Single-stock futures allow investors to gamble on the price of an individual equity stock both rising and falling.
While equity stock offerings were used frequently to build their businesses, the BDCs still had large amounts of debt secured by loans and equity investments in the very companies that are most susceptible to liquidity constraints during recessions.
Four in ten (42 percent) are expecting a bonus based on performance, and many also enjoy perks, privileges, expense accounts, equity and stock options in their compensation packages.
We are 100% equity and stock selection focused.
FORBES: Overlooked Financial Stocks And European Winners Could Be Game Changers
Since listing their equity interests on stock exchanges, these private equity firms have had to become responsive to this new constituency.
FORBES: Private Equity Turns its Eyes towards Underwriting Fees
Equity securities such as warrants, preferred stock, common stock and other equity interests, will principally be made in conjunction with debt investments.
FORBES: Orchard First Source BDC prints $100M IPO; loan book averages 8.41%
Blackstone, however, has been able to list some of its private equity holdings on stock exchanges in recent months.
Matt Cavallaro is an equity analyst for stock market education company BetterTrades.com.
The idea seems to be only fueling shareholder ire as a PIPE would dilute existing stock equity and could deprive investors of a sale premium.
FORBES: H-P and Yahoo!: Just the Tip of the Activist Iceberg
But when managements say they don't want to sell equity because the stock is too cheap, I don't really know what "cheap" means in this context.
While companies like A123 have been able to raise significant amounts of equity in the stock market when investor sentiment is high, relying upon the whims of the marketplace is not a good financial strategy, particularly when a company does not have a clear path to profitability.
FORBES: Chinese Company Offers To Acquire A Leading U.S. Battery Maker
This will manifest itself in companies devoting a lower proportion of pay in time-based equity, like restricted stock, and a higher proportion of pay in performance-based equity, like performance shares.
FORBES: 2012 Say on Pay Predictions: How Are They Shaping Up?
Southwest airlines stock tumbled after a Tuesday morning after Prudential Equity analyst Bob McAdoo downgraded the stock to "underweight" from "overweight, " citing problems with the airline's model that are not likely to be corrected soon.
The capital that earns a variable return--the equity, the common stock--is taxed twice.
Just take it over and exchange debt for equity, bonds for stock.
Overall, executive pay levels will continue to increase at little more than an inflationary pace, with perhaps modestly higher increases in equity incentives if the stock market holds up.
FORBES: 2012 Say on Pay Predictions: How Are They Shaping Up?
Investors willing to take additional risk might also consider leaving their current 401(k) savings in a target-date fund, but direct all new contributions into a domestic equity fund or international stock fund to boost returns, says Michael Francis, president of Francis Investment Counsel, a consulting firm specializing in retirement plans.
If these companies had publicly traded shares of stock, the equity markets would look poor indeed.
Earlier this month, Nasdaq hired Greenhill to advise on its 14.99% equity stake in the London Stock Exchange .
As far as trying to do an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock to raise equity capital, forget it.
Earlier this month, Nasdaq (nasdaq: NDAQ - news - people ) hired Greenhill to advise on its 14.99% equity stake in the London Stock Exchange .
Under the existing circuit breaker pilot, trading in a stock pauses across the U.S. equity markets for a five-minute period if the stock experiences a 10 percent change in price over the preceding five minutes.
In the short run it would probably be a bit of a tonic for bank stock prices and equity markets, but it doesn't do anything to solve the problem of the euro crisis at all.
The Board believes that this considerable price appreciation, and the associated reduction in number of shares of stock covered by equity awards we issue to newly hired and existing employees, has reduced the perceived attractiveness of our employee equity awards.
Because angels hope to make money by taking equity usually preferred stock in your company and realizing a large gain when the company is sold or goes public, they generally don't invest in "lifestyle" companies that is, small consulting firms, local restaurants, retail shops or any businesses with limited earnings potential.
Using debt to buy another corporation's stock or merely changing equity to debt wouldn't qualify.
Traders looking to jump on this uptrending stock should consider the equity's July 50 call.
Finally, calculate the holding power of your outstanding equity for key players under various stock prices.
With respect to return on equity (ROE), the stock looks very attractive.
应用推荐