If you are looking for equity put plays, we recommend hunting in the large-cap technology space, as hedge funds appear to be bailing on these equities.
CatEputs (short for Catastrophe Equity Put Option) are derivative contracts that give the insured the right to sell new shares at a fixed price, which the investor promises to buy in the event of a catastrophe.
Take dividend recapitalisations, in which private-equity firms put more debt into a company and take out equity to pay themselves and investors (see chart).
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That has enabled buy-out firms to start dialling back the amount of equity they put into portfolio companies.
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German entrepreneurs are immediately taxed on equity they put into a start-up.
There is a place for interest only loans for sophisticated buyers who would rather put equity into investments other than housing.
The equity markets actually put in a decently positive week, although it certainly did not feel that way on Friday morning.
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The financial crisis humbled the Masters of the Universe who run the private equity firms that put together leveraged buyouts of companies.
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Some banks would still not have enough capital, but under Mr Paulson's original plan, the state could put equity in them, or, if they become insolvent, take them over and run them down.
They needed money to keep up with their monthly expenses, so Tammy didn't put the bonus towards the balances on credit cards or the equity line and instead put the money toward financing their lifestyle.
Barbara sold her condo, downsized her possessions, and put the equity from her sale in the bank as a security cushion.
The nationalisation that, for good reason, wiped out Fannie's and Freddie's shareholders has made it riskier for others to put fresh equity into ailing banks.
Martin Weale, the director of NIESR, said that the government would need to put more equity into the banking system so that it was better capitalised.
It's a tribute to the proliferation of hedge funds in the last two years and to the relatively low-volatility, sideways-moving equity markets that have put a serious crimp in investing strategies.
In 2006, London-based private equity firm Stellican Limited put Indian back together at a new plant in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and started producing Indian Chief motorcycles again, in limited numbers.
In our view, a leveraged recapitalization makes no sense and its only purpose would be to put substantial equity stakes into friendly hands to entrench management and transfer effective control without payment of a premium or even, it appears, a shareholder vote.
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The summit in New York should put fairness and equity at the heart of the MDG agenda.
When Kohlberg Kravis Roberts did the RJR takeover in 1989, they should have put in more equity.
Then, last year, KKR did what I thought they should do earlier: They put in more equity capital.
In the meantime some speculate that the introduction of equity-based crowdfunding will put pressure on venture capital as an asset class.
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That would seem to put private-equity groups at a disadvantage.
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It would be selling the bonds and buying the stocks because what's happened to the extent that you have bonds in your portfolio, interest rates are at rock bottom, which means that bond prices are up, the funds have done very, very well, so take some money out of the bond funds and put them into equity funds.
It was explained to me that investors wanted instead to put billions into private equity.
CDFIs money at below-market rates, or put in grant or equity finance, which is then invested.
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He suggests an equity collar--buying a put below the market price and selling a call above it to defray the cost.
People who took out home-equity loans before the crash and put the cash into conservative savings vehicles instead of toys in effect hedged themselves against disaster.
If I understand you correctly, your primary reason for shunning equities is that the incontestable need for baby boomers to liquidate their retirement savings over the next few decades while fewer young savers come in to take their place will necessarily put massive pressure on equity prices.
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His neighbor was a nice guy, a contractor who put a lot of sweat equity into the house.
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