Default Rates and Static Analysis
As recently as a early 2007 ago there was very little “risk premium” between debt of varying quality. The risk premium is usually measured against US Government debt (Treasuries) of equivalent ... 5%, then high-quality (at the time) corporate debt might be issued at 6%, with riskier debt as high [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 04:10:17
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Why Should I Incorporate?
Benefits of Incorporating(A) Separate Legal EntityThe act of incorporating creates a legal entity called a corporation, commonly referred to as a " ... , go into debt, enter into contracts, sue or be sued. A corporation's money and other assets belong ... is generally lower than the individual tax rate, incorporation may offer you some fiscal advantages [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 21:03:00
FACT Corp. (FCTOA.OB) Restructures Outstanding Debt
FACT Corporation operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Food & Culinary Technology Group Inc. The company develops and markets customized nutrition solutions for the global baked-goods industry. FACT sells specialty bake mixes to commercial producers who use these mixes to manufacture popular, health-friendly packaged baked goods. The company announced today that it has successfully negotiated a restructuring of the majority of its short-term debt with various creditors. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-16 13:59:26
The Year of Yield
With 2008 having proved a humbling experience for most of the market, many investment managers are embracing a strategy that gives them, at least, some guarantee for returns. And that means a focus on corporate debt, which offers yields at high spreads when compared with government debt, as well as dividend-paying stocks, many [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 17:48:49
The Year of Yield
With 2008 having proved a humbling experience for most of the market, many investment managers are embracing a strategy that gives them, at least, some guarantee for returns. And that means a focus on corporate debt, which offers yields at high spreads when compared with government debt, as well as dividend-paying stocks, many [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 18:59:12
Business Debt Management, Relief And A Corporate Turnaround Review
by Ben Davies Usually, most of my clients come to me after having struggled with business debt management for a long time, far too long. The excessive tension that this causes have probably been felt by everyone at one time one time or another. The good news is that it is now time to implement a solution. If you are prepared to commit yourself 100%, business debt relief programs can legitimately change things significantly for the better and they are more than just a bankruptcy alternative. [more...]
Date: 2009-08-04 08:42:08
Business Debt Management, Relief and Corporate Turnaround
The time to change your business fortunes is now, read this to find out how! Usually, most of my clients come to me after having struggled with business debt management for a long time, far too long.Last 5 posts by In the News - Sears Remodels US Army Veteran's Home - September 24th, 2009Don't Miss This Great VA Loan Benefit - No Penalty For Prepayment - September 24th, 2009Military Payday Loan - See How Easily You Can Make One - September 24th, 2009Facebook Protects User's Data In Civil Case - [more...]
Date: 2009-09-25 06:01:14
Got a tip for a post?: Email us | Anonymous form Get PEEK in your mailbox! ... accept limits on executive compensation and eliminate perks such as corporate jets. Debt owed ... and emissions requirements. Firms must not issue new dividends while they owe government debt. Yet [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 21:20:04
Extract from the latest article from The International Forecaster ... will rise as government extortion continues apace and inflation will rage.Government debt is no longer safe in America and that means neither is corporate or personal debt. All the stimulation has costs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:17:33
Why Obama’s tax cut plan is a crock
His claim is he’s going to cut taxes for 95% of American families ... unless he’s going to smilingly stack another trillion plus in debt on to the 5 trillion "official" debt ... you that corporations are tax collectors not tax payers? Who would pay those corporate taxes? 100 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 06:05:07
GM and Chrysler get US$17.4 billion bailout
They’ve done it, the Detroit boys have managed to secure federal emergency loans to execute their plans to stay afloat ... stock, firms must accept limits on executive pay and eliminate perks such as corporate jets, debt owned ... and emissions requirements, and firms must not issue new dividends while in debt with the government. Ford [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 09:09:13
Wheel Barrow Based Monetary Policy
Anatole Kaletsky, who incidentally has been telling his readers to buy shares for two years, has flipped ... more money or buy government and corporate debt so that long term interest rates fall. Quantitative ... money), holding gold will be insurance as much as an investment. The economic prospect [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 09:46:43
Kremlin Declares its Sphere of Influence in Business
It is rational and logical for some governments to declare certain sectors of the economy as sensitive to national security, ... companies cut jobs, salaries and investment plans, forced consolidation in Russia's 1,000-plus banking sector and prompted a rise in corporate debt defaults. "The inclusion of a company in the list does [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 15:20:56
How close was the financial system to melting down?
