It poisons a portfolio that has any leverage in it, says Robert Gordon of Twenty-First Securities Corp.
Another possibility, says Robert Gordon, president of Twenty-First Securities, is "auction-rate preferred, " whose payout adjusts up and down with interest rates.
Hardest hit, says Robert Gordon of Twenty-First Securities, could be utility stocks and fixed-rate preferreds with no way to adjust upward.
Robert Gordon, who devises tax-wise investment strategies at Twenty-First Securities Corp.
Tax strategist Robert Gordon of Twenty-First Securities in New York suggests that hedge-fund investors ask managers about possible changes that could pose problems.
"It's misleading to talk to people about the benefits of deferral without explaining they're deferring into a black hole, " says Robert Gordon, president of Twenty-First Securities.
Yet Bush's resoluteness aside, there are people like Robert Gordon, president of investment firm Twenty-First Securities, musing that when it comes to taxes, the news from now on is likely to be unpleasant.
"A CD that is tied to the market is an absolutely fantastic idea, " says Robert Gordon of Twenty-First Securities, a New York firm that advises wealthy families and executives on investment and tax strategy.
You can even make this game work when you are buying back the very same bond, advises Robert Gordon , president of Twenty-First Securities in Manhattan and an expert on tax strategies for wealthy investors.
Robert Gordon, a tax expert at Twenty-First Securities in New York, thinks "there's a good possibility" that politicians can work out a deal to keep dividends taxed at today's lower rate, but there isn't any assurance of that.
Tax strategists like Robert Gordon of Twenty-First Securities in New York see this year as a lucky reprieve for those who didn't get around to planning for higher taxes earlier, especially on investments with long-term gains and stock options.
"The Hong Kong market is going into a gradual consolidation phase, " said Linus Yip, First Shanghai Securities strategist in Hong Kong.
"People in the market expect there will be a recovery in the second quarter, " said Linus Yip, strategist at First Shanghai Securities.
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"Because the macroeconomic situation is still bad, we are expecting there might be some new policy coming out, " said Linus Yip, strategist at First Shanghai Securities in Hong Kong.
Peregrine is the first Hong Kong securities house to need a helping hand after the region's markets collapsed.
Seth Setrakian, co-head of U.S. equity trading at First New York Securities, thinks a reversal is coming in the short-term.
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Seth Setrakian, co-head of U.S. equities at First New York Securities, says the indication that a deal is likely may be enough to keep the market trending higher into year-end.
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While the joint central-bank effort didn't address the fundamental problems associated with European government debt, it underscored a "sense of urgency" to address the broad issues ailing the global financial system, said Seth Setrakian, co-head of trading at First New York Securities.
At this writing, the Soviets have successfully concluded seven or eight bond offerings in the West since first entering the European securities market three years ago.
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