Sentences with phrase «buy financial assets»

Similarly, the best time to buy financial assets is when other investors are fearful.

Loose monetary policy, including so - called quantitative easing through which central banks create new money to buy financial assets in the secondary market, has failed to spark a recovery because the world is awash in debt.

The decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to move away from its quantitative easing policy — in which the central bank creates billions of dollars to buy financial assets each month — comes amid signs the American economy is beginning to heat up, which would boost demand for Canadian imports.

So, they print money, they buy financial assets — in both cases they did.

QE (as it's known in shorthand) involves the central bank's buying financial assets like government bonds.

Ben Bernanke, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, revealed the Fed will go on buying financial assets until America's economy recovers.

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Wall St villains now saviours Wall Street fund managers - the very people blamed for the sub prime crisis that sparked the global economic meltdown - will be given an almost free ride to buy $ US1 trillion worth of toxic assets crippling the financial system.

BMO Financial Group says it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy the fixed income broker - dealer, which specializes in the institutional investor market for U.S. mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities.

China Oceanwide Holdings Group has agreed to buy U.S. insurer Genworth Financial for $ 2.7 billion in cash, the latest in a series of moves by Chinese firms to buy overseas assets as their domestic economy slows and the yuan weakens.

There is a popular notion the Federal Reserve of today has gone wild with the printing press — thanks to buying up all the dodgy assets of the financial sector.

TD and BMO have been picking up assets in the U.S., while Scotiabank, already the largest financial institution in the Caribbean, recently bought a Colombian bank.

Basically, it's moving in and out of the stock market with the intention of minimizing losses and buying investments when they're on the rise to eventually sell at a premium, says Ben Barzideh, wealth advisor at Piershale Financial Group in Crystal Lake, Ill. «Instead of holding onto an asset long - term, [you're] buying and selling based on predicting future market movements.»

BlackRock (BLK), the world's largest asset management company, is buying FutureAdvisor, the fifth largest robo - advisory firm, joining a growing list of giant financial companies offering automated advisory services.

The system threatens to collapse in such a way that will leave a legacy of financial cleanup costs for the bad debts that form the counterpart to the economy's «bad savings», that is, savings lent to speculators who use the money simply to buy existing properties rather than to create new assets.

The scandal - hit fund is seeking to ease its financial woes by selling power assets it bought for $ 2.8 bln.

The current regulatory environment, they say, also allows fund sponsors and advisory firms «to create incentives for their advisors to recommend excessive churning (repeated buying and selling) of retirement assets and to steer savers into higher cost products with financial payoffs for the advisor.»

Any asset or other financial contract displayed is for illustrative and informational purposes only and is not intended to act as a recommendation to buy or sell a particular asset or contract.

Since the fundamental value of an asset in a financial market is an aggregation of the stochastic stream of future dividends, trading at prices higher than the fundamental value is only profitable when there is a widespread belief that other traders will continue to buy at prices even further away from fundamental values.

As of 3/31/11, Best Buy Co., Inc. represented 3.2 % of The Oakmark Select Fund's total net assets, Wal - Mart Stores Inc. 0 %, Amazon.com, Inc. 0 %, DIRECTV, Class A 4.0 %, Calpine Corp. 4.7 %, Cenovus Energy, Inc. 4.8 %, Capital One Financial Corp. 4.4 %, H&R Block, Inc. 4.1 %, Western Union Co. 0 %, and Mastercard, Inc., Class A 3.8 %.

An interesting fact about this trading approach is that a lot of financial institutions are basing their positions on the same pivot point and buying and selling large volumes, which has a direct impact on the price changes of the assets.

Looking at this chart of real vs. financial assets, one feels reminded of the old saw «buy low, sell high» — click to enlarge.

But I think if we were going to try to simplify this so that it makes a little bit of sense for people I think one of the main reasons that we can talk about why this might be happening comes down to central banks around the globe are playing a major role in the buying and selling of financial assets and an extreme degree.

While base rates kept at or close to zero for almost seven years and three massive asset - buying programs by the Fed have undoubtedly helped stabilize the US (and world) economy during and after the recession that followed the global financial crisis, the continuation of expansionary monetary policies is now supporting a growing excess of global liquidity that has been distorting the market signals sent by stock and bond prices and thus contributing to the growing volatility seen in recent weeks.

Normalizing indebtedness «Two generations ago, the conventional wisdom was that you never borrowed money to buy depreciating assets,» says Preet Banerjee, a personal finance commentator and management consultant to the financial services industry.

Scenario 2 — Reinvest To 2015 Levels: If, instead of buying back stock, GE could quickly redeploy the capital from the sale of the financial assets and earn the same ROIC on that capital, it would generate enough cash flow to justify the current stock price.

Once an economic expansion ends, however, the amount of built - up leverage (debt used to buy assets) in the financial system typically helps determine how bad a subsequent downturn might be.

Such buying should push up asset prices, keeping the amount of money in the financial system the same (being simply transferred from buyers to sellers).

