Word: bonding
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...profit and alleviate global poverty. Pension funds, university endowments and large corporations have been sniffing around for opportunities, but all--understandably--want to see good track records first. That's starting to happen. Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's have begun either to rate microfinance transactions like bond issuances or to rate the institutions themselves. A Fitch report even detailed how MFIs in Bolivia fared better than commercial banks in the aftermath of that country's recent financial crisis. Meanwhile, Unitus, a new source of venture capital for MFIs run by a former Microsoft executive, touts the fact that...
...weakening greenback hurts returns by dragging down the value of dollar-denominated assets, notably U.S. stocks and bonds. Foreign investors keep their money at home, which softens demand here. To gauge the impact of a further dollar decline on investments, RiskMetrics Group, a New York City quantitative-research firm, ran a so-called economic-stress test, which analyzes statistical correlations between currency moves and the markets. If the euro and the yen each rise an additional 10% against the dollar from levels in early November, the study found, the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index could slip 0.6%, which means that...
...Harvard is a great fit for me, in and out of the classroom,” Payne says. “I really like the fellowship on the team. I like how the players interact with each other and how a true bond is created. The players have made my experience here worth...
Both Wecker and Ohlde said that getting to know Delaney-Smith off the court was “enjoyable.” The players had plenty of time to bond with each other and the coaches during their expeditions through the mountains of war-torn Croatia and to the Adriatic Sea resorts in the southern part of the country...
...When I started in 1982, [I chose to take the team to Europe] because it really helps,” Delaney-Smith said. “It’s clearly a result of playing together and creating this bond because you’re traveling in a foreign country...