Also, don't forget the long term
bonding money for short term to implement SBAC testing.
While Fayemi spent
the bond money for infrastructure development of the state, including major roads, street lightening, school renovation, government lodge / office, a civic centre, the Ikogosi warm spring resort and Ire Burnt Bricks Company, among others; Fayose had opted for white elephant projects including an airport and a flyover.
The Legislature took action to
bond the money for the road work and soon we should know the schedule for the project.
Here's UTLA president Warren Fletcher saying that LAUSD can't afford the computer tablet initiative that LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy has proposed (and should use
the bond money for teacher salaries and adding school days instead).
Not exact matches
Stocks are a tool to make
money, Cramer said, and
bonds are
for capital preservation —
for protecting
money and providing a small, steady return that can offset the impact of inflation.
The answer is straightforward: The Bank of Japan can buy government
bonds on the open market, paying
for them with either currency or deposits at the Bank of Japan, what economists call high - powered
money.
The low interest rates that the Federal Reserve relied on to kick - start the economy, meanwhile, fed this same dynamic, making it easier
for fast - growing companies to borrow
money to grow further — and making
bond interest look unattractive compared with stock dividends.
In January, Miller said a rise in the 10 - year Treasury yield above 3 percent «will propel stocks significantly higher, as
money exits
bond funds
for only the second year in the past 10.»
The Fed's low interest rate policy has driven more and more
money into
bond funds as investors search
for higher yields.
Over the past several years, quantitative easing has taken
money originally allocated
for bonds, fixed income, and designated fixed return, and pushed it to take risks.
The trio behind the crowdfunding site
bonded when they learned they each had faced trouble raising
money in different industries: Ringelmann
for indie films, Rubin
for a charity, and Schell
for a theater company.
That
money, which is mostly held in short - term U.S.
bonds and
money market funds, was kept in Ireland
for years, until an investigation by the European Union into whether the company failed to pay taxes caused it to move its holdings to Jersey, a small island off the coast of Normandy that rarely taxes corporations.
Just
for fun, I've included a numerical example here using 2011 year - to - date numbers
for a
money market fund, a
bond ETF and three equity ETFs representing Canadian, U.S. and international stocks.
The Penn Wharton Budget Model predicts the added debt eventually would reduce economic growth, as
money that might have been spent on productive investment instead ends up in the market
for government
bonds.
In a federal trademark infringement case,
for instance, a plaintiff seeking a quick injunction would encounter at the threshold the high hurdle of showing «irreparable harm» — a standard that won't be met if
money damages will provide the plaintiff with adequate recompense
for any damages incurred — and it might also have to post an expensive
bond (a major hurdle
for a nonprofit).
The bankruptcy led investors to dump the city's municipal
bonds on Friday but Orr deflected criticism that it will be hard
for investors to lend the city
money again.
Buying negative - yield
bonds — or paying
for the privilege of lending
money — may look like a sucker's game, but some see the opportunity
for profits.
A surprising fixed - income alternative
For years, retirees have been told that they must invest in
bonds in order to preserve and make
money on their capital.
Three friends,
bonded by their shared name, conspire endlessly together to raise
money for jaw breakers in this zany, slap - stick cartoon à la «The Three Stooges.»
There just aren't that many stable places left
for investors to put their
money and a lot of it will come here, perhaps heading to the
bond markets, driving yields down.
In recent months, the city has relied on state - backed
bond money to meet payroll
for its 10,000 employees.
Looking at the past, Vanguard found that those who retired at market peaks with $ 100,000 (adjusted
for inflation) in 1928 and 1972 would still have had
money in their portfolio at age 100, assuming a 50 - 50 stock - to -
bond mix and a 4 % withdrawal rate.
Bonds get their «tax - free» status because the
money raised by the
bond issue is usually
for a «public good or service» such as schools or roads.
Brian Belski, BMO Capital Markets» chief investment strategist, says
bonds are still the main place
for investors to stash
money, even with today's low yields.
As well, there is some concern around how an interest rate rise will affect these stocks, most of which pay dividends and thus compete with
bonds for investors»
money.
But there's a pretty good argument that payments on Argentina's euro - denominated
bonds never flow through the judge's jurisdiction: Argentina gives the
money to a bank in Buenos Aires, which transfers it to a bank in Frankfurt, which holds it in the name of a bank in Brussels, which transfers it to a London nominee
for Belgian and Luxembourg clearinghouses, which pays it to bondholders.
