It's in effect a demand for the new macro-prudential regulator being created by the Treasury which will sit within the Bank of England - the Financial Policy Committee, of which Lord Turner is a member - to have important and unprecedented new powers to determine credit creation by banks and to determine the distribution of credit.
When reviewing these various income producing strategies, I would recommend not only focussing on current yield information but also taking into consideration longer term distribution histories, credit quality, tax treatments and distribution policies.
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Update: I have removed the link to the report at the request of Credit Suisse, which typically limits distribution of its full research notes and intended to do so in this case.
Similarly, you can claim the American Opportunity Credit or the Lifetime Learning Credit in the same year as a distribution from the QTP.
The AOTC may be claimed in the same year that a tax-free distribution is made as long as the same expenses are not used to calculate the tax-free distribution AND the American Opportunity Tax Credit.
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What is interesting to note is the interdependence of financial institutions of varying credit quality and the importance that investors understand which entity actually controls the distribution of their capital.
Far more common--but still damaging--are the high-volume crime spikes, spam e-mail distribution and "phishing, " a pernicious technique for stealing credit-card information. (For more on online scams, check out "Where The Scammers Are".) The carnage is hard to pin down in dollar terms, but Marcus Ranum, chief security officer of Tenable Security, says it's "billions upon billions"--far more than all "major" hacking incidents combined.
Last year's subprime-fueled gridlock in the credit markets even spread to high-quality debt, however, as investors realized that the re-packaging and re-distribution of risky loans could signify a ticking time bomb in all corners of credit.
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