I do not work for the Treasury, the Fed, or an investment house, so take this for what it's worth ... -term debt, which companies use to smooth out mismatches in their cash flows: Commercial paper: unsecured debt issued by corporations, with a duration of under 270 days, which avoids certain kinds [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 20:19:24
Role of Corporate Finance in a Fiscal System
by Mary Bush The sector of finance wherein all the fiscal decisions are taken by conglomerates is called as corporate finance ... : Debt Consolidation Articles Tips to Use Purchase Order Funding To Grow Your Business ... decisions and methods. Under corporate finance, capital investment resolutions are long-term company [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 19:05:52
Economic Potpourri December 26, 2008
The barrage of noteworthy economic news continues unabated. I took a lot of time off posting Christmas Eve and Christmas ... and corporate debt deplete capital. The industry, which puts about 10 percent of its invested assets ... have not seen a mainstream media discussion of one of the big problems facing life insurers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 11:26:00
Wearing the Trader Hat: Quick Takes on Apple and GE
A couple quick takes on some stocks in the news: Apple – Let’s assume worse case that jobs is going to, heaven forbid, pass away ... and especially for the long-term investment. They have $25 per share net cash and no debt… ... and corporate welfare that GE and all these other well-connected welfare institutions means that it’s impossible [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:27:43
Meirelles Surprising Remarks Increase Odds of Interest-Rate Cut
A plan outlined last night by Banco Central Brasil President Henrique Meirelles to ready $20 billion in funds to help local companies refinance maturing debt overseas indicates that corporate liquidity problems will probably persist ... in November that the government will use any sources of money at hand (even international reserves) to help [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 17:12:28
Four at Four: OPEC Gets Burned
This is a situation the market has not witnessed in some time: declines in oil, the dollar, bond yields and stocks ... Crude dropped 8% to settle at $40.06 a barrel, its lowest price since July 2004, and other energy ... of the ridiculous yields offered in corporate debt remains to be seen, but it is the Fed’s only [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 12:26:00
Four at Four: OPEC Gets Burned
This is a situation the market has not witnessed in some time: declines in oil, the dollar, bond yields and stocks ... Crude dropped 8% to settle at $40.06 a barrel, its lowest price since July 2004, and other energy ... of the ridiculous yields offered in corporate debt remains to be seen, but it is the Fed’s only [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 12:26:00
Quantitative easing: the case for ‘printing money’
‘Brown plans to print more money’ was the front-page headline on tonight’s Evening Standard, ... or buy government and corporate debt so that long term interest rates fall. Quantitative easing ... point up the hyper-inflation of Weimar Germany, while Mason pointed out that comparisons with Zimbabwe [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 00:08:59
Debt Negotiation Tactics 101
Debt Negotiation Tactics 101 Posted in January 15th, 2009 Category: ... Debt Relief It can be daunting negotiating with a large corporate entity to wind up your debt liabilities and go into an incremental repayment plan. One of their favorite tricks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 01:49:53
Riga 2009, Buenos Aires 2001
Chalk up another in a string of neo-liberal economic failures ... in the old city above levels found in Berlin. Over 85% of all household and corporate debt in Latvia was contracted in foreign currencies, a proportion similar to Argentine dollar debt before [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:12:47
Open Letter To Congress On The $700 Billion Paulson Bailout Plan
Dear CongressTreasury Secretary Paulson is asking you to rush through a $700 billion package because " ... at all.The problem is consumers and corporations are deep in debt with no way to service that debt.Attempts to bail out banks and brokers at taxpayer expense will do nothing but add to consumer debt [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 02:28:00
Could it be that the Banks and Flaherty are both right? part 2
I enjoy decoding riddles. Canadians are telling Finance Minister Jim Flaherty that they can’t get credit ... in new bridge and term debt that Teck (TCK.B:TSX) required for its company-risking acquisition of Fording Canadian Coal Trust. Those two deals together amount to C$7 billion of new corporate debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 13:30:46
A Stroke of Genius By McCain?
