The lower the cost approaches zero, and the longer the duration approaches eternity, the more the float resembles a perpetual, zero coupon bond which, as I discussed in Part I, will be worth almost nothing as a liability which is really cool
because assets financed from the float could be worth a lot, just as happened in the case of Berkshire Hathaway.
Not exact matches
We don't want to fan debt -
financed appreciation in the price of a major
asset because when the escalation reverses, it can trigger a self - feeding spiral of debt defaults.
The bank sought to fill the gap with a $ 200,000 SBA loan, something Wald wanted to avoid at all costs, recalling the consequences of the $ 30,000 SBA loan he'd received in 1996 (and since paid off): NetForce had trouble securing the kind of
financing it needed
because the SBA had taken a blanket lien on all the company's
assets.
«Goodwill is one of the riskiest
assets that can be
financed because it typically has no liquidation value,» an SBA spokesman explained last week.
The lien harms your ability to get
financing because the government has the first claim to your
assets.
The pitch to consumers is that they should buy housing
because financing terms are favorable, even though the underlying
assets — i.e., housing — remain unhealthy.
Deputy
Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev told reporters that, «We categorize mining as a business activity» and went on to explain that
because the proposed law contains no specific guidance on mining taxation, conventional tax laws will apply to the proceeds of digital
asset mining operations.
Suppose the quantity of money is increased by tax reduction or government transfer payments, government expenditures remaining unchanged and the resulting deficit being
financed by borrowing from the central bank or simply printing money [he adds a footnote, which Friedman lifted without direct attribution: «Open market operations are different,
because they result merely in a substitution of one type of
asset for another.»]»
2) The debt of financial companies is very important
because they often borrow short - term to
finance longer - term
assets.
Even larger, more established security companies can have problems securing
financing because of an owner's poor credit history or not having sufficient
assets to satisfy demands for collateral.
Cuomo's hand - picked MTA chairman Joe Lhota gave a quick history lesson of the history of the authority, explaining that the city owns the
assets of MTA sub-agency New York City Transit and the state only stepped in to fund the first capital plan in 1981
because the city's
finances were a mess and the subways were a disaster.
Operating &
finance leases Operating leases are useful if the lessee needs the equipment to be updated or replaced frequently as: they run for shorter, specific periods shorter than the full economic life of the
asset; the lessee is not liable for
financing of the
asset's full value; the lessee has use of the equipment, but not full ownership; and
because the residual value belongs to the lessor.
They occur
because we have a debt - fueled expansion in some major
asset that is a temporarily virtuous cycle, until players begin relying on capital gains to keep their position
financed.
Difficulties happen in the «real economy» when current
assets have a difficult time getting
financed, and consumer durable purchases and capital investments get delayed
because financing is not available at reasonable prices.
The commercial paper market, a vital conduit of
financing for U.S. companies, has shrunk dramatically in the past two weeks
because of worries that
assets in the ABCP collateral pool included tainted subprime mortgages.
What is better, by separating long - term
finance from deposits, we would eliminate that source of most panics,
because they occur when short - term liabilities
finance long - term
assets.
This week's picks for the best investing and personal
finance articles from around the web — a day early this week
because we'll have updates to our Dynamic
Asset Allocation and Sector Rotation strateiges tomorrow.
Because of potential buyers» inability to obtain
financing due to the credit crunch, FRT may see its
assets become more and more illiquid - a lack of lending creates a lack of able buyers, which makes it more difficult for FRT to sell its properties.
As a history grad I always wonder how so many people in
finance have so much faith in paper money, and usually don't even own a small amount of hard
assets «
because they don't have a real return».
When you
finance your company via personal credit you are risking quite a lot
because you are assuming total liability and if your company is ever sued or goes under, you are stuck with the financial burden and may lose personal
assets while also severely damaging your personal credit.
In class (I take personal
finance in school), I've learned about various ways of investing, such as dollar cost averaging, diversification, balancing
assets, and now I honestly do trust those three ways of investing more
because as you have mentioned, Walter has used diversification.
Ironically, using UTMA to put college savings in your child's name can make it more difficult to
finance higher education,
because the financial aid formula in effect imposes a penalty on
assets owned by the child.
This means that taking premium
finance loans may be a negative legal
asset protection move for affluent individuals and business owners
because it subjects other valuable
assets to liability to pay the loan.
This piece will have echoes from my recent piece The Bane of Broken Balance Sheets, where I tried to point out why many
assets are trading below equilibrium levels, but also why it is rational for them to be so valued,
because of the lack of long - term
financing capacity.
2) The debt of financial companies is very important
because they often borrow short - term to
finance longer - term
assets.
And, every liability is someone else's
asset, but not vice-versa,
because assets owned free and clear are equity -
financed.
Short term
financing, where the portfolio's «market value» gets measured on a daily basis has a much bigger impact,
because as prices fall, liquidation of
assets can feed a collapse of prices.
Games developers typically struggle to raise debt
finance because they have relatively few
assets and little financial track record.
This is
because litigation
finance removes the cost of the dispute from the claimant's financial statements, thereby transforming the litigation into an
asset, freeing up the cash for more strategic uses and boosting the organisation's financial metrics.
Vigilance is required
because the means for these and other criminal activities may be transactions for which lawyers commonly provide services such as: establishing, purchasing or selling business entities; arranging
financing for the purchase or sale or operation of business entities; arranging
financing for the purchase or sale of business
assets; and purchasing and selling real estate.
Purchasing and maintaining a policy is so very important
because it is the only way to make sure that you, your vehicle, and your personal
finances and
assets remain protected while you are driving on the roadways.
«Ownership of virtual currency is very risky and full of speculation
because there is no authority responsible,» the central banker continues, «there is no official administrator, there is no underlying
asset underlying virtual currency price and trading value is very volatile so vulnerable to the risk bubble and prone to be used as a means of washing money and
financing of terrorism, so that it can affect the stability of the financial system and harm the public.
Hence, the Indian
finance ministry's argument in that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are Ponzi scheme - like
because they do not have
assets backing their value is flawed, as the same argument can be applied to fiat currencies.
Finance resume writing is challenging
because it advertises you as a potential
asset for a company you are applying to.