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Glaxo bond Boosts Chances of Euro Mega Deals: By Natalie Harrison LONDON (Reuters UK) - GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) well-received $9 billion (4.6 billion pound) bond this week, the largest dollar issue by a non-U.S. corporate in seven years, has raised confidence of possible euro mega deals in the next few months. The success of the...; Tags: Bond, Investor, Citigroup Inc., Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, GlaxoSmithKline Plc., Oukbs; News items 2008-05-07
Ambac May Need Capital: NY Regulator: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York state's top insurance regulator said on Thursday that bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc (ABK) may need more capital. "I think it's possible that they may need to raise additional capital," Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo said ...; Tags: Investment, Ambac Financial Group Inc., bond, MBIA Inc., mortgage-backed security, insurance company, insurance, municipal bond, Washington, Thomson Reuters Corp., TV, security; News items 2008-04-24
Standard Life Q1 Sales Up 8 Percent: By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters UK) - Insurer Standard Life (SL) beat forecasts with an 8 percent rise in first-quarter sales on Wednesday, as growth in savings and investments and a large bulk contract offset weakness in some key pensions products at home. Standard Life's...; Tags: Bond, Tax, Insurance Company, U.K., Standard Life, SIPP, Sales Strategy, Sales; News items 2008-04-30
U.S. Slims Down After Bloated Credit: Pimco: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumers, banks and financial companies are "slimming down" after a bloated era of easy credit, but face an extended period of fixing their finances, Pacific Investment Management Co said in a new report. For investors, that means new bonds...; Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, bank, financial company, balance sheet, bond, bond fund, financial, finance, New York, developing country, investor, aerospace, Thomson Reuters Corp., valuation, industry, game, sales; News items 2008-04-28
GMAC Posts Loss on Mortgage Woes: By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Finance company GMAC said on Tuesday its first-quarter loss nearly doubled as more customers fell behind on mortgage payments, and warned that it might not be profitable until well into 2009, later than expected. The loss...; Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Cerberus Capital Management, Countrywide Financial Corp., General Motors Corp., quarterly loss, Bank of America Corp., finance, CFO, New York, liquidity, asset, private equity, Thomson Reuters Corp., newsletter, CEO, insurance, job; News items 2008-04-29

Ambac Shares Dive After Steep Loss: By Dan Wilchins NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ambac Financial Group Inc (ABK), a bond insurer that struggled to raise capital earlier this year, posted a surprisingly wide first-quarter loss on Wednesday after setting aside $1 billion to cover future payouts on ...; Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Ambac Financial Group Inc., S&P, bond, insurance company, derivatives, investor, quarterly loss, New York, financial market, net income, security, Thomson Reuters Corp., shareholder, equity, insurance, bank, financial; News items 2008-04-23
Buffett Says Bought $4 Bln of Auction-rate Debt: By Joan Gralla and Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters UK) - Warren Buffett on Saturday said his Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa) (BRKb) holding company bought $4 billion (2 billion pounds) of auction-rate securities during the market's recent distress. Speaking at Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting, Buffett also...; Tags: Bond, Insurance Company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren Buffett, Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Assurance, Ambac Financial Group Inc., MBIA Inc.; News items 2008-05-03
Buffett Says Bought $4 Bln of Auction-rate Debt: By Joan Gralla and Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett on Saturday said his Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa) (BRKb) holding company bought $4 billion of auction-rate securities during the market's recent distress. Speaking at Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting, Buffett also...; Tags: Investment, Financial Planning, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., bond, distress, municipal bond, insurance company, Omaha, Nebraska, interest rate, insurance, investor, Thomson Reuters Corp., shareholder, security, job; News items 2008-05-03
bond Investors Bet on Rate Hikes as Inflation Looms: By Eric Burroughs and Tomasz Janowski TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Investors rushed to bet on higher interest rates on Friday, dumping bonds on a conviction the world's top central banks were turning from nursing economies hobbled by a credit crisis to battling inflation. The...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Financial services, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial accounting, inflation, interest rate, bond, Federal Reserve Board, bank, conviction, investor, financial, Nikkei, Japan, financial system, financial market, Thomson Reuters Corp., as; News items 2008-04-25
