By selling the bonds to Monaco, investors were trying to get around the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, «The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.»
I too was surprised
by the sell bonds first message, plus the other highlight for me was that the usual total market portfolio performed poorly in retirement.
The United States borrows money
by selling bonds.
Therefore, by far the most likely way Governor Cuomo will pay for his $ 8.3 B pledge is by having the MTA borrow the money
by selling bonds which the State will pledge to pay for.
Citing the three Wall Street downgrades, Hampton says the state is borrowing too much money
by selling bonds.
One of the reasons Hallam has been so successful is that he's followed Warren Buffett's famous advice about being greedy when others are fearful: he bravely rebalanced his portfolio
by selling bonds and buying stocks after 9/11, and again 2008.
Bond funds make money from the interest earned on the securities they own or
by selling those bonds at a profit.
A really big one would need rebalancing
by selling bonds and buying stocks.
If this happens, you can make money
by selling your bond before it matures.
Though not as liquid as stocks, you can usually release your cash
by selling your bond before it reaches maturity.
Investors buy bonds to 1) earn interest, and 2) possibly reap a capital gain
by selling the bond if its value increases (more on this below).
If your stock gains aren't sufficient, make it up
by selling bond funds.
In recent years, the university has funded construction through private donations or
by selling bonds and then paying them off through federal research grant money.
Not exact matches
At Thursday's auction of a 7.37 percent 2023
bond, the Reserve Bank of India was only able to
sell about 430 million rupees out of the 30 billion on offer into the market, with the remainder having to be bought
by primary dealers.
A large
sell - down
by Chinese authorities could spark a rise in US
bond yields, in turn putting pressure on US government finances.
The
bond market
sell - off since late last week stemmed from inflation worries caused
by rising commodity prices and growing Treasury supply, as well as bets the Federal Reserve would further raise key borrowing costs, analysts said.
Last week, for example, TD Bank
sold US$ 3 - billion worth of
bonds covered
by residential mortgages yielding 1.571 %, or quite a bit lower than 2.99 %.
Anyone buying or
selling stocks,
bonds, foreign exchange, commodities or exchange - traded funds (ETFs) will be affected
by the new standards.
Pension funds» portfolio rebalancing can be achieved
by selling equities as well as buying
bonds.
Icelandic banks played the carry trade too, and foreign banks followed suit
by creating «glacier
bonds,» which were repackaged Icelandic
bonds sold to investors outside the country.
If this trade fight escalates, China could fire back
by selling a large chunk of the $ 1.17 trillion of U.S. treasury
bonds it holds.
Back in 2010 it paid $ 550 million to settle charges brought
by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it mislead investors into buying a so - called synthetic collateralized debt obligation named Abacus, which was made up of a bundle of financial instruments tied to subprime mortgage
bonds, many of which plummeted in value shortly after the deal was
sold.
Further, we do not expect the
bond market to
sell off and interest rates to go shooting up when the Fed raises the interest rate from zero
by an eighth or a quarter percent.
Furthermore, the 1 percent you pay to your money manager doesn't always cover the costs of buying and
selling the stocks and
bonds in your portfolio or the sales charges (also known as loads) and administrative fees charged
by the mutual funds your manager puts you into.
The online lender, founded
by Renaud Laplanche in 2006, has decided to package its loans and
sell them to investors as
bonds, The Wall Street Journal reports.
When Grogan has made shifts, which have usually involved purchasing real estate or
bond investments, she has financed them either through new savings or
by selling stocks that have already yielded high profits.
Italian 10 - year
bond yields fell 2.5 basis points (bps) to 1.754 percent while other euro zone yields were pushed higher
by a
sell - off in U.S. Treasuries and data suggesting the euro zone economy was not as weak as expected.
Adams: Once you've put in $ 25,000 to $ 30,000, it's time to diversify a little — not
by selling what you've got but
by purchasing individual municipal
bonds.
Solar City becomes first ever company to
sell bonds backed
by solar energy panels.
Banks are the dealers of corporate
bonds, and their willingness to take risks
by buying and
selling bonds has been shrinking.
[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion
by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could
sell bonds secured
by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise
by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.
What should worry you is the absence of long - term fundamental investors who will buy
bonds — intermediated
by dealers, sure — when everyone else is
selling.
HONG KONG — In 2012, with help from Goldman Sachs, a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund called 1Malaysia Development Berhad
sold $ 3.5 billion worth of
bonds backed
by an Abu Dhabi government fund to help it purchase power plants.
Well in fact it borrows the money
by selling 50 - year
bonds.
Careful portfolio management, he said, would allow the central bank to absorb the losses over time
by trying to hold
bonds to maturity rather than
selling at a loss.
I thought that you were treating the equity premium as the premium (if it exists) between equity shares
sold by a firm and
bonds sold by the same firm.
The debt, part of a
bond deal
sold by Citigroup Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG in March 2007, was handed off to a firm specializing in troubled loans.
A Treasury
bond, sometimes called a T -
bond, is a security that is
sold by the U.S. government when it needs to raise money.
Bonds can help
by providing stability in the event of a market
sell - off in stocks.
Remember, if the government gives us a tax cut they'll still have to make up the budget shortfall somehow, chiefly
by selling more
bonds to American citizens (who happen to be the same people getting the tax cut) or foreigners (who will raise the money
by selling us more of their goods and services, or buying less of ours).
In fact, the fund run
by legendary
bond manager Bill Gross is among «the 10 top -
selling ETFs this year even though it wasn't launched until March,» according to ETF Trends» John Spence.
Oppenheimer, the large mutual fund company, also owned some of the
bonds issued
by Remington, but said it
sold its debt holdings last year.
I'd recommend at least a small allocation to
bonds or cash in the event that an unexpected expense comes up that over and above the dividend yield (although you could always create your own dividend
by selling shares too).
Typical sources of cash flow include cash raised
by selling stocks and
bonds or borrowing from banks.
The next big event that triggers a big
sell - off in the junk market will cut the value of a lot of these junk
bond mutual funds down
by one - third to a half.
And some investors may listen to their advice, believing they can reach their investment goals
by buying and
selling stocks and
bonds at exactly the right time.
A downgrade in the credit rating of a
bond by the credit agencies can affect
bond performance as well if institutional investors are forced to
sell because of restrictions on the credit quality of the
bonds they're able to hold.
He could now move to redeem a controversial $ 3 bln
bond sold by Goldman Sachs.
«Both stock and
bond values have been driven up
by monetary policy, and as we approach an inflection point where that policy changes, they both have the same reason to
sell off,» Mr. Knight said.
The Federal reserve also pays particular attention to interest rates on treasury
bonds, and raise and lower interest rates for everyone
by buying and
selling treasuries.