In a March 23 letter to the SEC, Concannon dismissed criticism that virtual currencies are
too illiquid and volatile to be treated like other established commodities.
Generally fund managers shy away or simply can't invest in liquidations as 1) the company falls outside their defined investment universe, or 2) the shares are
too illiquid (especially if the company delists), or 3) the timeframe is too unclear (often liquidations take 3 years or more), or the market cap becomes too small, etc..
My kind of stocks might be too small and
too illiquid for you guys.
Bad choices might include the stock market (too risky) or a 5 year certificate of deposit (
too illiquid).
Typically, they don't move the prices much as the interest rate and spread environments change, and third party pricing services are loath to opine on anything
too illiquid.
This is clear evidence of a panic, and an indication that the portfolio was
too illiquid.
Bad choices might include the stock market (too risky) or a 5 year certificate of deposit (
too illiquid).
Not exact matches
Often, a bad investment strategy is usually a portfolio that holds
too many risky or
illiquid assets, such as commodities, leveraged exchange - traded funds (ETFs) and limited partnerships.
1: The Fund Manager 2: Skin in the Game 3: Long - term Historical Performance 4: Concentrated Holdings 5: Low Turnover of Stocks 6: A Fund that has not Grown
too Big, or is
too Small /
Illiquid
Focus on those investments that are in effect
too small and extraordinarily
illiquid in market capitalization for the big firms (or sovereign wealth funds) to invest in and distort the prices, both coming and going.
There were
too many bonds that were
illiquid, and they could not buy them at any reasonable price.
Too many thought it was easy money to invest in
illiquid assets, and when the liquidity panic came in 2008 - 2009, they were forced to borrow, and / or sell
illiquid assets at an inopportune time.
Most financial company failures are due to illiquidity, which usually takes the form of
too many
illiquid assets and liquid liabilities.
Too bad this is an
illiquid stock... value realization would be easier if it traded occasionally.
For those that haven't read me much, the deadly trio of
too much leverage,
illiquid assets, and liquid liabilities is what causes most corporate defaults of financial companies, not lesser issues like mark - to - market accounting.
They generally give the same tired reasons that it's «
illiquid» or «
too management - intensive.»
Of course, we're already seeing this phenomenon in terms of investor sentiment & the markets... and conversely, small cap / value stocks are now being generally neglected as far
too difficult &
illiquid a proposition for most such buyers.
There are various reasons why an ETF might not be able to replicate an index perfectly, for example it might be
too costly to correctly replicate very
illiquid securities that are part of an index.
The portfolio will also become a little more biased towards
illiquid strategies — but PE will remain a minor allocation and, as I said, I can't imagine prime Swiss investment property being
too hard to sell..!
Sure, most funds use third parties for marking
illiquid assets, but if these third parties want to stay in the fund managers good graces they are going to be biased toward the interests of the hedge fund managers
too.