Sentences with phrase «term issuer default»

A foremost global rating agency, Fitch Ratings affirmed a stable outlook on the Foreign Currency, Long Term Issuer Default Ratings...

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) NEW YORK, November 09 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has downgraded the ratings of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (NYSE: CBL) and its operating partnership, CBL & Associates Limited Partnership, including the Long - Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to «BB +» from «BBB -».

Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Woodside Petroleum Ltd's long - term issuer default rating as stable, with its senior unsecured rating at BBB +.

Not exact matches

Although bonds generally present less short - term risk and volatility than stocks, bonds do contain interest rate risk (as interest rates rise, bond prices usually fall, and vice versa) and the risk of default, or the risk that an issuer will be unable to make income or principal payments.

The bond price at re-sale is determined largely by the risk of the issuer defaulting on payments, and the remaining term.

By buying a short term bond, you significantly reduce your exposure to interest rate moves, but your credit risk (the risk that the issuer may default on its payments) is still there.

The term refers to the face value of the bond, that is, the value at which the issuer will redeem the bond at maturity (assuming it does not default).

For example, if, two years into a 10 - year security, the security's owner thinks that the issuer is headed into dangerous waters in terms of its credit, the security owner may choose to buy a credit default swap with a five - year term that would then protect their investment until the seventh year.

Bonds generally present less short - term risk and volatility than stocks, but contain interest rate risk (as interest rates raise, bond prices usually fall), issuer default risk, issuer credit risk, liquidity risk and inflation risk.