Sentences with phrase «stocks during the crisis»

Citigroup, however, the bank that spectacularly blew itself up with toxic derivatives and subprime debt in 2008, became a 99 - cent stock during the crisis, and received the largest taxpayer bailout in U.S. financial history despite being insolvent at the time, today holds more derivatives than 4,701 other banks combined which are backstopped by the taxpayer.

We also lost money in financial stocks during the crisis, but have come to a very different conclusion as to why.

The argument usually goes something like this: «I lost a lot of money on my financial stocks during the crisis.

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Whereas during the financial crisis, companies gave CEOs more in restricted shares or stock options, the articled added:

Vanguard is telling investors to expect returns in the «medium term» of 4 percent to 6 percent, the most cautious outlook it has had on future stock returns at any time during the post-financial crisis economic recovery.

As we evaluate these trends in the Brexit aftermath, we ask the same question that we always ask during a market crisis: «Do we want to add to stocks that are insulated from the event or do we want to go where the pain is greatest and buy some of the stocks that are getting crushed?»

The company's stock took a dive during the economic crisis to less than $ 10, but over the last year has gone from $ 21 to the $ 38 range.

After suffering a setback during the European debt crisis, the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index is up 28 percent since August.

The stock value lost by GE in the past 12 months is twice the amount that vanished when Enron Corp. collapsed in 2001 — and more than the combined market capitalization erased by the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and General Motors during the financial crisis.

Loftier office location may be one element that nudges money managers to take unreasonable risks, whether during the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008, historic volatility in the cybercurrency market or in the record stock market surge that ended in January.

It would be more worrisome to me if we were seeing the kind of stock market exuberance we saw during the dot - com boom in the late 1990s or leading up to the 2007 — 08 global financial crisis.

Alan Greenspan was known as adept at gaining consensus among Fed board members on policy issues and for serving during one of the most severe economic crises of the late 20th century, the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1987.

Concerns about global trade tensions between China and the U.S. and the fear that the stellar earnings could be as good as it gets for stocks are all combining to undermine the sort of confidence that was in abundance during last year's run of repeated records for equity benchmarks, as the U.S. economy enters it ninth year of expansion and as the Federal Reserve moves to normalize monetary policy from crisis - era levels.

During the global financial crisis of 2007 - 08, the famed stock picker's bets turned bad, and once - loyal clients took their billions and left.

Former Goldman Sachs CEO Hank Paulson alluded to the importance of the banking elite in maintaining control over public perception during the 2008 financial crisis, when he alluded multiple times to the public's perceived confidence in US stock markets as being infinitely and exponentially more important to US stock market behavior than any market fundamentals.

While base rates kept at or close to zero for almost seven years and three massive asset - buying programs by the Fed have undoubtedly helped stabilize the US (and world) economy during and after the recession that followed the global financial crisis, the continuation of expansionary monetary policies is now supporting a growing excess of global liquidity that has been distorting the market signals sent by stock and bond prices and thus contributing to the growing volatility seen in recent weeks.

The company underwent turbulent times during the financial crisis as it strayed from its stock brokerage roots and into the mortgage market right at the peak.

During the 2008 crisis, Fannie Mae issued a senior tranche of preferred stock that is owned by the U.S. Treasury, and paying a $ 9.7 bn dividend of the $ 9.8 bn in earnings the company generates.

Value stocks during the same period were obviously severely hurt by the crisis but weathered the storm considerably better than the Nifty - Fifty growth stocks; helping to explain the value factors outperformance from 1963 - 1981.

As you can see, the high yield index fell even farther than the stock index during the credit crisis of 2008 before rebounding in 2009.

During the 1973 oil crisis, the 1973 — 74 stock market crash, and the secondary banking crisis of 1973 — 75, the British economy fell into the 1973 — 75 recession and the government of Edward Heath was ousted by the Labour Party under Harold Wilson, which had previously governed from 1964 to 1970.

