Illiquid

"Instead, a substantial portion of the bank's portfolio was placed in illiquid investments such as real estate and private equity," the SEC alleged. ❋ Maura Webber Sadovi (2010)

Some market experts worry that investing in illiquid assets, despite their inherent risks, has become almost mainstream. ❋ Unknown (2007)

[The] increase in illiquid investments raises concerns. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As prices went against them, the hedge funds continued to add to concentrated positions in illiquid securities, making their exposure worse! ❋ Unknown (1998)

The film adapts "Atlas Shrugged," a steamy libertarian novel featuring the ultimate corporate long-term illiquid investment, railroads. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A bank makes its money by "borrowing short" (deposits or repo) to "go long". (putting money in long-term illiquid assets) That means that a bank is required to hold liquid reserves and enough capital to meet its needs even in a crisis. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not only did financial institutions increase their risk exposure by loading up on long-term illiquid assets, (MBS, CDOs, CDSs) they also borrowed heavily on those dodgy assets so they could skim the cream off the top and add to their seven-digit incomes and lavish bonuses.

I call the illiquid securities "cash for trash" because the Fed has given treasury bills or cash in exchange for these distressed mortgage backed securities. ❋ Avery Goodman (2008)

But while numerous efforts to create new types of investment classes aimed at removing this imbalance (for examples, see the Founders Fund, Adeo Ressi’s The Funded and the newly launched SharesPost) have recently emerged, they fail to address the root cause, that of founders and investors being trapped in illiquid investments. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to the people and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Huttenlocher's team segregated equities and other liquid assets from most of the convertibles, which were harder to sell and therefore classified as illiquid, and instituted a plan to pay out investors over the course of several months. ❋ Jenny Strasburg (2011)

Investors also can choose how much in so-called illiquid assets they want to hold. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The development also shows the difficulties hedge-fund investors have getting out of so-called illiquid assets, which often are heavily concentrated in a few companies or involve stakes in private companies and which have been hard to sell except at steep discounts during the financial crisis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

BLITZER: No, no, no, but you accepted the core principle that there should be a bailout, there should be $700 billion as part of this package, that the U.S. government in effect should buy these so - called illiquid debts. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Not only did financial institutions increase their risk exposure by loading up on long-term illiquid assets, (MBS, ❋ Unknown (2009)

The remainder, mostly held in so-called illiquid investments, may take as long as three years to distribute, he said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Intellectually, too, Mr. Taylor says that universities are "illiquid," perhaps even broke. ❋ Unknown (2010)