That model is fine, but the model that overlays on that involves substantial exposure to asset security markets.
This creates an asset-backed security, or ABS, which can then be traded like any other security.
It is now replacing its U.S. fleet with purchased vehicles under the ABS (Asset-Backed Security) facility that provides it access to cheaper vehicle financing.
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For business borrowings--excuse us, financings--there is the sukuk, an asset-backed security.
When lots of similar receivables are bundled together in an asset-backed security, the average rates of default, late payment and pre-payment are predictable, so both issuers and investors can be relatively confident of their ability to value the security properly.
But when you boil it down to its elements, the Internet of Things is, today, little more than an expansion of traditional telematics, security and asset control applications.
Using an ERP, the owner remains on title to the real estate or business, whilst a third party depletes its value, typically through a bogus mortgage or some other arrangement whereby the asset is used as collateral or security for a debt.
Given the overallocation into cash, bonds, gold and any other asset that creates a sense of security, not to mention all the short sellers out there, one must assume that the greatest harm to the most number of investors will be done through a sizable move to the upside over the next 6-8 weeks.
Today, that makes the present value of your future social security benefits a very valuable asset.
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Under each main heading are 6 to 10 subtopics, ranging from Asset Allocation to Vanguard funds to Social Security to annuities.
The MoD hopes the exercise will improve the UK's joint capabilities with its allies, an asset it considers important in modern warfare and security.
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It takes time to build the financial discipline necessary to save when you can, and the same goes for building the analytical skills needed to estimate the value of a security or to distinguish a mispriced asset from one with limited growth prospects.
At Ventas, we are at the very attractive crossroads of providing retiring baby boomers who want income a valuable security, and at the same time our asset classes all show increasing demand from an aging U.S. demographic.
It would imperil the security of a key regional ally and vital strategic asset.
This fundamental reliance is why our digital infrastructure is a strategic national asset, and why today I joined leaders from the Department of Homeland Security, members of Congress, and leaders from across New York and financial world to support National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) and the Stop.
Structured this way, Social Security seems to be a forced 401k-type contribution to a lousy performing asset class.
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What they are giving you is generally going to be asset categories, unless they have the specific return-and-risk parameters for every security in the portfolio.
The process of lending money against the security of assets, or trading assets with the banks' capital, helped to push asset prices even higher.
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