Argo, the latest from one - time Hollywood poster boy / laughing stock Ben Affleck, now a respected director of punchy, entertaining, if until now slight films, tells the so - improbable - it - must - be-true tale of a CIA operation to evacuate six American diplomats during the Iranian hostage crisis of» 79 - ’81 by pretending they are members of a science fiction film crew.

During the financial crisis, the price of Sprint stock fell from $ 24 per share to $ 1.30, effectively pricing into the stock the looming possibility of bankruptcy.

For example, during the financial crisis of 2008 - 2009, women were less susceptible than men to snap judgments and selling their stocks at market lows.

By definition, any stock currently in the portfolio continued to raise its dividend even during the crisis years of 2008 and 2009.

I wrote an article regarding the large decline in BRIC stocks during the financial crisis and their subsequent returns since their trough.

For example in during 1981 - 82, 1990 and 2000 - 02 market crashes along with the 2008 financial crisis, dividend paying stocks performed better than non-dividend payers.

After suffering from a huge loss on Thai stocks during the Thai Baht crisis, Niederhoffer turned to aggressive S&P 500 put writing in order to «make back» his losses.

And so good businesses (even though their stock price goes down) can create enormous value during crises.

I did buy stock in a local bank during the 2008 financial crisis.

Stocks have had a terrific run since it bottomed out during the financial crisis.

However, the high correlation between risky assets experienced recently like during the recession of 2001 - 2003 and the global financial crisis in 2007 - 2009 has caused many investors to reconsider allocating by traditional asset classes defined by security type like stocks, bonds and real estate or commodities.

As investors learned during the credit crisis, when the stock market gets really grumpy, no amount of diversification is going to save you.

International stocks have performed very well in the past, but they also took a much harder hit during the financial crisis (thinking about China for instance).

Reduce cash during the crisis, because stocks are on sale.

It can be a safe haven during crises of confidence in stock markets.

For example, an EBRI study showed that nearly 25 % of 401 (k) participants 56 to 65 years of age had more than 90 % of their account balances in equities just prior to the 2008 financial crisis, a period during which stock prices dropped by nearly 60 %.

The 2008 meltdown and aftermath was only nine years ago, so every stock in the portfolio managed to raise its dividend during the worst financial crises since the Great Depression.

The graph below actually illustrates how PGX (orange) underperformed bonds (green) during the past 6 years and even did worse than the stock market (purple) during 2008 - 2009 financial crisis.

Bank of America got hit hard during the financial crisis and their stock definitely represented this.

During the financial crisis year of 2008, for instance, stocks lost 37 % of their value while bonds gained about 5 %.

Bond prices can also fluctuate with major economic or monetary crises, such as during a major recession or inflation periods, though almost never at the same levels as stock prices.

History shows that international stocks provide diversification benefits over the long term, even though correlations become close during times of crisis.

Alternatively, most stocks in the financials sector moved sharply lower during the collapse of the subprime mortgage market and the subsequent credit crisis in 2008 — 2009.

And bank stocks hit it hard during the crisis.

Features International Diversification: Why It Still Makes Sense History shows that international stocks provide diversification benefits over the long term, even though correlations become close during times of crisis.

During the financial crisis year of 2008, for example, the 37 % loss for stocks and 5 % gain for bonds would have reduced a 60 % stock allocation at the beginning of the year to 47 % by the end of the year and boosted a 40 % bond position to 53 %.

In 2007, just prior to the stocks losing more than half of their value during the financial crisis, more than four in ten 401 (k) participants age 56 to 65 had in excess of 70 % of their 401 (k) account invested in stocks, according to an Employee Benefit Research Institute report.

The decline of stocks in the financials sector during the financial crisis once again demonstrated how stocks in the same sector often exhibit similar performance during a particular phase of the business cycle.

So you don't want to ratchet up your stock allocation, only to end up selling in a panic during a financial - crisis - style meltdown.