However, it does allow the government to issue more debt to restore
market held debt to its previous level, which would finance HM type expenditures.
Not exact matches
So it will likely spend $ 163 billion — its cash and money
market holdings minus its
debt — and then keep the rest in U.S. bonds.
With most of these
debts being
held by Chinese entities, it's unlikely we'll see a banking crisis in the same way we could have seen if Greece or Spain went belly up, said Lau — many foreign banks
hold European bonds — but we've seen
markets panic on far less worrisome Chinese news in the past.
The July FOMC minutes didn't mention the risk of another
debt - limit standoff, but it's reasonable to assume the Fed might decide to
hold off tapering if the
markets start getting anxious about new crazy talk from Washington.
Including Andeavor's
debt, Marathon is paying US$ 35.6 billion to
hold 66 per cent of a combined company worth some 58 billion at closing stock
market prices on Friday.
Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on
marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count,
holding average wages as low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring
debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock price.
Interest rates on government
debt, too, were set by the authorities, and there were «captive
market» arrangements under which banks and other institutions were required to
hold minimum amounts of government
debt.
At the same time, what is counted as cash on the sidelines, whether in money
market funds, or as tiny balances in equity funds, is nothing but a mountain of short - term
debt securities, mostly Treasury bills, that have been issued and must be
held by somebody until they are retired.
Pam Martens and Russ Martens, writing in Wall Street on Parade, note that the U.S. municipal bond
market holds $ 3.8 trillion in
debt, and it is not just owned by Wall Street banks.
MINT is a low - cost, actively - managed fund that seeks higher current income than the average money
market mutual fund by
holding a hodgepodge of high - quality and ultra-short term USD - denominated
debt issued by domestic or foreign issuers.
We would cease to be an emerging growth company if we have more than $ 1.0 billion in annual revenue, have more than $ 700 million in
market value of our Class A common stock
held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $ 1.0 billion of non-convertible
debt over a three - year period.
Third and finally, the traditional story misses the real function of private banks, which is to solve an information problem in the purest Hayekian senses. That is, banks are or should be specialists in risk assessment and risk taking. They should know their client, understand the local
market and have their pulse on the broad economy. Arguably, if properly structured, they can and should do this better than other entities such as governments. In other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money,
hold the
debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this post.
BSCK largely mirrors the broader
market, with somewhat lower risk, as it
holds a basket of industrial and financial institution
debt.
In recent years, about two - thirds of nonfinancial credit
market debt has been
held by nonbanks, which includes
market - based funding by securitization vehicles and mutual funds as well as by institutions such as insurance companies and finance companies.
In order to respond to the «cash on the balance sheet» argument, I've subtracted out the amount of cash
held by corporations, so the chart below includes
market capitalization and net
debt.
Liam is our Head of Emerging
Markets Debt, overseeing a global team of EMD portfolio managers and
holding ultimate responsibility for the commercial growth of the EMD business and delivering strong investment performance across our wide range of products.
To hike rates, the FOMC must decide to SELL government securities in the financial
markets from its huge stockpile of security
holdings — think «national
debt.»
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Its fund
holds emerging -
market equity and
debt, junk bonds, and commodities.»
And if most governments in the world have been financing their budgets with
debt, the minute the
debt deflation hit, that's essentially the bond
market saying, «
hold on now it's going to cost you a lot more if you want to continue financing your budget».
Yield curve inversions, while rare, generally forecast deep
market downward adjustments, as investors in strong
markets typically demand higher yields for
holding debt notes longer.
«Of late, the view in financial
markets has been unsettling: Banks and investors are
holding riskier
debt.
As noted in the Fund's June 30, 2016 Semi-Annual Report, the Fund
held approximately $ 30 million
market value of TXU Energy's first lien
debt which was yielding approximately 15 % at the time it was converted into equity in the new TCEH Corp..
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This is what we found out: The major reasons why firms cut their dividend had to do with preserving cash amid a secular or cyclical downturn in demand for their products / services or when faced with excessive leverage (how much
debt they
held on their respective balance sheets) during tightening credit
markets.
CryptosRUs recently reported on how the massive
market correction experienced over the past 2 to 3 months has been directly correlated with an enormous sell - off of BTC
held by Mt. Gox bankruptcy trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi, which he claimed was needed in order to raise funds to pay off company
debts.
