Not exact matches
Corporate America has operated in
crisis mode since the 2008 financial panic, accumulating cash as a brace against further turmoil similar to the
credit implosion.
Moreover, Treasuries are quite sensitive to rate increases, and Ms. Jones found that the
credit quality of the
corporate bonds in the index had decreased since the financial
crisis.
The U.S. subprime
crisis happened when household and non-financial
corporate credit was below 140 % of GDP.
Buffett lamented in 2010 that he didn't buy more
corporate and municipal bonds during the
credit crisis when yields made the securities «ridiculously cheap» compared with U.S. Treasuries.
Within days,
credit spreads for US
corporate bonds leaped from «euphoric» lows to «
crisis zone» highs.
As esoteric as the term may be outside of
corporate boardrooms, among central bankers forward guidance has become Carney's trademark invention, and is
credited for much of the country's strong economic performance throughout the financial
crisis.
Given the
credit crisis and the fragile nature of the recovery, specific opportunity, particularly in the areas of real estate and
corporate debt, await the keen investor.
During the Great Recession, the worst
credit crisis since the Great Depression, high - grade
corporates lost less than 50 % during a short time while high yield
corporates lost approximately two thirds for an extended period.
To keep performance high,
credit - focused managers are moving back into some of the risky assets that got tarnished during the financial
crisis like collateralized loan obligations, or CLOs, securities cobbled together from pools of
corporate loans.
-- Although there is a lack of trust in the rating agencies after the financial
crisis you can still trust
corporate bond
credit ratings.
There wasn't much love shown to this section of
corporate bonds since the 2008
credit crisis turned the maple market into a small marketplace that pri...
Over the past twelve months I made the observation that CEO's, Board of Directors and other
corporate officers weren't buying shares in any significant amount throughout this
credit crisis.
Since the financial
crisis, investment grade
corporate bond indexes have reached record highs, 1 and
credit spreads have tightened significantly,» said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares» investment advisor.
Corporate fraud & mismanagement — I presume you mean US real estate / mortgages & the ensuing
credit crisis?
«Around November - December, we began to see the real effects of the
credit crisis because at that point
corporate and real estate transactions really began to become quiet,» said Bruce James, a managing partner of Brownstein and the firm's chief executive.
Given the
credit crisis and the fragile nature of the recovery, specific opportunity, particularly in the areas of real estate and
corporate debt, await the keen investor.