That is another impact of the federal reserve flooding
the debt markets with liquidity — the safe investments yield little, forcing those that want yield to take significant risks, whether those risks are lending long, high credit risk, operational risk (common stock and MLP dividends), or subordinated credit risk (preferred stocks).
Not exact matches
To identify these companies, we look for stocks that have a minimum
market capitalization of $ 1 billion
with an A +
debt rating from at least one of the
debt - rating agencies.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions
with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft
market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and
markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements
with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements
with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts
with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance
debt, including our ability to obtain the
debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships
with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance
with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated
with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in
market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and
debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.
And since
debt analysts are busy trying to re-establish their credibility
with market participants and the public at large, the downgrades now arrive fast and frequently.
The house - price bubble, combined
with record levels of household
debt, represent the biggest threat facing the Canadian economy; the sooner real - estate
markets mellow and Canadians lower their
debt burdens, the better.
Although there may not be a bond bubble,
with investors starved for yield, Gundlach predicts a potential bubble could form in credit risk as investors increase their leverage on riskier
debt securities like junk bonds and emerging
market debt.
The pressure to put money into the industry has created ideal conditions for fundraising, which is why we have such a high amount of dry powder and that's creating even more intense competition for deals along
with continued favorable credit
markets which allow for cheap
debt.
Take that funding away and the
market settles back into something more closely aligned
with the underlying reality — the one of high unemployment / underemployment, high oil prices, stagnant middle - and lower - class incomes, unprecedented wealth concentration in the upper class, demolished savers, under - investment in capital, and an ongoing transition to a low - wage service economy hard - pressed to service
debt.
Lion's investment came
with what KeyBanc Capital
Markets analyst Edward Yruma, in a recent note, called «unusually tight»
debt covenants.
That year was a rocky one for
markets,
with the European Union
debt crisis spooking investors and fund managers alike.
Concurrent
with this orgy of public
debt, the State encourages massive expansion of private credit via fractional lending, low bank reserves, and other forms of leverage, in a vain attempt to stimulate demand in an economy burdened
with overcapacity, declining employment, marginal return on capital and saturated
markets.
With other big acquisition funding still in the pipeline, it was crucial for banks to set a positive tone for investment - grade
debt and lure buyers back into a struggling
market.
Much of the generation delayed marriage, childbearing and home ownership after graduating
with heaping student - loan
debt and entering a weak job
market.
Amazon has been an infrequent issuer in the investment - grade bond
market,
with only $ 7.8 billion of
debt outstanding as of June 30.
EMC's immensity (it had a
market cap of $ 55 billion in 2015) and Dell's already leveraged state meant this deal, too, would be paid for mostly
with debt — upwards of $ 50 billion.
But
with mounting sovereign
debts, anti-austerity riots in southern Europe, and the price of gold soaring, even some moderate financial observers are worrying that
market grizzlies might turn out to be right.
SEO expert Rand Fishkin offers an honest account of how he went from a struggling start - up
with $ 500,000 in personal
debt to an online -
marketing heavyweight..
She began her career in investment banking,
with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and
debt capital
markets.
But
with interest rates still near all - time lows, and only moving up slightly on the Trump news, it seems the
market still thinks there is appetite for all that
debt, or that the U.S. economy will grow fast enough to justify it.
The biggest concern was that tough sanctions against Deripaska's businesses would stop Western banks and clearing houses from interacting
with them, impacting everything from raising
debt to sales on world
markets, according to the people.
With most of these
debts being held by Chinese entities, it's unlikely we'll see a banking crisis in the same way we could have seen if Greece or Spain went belly up, said Lau — many foreign banks hold European bonds — but we've seen
markets panic on far less worrisome Chinese news in the past.
These include currency - hedged ETFs, triple - levered ETFs based on commodities, unconstrained bond funds
with short positions betting against U.S. Treasurys, private equity funds, emerging
market debt instruments, historically less - liquid bank loan funds, and all manner of actively managed strategies packaged in supposedly easy to buy and sell wrappers.
Tasked
with helping the U.S. territory regain access to
debt markets, the board has been...
In what analysts and
markets see as the final deadline, Greece has to reach a deal
with creditors Saturday or it will fail to make a crucial
debt payment due to the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday.
The woman, who works at a company in eastern Tokyo, said she plans to invest more in stocks than in
debt,
with a focus on foreign equities including those from emerging
markets.
COPENHAGEN, Oct 2 -
Debt - stricken Danish shipping company Torm A / S does not see a turnaround of the struggling tanker
market soon, its chairman said after announcing it had struck a long - awaited deal
with its banks to secure future operations.
