Posts Tagged ‘mortgage’

Reasons that explain the credit spread differential

Thursday, October 29, 2009 20:03 Comments Off

But the more cyclical character of the US market and the lower average credit quality of the issuers are not the only reasons that explain the spread differential. Another reason is the different investor base. It was already pointed out that the European corporate bond market is still young, while the US market is well [...]

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Utility-maximizing behavior of real estate investors

Sunday, October 25, 2009 16:14 Comments Off

Tversky and Kahneman  and Shiller  argue that the assumption of rational, utility-maximizing behavior of investors is frequently violated in real life. They also show that these anomalies can be predicted and that they result from the use of simple heuristics to facilitate the process of decision-making. Sophisticated investors can benefit from this fact if they [...]

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Money managers dance better for a price

Monday, September 7, 2009 10:43 Comments Off

Money managers will handle your stock investments for a fee. This fee is in addition to the commissions and spreads you must pay a broker. Money managers cannot execute stock transactions. Some money management fees are a percentage of the value of your account. A money manager takes his fee whether your account increases or [...]

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WILL THERE BE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES?

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 15:49 Comments Off

The strongest argument for the continuation of unprecedented prosperity is that strategic capital is certain to grow as knowledge expands and as increasing numbers of people are educated.
This fact is apparent from crude numbers. More than half of the scientists ever trained are alive today. An enormous fraction of the technical literature and of the [...]

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Finances, Currency and Interest Rate Hedges

Saturday, April 25, 2009 13:36 Comments Off

Funding multicurrency and often fixed rate assets in a CRE CDO requires a mechanism to translate foreign currency and to hedge interest rate movements to correspond to with the single-currency, floating rate CRE CDO liability structure. Most issuers have accomplished this through the use of perfect asset swaps. Under a perfect asset swap contract, a [...]

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Finances and Specific valuation standards

Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:08 Comments Off

Valuations for certain purposes are subject to additional, specific standards. In the UK the bases for valuations that are to be included in financial statements are set out in the Red Book. Valuations may also be required for other regulated purposes. These include stock market listing particulars, takeover and merger information, for collective investment schemes, [...]

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URO reached 1.60 U.S. dollars

Friday, September 26, 2008 10:11 Comments Off

The EURO has in comparison to the U.S. dollar, a new record high of 1.6038 U.S. dollars reached, and thus an absolute highlight of the EURO since there are marked. The euro had in April of this year once the mark of 1,60 exceeded, but turned back at 1.6019 U.S. dollars to bottom.
Experts see the [...]

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Patronage Websites

Friday, September 26, 2008 10:11 Comments Off

The following websites are under our patronage:

http://business.financial-leader.com/ – Best business advice and consulting
Finances Newscast Blog – Current update on global finance
Superior Money Blog – Gain an upper-hand in finances
http://investments.financial-leader.com/ – Global Investments made simple
Loans Counsel Blog – Professiona loans help and advice
Personal Real Estate Help Blog – Personalized and professional advice on real estate

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Introduction to Financial Leader Blog

Saturday, September 6, 2008 13:15 Comments Off

Welcome to the financial leader blog! This site was set up by a group of financial professionals dedicated to spreading valuable information accross the web in hope that common Americans will be able to profit from it. We would like to deal with matters such as loans, debt consolidation, bad credit and home foreclosure. All [...]

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