Reluctant to set aside a lot of cash for these liabilities, insurers parked them in special-purpose subsidiaries, injecting some of their own cash plus a lot from outside investors willing to buy notes issued by the subs.
Indeed, we do a pretty good job of selecting gifts for close friends and significant others people we are more likely to "get" and have some good reason for choosing the items we buy, notes Joel Waldfogel, an economist at the University of Minnesota.
In October more than a dozen banks selling the investments agreed to a government proposal to buy back the notes.
That liquidity crisis is why the Federal Reserve had to step in last week and act as commercial bank of last resort, agreeing to buy short term notes called commercial paper directly from companies.
After all, other than its yield, is cash held in the form of liquid Treasury notes all the different than cash held in the vaults of the Federal Reserve, especially when the Federal Reserve stands ready to buy those Treasury notes from any and all too-big-to-fail sellers essentially on demand, if need be?
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But if you check out the book again, or subsequently buy it, your notes will be there just as you left them.
Its low interest rates, which drag down the currency, can entice arbitrageurs to borrow yen and buy higher-yielding notes elsewhere (see the crushing run-up in the Kiwi dollar) in what is called the carry trade, while favorably priced imports of Japanese manufacture, especially autos, are rubbing salt in wounded places like Detroit.
Rubini notes that Best Buy has traded for most of the past ten years in a range between 17 and 20 times earnings.
"They all want to buy convergence, " Holmes notes of investors.
In response at least five analysts removed buy ratings on RIM, notes Frederic Ruffy, senior options strategist at WhatsTrading.com but the lowered earnings guidance was only one of the reasons.
The same dynamic which is driving investors to buy 10-year Treasury notes at under 2.00%, again willing to accept a negative real return on their capital while inflation is running at a 3% rate.
In late August, the entity acquiring Delphi's assets offered holders of Delphi bank debt a deal to buy certain equity interests and notes in the new company and the opportunity to make new loans to it.
If you choose to rent again or buy at a later time, your notes will be there just as you left them, perfectly Whispersynced.
While you can still buy a TiVo box at retail, Rogers notes that the company has been pushing its way into more deals with cable operators, and now has licenses with 9 of the 21 largest U.S. pay TV services.
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"Regulators are already allowing utilities to do this, " Kagan notes, by letting holding companies borrow to buy overseas utilities and cable television firms.
If they're spending this much money on domestic stimulus, does that mean, by extension, that there would be less money from China to buy up, say, U.S. Treasury notes?
Connie Guglielmo notes that if just 5% of iPhone owners buy an iWatch, it could mean billions in sales.
And both notes discuss how, if Yahoo Japan were to buy the Yahoo stake back, it would be accretive to Yahoo Japan.
To develop the trait of patience in investing, consider writing down the purpose of each investment (such as long term growth) and your strategy (buy and hold) including possible downsides, then reviewing your notes before making any changes on any investment.
Piecyk notes that BTIG on Friday downgraded MetroPCS to Neutral from Buy, while repeating a Sell rating on Leap based his expectation for increased competition in the pre-paid wireless space in 2012.
Switching cards is particularly popular in Europe, where people "walk in, buy a SIM, and keep on adding minutes to it, " notes Current Analysis analyst Bill Ho.
He says Target has a modest price advantage on list prices versus Amazon.com, but notes that most consumers will pay less on Amazon is they buy in a state without sales taxes.
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For people who like jotting notes or sketching, the stylus alone could be a reason to buy the Note.
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Chung notes that the stock has appreciated 187% she upgraded her rating to Buy on June 15 of last year.
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She notes that larger TVs tend to generate above-average gross margins for Best Buy, and that the company has said it intends to focus more on larger TVs.
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Teicher notes the liquidation of Borders in 2011, but also credits the ongoing "buy local" movement and independents' growing comfort with modern technology, whether for more efficient inventory systems or more effective online promotion.
As further evidence of Ergen's shrewdness, Merrill Lynch's Jayant notes that Ergen got away without having to adhere to the breakup clause that required him to buy Hughes' 81% stake in satellite wholesaler PanAmSat (nasdaq: SPOT - news - people ), in the event the deal didn't go through.
The story notes that under one scenario, Comcast would invest in Sprint, which would then use the cash to buy the rest of Clearwire.
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