Georgia Shenk, Author at ׶Ƶ Know More. Risk Better.® Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:05:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-512x512-1-32x32.png Georgia Shenk, Author at ׶Ƶ 32 32 CFOs, After A Volatile Year, Capitalize on Favorable Conditions to Issue Debt https://www.wsj.com/articles/cfos-after-a-volatile-year-capitalize-on-favorable-conditions-to-issue-debt-c250227c#new_tab Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:05:54 +0000 /?p=17988 Finance chiefs are taking advantage of favorable conditions in the corporate bond market while they last.

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]]> Copper Levels Off https://www.tedmagazine-digital.com/tedmagazine/february_2024-a/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=1&folio=15#pg17#new_tab Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:29:49 +0000 /?p=17956 “Copper prices can only come off to a certain degree, even if demand should someday decline,” said Wen Li, a senior analyst in the Metals and Mining Group at ׶Ƶ,...

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]]> “Copper prices can only come off to a certain degree, even if demand should someday decline,” said Wen Li, a senior analyst in the Metals and Mining Group at ׶Ƶ, a Fitch Solutions company. “The production cost curves for many of these mining companies have moved up dramatically over the past five or 10years because of inflation, as well as the higher cost of labor and the higher expenses required to source raw materials as ore grades decline.”

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]]> At Dish Network, a bondholder vs. shareholder fight is brewing https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/dish-network-bonds-debt#new_tab Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:10:43 +0000 /?p=17437 There is no doubt that, as financing becomes harder for stressed issuers to access, they’ll look for creative ways to extend runways, to extract value from their creditors, and to...

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]]> There is no doubt that, as financing becomes harder for stressed issuers to access, they’ll look for creative ways to extend runways, to extract value from their creditors, and to restructure themselves without being forced to go through a bankruptcy,” says Josh Kramer, senior distressed analyst at ׶Ƶ.

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]]> Insurers Rake In Profits as Customers Pay Soaring Premiums https://www.wsj.com/finance/insurance-companies-profits-stock-ebae7fd1#new_tab Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:08:07 +0000 /?p=17435 The pain for home- and auto-insurance customers is quickly becoming investors’ gain. Insurance giants’ shares and profits are hitting records, thanks in part to steep rate hikes. Shares of Travelers...

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]]> The pain for home- and auto-insurance customers is quickly becoming investors’ gain. Insurance giants’ shares and profits are hitting records, thanks in part to steep rate hikes.

Shares of Travelers TRV 0.00% increase; green up pointing triangle, a bellwether for the property and casualty sector, closed at an all-time high earlier this week, up 35% from their lows last fall. The jump came after the company reported a record profit for its fourth quarter, boosted by double-digit rate increases in its business and personal insurance units.

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]]> Bayer holds call with bond investors after raft of bad news https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/bayer-holds-call-with-bond-investors-after-raft-bad-news-2023-11-22/#new_tab Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:05:39 +0000 /?p=16104 Bayer held a call with investors on Monday after a raft of bad news led some of them to question whether the German group had been upfront about its prospects...

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]]> Bayer held a call with investors on Monday after a raft of bad news led some of them to question whether the German group had been upfront about its prospects ahead of a $5.75 billion bond issuance.

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]]> M&S Back In Fashion With Credit Upgrade https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/m-and-s-back-in-fashion-with-credit-upgrade-sn25r5lns#new_tab Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:00:07 +0000 /?p=16102 Marks & Spencer’s credit rating has been upgraded from “junk” to “investment grade” as the high street stalwart’s turnaround propels it back into the ranks of Britain’s top flight companies.

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]]> Marks & Spencer’s credit rating has been upgraded from “junk” to “investment grade” as the high street stalwart’s turnaround propels it back into the ranks of Britain’s top flight companies.

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