Congress should provide a direct - payment bond option, in which state and local governments receive direct federal payments to subsidize a portion of the taxable interest paid to
private bond holders.
Not exact matches
Private holders of Greek
bonds are being squeezed too: for every 2
bonds they hold, they'll be offered a new one that is longer - dated and lower - yielding.
That will be important to
private investors, because if the central bank held itself out as a privileged bondholder, effectively passing more risk on to other
bond holders, other buyers might undermine the stimulus program by demanding higher interest rates.
Explore Income Generating Investments: Originally most equity investments were made with an eye towards how much income they would pay to the stock
holder; today Dividend paying stocks (or ETFs or Mutual Funds) play that role along with Fixed Income (
Bond / Debt) investments and increasingly more sophisticated investors are looking into Alternative Investments («Alts» include
private equity, hedge funds, managed futures, real estate, commodities and derivatives contracts).
Eliminating Price - Anderson would be total craziness as it would either (A) shut down every nuclear unit in the U.S. or (B) if Utilities could theoretically get adequate insurance from the
private market to satisfy their
bond -
holders, regulators, and politicians — it would be extremely pricey and electricity rates would go through the roof.