Platts to Announce 2008 Top 250 Global Energy Companies - 04 Aug 2008 MarketWatchEnergy companies are grouped according to their Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS(R)) code. The top performers will be announced at the third
Most, but not all, savings are insured - 04 Aug 2008 The Gazette (Montreal),So, if you have several chequing and savings accounts and maybe GICs in one bank, you will get back only up to $100000. Anything over that limit is not
Safe, secure GICs have downsides - Jul 29, 2008 Financial Post,Guaranteed Investment Certificates, or GICs as they are commonly known, are extremely popular savings vehicles. They are the classic safe investments that
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to US Indices - Jul 30, 2008 MarketWatchHeadquartered in Norwalk, CT, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Internet Retail Sub-Industry
National Bank Financial to distribute Pacific & Western Bank GICs - Jul 23, 2008 Canada NewsWire (press release),...(TSX:PWC) today announced that National Bank Financial has commenced distributing the GICs of PWC's wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific & Western Bank of
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to US Indices - Jul 24, 2008 FOXBusinessHeadquartered in El Segundo, CA, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Health Care Services Sub-Industry
MBIA, Ambac and GICs: The Other View - Jul 10, 2008 Seeking Alpha,One hedge fund manager also emailed me with the same possibility – that the GICs issued by MBIA (and MBIA) will impact parent company liquidity through
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to US Indices - Jul 17, 2008 FOXBusinessHeadquartered in St. Louis, MO, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Coal & Consumable Fuels
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to US Indices - Jul 9, 2008 MarketWatchHeadquartered in Bala Cynwyd, PA, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Property & Casualty
Dealers in GIC Probe Subpoenaed - Jul 29, 2008 Bond Buyer (subscription),The requests also cover forward purchase or forward delivery agreements, unsecured or uncollateralized GICs, repurchase agreements or collateralized GICs,
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to US Indices - Jul 7, 2008 FOXBusinessHeadquartered in Houston, TX, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Priorities change as retirement looms - Jul 31, 2008 BCLocalNews,While traditional debt investments — government bonds or bank GICs — continue to provide a measure of safety and security to a well-balanced retirement
Ambac surges after collateral-posting disclosure - Jul 8, 2008 MarketWatchGuaranteed investment contracts, or GICs, provide institutions a certain rate of return on specific amounts of money. Providers promise to pay an agreed
Treatment Of The Merger Of Gaz De France And Suez In The S&P ... - Jul 14, 2008 Exchange News Direct,The company will be added to the S&P Europe 350 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Multi-Utilities sub-industry. Suez Environnement SA (France,
Fixed-income investments made simple - Jul 18, 2008 Vancouver Sun,The return potential on corporate bonds generally exceeds government bonds and GICs, but the risk element increases. Another common form of fixed income
GIC's are not a sure bet for return on investment - Jul 14, 2008 Metro Canada - Toronto,Many people seem to be looking at GICs (Guaranteed Investment Certificates) or Government Savings Bonds as an option. Both provide safety of principal and a
Rate This Article - Jul 14, 2008 Financial Express,Finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has pulled up the four state-owned general insurance companies (GICs), which have rapidly lost marketshare to their
Dividend Growth Stocks: A Salve for the Bear's Bite - Jul 15, 2008 Seeking Alpha,First, note that the stocks come from 8 of the 10 GICS economic sectors and vary across the market cap spectrum - one can use these stocks as part of a
GIC impacts CDO - Jul 11, 2008 Structured Credit Investor (subscription),The watch placement is being interpreted by analysts as a ratings issue rather than an economic problem, as the assets underpinning GICs are mainly
StarMine awards rank analysts against their peers based on ... - Aug 2, 2008 South China Morning Post (subscription),In some instances in Hong Kong and China, the GICS has resulted in industries that are not large enough for ranking purposes. When this has been the case,
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to US Indices - Jul 10, 2008 MarketWatchHeadquartered in Purchase, NY, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Data Processing & Outsourced Services
It's complex, but financial institutions have insurance - Aug 1, 2008 Cherry Hill Courier Post,Typically, a state guaranty association won't cover guaranteed investment contracts, or GICs, which are common features in 401(k) savings plans.
States jointly probing muni derivatives bids - Jul 29, 2008 ReutersAuthorities were especially concerned that pricing had been for guaranteed investment contracts, or GICs, agreements typically offered by insurance
Los Angeles sues Wall St banks, bond insurers - Jul 24, 2008 Forbes,Department's Antitrust Division, the Internal Revenue Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission that initially focused on GICs for municipal bonds.
What's in our closet? - Jul 30, 2008 Sympatico MSN Finance,It's a mix of money market funds (20%), laddered GICs (30%), short-term bond funds (30%), and universe bond funds (20%). If you applied this formula using a
Outlook for Chinese and Hong Kong ADRs - Jul 28, 2008 Seeking Alpha,The best performing GICS sectors for the ADRs were consumer discretionary, health care and IT, which all lost 15% ytd in market weighted terms.
Covering Covered Bonds - Jul 29, 2008 istockAnalyst.com,Are banks going to buy GICs from insurers? BICs from other banks? I don’t know. Maybe I am misundstanding that part. My conclusion, after all that,
Manulife Investor Sentiment Index rises slightly as investors adjust - Jul 23, 2008 CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Fixed income investments (including GICs and annuities) climbed to second place among most popular categories this quarter, rising four points from March.
Piemonte Named Director Of Golden Griffin Fund - Jul 22, 2008 Canisius College,...the portfolio are a mix of growth and value-type companies, and cover most of the major sectors of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).
Bear market means it's time to invest - Jul 21, 2008 Leader Post,The sole motivation for selling all equities is to get out of the equity market and seek shelter in safe investments such as term deposits, GICs,
Stocks complying with Islamic law perform better - Jul 20, 2008 Emirates Business 24/7,S&P's Global Benchmark Shariah Index Series covers 52 developed and emerging markets as well as ten GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) sectors.
Vote for your favourite nominees - Jul 18, 2008 Winnipeg Free Press,...change your investments within any of these plans without making a taxable withdrawal, and your investment options are wide open, from stocks to GICs.
Schuldscheine debut - Jul 16, 2008 Structured Credit Investor (subscription),The watch placement is being interpreted by analysts as a ratings issue rather than an economic problem, as the assets underpinning GICs are mainly
Preferred share woes - Jul 14, 2008 Sympatico MSN Finance,I told him at the time that safety was my main concern and he said these were the next safest thing to GICs. These preferred shares have come down quite a
How You Can Shop For A 529 Savings Account - Jul 7, 2008 Investor's Business Daily (subscription)ETFs and guaranteed investment contracts (GICs)," Hurley said. You might end up holding individual stocks in a separately managed account.
Loan refi concerns emerge - Jul 23, 2008 Structured Credit Investor (subscription),...the sale of guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) - that could be materially impacted by downgrades to low investment grade by either Moody's or S&P.
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