issue of short-term bonds
11Money market fund — This article is about the type of mutual fund. For the type of bank deposit account, see Money market account. A money market fund (also known as money market mutual fund) is an open ended mutual fund that invests in short term debt securities… …
12Money fund — Money funds (or money market funds , money market mutual funds ) are mutual funds that invest in short term debt instruments. Explanation Money market funds, also known as principal stability funds, seek to limit exposure to losses due to credit …
13Sovereign default — A sovereign default is the failure or refusal of the government of a sovereign state to pay back its debt in full. It may be accompanied by a formal declaration of a government not to pay (repudiation) or only partially pay its debts (due… …
14Funding Operations — The process a government uses to swap out floating stock or short term bonds for long term bonds. Because floating stock does not guarantee payout or a fixed rate of interest, swapping it for funded debt (long term bonds that carry a fixed rate… …
15Market timing — is the strategy of making buy or sell decisions of financial assets (often stocks) by attempting to predict future market price movements. The prediction may be based on an outlook of market or economic conditions resulting from technical or… …
16Bond Anticipation Note - BAN — A short term interest bearing security issued in the anticipation of larger future bond issues. Bond anticipation notes are smaller short term bonds issued by governments and corporations. Knowing that the proceeds of the larger future issue will …
17Marthe Hanau — (1890 1935) was a Frenchwoman who defrauded French financial markets in the 1920s and 1930s. Marthe Hanau was born in Lille to a Jewish family of an industrialist. She married, and later divorced Lazare Bloch. In 1925, she and Bloch (the two… …
18Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
19ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
20japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
