So far this year, investors have been pouring money into U.S. debt securities and not equities.
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Yields on all major classes of debt securities, which move inversely with their prices, were moving higher.
Private equity operators start to do deals in an active new issue market for debt securities and equities.
It will be necessary for the company to hold additional common stock offerings or to issue debt securities (bonds).
Thus began the 30-year bull market in debt securities of the United States.
These are notes that allow borrowers to issue additional debt securities in lieu of paying cash for interest payments.
One of the reasons the subprimes caused such havoc is that they were bundled and rated highly as debt securities.
In the past, China's insurers were required to put the majority of their investments into low-risk debt securities like government bonds.
Strutt has invested his pool of winnings mostly in federal government-backed debt securities rather than in the insurance annuities most state lotteries buy.
Additionally lower-quality debt securities involve greater risk of default or price changes due to potential changes in the credit quality of the issuer.
The amount is an all-time high as the Federal Reserve continues to expand its balance sheet, partially to purchase U.S. government debt securities.
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Another option: debt securities with yields that exceed inflation.
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This cartel is further aided by government laws and regulations that require, in various instances, insurance companies, money funds, banks and other institutions to hold only those debt securities rated by these agencies.
Mark Meland, a lawyer representing the bondholders, said the deal has led to a 20.0% drop in the value of the debt securities, while equity investors have been offered a premium.
Much of the run-up came on anticipation of further buying of debt securities by the Federal Reserve in a bid to push down long-term yields, referred to as the third round of quantitative easing, or QE3.
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Mark Meland, a lawyer representing the bondholders, said in May the deal had led to a 20.0% drop in the value of the debt securities, while equity investors had been offered a premium.
For years Mr Tose has been telling anybody who cared to listen that the future of investment banking in Asia lay not, as in the past, with equities, but rather, with the issuing and trading of debt securities for Asian corporate customers.
In support of Abenomics, the Bank of Japan this past Wednesday affirmed its own policies to buy long-term debt and securities.
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Fannie and Freddie's debt and securities are exempt from regulations that limit banks' exposure to the securities of any single private company.
So far, most of the pain from the downturn has been borne by banks and other institutions that hold debt or securities collateralized by commercial-real-estate loans.
Most investors had already been expecting a relatively large write-down, based on the knowledge that UBS has been heavily involved in the issuing of collateralized debt obligations, or securities that have subprime debt packaged into them.
Collateralized debt obligations are securities backed by various assets, such as bonds and loans.
With long-term investment horizons, life insurance companies in developed economies are important investors in the stock market, as well as in the private placement markets for debt and equity securities issued by small- and medium-sized enterprises.
The Fed will exchange the Treasury notes for other securities, including federal agency debt, federal agency residential mortgage-backed securities and nonagency AAA-rated private-label residential mortgage-backed securities.
Collateralised debt obligations (CDOs), which repackage various forms of debt and derivatives into securities with varying degrees of risk, may now be hit.
The drafters seemed to have forgotten that securities include debt as well as equity, and that debt is often issued outside the issuer's home country.
The low interest rate environment in the country also helped boost demand for debt and other unconventional securities as investors look for higher returns on their investments.
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The government placed both inept giants under conservatorship last September, promising to buy up to 80% of their preferred stock and to extend protection to holders of their securities and debt.
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