But if
bond prices crash, investors will want to take their
money out, the funds will need to sell, and all those giant
bond funds that provided the bid
for bonds on the way up will turn into sellers on the way down.
Investment
bonds can be a good place to put your
money if you're learning how to invest
for the long haul.
And with
bonds falling and life expectancy rising you may need to make a little more
money to power your retirement
for the next 15 years and beyond.
For example, if you're early on in your career, most of your
money will be held in growth oriented stocks with a small percentage in
bonds, and as you mature, your assets will slowly shift to more stable stocks and a greater percentage in
bonds to help reduce volatility.
I think the most you can do is hope
for the best and make sure your
money — most especially your 401k or other retirement cash — is well diversified among US and foreign stocks,
bonds and a big buffer of safe cash.
Elsewhere, at the single country and asset class fund levels, High Yield
Bond Funds recorded their ninth consecutive outflow while Inflation Protected
Bond Funds took in fresh
money for the 10th time in the 11 weeks, year - to - date.
The option to hold a
bond to maturity and «get your
money back» (let's assume no default risk, you know, like we used to assume
for US government
bonds) is, apparently, greatly valued by many but is in reality valueless.
Many small - and medium - size banks are increasingly raising
money for loans,
bond purchases and other investments by issuing wealth management products, and even some largely unregulated companies have begun issuing wealth management products.
Yes, cheap
money polices did help stabilize a reeling housing sector, that shouldn't be dismissed, but what else does the Fed have to show
for near - zero short term interest rates and the fortune spent lowering longer term rates through its
bond buying program?
The institutions are not only using the
money to meet their own short - term financing needs, they are also borrowing additional
money to purchase the
bonds of troubled countries and earn the spread between the yields on those
bonds and the much lower rate the ECB is charging them
for money.
For the
money markets, it's not just that the Fed is buying fewer
bonds as part of the taper but as the Fed holdings roll off, the Treasury needs to reissue to the private sector in order to pay the Fed back.
«The central banks» plans
for printing
money to buy
bonds from national governments running huge deficits can not be considered a long - term solution to debt problems.»
«Some hybrid funds may consider selling their stock investments
for fund redemption due to weak liquidity
for their
bond investments following the
bond market and
money market crash,» analysts at Credit Suisse said in a note dated Friday.
While it's common
for an IRA to be invested in a mutual fund of stocks,
bonds, and
money market securities, some individuals choose to invest in legitimate unconventional assets.
Funds such as Pimco's MINT, which beats the bushes
for bonds just outside the reach of
money market funds with their 397 - day maturity limit.
However,
for those who can trust that their
money will be reasonably safe if they make prudent equity or
bond investments, this is arguably the way to go.
All untaxed income currently held overseas will immediately be taxed at a fixed rate: 12 percent
for money held in liquid assets like stocks and
bonds, 5 percent
for intangibles like buildings and factories.
In exchange
for that level of safety,
money market funds usually provide lower returns than
bond funds or individual
bonds.
For the one - week period ended last Thursday, U.S. bond funds were the big winner among ETFs, with four of the top five ETFs for new investor money coming from the U.S. fixed income asset class, according to ETF.com da
For the one - week period ended last Thursday, U.S.
bond funds were the big winner among ETFs, with four of the top five ETFs
for new investor money coming from the U.S. fixed income asset class, according to ETF.com da
for new investor
money coming from the U.S. fixed income asset class, according to ETF.com data.
It helps the economy more,
for example, if they put the
money toward productive new companies than if they invest in government
bonds.
The investment minimums
for most
bond funds are low enough that you can get significantly more diversification
for much less
money than if you purchased individual
bonds.
And the US government is going to create about $ 2 trillion of new Treasury
Bonds and exchange these perfectly good Treasury Bonds that are as good as cash (because you know the government can always print the money), they'll exchange these bonds — cash for t
Bonds and exchange these perfectly good Treasury
Bonds that are as good as cash (because you know the government can always print the money), they'll exchange these bonds — cash for t
Bonds that are as good as cash (because you know the government can always print the
money), they'll exchange these
bonds — cash for t
bonds — cash
for trash.
By comparison, just a week earlier there was only one
bond ETF in the top 10 for weekly flows, the iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury Bond, with $ 181 in new mo
bond ETF in the top 10
for weekly flows, the iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury
Bond, with $ 181 in new mo
Bond, with $ 181 in new
money.
An array of measures is selected from the overall credit supply (or what is the same thing, debt securities) to represent «
money,» which then is correlated with changes in goods and service prices, but not with prices
for capital assets —
bonds, stocks and real estate.