CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

TIPS have suddenly moved to center stage for investors, as the surge in inflation has drawn new interest in Treasury inflation-protected securities. But how much do investors really know about these securities, other than their alluring name? And those results don’t account for changes in the securities’ market price.

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Treasury Securities Valuation Math 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

LP: You refer to this as wealth accumulation without accountability. That’s just the math. NP: This goes back to the question of accountability. Treasury securities] and to give a bid to the gilt market to raise the level of gilts. In what sense? If you’re not in it, you’re not going to benefit from the upside.

Banking 100

Banking Economics Leverage Currencies 100

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 29, 2023

I did an internship in the summer at Citibank Securities in fixed income sales and trading. So you think back 30 years, there was so many people who were focused on individual security selection, picking individual stocks. So our shareholders benefit whenever there’s a lot of demand for certain securities that we own.

Investments 52

Investments Benchmarking Valuation Construction 52

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 15, 2023

SEIDES: No, you’re right about the securities. SEIDES: It wasn’t a question of security prices going down, it’s a question of like, can you transact? It’s much more about security selection and a relatively static portfolio construction. So the credit markets froze. RITHOLTZ: And that was problematic.

Benchmarking 52

Benchmarking Investments Marketing Treasury 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You do the math and you’re like, “Okay, well, an advisor can handle about 100 clients, an associate advisor can help with some of those clients, you can leverage maybe an associate advisor with a couple of advisors, but there’s a capacity limit for each of the roles.” And so, we pivoted to more of a service team.

Restructuring 130

Restructuring Planning Accounting Marketing 130

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

So the idea being, you know, that we could analyze, dissect companies anywhere from, you know, senior securities, secured down to distressed. So I think there are 4,800 equities, different securities globally. And so whenever we build a portfolio, we think about every security has a tail to it. Was that the basis?

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 57

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Marketing Education 57

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 12, 2024

Sean Dobson has really had a fascinating career as a real estate investor, starting pretty much at the bottom and working his way up to becoming a investor in a variety of mortgage backed securities, individual homes, commercial real estate, really all aspects of the finding, buying and investing in, in real estate. Anything else?

Profit and Loss 57

Profit and Loss Investments Marketing Securities 57