Some interesting stuff to note: watch how REITs (VNQ) become more closely correlated with
equities during the financial crisis, how distant emerging market debt (EMB) is from everything else, and the changing relationship between silver (SLV) and gold (GLD).
You can't always depend on your credit cards and home
equity during a financial crisis.
Not exact matches
The report found that banks with more than $ 10 billion of assets generally had higher returns on assets and
equity, except
during the worst of the
financial crisis.
The young investors who are looking to enter the market would likely be cheered by investors, who have long argued that millennials should get over what some have described as an aversion to
equities — a byproduct of their coming of age and starting their careers
during the worst of the
financial crisis — and take advantage of a long - term, buy - and - hold strategy that allows them to benefit from compound interest.
If and when a slump arrives, investors who have more exposure to VC and private
equity firms will have a hard time extracting their money quickly, just as they did
during the
financial crisis.
George's friend Will had sold out of
equities on a dip
during the 2008
financial crisis.
Exhibit 1 compares the performance of actively managed
equity funds across the nine style boxes
during the 2000 - 2002 bear market, the
financial crisis of 2008, and 2015.
This is where many buyers were trapped
during the
financial crisis — they wanted to refinance but couldn't afford to, or the value of their home dropped significantly and they suddenly had less than the 20 %
equity needed to refinance.
And like home prices in Atlanta
during the
financial crisis, prices of EM
equities have plunged as credit conditions have tightened.
For example, an EBRI study showed that nearly 25 % of 401 (k) participants 56 to 65 years of age had more than 90 % of their account balances in
equities just prior to the 2008
financial crisis, a period
during which stock prices dropped by nearly 60 %.
For instance,
during the global
financial crisis from January 2007 to February 2009, an
equity investor underperformed a bond investor (Strategy A) by 58 %.
I particularly appreciate comments at this blog, regarding my long article on how return on
equity changed
during the
financial crisis.
More interesting perhaps, is that the share price has followed a pattern of alternating lower lows and lower highs every two or three years; the share price rose after 2003 to a high of $ 35 only to fall back to the $ 14 range in 2006, then made another high in 2007 close to $ 35 before falling again to $ 6.70
during the 1st quarter of 2009, the
equity nadir of the
financial crisis, before once again rising to $ 24 last year.
Hedge funds significantly reduced their
equity holdings
during the recent
financial crisis.
Yes, I know the company is still being shunned by many institutional investors because many of them were burned
during the
financial crisis of 2008 when the Treasury took a majority
equity position
during the bailout.
BankUnited was one of the biggest banks to fail
during the 2008
financial crisis, but made a comeback after it was bought in 2009 by private
equity funds including Blackstone and Carlyle and had a successful initial public offering in 2011.