Sentences with phrase «in troubled assets»

Oaktree also believes in this dictum of investing in troubled assets and selling them for a profit once they recover.
Indeed, certain financial responses were deeply unpopular, like the bank bailouts in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
Citigroup received the largest taxpayer bailout in the history of finance from 2008 through 2010: $ 45 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds; over $ 300 billion in asset guarantees; and more than $ 2 trillion in low cost loans.
The company has stayed strong and resilient throughout the 2007 - 2008 financial crisis, and has reused to participate in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and has not taken any kind of federal bailout.

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WHEN Tasmanian forestry products heavyweight Gunns missed out on securing the assets of defunct agribusiness company Timbercorp, those vying for assets of another failed timber company knew they were in trouble.
A growing number of prominent investors are concluding the yellow metal has lost its status as a go - to asset in times of trouble — perhaps for good.
What that means is that you are in an environment that is going to have further trouble in terms of investment returns that are in areas that are based on economic growth and areas that do relatively well like bonds... Broadly speaking, I think that investors should be looking for lower prices on most risk assets in these developed countries with the exception of Japan.»
In 2007 Scotia came to the rescue of Canada's DundeeWealth, which had gotten into trouble when the asset - backed commercial paper market collapsed.
Some banks weren't able to lend for a while because of TARP,» Geshwiler says, referring to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the federal government's program for bailing out banks hit hard in the financial crisis.
What he ended up with was what he calls a «qualified pipeline» — people who would both be assets to the company and have already expressed an interest in investing in DraftKings, a company that's had buckets of trouble when it comes to regulation and may not be an investment target for everyone.
The bank sought to fill the gap with a $ 200,000 SBA loan, something Wald wanted to avoid at all costs, recalling the consequences of the $ 30,000 SBA loan he'd received in 1996 (and since paid off): NetForce had trouble securing the kind of financing it needed because the SBA had taken a blanket lien on all the company's assets.
Specifically, the economists found «strong evidence» of a relationship between political connections and informed trading, especially during the period in which Troubled Asset Relief Program funds were distributed.
M&I was stuck with rotten loans, and needed $ 1.7 billion in funding under the U.S. government's Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Furthermore, the savings in the 401 (k) are bulletproof in the sense that if MDY ever runs into financial trouble, your savings there will not be considered an asset of the company.
If a company like iHeart gets in trouble and someone else want its assets, rather than buying the shares, they often buy the debt (bonds and loans) at a big discount.
If it focuses on maintaining the growth necessary to meet its inflation target, there is the risk of further increases in leverage and asset prices setting the stage for trouble down the road.
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In dollar terms, that works out to $ 6.6 trillion of troubled loans and assets.
It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»
Since 2009, troubles in the European and U.S. economies have led many investors to adjust their financial portfolios toward Canadian assets, both private and public.
Wells Fargo and other banks that benefited from the federal $ 245 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program are required to participate in HAMP.
As investors left the housing market in the run - up to the meltdown, Wall Street sliced up and repackaged troubled assets based on those shaky mortgages, often buying those new packages themselves.
A Billionaire Makes a Classic Investing Error Concentrating in a single asset class can be an invitation to trouble.
Obama also implemented two urgent economic programs formally passed in the final weeks of George W. Bush's presidency — the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the auto industry bailout.
While there has been a noticeable shift among family offices toward real estate following the bubble — as many took advantage of the troubled real estate market post-crash and scooped up valuable assets at a discount to pre-recession valuations — this allocation is still remarkable and outside the typical family portfolio composition reported in our survey.
We at Oakmark are confident in the advantages of active management, and believe that if you are a middleman who can be replicated by a computer algorithm, in asset management or elsewhere, you're in trouble.
The winners insisted in 2008 that the government keep the game solvent by TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, which should have referred to troubled gambles — the «assets» of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, which should have referred to troubled gambles — the «assets» of the troubled gambles — the «assets» of the winners.
And he backed Bush's Troubled Asset Relief Program, to bail out the financial industry during the last recession, an initiative that was anathema to Tea Party supporters, including many in his district.
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury received repayments on its Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) investments in Wells Fargo and Citigroup in the sum of $ 45 billion, bringing the total amount of repaid TARP funds to $ 164 billion.