The types of
debt securities
held by money
market mutual funds are required by federal regulation to be very short in maturity and high in credit quality.
Despite the rhetoric of both the Democratic and Republican parties heralding the U.S. as a republic of stockholders, Phillips observes that «middle - class families
held (just) 2.8 percent of the total growth in stock
market holdings between 1989 and 1998, but accounted for 38.7 percent of the rise in household
debt.»
• Two recently published studies (by Addo, Houle, and Simon and Grinstein - Weiss et al.) use national survey data to show that black students
hold substantially more
debt by age 25 compared to their white counterparts, and that disparities are evident even after controlling for family income and wealth, indicating that differences in postsecondary and labor
market experiences contribute to the
debt gap.
Kelley concludes the EMOs he examined «charge charter -
holding nonprofits rent (possibly above -
market rent) long after their acquisition - related
debts are paid off.
If our results
hold true for all student loan borrowers that have claimed the interest deduction in the past, than a vast majority of them would either be putting the money right back towards their student loan
debt, saving it, or investing it in the
market.
Net investment income results from the funds
holding debt securities, money
market instruments and / or dividend - producing equity securities.
With Alltel, you are similarly facing a private equity buyout, which will get done if the LBO
debt market normalizes (not
holding my breath).
That's the same for high yield ETF
holdings in emerging
market debt.
The fund may invest significantly in particular segments of the tax - exempt
debt market, making it more vulnerable to fluctuations in the values of the securities it
holds than a fund that invests more broadly.
Yields are also higher for the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index than for the S&P / LSTA Leveraged Loan 100 Index (6.5 % versus 5.05 %, respectively), implying that
market participants are willing to
hold bank loans for less of an interest return than high - yield corporate
debt.
Some of the criteria established by the NASFAA Monograph include: loan cost, quality of customer service, problem resolution (responsiveness to complaints), lender default rates and lender default aversion efforts (including early intervention), ease of loan certification process, 24/7/365 availability to borrowers, disbursement flexibility, loan products offered (Stafford Loan, Parent PLUS Loan, Grad PLUS Loan, Private Student Loan, Consolidation Loan), borrower preferences for national and local lenders, life of loan servicing, entrance and exit counseling, financial literacy and
debt management counseling, clarity and accuracy of lender
marketing materials and web site, protection of borrower privacy, response time for processing loan applications, and quality of lender toll free telephone numbers and call centers (e.g.,
hold times and complexity of phone menus).
[The
debt fund
holdings are marked to
market (MTM), to reflect the current
market value of those
holdings.]
There are several that
hold high - yield bonds and emerging
market debt, but I'm thinking of something more conservative, such as a fund that invests in the sovereign
debt of developed countries.
They also have the ability to invest beyond the equity
market in «less liquid» investments, such as distressed
debt, can
hold short positions in merger / arbitrage situations or to hedge
market risk, and are willing to
hold a up to 15 % in cash.
Naturally, she believes ETFs that
hold high - yield corporate bonds, emerging
market sovereign
debt or dividend - paying stocks are all better choices for long - term investors.
I used to
hold more emerging
markets debt, but I have been trading out of it as the momentum has been weakening.
The
debt portfolio is distinctive; it tends to
hold US dollar - denominated
debt (a conservative move) but overweight frontier and smaller emerging
markets (an aggressive one).
For my argument to
hold merit obviously the condition of the
debt markets would have to be worse than historical precedent which by virtually any standard seems to be the case.
The fund may invest significantly in particular segments of the tax - exempt
debt market, making it more vulnerable to fluctuations in the values of the securities it
holds than a more broadly invested fund.
Fidelity Investments, which is a major manager of money
market mutual funds, has gradually been selling off its
holdings of U.S. government
debt in recent weeks.
Former SEC Chief Accountant Turner says investors have cause to be concerned about money
market funds»
holding subprime
debt.»
The ability of securities firms to price securities effectively and to underwrite issues of government and corporate
debt depends on their ability to finance
holdings of these securities in their capacities as underwriters and
market makers.
This means that if stocks and corporate
debt were to lose their value in a
market crash, your peer loans might
hold up pretty well and you won't have to see your nest egg melt away.
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