Word: assets
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Celebrity bonds are a natural extension of the $200 billion asset-backed securities market. It began with home mortgages in the '80s, when lenders began bundling thousands of mortgages into a single unit that then issued bonds and used the steady stream of mortgage payments to pay interest. Wall Street now "securitizes" everything from credit-card receivables to anticipated beer sales at Britain's Punch Taverns...
Hollywood was buzzing last week with reports of MGM/UA being in play and a handful of rival studios looking at its assets, which include the valuable James Bond franchise. The day before the beleaguered studio issued an SEC filing stating it was considering mergers or other "business combinations" to bail itself out of financial straits, news leaked that director MICHAEL APTED had been selected to helm the company's next Bond entry. The Lion studio had been trying frantically to find someone, seemingly anyone, to handle the film, with Small Soldiers director JOE DANTE and others chatted up before...
Hollywood was buzzing last week with reports of MGM/UA being in play and a handful of rival studios looking at its assets, which include the valuable James Bond franchise. The day before the beleaguered studio issued an SEC filing stating it was considering mergers or other ?business combinations?? to bail itself out of financial straits, news leaked that director Michael Apted had been selected to helm the company?s next Bond entry. The Lion studio had been trying frantically to find someone, seemingly anyone, to handle the film, with "Small Soldiers" director Joe Dante and others chatted up before...
...credibility is our most important asset. When we make mistakes, it's important to be open and honest about them, get all the facts out as quickly as possible and try to set the record straight. And to say we're sorry...
...simpler plan is to rebalance each quarter to keep your desired mix of stocks, bonds and cash steady. That has the salutary effect of forcing you to sell the asset that has risen most and buy the bargains. Today that means swapping stocks for bonds and cash...