Sentences with phrase «for safer assets»

It stands to reason that heightened uncertainty, and a desire for safer assets, would lead people to buy U.S. assets, at the expense of European and U.K. assets, and Canadian assets as well.»

When the economic environment is more «volatile,» investors tend to look for safer assets.

«Foreign consumption and investment are weak, while foreign demand for savings is high, along with an elevated demand for safe assets,» Brainard said,

I have always listed reserve accumulation and foreign demand for safe assets among the major factors acting to depress real interest rates.

Interest rates reflect a variety of factors: the economic cycle, the creditworthiness of lenders, inflation, demand for safe assets, and so on.

Consequently, many developing countries started turning to the United States for safe assets.

Investors are looking for safe assets, and oil companies, both large and small, that represent very secure holdings.

The banks and SIVs that bought up «super-senior AAA» tranches of CDOs were looking for safe assets, not risky assets.

Worries about the economic recovery pushed the demand for safe assets, despite an increase in consumer confidence that came out 55.9 better than expected 53.5.

These characteristics might cause an investor looking for a safe asset to think twice.

What a whipping for safe assets.

One way to interpret this is that the market has a high demand for safe assets and so the central banks, by buying bonds with reserves, increase the supply of very safe assets, ie.

The demand for safe assets has overwhelmed this additional supply.

That yield is usually driven by several factors, including broader economic conditions and investor demand for safe assets such as Treasurys.

Not exact matches

For this reason it may just be safer to sell the assets outright in a partial liquidation.

More specifically, investors have sought the potential for higher returns from riskier assets like private company stocks, as safer investments like T - bills and bonds pay out next to nothing.

It was this capacity for holding its purchasing power and moving in the opposite direction of other asset classes that long made gold the ultimate safe haven, something investors going back five centuries to Jakob Fugger the Rich have recommended one hold in one's portfolio.

Although parties have a duty to provide full disclosure of their assets in a divorce, the anonymous nature of cryptocurrencies potentially make them a safe haven for spouses wishing to hide their money from a warring partner.

The threat of escalation in Syria and the trade dispute between Beijing and Washington have dampened stock market confidence, while gold has traditionally been a safe asset for investors in times of volatility.

«In an unusual bullish move for the non-yielding safe haven asset after a rate hike, this can be entirely attributed to the aforementioned USD weakness, as Wilders» Dutch election defeat eases some fears of a populist European backlash.»

People are seeking safe havens for their assets and plowing it into dollars, raising the currency's value, Rogers said.

Traditionally «safe» and liquid assets can now better compete for investor capital.

Some of the best and most experienced investors in the world have a habit of routinely keeping 20 % of their net assets in cash and cash equivalents, often the only truly safe place for parking these funds being a United States Treasury bond of short - duration held directly with the U.S. Treasury.

The underlying determinants for these declines are related to the global supply and demand for funds, including shifting demographics, slower trend productivity and economic growth, emerging markets seeking large reserves of safe assets, and a more general global savings glut (Council of Economic Advisers 2015, International Monetary Fund 2014, Rachel and Smith 2015, Caballero, Farhi, and Gourinchas 2016).

The resulting demand for highly liquid assets deemed safe is likely to keep rates historically low.

At first glance, this looks like very bad news for a steelmaker like ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT), which has only 8 % of its steelmaking assets located within the U.S. and safe from those trade protections.

For bulls, the weakness in the Yen and gold could be an encouraging sign, as the main safe - haven assets are not confirming the selloff in equities this week, but forex markets could look different in a day, as the FED will likely stir things up substantially.

As global investors continue to reprice expectations for structural reforms in the US and Europe, capital will continue to migrate into growth assets and safe - haven investments as an alternative to markets perceived as riskier.

For the most part, investors cite the market's four - year climb off its 2009 lows and the Dow's record closing to the Federal Reserve's aggressive and unprecedented monetary stimulus measures, which have helped push equities higher by driving down yields in safe - haven assets.

As Morgan Stanley's Global Co-Head of Economics Elga Bartsch explained in a recent Global Macroeconomic Briefing, investors are willing to pay a premium for safe, liquid assets.

* Information efficiency * Economic slack * Coordinated central banks * The dominance of China and India and their increased purchase of US debt * USD and US assets as a continued safe haven * Rates have been going down for 30 + years in a row, the trend is telling us we're more adept at managing inflation with each new cycle

As my colleague, Richard Turnill, notes in a recent blog post, the US dollar has been steadily weakening because of an improved outlook for investment activity globally and a reduced need for precautionary savings to be tucked away in US dollar safe - haven assets.

They consider a range of arguments for owning gold, such as: (1) gold hedges inflation; (2) gold hedges currency decline; (3) gold is attractive when other assets are not; (4) gold is a safe haven in times of crisis; (5) gold is a de facto world currency; and, (6) central banks and investors in aggregate are still underweighting gold.

There is no clear - cut evidence that the growth in the crypto - currency market has led to stagnation in the prices of precious metals, but looking at the investments pouring into cryptos, especially the heavyweights, one can assume that digital currencies have billed themselves as a safe haven for investors to park their funds, thereby replacing gold, which for decades has been the go - to asset class.

If fund managers are trying to pass off some of the best safest assets today as risky, simply because their mandates restrict them from investing in them, then it's time for us to take back control of our own wealth management.

Even if part of this decline was driven by a heightened liquidity premium the implication is the same: it indicates an increased demand for highly liquid and safe assets which, in turn, implies less aggregate nominal spending.

Not holding any of the safest non-cash asset for UK investors is a risk, no doubt, that's only been made palatable by the terrible rewards we've been offered for doing so for the past 5 years.

HOW WE MEASURE THE SAFETY OF BANKS By Andrew Cunningham The safest banks chart compares the ratings for the world's largest 500 banks, based on asset size.

We believe that equity exposure has become a key central - bank policy instrument to suppress currency - exchange rates and to grope for yield that they can not achieve in traditional safe assets.

Still, the future returns from stocks as an asset isn't that great and it's understandable that some people go for bonds or other «safe» assets.

This safe haven asset is a tried and true resource for investors who want to place to park their gains while the stock market undergoes a correction.

In addition, JPMorgan Chase forecasts obligations to efficiently deploy that collateral and minimize the need for collateral transformation, a process that involves turning relatively risky assets into safer ones.

We have a rigorous process for choosing digital assets based on objective factors that will keep Abra and users safe.

It also estimated that capital flight had risen above forecasts to 128 billion in 2014 as investors sought a safer haven for their assets.

All client deposits and assets, including both bitcoin and fiat currency, are held for customers in secure custodial accounts in order to ensure the safe return of customer balances.

I could ride out a crash for 3 - 4 years and live off the cash but what worries me is the market crashing and not recovering for 10 years, once in the new sipp, when i rebuy, i could rebalance but id have to buy a bond etf [vanguard] so could increase safe asset class.

Precious metals have offered a safe harbor for investors seeking refuge from market volatility in the past, and they can do so again as part of an asset diversification strategy.

An asset class that once boasted a yield of 10 % now pays about 4 % — a huge move for a safe, low volatility investment.

The unit, the chief investment office (CIO), has been the biggest buyer of European mortgage - backed bonds and other complex debt securities such as collateralized loan obligations in all markets for more than three years... The unit made a deliberate move out of safer assets such as US Treasuries in 2009 in an effort to increase returns and diversify investments.»

Gold has been the traditional go - to for investors seeking the financial safe haven of hard assets, but silver is gaining ground due to its rising role in the industry.