More Big Losses Expected From Fannie, Freddie: By Lynn Adler NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, reeling from the deterioration in the housing market, will likely post steep losses for the first quarter, but the two largest home funding companies are expected to escape previous record ...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, deterioration, bond, housing market, regulator, New York, fixed income, Thomson Reuters Corp., derivatives, analyst, interest rate, income, equity, payment, agreement, environment; News items 2008-05-05
MBIA Posts Huge Loss on Credit Derivatives: By Dan Wilchins NEW YORK (Reuters) - MBIA Inc (MBI), the world's largest bond insurer, posted a quarterly loss of $2.4 billion on Monday as it took charges on billions of dollars of exposure to bonds linked to subprime mortgages. But MBIA's beaten-down...; Tags: Bond, MBIA Inc., Insurance Company, Derivatives, Insurance, Investment, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance; News items 2008-05-12
Japan Inflation Hits 10-yr High: By Yoko Nishikawa TOKYO (Reuters UK) - Japanese annual inflation hit a decade-high of 1.2 percent in March on soaring energy costs, adding fuel to a bond market rout as investors bet the central bank would eventually raise rates despite a slowing economy. The economy minister...; Tags: Bank, Food, Japan, Bond, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance; News items 2008-04-25
Merrill, Other Banks Tap Debt Markets After Losses: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investment banks including Merrill Lynch & Co (MER), UBS (UBSN) and Wachovia Corp (WB) sold more than $13 billion in new debt on Tuesday in a move to shore up their balance sheets. Financial firms "posted losses which eroded...; Tags: Balance sheets, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Wachovia Corp., UBS AG, bond, balance sheet, Goldman Sachs & Co., General Electric Co., bank, New York, quarterly loss, Thomson Reuters Corp., financial, sales, asset, job, security; News items 2008-04-22
Zero Coupon Securities: This tutorial encapsulates about Zero Coupon Securities. A zero coupon security, or a "stripped bond" is basically a regular coupon paying bond without the coupons. The process of "stripping" or "zeroing" a bond is usually done by a brokerage or bank. The bank or broker stripping the bonds then registers...; Tags: Investment, Investopedia, coupon, bond, payment, bank, security; White papers
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS): This article is about the bond related to inflation concept. A new age dawned in the U.S. capital markets on Wednesday, January 29, 1997. The United States Treasury made its first issue of an inflation-linked bond, the 3.375% of 2007. This bond increases its principal by the changes in...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, inflation, bond, principal, auction, consumer price index, payment, security; White papers
The Equity Risk Premium: This paper analyzes the relative returns between stocks, bonds and bills to see what the returns to these different asset classes has been in the past, and to enable investors to understand what the relative returns could be in the future. The equity risk premium is the main input in...; Tags: Asset management, Investment, asset allocation, asset class, bond, asset, Capital Asset Pricing Model, equity, stock, investor; White papers
The Basics of the bond Ladder: When portfolio managers talk about strategies for success, they often refer to risk diversification and money management. These strategies separate investors who are successful because of luck from those using knowledge and skill. Now let's not be mistaken, luck isn't necessarily a bad thing, but possessing foundational skills will ultimately...; Tags: Investment, Investopedia, bond, strategy, investor, knowledge; White papers
Real Estate Investing Through REITs: Prior to the onset of the industrial revolution, wealth and power was measured primarily in terms of the amount of land owned by an individual or family. Although the twentieth century saw the rise of securitization and the resulting increase in stock and bond ownership, real estate investing can still...; Tags: Investment, Asset management, About Inc., REIT, bond, real estate, asset allocation, asset, stock; White papers
Convertible bonds: A convertible bond is a bond that gives the holder the right to convert or exchange the par amount of the bond for common shares of the issuer at some fixed ratio during a particular period. As bonds, they have some characteristics of fixed income securities. Their conversion feature also...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, equity security, bond, equity, fixed income, interest rate; White papers
Extendible/Retractable bonds: Extendible and retractable bonds have more than one maturity date. An extendible bond gives its holder the right to extend the initial maturity to a longer maturity date. A retractable bond gives its holder the right to advance the return of principal to an earlier date than the original maturity....; Tags: Investment, bond, interest rate, equity; White papers