to repay their balances.

Very simply, I'm confident that we've addressed the challenges that we faced during the recent credit crisis, and that our hedging models are well - suited to navigate the market cycles ahead.

At a time like this, where many life insurers, particularly ones facing credit risks, and those having variable policies, where profitability has declined along with the stock market, the surcharges could have kicked additional life insurers over the edge, and who knows how big the cascade would have been.

-- too small of a market cap compared to their bigger competitors — No credit rating — Yield is below 5 % — They are facing FFO pressure and downgrades as their sixth largest customer Anthem recently defaulted.

Additionally, in the face of the disruption in the credit markets and the recent announcements by Fitch, Moody's and S&P concerning financial guarantee insurers generally and MBIA Corp. in particular, the price of our common stock has experienced a significant decline and there has been a widening of spreads on our credit default swaps.

These bonds are bought by investors on the open market for less than their face value, and the company uses the cash it raises for whatever purpose it wants, before paying off the bondholders at term's end (usually by paying each bond at face value using money from a new package of bonds, in effect «rolling over» the debt to the next cycle, similar to you carrying a balance on your credit card).

The iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF provides exposure to bond issues across several emerging markets — a riskier proposition on its face than investing in developed countries with better credit ratings, which helps explain the high yield.

As mortgage lenders struggle to stay afloat and credit markets reel worldwide, even the shortest of short - term financing for business operations is facing what some view as unprecedented pressure.

And as I said below, developed market investors face the same risks in a different way — tot up their stock losses in the middle of the credit crisis, plus the cost of future taxes & debt (and now deposit losses!?)

With the current economic downturn, retailers recognize the challenges couples face and have begun marketing credit cards to help pay for a wedding.

Campus card agreements continue shift from credit to debit — Special deals to market credit cards on campus are declining, but other types of plastic — which face less disclosure — are gaining... (See College cards)

Credit card interest rates fall for record 4th straight week — Card rates continue to be volatile, with cards entering and exiting the market as the industry — faced with the recession and new regulations — rapidly changes... (See Rate report)

It's almost like we — the twenty - and early thirty - somethings — are coming of age at some weird potluck of every social issue staring us in the face: food insecurity, epic natural disasters, stock market crashes, three wars, droughts worse than the Dust Bowl, banks getting away with robbery, extreme poverty, corporate - purchased elections, rising childhood obesity, rising deficit, salmon run extinctions, flocks of birds dropping out of the sky, college debt surpassing credit card debt, you name it.

As a result, the envisioned market - based solution, where companies could gain valuable «credits» for steps they would take to reduce emissions while others would face new costs for failure to act, has never gained traction.

Carbon credits & markets seemed like a high finance scam mostly; I researched carbon sequestration & coal gasification for some meetings, but I took the science at face value — warming as just one aspect of oncoming ecological apocalypse.

The new BANCO2 market verifies and regulates the sale of Costa Rican Carbon Units (UCC's) but the exchange faces the challenge of saturated international carbon markets and low prices for the credits.

[5] However, these are «notional» values, and some economists say that this value greatly exaggerates the market value and the true credit risk faced by the parties involved.

The amount of carbon credits traded on the global markets shrunk by 38 % in 2013, reflecting the lack of pressure companies face to reduce their emissions.

Meredith is a leader in the firm's interdisciplinary Retail Industry Group and has a deep understanding of issues facing retailers, including data privacy and security, product labeling and advertising, omni - channel marketing, customer outreach, behavioral marketing, promotional pricing, hiring practices, automatic renewals, e-commerce, and compliance with a host of statutes, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), Magnuson - Moss Warranty Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), Truth - in - Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA), California False Advertising Law (Bus.

Coinsetter CEO Jaron Lukasiewicz talks about the challenges bitcoin faces in the credit card market, and why he's bullish on its impact in remittance.

Typical new home size falls prior to and during a recession as some homebuyers cut back, and then sizes rise as high - end homebuyers, who face fewer credit constraints, return to the housing market in relatively greater proportions.

The housing market faces challenges, such as the number of home owners still facing negative equity, inventories of for - sale homes remaining constrained, and mortgage credit remaining tight and preventing some buyers from qualifying for a loan.

RISMEDIA, November 6, 2009 — The ongoing financial crisis is changing the face of the real estate market, and although the media is fond of using terms such as «credit crunch,» and «credit crisis,» these are misnomers.

The real estate market is recovering but still faces hurdles, notably from tight mortgage credit, but problems with a sizeable share of real estate appraisals also are holding back home sales, according to NAR survey findings.

Home buyers face unprecedented hurdles in qualifying for a mortgage in today's market, but getting a loan is possible for those who know how to overcome the obstacles, according to a presentation on Cracking the Credit Code at the 2011 Realtors ® Conference & Expo.

One downside was that many of these same companies in a softer market suddenly faced credit issues that made completion of a deal much harder.

In recent years, lenders nationwide have tightened their lending requirements in the wake of the housing market collapse, making the VA Loan a lifeline for military homebuyers, many of whom find difficulty when faced with tough credit standards and down payment requirements.