Several variations were peddled, but all had this in common: Technical rules are manipulated to create an artificially high basis in a partnership.
In other news, reports said the price of spot gold in India hit a record high Thursday, basis the Indian rupee currency.
Rivals like Morgan Stanley have been picking off Merrill's big-producing brokers with upfront offers as high as 190 basis points--approximately two times a year's worth of client fees.
Rivals like Morgan Stanley (nyse: MS - news - people ) have been picking off Merrill's big-producing brokers with upfront offers as high as 190 basis points--approximately two times a year's worth of client fees.
The investment advisory fees these affiliated money market funds charge for managing the cash is very high, perhaps 20 basis points instead of 10 or less.
According to Reuters, the two-year U.S. interest rate swap spread--a gauge of financial system stress--was quoted at a record high 166.5 basis points in Asia, suggesting that concern about defaults among banking counterparties were worsening.
She does not decide cases on the basis of high or fancy theory - though she's smart enough to do any of that - but she just decides a case before her on the basis of what makes sense in that case.
For gas prices to get this high on a sustained basis, you have to assume that either (a) shale gas will prove a colossal, over-hyped, mega-bust (something the Right is most definitely not in the usual business of positing) or (b) the U.S. auto-fleet will quickly transition to natural gas powered engines, driving up the demand for natural gas and, thus, the price.
FORBES: President Obama's Alleged "War On Coal" - Climate Change Edition
Our job is to get him to play at a high level on a consistent basis.
Ms. Lindland said demand for trucks in October hit a two-year high on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Any time a security jumps in price on high volume without a fundamental basis for doing so, trading becomes nothing more than a game of hot potato.
First, it amounted to an unusual slap in the face: state courts are not supposed to make rulings so ambiguous that the high court cannot understand the basis for them.
"Although the actual arbitration proceedings are the subject of confidentiality, as night follows day what's in that legal document at the High Court will form the basis for the legal argument at the arbitration, " said Cramer.
The high yield market finished the month at up 206 bps at 104.63, just 3 basis points shy of the 2013 high of 104.66 .
Low-beta stocks have performed better, on a risk-adjusted basis, than their high-beta counterparts.
The article described how schools resort to number-fudging on a regular basis to achieve a high spot in the Top 40.
FORBES: Should Law Schools Tell Applicants About The Dismal Jobs Picture?
My cost of carry on high yield bonds runs at 70 basis points for a net yield to maturity for me near 6 percent.
On a constant-exchange-rate basis, an expected high-single-digit percentage increase in worldwide net sales includes sales growth in all regions, ranging from a mid-teens percentage increase in Asia-Pacific to a low-single-digit increase in Japan.
Press reports served up in the wake of the bin Laden mission to the effect that special forces teams and their CIA paramilitary counterparts perform such feats on a daily basis only underscores the high quality of these units, and their value to the nation.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Time for a fresh start on 'terrorism'
In line with the advent of high-speed communications and multimedia broadcasts for smartphones, video content services have been improving on almost a daily basis, including such enhancements as support for high-resolution video.
The high yield spread versus Treasuries is 162 basis points (bp) wider than it was when the economy was already one month into recession in the last cycle.
FORBES: Are Credit Measures Worse Now Than At The Start Of Last Recession?
My reputation for mischief was so strong that by the time I left in 2000, I was on a first name basis with the entire Burges High School security team.
The group sought approval from the High Court to take a case on the basis of the Arhaus Convention.
Starting on January 1, high income taxpayers will have an additional 90 basis point Medicare tax on wages that exceed a certain limit.
Rents in the rebuilt city center are expected to rise sharply to offset the high cost of building offices on a speculative basis.
Third, I would briefly compare the facts against the constitutional requirements that an impeachment may proceed only for high crimes and misdemeanors and only on the basis of clear and convincing evidence.
It will go a long way to reduce the high cost of communications for passengers on a global basis.
FORBES: Cruise Ship Communications for Passengers Is About to Change
This suggests that, on a daily basis, traders are pricing a historically high level of volatility into option contracts.
ExactTarget sports a roster of high-profile customers who pay on a subscription basis according to variables such as use, including Angie's List Inc.
We estimate that the high yield risk premium would then drop to 439 basis points, reflecting prevailing levels of defaults, economic indicators, and credit availability.
应用推荐