Turmoil in World Stock Markets

Written by admin on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Stocks tumbled across the globe Monday as two Wall Street institutions became the latest casualties of the worst housing crisis in decades. Lehman Brothers, once the fourth largest investment bank in the U.S. filed for bankruptcy on Monday. And Merrill Lynch, one of the largest brokerage firms in the world, was forced to [...]

Corporate Advisory Insight: 144As

Written by admin on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Arzu Cevik from Thomson Reuters’ Corporate Advisory Services group discusses the world of 144As.
Transcript:
The 144A Revolution
Hello, I’m Arzu Cevik and welcome to this week’s strategic research presentation, dedicated to the world of 144As………
Raising capital has become a major challenge for many companies but the 144A market remains a major lifeline between the U.S. capital market [...]

Corporate Advisory Insight: Corporate Use of Cash

Written by admin on Friday, August 28th, 2009

Seth Rosenwasser from Thomson Financial’s Corporate Advisory Services group discusses corporate use of cash.
Transcript:
Cash and cash equivalents for the S&P 500 hit record year-end highs in 2007. With all this cash on the books; with rates of return on cash accounts so low; and with investors asking for cash to boost their own returns at [...]

The best performing dividend growth stocks with George Vasic and Rob Carrick

Written by admin on Friday, August 21st, 2009

George Vasic, Equity Strategist and Chief Economist for UBS Securities Canada Inc, with Rob Carrick from the Globe and Mail discuss the best performing dividend growth stocks.
What are the most reliable dividend growth stocks? What are some dividend growth stock sectors that people may overlook? What is the outlook for dividend growth in the financial [...]