noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
investor confidence (= that investors have when the economic situation is good )
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A fall in the value of shares damages investor confidence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
attractive
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Normally rising interest rates will depress the price of gilts by making their fixed interest payments less attractive to investors .
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The only hope of raising this money starts with creating a climate of confidence attractive to foreign investors .
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For this reason, renewable energy investment was not yet sufficiently attractive to retail investors .
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A cut in interest rates can help stocks by making them more attractive to investors than fixed-income securities.
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The approach is attractive to foreign investors .
big
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General Electric is Forstmann Little's biggest investor .
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Instead of going public, the firm could sell more equity to big investors .
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The big investors are taking huge risks in assessing what it will cost to compete successfully.
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Such technology recently was the sole domain of analysts, mutual-fund gurus and big investors who could afford such pricey services.
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Britain is one of the biggest investors in the United States.
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It took big , sophisticated investors to understand it.
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A series of meetings are planned to placate big institutional investors .
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Even if it did need to raise more capital, it could always sell more equity to big institutional investors .
domestic
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Traders said selling by domestic investors knocked prices back from their midday highs.
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Secondly, we are thinking of selling a part of state property to domestic investors who have enough capital to do this.
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Some eurobonds have a lock-up period of 90 days before they can be sold through the secondary markets to domestic investors .
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Nomura Securities and Morgan Stanley were appointed to co-ordinate a global offering for both domestic and international investors .
foreign
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The remaining 70 percent would be held in a state ownership fund for foreign investors .
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For foreign investors the question is how the game would unfold.
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Will foreign investors be put off and jobs be lost if we stay out?
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The approach is attractive to foreign investors .
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A stronger dollar increases the appeal of Treasuries to foreign investors .
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Where profits are declared, tax relief tends to represent an extra bonus rather than a necessary incentive to foreign investors .
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In Kuala Lumpur, prices slipped, partly because most foreign investors were sidelined.
individual
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This requirement alone would preclude most individual investors from using such models.
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Indeed, some of the largest institutional money managers catering to wealthy individual investors advertise tax-related investment strategies based on computer models.
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Everyone, it seems, wants individual investors .
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The goal is to make the market much fairer for individual investors .
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However, in all countries, individual investors also have an important duty of care.
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There are other funds, as well, that practice specific strategies that individual investors can not.
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Just under 50 percent will be available for the individual investor if demand warrants.
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The principle underlying the programs was that these agencies could better assess and charge for credit quality than individual investors .
institutional
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These warranties are likely to be given both to the equity institutional investors and to Newco.
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The salesmen spoke with institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, and savings and loans.
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If institutional investors are involved, the buy-out vehicle could be a limited partnership, to afford the institutions limited liability.
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Crisscrossing the country, trying to persuade institutional investors to buy mortgage securities, Ranieri bumped into Milken.
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There is some evidence that institutional investors are now more prepared to increase the allocations to gilts in their portfolios.
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Lower rates are good for bonds because many institutional investors fund their bond purchases by borrowing at shorter maturities.
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The main providers of such funds are overseas banks, multinational corporations and institutional investors .
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Eaton said large institutional investors today are putting more pressure on publicly traded companies to increase their returns.
international
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Hotels most likely to interest international investors would be those with strong revenue rather than those with development potential.
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From wealthy countries, as well as from international investors who are willing to lend the World Bank funds.
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The main service on offer is the Schwab One International account which has been designed especially for international investors .
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Most governments, international agencies, investors and lenders will require a detailed feasibility study before deciding to participate.
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Nomura Securities and Morgan Stanley were appointed to co-ordinate a global offering for both domestic and international investors .
large
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Merrill is the largest investor in high-yield bonds in the world.
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Only a small handful of large investors spoke at the meeting, which was dominated by Conrail employees.
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Other approved lenders include many of the large institutional investors .
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By the 1990s, large and institutional investors had abandoned the search for security and demanded instead fat returns on investments.
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Calvert favoured large investors who would bring indentured servants with them and granted large manors to these planters.
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It protects lenders and large mortgage investors if the borrower defaults on the mortgage.
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He felt that property often required a unit too large for all but the largest institutional investor .
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He meets with company executives, attends trade shows, and talks with large investors such as pension funds.
new
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Many societies launch a new-style account and advertise it heavily to pull in thousands of new investors .
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By the time it was eventually closed in 1988, new investors had brought the total to £116 million.
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To attract new investors and to dodge new regulations, the market became ever more arcane and complex.
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Having just mopped up the minority in Siemens-Nixdorf, would Siemens be ready to admit a new investor into the company?
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Paramount has been closed to new investors for most of the past decade.
overseas
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Meanwhile an intense marketing campaign will continue to interest overseas investors in the 18.5 percent of the issue earmarked for sale abroad.
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There were reports of strong demand from institutional fund managers and private clients, together with interest from overseas investors .
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If demand is greater than expected more shares can be clawed back from allocations earmarked for institutional and overseas investors .
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In Wellington, stocks fell, though losses were restrained by buying by overseas investors in the forestry sector.
potential
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The House of Lords found that there was no duty of care either to existing shareholders or to potential investors .
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Paine Webber brokers often used scripts when they spoke to potential investors .
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Roll and Ross argue that these portfolios may have desirable qualities for the potential investor .
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That document, Matthews said, will be sent out to a few dozen potential investors by the end of the year.
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He cultivated members of the aristocracy and sprinkled them among his company boards to impress potential investors .
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But its financial difficulties have deterred potential investors .
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The suit also poisoned potential investors against Addamax which needed more money to exploit its technology, he said.