A Stroke of Genius By McCain? That's what Dick Morris thinks of John McCain's decision to insert himself into the negotiation of a proposed ... are insisting on replacing the purchase of corporate debt with loans to companies and insurance paid [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 18:53:48
Shiller on Housing and Bubbles
Robert Shiller of Yale University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the current housing mess and related financial market problems ... Zeckhauser. Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. "Corporate Debt," by Annette Paulson. Discussion of agency costs. Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. Podcasts and Blogs: "Report from Jackson Hole [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 10:36:06
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Places Hope in Obama Administration
Today a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt spokesperson said that the company would be "open to a sale of its consumer publishing arm ... , despite a troubled two months. According to Financial Times, the financial agency Moody's had alleged that the publisher's parent company was "a likely default" on some of its corporate debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 20:23:04
It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
If you saw the Dec 14, 2008, 60 Minutes broadcast featuring a segment titled, “A Second Mortgage Disaster On The Horizon? ... firm that analyzes corporate debt. So do a lot of other people. However, Egan has been cited [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 22:06:11
Bush Approves $17.4B Greenless Bailout for GM, Chrysler
President Bush has announced the federal government will provide $13 ... , the government will demand immediate repayment. Ford is not seeking immediate aid. Treasury Secretary ... compensation and eliminate perks such as corporate jets. Debt owed to the government would be senior [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 17:30:34
MortgageNewsClips: Is The Fed Done?, Awesome Map, AARP 625k HECM, Banks Hoarding?, Muni Market, Bernanke, Warming Up, Fed High Wire, PMI Report, Ira Has 3
VIDEO: Monetary Policy with Zero Interest Rates: Is the Fed Done? ... that banks are hoarding capital. There’s just one problem: they’re not. Gary Townsend explains ... paper - Data provider Dealogic says global sales of corporate debt surged to $82 billion last week [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 01:21:57
Did those people at AIG not understand anything about financial risk?
The Washington Post's series on AIG Financial Products, ... , the firm essentially would insure a company's corporate debt in case of default. The model showed that these swaps could be a moneymaker for the decade-old firm and its parent, insurance giant AIG [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 20:38:31
AIG Up to Its Old Tricks, Yet Another $10 Billion in Losses
The Wall Street Journal reports in a story frustratingly sketchy on key details that AIG has sprung another leak, or more accurately, ... through speculative bets on the direction of pools of mortgage assets and corporate debt [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 05:04:15
Syllabus for FBE 589
University of Southern CaliforniaMarshall School of BusinessDepartment of Finance and Business EconomicsProfessor Richard K ... of outstanding marketable Treasury securities was about $5 trillion, total corporate debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 21:04:00
Salzgitter sets 7-yr convertible bond
FRANKFURT, Sept 29 - Germany's No.2 steelmaker Salzgitter became the latest in a string of German companies to tap into investors appetite for corporate debt, placing a 296 million € convertible bond. The company said on Tuesday it placed its sev ... [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 17:05:01
Maloni: What Now for Fannie & Freddie?
