Right now, I perceive this action as a hint to take some risk off.
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So it is debatable whether banks shift much, if any, risk off their balance sheets.
The market rumbles in risk on, risk off variance, shying at every macro variable that could spell trouble.
The apparent effect is to take loans and risk off banks' balance sheets and thus free up capital.
The country has a relatively strong and stable currency, which takes some of the risk off owning the bonds.
With back and forth action to start the new year, I believe its time to take some risk off the table.
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The need for safety has two variables: risk on and risk off.
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Ms. CHU: Just like with mortgages, because banks have sold off the credit card debt, they've shifted some of the risk off their books.
In the risk off environment the yen remains in constant demand and the CBanks unlimited funding has yet to have a material weakening impact.
This allows the original holder of the asset, or originator, to sell assets that it previously could not, while also moving risk off its books.
Most markets are now hostage to the fiscal cliff debate as it is now risk on or risk off at any moment and no one really knows how the situation will turn out.
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Germany was said to be more comfortable with this idea, since it didn't involve any central bank financing governments directly, and it would formally keep the credit risk off the balance sheet of the ECB.
By offering insurance on mortgages, the FHA is taking some of the financial risk off of the shoulder of a mortgage lender like Deutsche Bank which might not want to offer loan to just anyone.
Risk off and the reverse is true.
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While the EU debt debacle has the market place in a risk off mood early this week, given that gold is a safe-haven asset the yellow metal could rally if the EU crisis escalates in the near term even if the U.S. dollar index rallies, too.
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Many of the mortgage companies would essentially take a mortgage, lending you money, and then sell that mortgage as a bond or basically as debt to Wall Street, and the Wall Street investor would then take the risk off the shoulders of the mortgage banker.
That person takes the risk off of my shoulders so I don't really have to care whether or not you're a good credit risk because they've taken the risk off my shoulders, and in turn, they will make the money off of you paying the interest on the mortgage.
The risk-off day in the market place prompted some fresh safe-haven demand for the golden metal.
And as knowledge and technology become ever more important, they risk falling off entirely.
If they make money, if the risk pays off, they get to keep the money.
The risk-off sentiment manifest in the pits in metals was also notable in crude oil, copper, and stock futures.
That risk paid off for DiCaprio, who will see his biggest payday yet.
During risk-off periods, global investors flock into the perceived safety of Treasury securities.
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As the sovereign debt crisis moves back to the front pages, there will be increased volatility with periods of risk-on and risk-off.
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They appear to have concluded that it is better to court moral hazard than to risk setting off another round of instability.
But partnerships with grubby firms risk turning off its million-odd individual donors.
That is not to say that risk-off trading will not continue to dominate foreign exchange, but can the EUR fully recover from here?
Risk-off investing strategies have definitely taken hold, but the possibility of easing, either from the Federal Reserve, the ECB, or both, has now risen exponentially.
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The other metals-market-bearish part of the risk-off day Wednesday is that the U.S. dollar index is trading higher and hit a fresh seven-week high overnight.
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