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The trouble with VAR and other mathematical models of risk is that if it becomes the dominant paradigm, and everyone begins to use it, it creates distortions in the market, because institutions gravitate to asset classes that the model makes to appear artificially cheap.
Government intervention in the financial system via the Troubled Asset Relief Program made me sick to my stomach, but without it, there is a real possibility that our economy would have come to a screeching halt as trust in the financial system was strained to the point of breaking.
Almost all assets people can buy — bonds, stocks or houses — are back in the 4 percent to 6 percent mode... «If people are expecting 10 percent - plus returns, they're in trouble
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner testifes during a hearing before the Congressional Oversight panel, which was created to oversee the expenditure of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), December 10, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
He also pointed to NAB's disciplined turnaround, driven by CEO Andrew Thorburn, and the potential sale of assets including its troubled UK banks and further sell down of Great Western Bank in the United States.
Either Gaethje finds a way to capitalize better off his leg kicks, or his relentless pressure becomes a liability rather then an asset when time passes, because he get more tired and it still gets him into trouble with UFC caliber fighters who, just as he does, have 100 % no quit in them.
Bellerin, s main asset is his speed which invariably gets him out of trouble defensively.His positional sense is lacking and technically he is a poor kicker of the ball, hence his wayward crossing.Maitland Niles would in my opinion be a more than adequate replacement.If Arsenal are offered # 50m for Bellerin I would take the money.As for the adverse comments regarding Ramsay despite being injury prone, many of the top teams in Europe will be interested in him if he decides to leave Arsenal.He is exactly the type of attacking midfielder needed by Man Utd.When fit he is a very fine attacking midfielder who is more effective than Wilshere in my humble opinion.
Portsmouth are in financial trouble and would welcome a cash injection for the sale of Kaboul, who is one of their most valuable assets.
It is interesting to hear Wenger state in the last few days that he hoped Cesc will be with us for a good 2 or 3 seasons, just when it coincided with Barcelona declaring that they are making drastic cuts to their wage bill on and off the field.They literally have no cash to spend and though asset rich, the effects of the Spanish economy are taking affect.I think Cesc has accepted that and will show full commitment to Arsenal.He is pivotal to any success we may achieve.His whole body language has changed, he looks generally much more content, and he can put to the back of his mind, at least for the time being any proposed move, and that for us is a good thing.Barca are disguising their troubles by saying yet again they have made no official approach to our club, purely to save face.
Not only that, in a story we tell in our book, «Fed Power: How Finance Wins,» the central bank secretly pursued massive rescues in 2009, going well beyond the bailout authorized by the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) law passed by Congress.
The creation of a European Troubled Assets Relief Program (ETARP) to restore the balance sheets of financial institutions across the Eurozone, especially those in the periphery.
-- «Kushners, Brookfield Near Deal on Troubled 666 Fifth Ave., Sources Say,» by Bloomberg's Scott Deveau, Caleb Melby and David Kocieniewski: «Kushner Cos. is nearing a deal with a unit of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. to salvage its investment in an over-leveraged office tower, according to two people familiar with the talks.
That a significant number of troubled youths who pass through Family Court are minorities suggests that a role model in what is now an all - white judiciary could be an asset.
Less than a week after the Weinstein Co. seemed destined for bankruptcy, a deal emerged for an investment group to buy assets from the troubled firm in order to launch a new movie studio that will be led by women.
In yet another attempt to protect his assets against angry business associates, Cappelli Enterprises failed to convince a judge to dismiss a lawsuit regarding the troubled developers failure to comply with contracts and aggreements between owners of 5 Anderson St and the developer.
However, the attitude of most local authorities — though in trouble, and even in unofficial default — is to resist being stampeded into selling off assets, or even into bankruptcy.
And some are real sexual predators that will do their best to trouble every girl who walks into the gym by taking cell phone pics of them working out, constantly flashing their assets in their face or following them around with nasty pick - up lines.
Like a typical female, she only brought trouble with her, as the CIA had tracked her location and even sent «The Asset» (Vincent Cassel) in to take care of Bourne once and for all.
What Haqqani seeks and ultimately obtains are the embassy's «crown jewels» — the names of all undercover assets working on America's behalf in the troubled region.
One was TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, that bailed out the banks in the midst of the 2008 financial meltdown.
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