The Treasury Department on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 reported that total
foreign holdings rose 0.3 percent to $ 5.98 trillion, up from $ 5.96 trillion in April.
Not exact matches
On the same day, the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) announced a
rise in domestic equity weights and an increase in
foreign asset
holdings for its portfolio.
The
rise in payments on
foreign debt in the December quarter was partly offset by a decline in dividend payments on
foreign holdings of Australian equity.
Home values in Vancouver, Canada, are set to
rise by just 2 % in 2017, 11 % lower than this year, as the
foreign buyer tax and mortgage tightening measures take
hold.
However, this has been offset by
rising dividend payments on
foreign holdings of Australian equity, flowing from the relatively strong profit performance of Australian companies.
Interest payments to
foreign holders of Australian debt
rose broadly in line with growth in the stock of debt, while payments on
foreign holdings of Australian equity
rose sharply (see Box C for a more detailed discussion of Australia's net income deficit).
While falling world interest rates have reduced the servicing cost of
foreign debt over the past two years, this has been offset by
rising dividend payments on
foreign holdings of Australian equity, reflecting the strong profit growth of Australian companies throughout this period.
- Andrew Nagorski, former Newsweek
foreign correspondent and senior editor, and author of Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi
Rise to Power «Egyptian born Juliana Maio knows this territory like the palm of her hand, which is where she
holds us.
As most index investors know, it's common for funds that
hold foreign stocks or bonds to hedge their currency exposure to protect Canadians from the effects of a
rising loonie.
A
rising Canadian dollar is good news for snowbirds and importers, but if you
hold foreign equities in your portfolio, you've taken a hit.
A
rising loonie can hurt the returns of Canadians
holding foreign investments.
The good news is that by adding
foreign stocks, investors have been able to offset the pressure of
rising interest rates on their other
holdings.
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As proposed by the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008, there would be a
rise in the
foreign holding in insurance joint ventures from present 26 % to 49 % with corresponding voting right.