By holding assets to maturity, the government could benefit if they rise in value.
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It doesn't feel good to be borrowing at 6% while holding assets with negative returns.
Many are still holding assets, particularly whole loans, at unrealistically high values.
The closer to the dollar it gets, the better for investors holding assets priced in that currency because as that currency appreciates, so does the investment.
At a seminar once, I remember hearing him make the generalisation that monetary policy is easy only when the prices of assets are rising faster than the prices of the goods they produce (when the real return to holding assets is positive).
The issue of valuing hard-to-value assets has hovered over all sorts of investment funds holding illiquid assets ever since the credit crisis hit financial markets.
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In the meanwhile, troubled assets might only mean something to investors depending on the name of the bank holding the assets.
Rudden says that the businesses are penalized in the scoring process for holding those assets.
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Most pensions have a bank serving as their custodian, holding the assets of the plan.
In addition it will no longer be possible to book at once the profit expected from holding risky assets.
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He is playing what I call Tax Planning 101, simply holding onto assets as they appreciate without paying tax on them.
There also seems to be less nervousness about holding risk assets, said Sterling Smith, commodity trading adviser and market analyst with Country Hedging.
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Many of Japan's small investors were burned badly in the financial crisis, when the yen suddenly shot up, leaving those holding overseas assets nursing losses.
This means firms holding these assets on their balance sheets, like JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup, will continue to see pressure on their profitability.
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In this case, the parent S corporation continued its investment in the subsidiary corporation, but in a different form by holding the assets directly rather than through stock ownership.
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Because over the course of a year, there is a danger that the bank that you've borrowed from - and is holding your assets as security for the loan - could go bust.
It sketched out a bleak scenario in which, for example, a rise in the price investors demand for holding risky assets in capital markets could make it harder and more expensive for companies and households to borrow.
This has created a global system that is deeply distorted, where those holding financial assets like stocks and bonds have been rewarded, but where the average American, for example, lives in a world of labor uncertainty and recession-level unemployment rates.
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He even suggested to the vice-Chairman of the CME that he could argue in front of the court that the judge grant a lien to CME on the MF Global holding company assets if the exchange were to put up a temporary fund to make MF customers whole.
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It will find many investors holding the same assets, all of which will correct simultaneously.
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In addition to the Citigroup shares, Kingdom Holding's assets include the Prince's stakes in the Fairmont and Four Seasons hotel management companies and more than a dozen U.S. and Saudi stocks--household names such as News Corp.
Low interest rates reduce the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding assets such as gold.
Holding some of your assets in a Roth can still help you finesse gotchas in the tax code.
Its level reflects all sorts of things, including demand from investors for bonds, expectations of future inflation and a risk premium for holding longer-term assets.
Long-term nominal interest rates are influenced by many things, including investors' expectations of inflation and future short-term rates, and a risk premium for holding long-term assets.
The rise in the value of Kingdom Holding's hotel assets and real estate developments has offset some of the losses from Citi, says Kingdom Chief Financial Officer Shadi Sanbar.
If yields are low because investors demand less compensation for holding long-term assets, then financial conditions have become looser and the central bank, other things being equal, needs to continue tightening.
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Since most potential buyers would probably prefer to sell off some assets while holding others, lining up potential spinoff transactions beforehand could be a vital step toward deciding whether to bid for the company.
Further monetary easing also helps gold since it adds to worries about inflation whenever an economic recovery takes hold, plus it means a low so-called opportunity cost, or the loss of interest earnings that investors might have gotten instead by holding yield-bearing assets.
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Assets: Family holding company Fininvest owns 50% of Mediaset, plus stakes in publishing, life insurance and discount retail companies.
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