"While Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as corporate entities may not be needed, ... mortgage debt was backed by the full faith and credit of the Treasury. After 1968 this guarantee ... is up in the air. What’s happening now, as it were, is an ongoing consolidation back onto Uncle Sam’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 19:22:01
No need for debt now, says National Grid
National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, the new operator of the country’s power distribution grid, is at the moment not considering tapping the debt market to amortize its $3-billion concession fee balance, company president and chief executive Walter Brown said Thursday. More… [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:02:10
Qatar Telecom completes $2 bln loan deal
DUBAI, Sept 29 - Qatar Telecommunications Co said on Tuesday it had completed syndication of a $2 billion loan facility for general corporate purposes including to refinance existing debt. 'Despite the current difficult global credit environment, ... [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 13:29:42
ISRAEL-PALESTINE TEST-CRICKET MATCH; ABSTRACTIONS, POLITICS, AND SCIENCE IN THE SHADOWS ON THE STAIRCASE
If it were me managing the Israel squad leading 916-5 in my innings with no out and still on my opening pair, ... f/x, non-US sovereign and corporate debt, and commodities. Warrior states with huge DEBT/GDP ratios [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 01:21:00
Unemployment Rate Thoughts…
With the ADP for December coming in at a big loss of 693,000 private sector job loss, way higher than the 556, ... through December, with the $SPX ending about 2% up on the month. The only problem with December ... . Because corporations with large short and long term debt amounts (Alcoa and the Auto Dealers, for example [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 04:45:39
Financial Crisis
FINANCIAL CRISIS CURE It is a well-documented fact that the financial crisis was caused by corporations and individuals knowingly, ... amounts of further debt, the government can start a RECOVERY PROGRAM designed to identify [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 04:15:40
The Fate of GMAC Bank
GMAC, which stands for General Motors Acceptance Corporation, ... . This week, GMAC ” sweetened terms on a debt swap designed to save the firm from bankruptcy and extended ... if there is a problem, they often drop their rates immediately afterwards. CD rates don’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 18:49:08
The Corporate Elite & Uncle Sam at their WORST!
-------------10/26/2008"Jonathan Melle", who lives in the bottom 10% of America's income & wealth set, via the U.S. Government, which has over $10 trillion (nominal) and counting higher in federal government national debt, now owns shares in my nation's corporate elite financial institutions, including, but not limited to, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 19:56:00
Corporate Debt Issues Continue the Recovery
Nine companies — from Amgen to Staples — have announced bond and note offerings since Monday, with a total of more than $14 billion. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:00:00
You Cant Handle the Truth.. THE NATIONWIDE COLLECTIONS LAWSUIT, Posted by Robert Paisola
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY14th JUDICIAL CIRCUITSCOTT CIRCUIT COURTCIVIL ACTION NO.: 08-CI-_________MICHAEL S ... 1511 Louisville, Kentucky 40202NATIONWIDE CREDIT, INC. Serve: C.T. Corporation System ... for Defendant's violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692, et seq [more...]
Date: 2008-04-23 02:53:00
Loughlin Meghji Establishes New Corporate Finance Group
Loughlin Meghji announced three senior staff appointments, expanding the firm’s expertise to include a new corporate finance group ... on assisting clients with corporate finance-related issues such as capital structure advisory, debt facility ... will be applicable for companies with solid operating performance that are facing financing-related [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:06:48
Corporate Turnaround Is An Excellent Business Debt Relief Company
Usually, most of my clients come to me after having struggled with business debt management for a long time, far too long. [more...]
Date: 2009-07-11 13:14:32
Japan ushers in corporate earnings season - drops 4.8%
For the Wall Street apologists who would rather everyone just stops talking about the bad news on Wall Street, please generate some good news ... and of course our old friends in banking are likely to be in trouble again.Fears of steep losses at corporate ... economic slowdown and bolstering less risky assets such as government debt. The euro extended [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 08:44:00
Kunekt Completes Financing
Kunekt Completes Financing CARSON CITY, NV, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Kunekt Corporation (OTCBB: KNKT) announced today that it completed a $450,000 debt financing provided by the president and chief executive officer of the Company. The Company plans to use the proceeds for general working capital purposes. The promissory note carries interest at the Fed (U.S.) prime rate, which is currently 3.25%, and is secured by the Company’s assets and payable on demand. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-24 22:22:47
Wednesday morning links
#fullpost{display:inline;}TOP STORIESRetail sales slump 2 ... to Sell Debt as Losses Erode Funds - BloombergPension Losses Could Whack 2009 Corporate Profits ... recycling - Christian Science MonitorSome States in a Pinch May Raise Gasoline Tax - NY [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:02:00
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