Sadly, because they had no principal to pay they were nominally rated AAA, and so the firm I worked for (not my area) crammed
them into Stable value plans.
These credits were crammed
into stable value funds.
Knowing your team won't make the deadline, you decide to change your 401k investments out of company stock and
into the stable value fund so that your portfolio won't suffer if Wall Street doesn't like the news.
Not exact matches
At that point, they move their money out of retail and
into more
stable sectors, such as utilities, which hold their
value better during the contractionary phase.
Stable Value funds don't typically reveal the NAV, and when the NAV is lower than the price, they lower the credited rate relative to the earnings rate in order to bring the two back
into balance.
Closing comment: When I was at a
Stable Value conference in 1994, I ran
into some investment bankers and talked to them about this topic.
Contributions are made to a
stable value fund (similar to a money market fund), with the intention of informally
value averaging
into the S&P 500 index fund (large blend).
This article gives a brief summary of what
stable value funds are and where they can be found, as well as a brief synopsis of how they fit
into portfolios and their potential risks.
At that point, they move their money out of retail and
into more
stable sectors, such as utilities, which hold their
value better during the contractionary phase.
Selling Safety, Liquidity & Yield As you dive deeper
into the plan designs of
stable value funds, showcase...
Plan a path (as it is called) that will require no more than about half the total amount that you have to invest each period on average, and devote what is left over
into a bond fund and / or «
stable value fund» with good liquidity.
Further illustrating Fidelity's concern is a 2011 e-mail from an attorney for Fidelity, noting that JP Morgan had been «shed [ding]» wrap capacity, that there were a «dwindl [ing]» number of new entrants
into the wrap market, and that Fidelity ran the risk of being «left out in the cold» if the number of insurers of
stable value funds was limited, as he expected it to be, the court said.
Other highlights of the Guaranteed Account for 457 (b) and 403 (b) plans include complete guarantees of principal and interest (not found in all
stable value accounts); rates declared in advance semiannually with a 1 % minimum rate guarantee; full liquidity (participants can transfer
into and out of this account without restrictions or penalties); and an option to convert to guaranteed lifetime income at retirement.
The precursor to
Stable value funds, initial participation guarantee funds, ran
into trouble then.
The revamped HARP refinance program provides more homeowners, who may not otherwise qualify for refinancing because of declining home
values, the ability to refinance
into a lower interest rate and / or more
stable mortgage product.
System parameters will typically accelerate towards extreme
values, which may damage or destroy the system, or may end with the system «latched»
into a new
stable state.
BI PRIME: The rapid crash in bitcoin challenges the notion that it's a
stable store of
value, and raises concerns about possible spillover
into other markets.
The goal is to turn XRP
into a
stable currency that doesn't deviate in
value much so banks would be comfortable moving
into it without fear of volatility.
The BitShares blockchain platform allows users to convert their cryptocurrencies to
stable assets by converting those coins
into another cryptocurrency whose
value is pegged to a real - life asset (for example, BitUSD is tied with the
value of USD).