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l fund company "get me out of that fund yielding zero and get me into one yielding 6%. I have to replace the income I used to get from intermediate Treasurys." And thus he becomes a high yield bond investor . . . whether consciously or not. A similar process can affect a pension fund or endowment that ne

of lesser companies. Gilt-edge or investment grade bonds were considered safe and speculative grade bonds were considered risky. I'll never forget Moody's definition of a B-rated bond: "fails to possess the characteristics of a desirable investment." All of these propositions were accepted at face val

balance is on a recovery path over the last one year Figure 2: as non treasury portfolio outflows have remain positive Source: DB FX Research and US Treasury Source: DB FX Research and US Treasury Figure 3: The private basis balance has been diverging from the overall balance Figure 4:as official inflo

e purchase of financial products and/or services, customers should carefully read the relevant disclosures, prospectuses and other documentation. "Moody's", "Standard & Poor's", and "Fitch" mentioned in this report are not registered credit rating EFTA01464564 agencies in Japan unless "Japan" or "Ni

ut Whose Job Is It? Nov 15. 2009 • DIA,SPV Looking at Unemployment Another Way Still Says 13% by Mid-2010 Nov 13. 2009 Lunatic Bubble Warning for U.S. Treasuries Nov 12. 2009 TST,TLT After Securitization: Who Owns America Now? Nov 03. 2009 • AIG.GS EFTA_R1_01507970 EFTA02435766 S&P Case-Shiller Index: R

the past thirty years was paid for with debt. Of course, there's always a first time. Some of the debt was recently downgraded from A3 to Baal by Moody's, this is what they said: "Following recent disclosures of increased conditionality around when support could be provided to the GRIs" In other wor

ment/Credit Index and includes securities in the Government and Credit indices. The Government Index includes treasuries (i.e. public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and agencies (i.e. publicly issued debt of U.S. Government agencies, quasi-federal corporation

n the Index provided the issuer is domiciled in a country having an investment-grade foreign currency long-term debt rating (based on a composite of Moody's and S&P). 144a issues are included in the Index. Qualifying bonds must have at least 1 year remaining term to maturity, a fixed coupon schedule and

ment/Credit Index and includes securities in the Government and Credit indices. The Government Index includes treasuries (i.e. public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and agencies (i.e. publicly issued debt of U.S. Government agencies, quasi-federal corporation

n the Index provided the issuer is domiciled in a country having an investment-grade foreign currency long-term debt rating (based on a composite of Moody's and S&P). 144a issues are included in the Index. Qualifying bonds must have at least 1 year remaining term to maturity, a fixed coupon schedule and

ment/Credit Index and includes securities in the Government and Credit indices. The Government Index includes treasuries (i.e. public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and agencies (i.e. publicly issued debt of U.S. Government agencies, quasi-federal corporation

n the Index provided the issuer is domiciled in a country having an investment-grade foreign currency long-term debt rating (based on a composite of Moody's and S&P). 144a issues are included in the Index. Qualifying bonds must have at least 1 year remaining term to maturity, a fixed coupon schedule and

.S. Aggregate Index and includes securities in the Government and Credit indices The Government Index includes treasures (i.e. public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and agencies (ire. publicly issued debt of U. S Government agencies. quasi-federal corporation

e foreign currency long-term debt rating. I 44a issues are included in the Index. Bonds must be rated below investment-grade based on a composite of Moody's and S&P. Defaulted bonds are excluded —The Citigroup Unhedged Non-US World Government Bond Index eitiGBI) is a market cap-weighted index consisting

ment/Credit Index and includes securities in the Government and Credit indices. The Government Index includes treasuries (i.e. public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and agencies (i.e. publicly issued debt of U.S. Government agencies, quasi-federal corporation

n the Index provided the issuer is domiciled in a country having an investment-grade foreign currency long-term debt rating (based on a composite of Moody's and S&P). 144a issues are included in the Index. Qualifying bonds must have at least 1 year remaining term to maturity, a fixed coupon schedule and

peers. that our volatility annualized would be approximately 40%. (iii) We assumed no distributions. (iv) We assumed a 428% risk free rate based on U.S. Treasuries with a two year maturity. For the Contributing Partners' grants. the Finnerty Model calculation, as detailed above. yielded a marketability discount

nvestments. including but not limited to senior secured bonds. The Senior Loan Fund may not purchase assets rated (tranche rating) at B3 or lower by Moody's. or equivalent rating by another nationally recognized rating agency. The Company has classified the instruments associated with the Senior Loan Fun