1. Apple and Kmart can sell these risky securities in part because convertible securities are in short supply. 2. As a result, billions of dollars in risky securities known as derivatives moved from Wall Street to Main Street. 3. A record number of Canadian companies are choosing to finance expansion by issuing corporate bonds to investors looking for more risky securities that pay higher returns. 4. Allowing banks to continue posting the FDIC sign while also encouraging them to offer risky securities could lead to financial disaster. 5. Brazil abandoned a plan to swap billions of dollars of corporate debt for less risky securities supported by the government, because investors shunned the transaction. 6. But after being hurt last fall by the selloff of risky securities, many dealers will not commit capital to the junk-bond market, Fridson said. 7. But like most large Russian banks, it made questionable loans to related companies or gambled large sums on risky securities. 8. Emerging market debt was led lower by Argentina, as pessimism about rising U.S. interest rates drove investors out of relatively risky securities such as Brady bonds. 9. Goldman itself was hit by the shock-induced flight from risky securities that undercut the value of virtually all bonds except U.S. Treasuries. 10. More frequent disclosure might also discourage some funds from investing in risky securities altogether. |