There are major internal political stresses in China and economic stresses in Japan, which could cause either or both countries to begin to cash in some of the trillions they hold in U.S. financial assets.
In the meantime, you can either hold the cash in a money market fund, or invest it in a similar but not identical fund.
As I pointed out in the post, Apple, Microsoft and Cisco all have huge cash positions outside the country: each of them, in fact, hold the vast majority of their balance sheet cash in foreign accounts.
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That usually means CFOs are accounting for losses and have to hold cash in order to guarantee regulators that they have enough to pay their retiree commitments three years from now.
Bankers are happily comparing the amount of cash that people hold in America only 13% of their total wealth, according to Morgan Stanley to countries in Europe, where, for instance, Germans keep 33% of their wealth in cash.
Typically, governments hold cash reserves in their central bank as foreign exchange reserves for the purpose of stabilizing currency and management of liquidity.
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Citizens too, if they are able to do so, have a huge economic incentive right now to take their money out of Greek banks, and either hold it in cash or transfer it to a perceived safe haven, such as Germany.
O. is to buy a stable company with cash, and then hold onto it in perpetuity without killing the golden goose.
If you hold your entire portfolio in cash or bonds, you run the risk of losing out to inflation.
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What they say occurs is that the central bank forces those in the economy to hold more cash than they really want.
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Behind the scenes, of course, changes in V reflected changes in the demand to hold money (cash balances), k.
By and large, most economists I speak to think the Chancellor's decision to take hold of that big cash surplus sitting in the Bank of England's quantitative easing account is perfectly sensible.
Banks are required to hold 5% of their reserves in cash and at least 25% in government debt.
The interest rate allows me to discount the value of some cash payment in the future to the value the principle would hold for me if I had it now.
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The idea is one that has widespread support in the Valley, given how much overseas cash tech companies hold.
In April, Facebook forbade employees who hold shares to cash out to other investors.
This creates a cash incentive to hold shares of the company and allows investors to participate in rising earnings.
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Regulators say holding back a small amount of customer cash would decrease the amount of capital that firms would have to hold in reserve and compare the idea to a minimum account balance required by banks.
Even in this volatile market, it is not wise to hold all cash or low-earning certificates of deposit.
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This means that the rate of US inflation is likely to fall, meaning investors have less reason to hold gold to avoid a corresponding decline in the value of cash investments.
The Internet does not, and never did, hold out the hope of a nirvana in which such things as cash flow, delivery of goods or sales service would become trivia.
"The FSA says in public that we're sitting on more cash than they are forcing us to hold, " he said.
In June, regulators approved final rules that will force banks to hold more cash on hand for their trading activities and any potential losses.
Yet the Republican National Committee and Romney, a mechanical campaigner whose ability to inspire passion in the Republican base was widely questioned during the primaries, hold a huge cash advantage over Obama.
That means they have to hold onto more cash, rather than lend it out, thus cutting into liquidity, in theory.
If deflation took hold, the gap in demand left by those fleeing debt would not be filled by cash-rich consumers, who tend to be less free-spending.
Finally, investors in hedge funds will get greater protection if the fund goes bust because the banks that hold the cash and assets of a hedge fund will have increased liability.
One possible hold up for the smaller stores: they do not yet have the cash flow or capital to invest in the necessary equipment to make them as successful as the larger companies.
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