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And how much more attractive the area might then be to potential investor industrialists who appreciate the value of air travel?
private
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At the private investor level, the use of offshore centres is almost limitless.
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In addition to the inherited Banrural loans still to be repaid, new debt was encouraged by the state and private investors .
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Even private investors of modest means can use offshore centres for tax referral.
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She started Space with the help of private investors , former co-workers and a bank credit line.
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By precisely how much we shall see when we come to look at the attempts to sell them to private investors .
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Furthermore, private investors can not trade shares on terms even approaching those available to fund managers.
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There is tremendous scope for MBOs to create value, both for parent companies and private equity investors .
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The marketing of the share sale over the coming weeks is designed to attract the highest possible number of private investors .
small
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As this slide goes on, small investors get nervous.
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Yet the tape is clearly geared to stirring up small investors to use options.
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But one main purpose, protecting the small investor , barely arises with debt securities.
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The trend could prove helpful to small investors , especially if the competition helps reduce annual fund expenses.
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This is partly because changes in institutional stockholding can make markets highly volatile and therefore risky for smaller investors .
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Iomega is a dramatic example of how small investors can work together.
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If there is not quite an embarrassment of riches, there is enough to make the small investor blush at the choice.
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Letters poured into the Denver fund group thanking it for giving smaller investors a break.
■ NOUN
confidence
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It will take the dotcoms some time before they regain investor confidence .
protection
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The framework for investor protection is shown in Figure 12.3, and outlines the channels of authority. 12.3 OVER-REGULATION?
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This means that complete market surveillance is possible and better investor protection is thus also possible.
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The deregulation of the capital market brought with it the need for increased investor protection .
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The White Paper argued that the existing investor protection laws were outdated and incomplete.
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Effective supervision of securities firms of their employees and agents is a foundation of the federal regulatory scheme of investor protection .
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These seek to enhance investor protection and promote the integrity of the securities, futures and options markets.
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It was the first major and comprehensive revision of investor protection legislation since the mid-1930's.
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You might also like to read the section on investor protection at the end of Chapter 5.
■ VERB
allow
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Stakeholders will also be much more flexible as they allow investors to stop and start contributions at any time without penalty.
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This would allow investors to factor out inflation before calculating how much money they made on the sale of a particular asset.
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Over the long term equities generate much higher returns than bonds, and allow investors to spread risk by diversifying their assets.
attract
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Note that eurobonds are unlikely to attract tax exempt investors such as pension funds, given the lower yield associated with bearer status.
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Their steady, reliable earnings growth attracts investors primarily when the economy is growing slowly or not at all.
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I was aware that building societies are in the habit of launching new products from time to time, primarily to attract new investors .
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To attract new investors and to dodge new regulations, the market became ever more arcane and complex.
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Acres of empty office space should attract investors .
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Also, utility stocks with their ample dividend yields tend to attract investor attention when rates are low elsewhere.
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Set up to provide money for growing companies, the stockmarket failed to attract investors .
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Persistent talk of takeovers attracted investors into the banking industry in the last year.
buy
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In Kuala Lumpur, shares scored a 2. 7 % advance, led by heavy buying by institutional investors .
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In Wellington, stocks fell, though losses were restrained by buying by overseas investors in the forestry sector.
expect
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A rising yield curve is explained by investors expecting future short-term interest rates to rise, i.e..
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The results encouraged investors expecting earnings disappointments because of a slowing economy.
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A falling yield curve is explained by investors expecting short-term rates to be lower in the future.
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The move came just days before the Alameda-based networking company told investors it expected slowing sales for the next few quarters.
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However, as this is a riskless hedge the investor should expect to receive the riskless rate of return.
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In times of very high interest rates, investors expect to see future short-term rates declining.
offer
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The rights issue is being offered to investors on the basis of two new shares at 12p each for every five held.
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Most stakeholder pensions will only offer investors a limited choice of mainstream funds, such as index trackers.
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The government may soon offer investors some fiscal carrots to do so.
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Index-linked gilts offer investors coupons and redemption values in real terms.
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They offer investors federal tax credits -- and, in some cases, matching provincial credits.
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Subic would seem to offer foreign investors a lot.
pay
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They pay a fixed income each year and promise to pay investors a set sum on a set date in the future.
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Traders say the bond will likely pay investors a coupon rate of 1. 3 percent or 1. 4 percent.
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L-P previously paid more attention to investors than it did to customers, employees and the environmental community, he added.
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If money is invested, then interest is paid to the investor .
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Although put bonds allow a company to pay investors lower interest rates, they can become a problem when they come due.
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A pyramid scheme creates the illusion of financial success by paying off early investors with funds provided by later investors.
sell
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Traders said selling by domestic investors knocked prices back from their midday highs.
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By precisely how much we shall see when we come to look at the attempts to sell them to private investors .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Foreign investors have shown considerable interest in the venture.
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Having made the initial payment, the investor need make no further effort.
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Most of the venture funds have come from foreign investors.
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Our financial consultants can advise the small investor .
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The British Gas sale attracted 4.5 million applications from small investors.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But even that market has suffered an attack of investor nerves.
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But few really think like investors.
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In the first few days of trading this year, nervous investors have already punished high-technology companies that have reported disappointing earnings.
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It is a disequilibrium situation which can not survive as it offers investors a profitable arbitrage opportunity.
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More recently, he managed private partnerships for institutional investors, along with Breazzano.
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That refund policy takes effect for investors as of Feb. 29, it said.
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The approach is attractive to foreign investors.