At the moment, we think it's unlikely that the ECB would consider expanding the scope of its program to encapsulate other financial assets; it might expand the list of issuers whose assets it can buy to include more agency debt, but we think that's about it.

Given term premium suppression (via QE) reduced volatility and induced investors to buy risky assets to boost returns, a sustained rise in long - term interest rates would give investors more options to achieve yield targets, thus making risk assets appear less attractive and ultimately erode demands for yield and tighten financial conditions.

As of 3/31/11, Cisco Systems, Inc. represented 1.2 % of The Oakmark Fund's total net assets, Best Buy Co., Inc. 1.5 %, DIRECTV, Class A 1.7 %, Viacom, Inc. - Class B 2.1 %, Cenovus Energy, Inc. 1.8 %, EnCana Corp. 1.1 %, Capital One Financial Corp. 2.1 %, Harley - Davidson, Inc. 1.8 %, H&R Block, Inc. 1.4 %, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 0 %, Northrop Grumman Corp. 1.9 %, Unilever PLC — ADR 1.6 %, Aflac, Inc. 1.5 %, and FedEx Corp. 1.5 %.

But the roots are global as well and at least one of the roots is financial repression which is the major central bank's policies over the last nine years of recovery to drop interest rates to zero to buy risk assets, to push investors into risk assets and generate a lot of liquidity and credit.

While any announcement is likely to cause a dramatic response from the financial markets — all the more so because few markets seem to be pricing in the possibility of a change in tack at the moment — we don't foresee a quick end to the ECB's asset - buying program.

John W. Homer, president of Oxford Financial Group, suggests that older clients with liquid assets and a desire to reduce estate taxes may want to consider buying a guaranteed income annuity partnered up with a life insurance policy...

As of 3/31/11, SAP AG represented 5.2 % of The Oakmark Global Select Fund's total net assets, Capital One Financial Corp. 4.0 %, Best Buy Co., Inc. 4.0 %, Wal - Mart Stores Inc. 0 %, Amazon.com, Inc. 0 %, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. 5.0 %, Bank of America Corp. 0 %, Societe Television Francaise 1 0 %, Danone 4.4 %, and TE Connectivity 4.5 %.

There is nothing illegal about buying depreciated assets after a financial calamity, in order to make money.

Class A 2.3 %, McDonald's Corp. 1.9 %, Aflac, Inc. 1.7 %, Allstate Corp. 1.7 %, Bank of America Corp. 1.0 %, Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 1.1 %, Best Buy Co., Inc. 1.5 %, Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.0 %, Encana Corp. 1.1 %, FedEx Corp. 2.0 %, JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.7 %, Google Inc., Class A 1.1 %, Capital One Financial Corp. 2.3 %, State Street Corp. 1.3 %, GlaxoSmithKline PLC 0 %, Walgreen Co. 0 %, Express Scripts Inc. 0 %, and Corning Inc. 1.6 % of the Oakmark Fund's total net assets.

Interested buyers can review listed assets and offers, along with historical financial data on each asset, before posting bids to buy listed assets.

While the financial community had its eyes on Mario Draghi's press conference on Thursday, he let almost nothing slip about the change in his policy, particularly in his asset - buying programme.

Liquidity, which refers to a financial asset's ability to be bought or sold quickly without changing its price, is another important factor to consider.

Futures contracts are financial instruments traded in organized exchanges to buy or sell assets, especially commodities or shares, at a fixed price on a future date.

«But it should be looking at using unclaimed pensions and financial sector assets, and at whether forcing a failed pension fund to buy annuities is the best use of scarce resources belonging to fund members.»

Money can't buy love, but it does buy financial independence — and when it comes to love, it's a well - performing asset.

The company continued to grow its assets under management and it also bought other companies: State Street Research & Management in 2005; Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in 2006; and then during the financial crisis Barclay's Global Investors and its large Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) business iShares.

Despite these changes, the desire to own a home as both a place to live and a financial asset, makes home - buying a significant aspect of our national economy.

Here's a guide to building a strong portfolio through smart financial investing Financial investing involves buying assets — like stocks, bonds, and ETFs — with the expectation of income and / or capitfinancial investing Financial investing involves buying assets — like stocks, bonds, and ETFs — with the expectation of income and / or capitFinancial investing involves buying assets — like stocks, bonds, and ETFs — with the expectation of income and / or capital gains.

In financial theory, riskier investments are expected to be more profitable because investments normally offer a reward in exchange of risk absorption — if they offered no reward, investors would buy the less - risky assets instead.

A simple rule of thumb is that you should buy enough life insurance to cover all major upcoming financial obligations, assuming your family also had access to your liquid assets.

Finally, there's a financial move that may also be able to get you over the emotional hurdle of dipping into assets to fund retirement living expenses: buy an immediate annuity.

Whether you're refinancing a car, buying a home, starting a business, planning a wedding, increasing your financial assets or more — we're here to help you find protection along the way.

These are all financial buyers of assets, regardless of what sectors they buy in.