Archive for February, 2010

The risks of leveraged debt

The leveraged debt means when a person or business makes large investment by taking the help of financial resources including borrowings or loans. Leveraged debts are taken for three main investments:
• In business it is taken to magnify the returns. The borrowed capital is used mostly to augment the operations of the business in large [...]

Exchange traded notes – what are they?

Exchange traded notes popularly known as ETNs came in market in 2006. There are many banks that issue ETNs. Some of the popular exchange traded notes are the ones issued by Barclays bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, UBS and Morgan Stanley.
An ETN is an unsecured, unsubordinated senior debt security that is issued by the [...]