#investors

Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled their capital, corporate leaders would have to respond. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#bribery #capital #cared #company #corporate

Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of the tiger. In terms of the general complacency, what we heard over and over from investors and clients and potential clients is, 'yes, yes, there are some excesses, but the government will figure out a way.' ↗

— James Chanos

#australia #china #clearly #clients #complacency

So much of what happened to India late last year and early into 2011 is the same story we've seen with other big emerging markets, and that is that investors started to realize that the growth trajectory in India would have to get moderated by tightening policy. ↗

— Jerrry A. Webman

#early #emerging #get #growth #happened

Defaulting on the nation's debt would be cataclysmic. The U.S. Treasury's Aaa rating is the one constant in the world's financial system. When times are bad anywhere on the planet, global investors flock to Treasury bonds because they know they will get their money back. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#back #bad #because #bonds #cataclysmic

Investor demand for distressed property has been healthy, as rents rise to levels that can cover investors' costs while they wait for properties to appreciate. Giving investors a small tax break should further juice up demand, supporting prices for distressed homes and the market in general. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#been #break #costs #cover #demand

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat this process because it provides the highest return on that financial capital. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#being #capital #companies #concentrated #corporations

To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#allow #cause #definitely #earnings #erode

Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#delays #discouraging #granting #investment #investors

And so Fannie Mae produces very strong results for investors in - when interest rates are high and when interest rates are low, in recession and during booms. ↗

— Franklin Raines

#fannie #high #interest #investors #low

Right now the long-term investors are telling us that they're not as concerned about inflation and so we're seeing these rates now move into the marketplace and out to the street - rates that individuals can get. ↗

— Franklin Raines

#concerned #get #individuals #inflation #into