Musings on Markets
MAY 5, 2023
A bank collects deposits from customers, offering the quid quo pro of convenience, safety and sometimes interest income (on those deposits that are interest-beating) and either lends this money out to borrowers (individuals and businesses), charging an interest rate that is high enough to cover defaults and leave a surplus profit for the bank.
Musings on Markets
JULY 17, 2023
In my third post at the start of 2023, I looked at US treasuries, the long-touted haven of safety for investors. In 2022, they were in the eye on the storm, with the ten-year US treasury bond depreciating in price by more than 19% during the year, the worst year for US treasury returns in a century.
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Musings on Markets
AUGUST 15, 2023
During 2022, the US treasury did not default, but an investor in a 10-year US treasury bond would have earned a return of -18% on his or her investment, as bond prices dropped. and how much to hold in investments with guaranteed returns over their time horizon (cash, treasury bill and treasury bonds).
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
Outside of work, he serves as a volunteer financial planner and class instructor for non-profits in the Northern Virginia area. Swimming against the tide of I Bond popularity, Arends currently prefers investing in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) to I Bonds. He can be reached at [email protected]. TIPS are a type of U.S.
CFO News Room
JANUARY 17, 2023
Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. Consumer Confidence and Economic Growth.
Future CFO
DECEMBER 18, 2020
We expect Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) to play an important and increasing role in supporting lenders in mitigating risk, overcoming concentration issues and improving capital adequacy. Reality is showing us that profitability is no longer a target, and in the absence of such, how can we be assured of liquidity.
Musings on Markets
MARCH 19, 2022
Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent.
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