The news can get a little heavy sometimes,
with debt crises, vicious
markets and crappy earnings reports.
In three rounds, the last of which concluded in 2014, the central bank credited itself
with funds that it then used to buy
debt — Treasurys and mortgage - backed securities, the latter in an effort to drive down rates on housing loans during the worst real estate
market since the Great Depression.
Obviously, besides immediately abandoning its propaganda campaign, the Chinese government should reassure the global business community
with concrete, honest, realistic, and
market - based solutions that address the underlying pathologies of China's poor economic performance: massive
debt, endemic overcapacity, and an economic system that channels low - cost capital into inefficient state - owned enterprises at the expense of private entrepreneurs and consumers.
In 1998 you had a rolling crisis of sorts where lots of little problems (emerging
market debt scares) eventually boiled over into one bigger problem (the Russian default) and then appeared to be rolling over into foreign
markets with the LTCM debacle.
The carrier is offering some of the cheapest wireless plans on the
market and remains under intense financial pressure
with a heavy
debt load leftover from its $ 22 billion acquisition by SoftBank Group in 2013.
We see short - term U.S.
debt offering relatively compelling income,
with limited downside risk, now that
market participants have greater confidence in the Fed's planned normalization path.
In an interview
with Fox News» Sean Hannity, Trump noted that the stock
market has done well during his first year in office, then claimed that «maybe in a sense we're reducing
debt.»
Under normal
market conditions, the fund invests at least 80 % of its net assets in United States Treasury
debt securities and obligations of agencies and instrumentalities of the United States, including repurchase agreements collateralized
with such securities.
It's a (mostly) short term, higher risk, higher reward place to invest cash that has a low correlation
with the stock
market, but is far more passive than buying and managing properties, has more opportunity for diversification than private placements (minimums of 5 - 10K, rather than 100K), and most of the equity offerings (and all of the
debt offerings) provide monthly or quarterly incomes.
These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply
with debt covenants applicable to its
debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital
markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.
After graduating from St. John's University
with a bachelor's degree in
marketing, he became a sales manager for an environmental services company before shifting gears and becoming a
debt collector.
Since the housing crash, brought on by irresponsibly loose standards in the mortgage
market, lenders have been very strict
with the amount of
debt borrowers can carry compared to their income.
China certainly has a high absolute level of
debt,
with levels much higher than those seen in other emerging
market (EM) countries who experienced
debt crises, according to Bloomberg data.
The central bank, based in Frankfurt, used typically understated and technical language to describe its actions, but it appears to have done what its leadership said throughout 2011 that it would not do: namely, flood the financial
markets with euros in a Hail Mary attempt to make sure that the region's sovereign
debt crisis does not lead to a major financial shock.
An increase in mortgage
debt is only worrisome in housing
markets that have lost touch
with income trajectories.
The Reporting Persons may, from time to time and at any time: (i) acquire additional Shares and / or other equity,
debt, notes, instruments or other securities (collectively, «Securities») of the Issuer (or its affiliates) in the open
market or otherwise; (ii) dispose of any or all of their Securities in the open
market or otherwise; or (iii) engage in any hedging or similar transactions
with respect to the Securities.
Total outstandings in the domestic
market amount to around $ 50 billion compared
with total corporate
debt outstanding of a much larger $ 920 billion.
With lower external
debt than other regions, Asian economies have been less vulnerable to a strengthening U.S. dollar, which remains one of the main risks to our outlook for emerging
markets.
But even as the
market adjusts to the next level of yields, there will be more government
debt for the Treasury
market to deal
with.
I believe that Canada's high house prices in relation to incomes, combined
with record household
debt levels and overinvestment in residential construction, will cause a severe correction in the real estate
market.
Highland Capital Brasil Gestora de Recursos («HCB») is an asset management company which pursues investment opportunities in Emerging
Market credit strategies
with a primary focus on Brazilian corporate
debt.
The ratings agency Moody's maintained the US's top - notch «Aaa» credit rating Thursday, saying, «The diversity, dynamism, and competitiveness of the US economy, along
with the US dollar's status as the preeminent international reserve currency and very large size and depth of the US Treasury
market, offset rising fiscal pressures stemming from aging - related entitlement spending, higher
debt - service payments, and recent policy actions that will likely reduce future revenues and increase expenditures.»
Former rare earths
market darling Lynas Corp is deep in talks
with its largest bondholder about a potential
debt - to - equity conversion for which it will seek shareholder approval in November.