Definitions

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  • adjective finance Not at a level where investment is considered wise or profitable.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ investment

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Examples

  • The table is sortable by country or agency, and ratings are color-coded from the highest triple-A rating (dark green) to subinvestment grade (orange.)

    European Sovereign Credit Ratings 2011

  • Moody's estimates the subinvestment-grade companies that it rates from Asia excluding Japan and Australia will need to refinance US$12 billion over the next three years.

    Asian 'Junk' Borrowers Face Big Refinance Challenge Ditas Lopez 2010

  • Moody's estimates the subinvestment-grade companies that it rates from Asia excluding Japan and Australia will need to refinance US$12 billion over the next three years.

    Asian 'Junk' Borrowers Face Big Refinance Challenge Ditas Lopez 2010

  • The Crossover index of 50 mostly subinvestment-grade borrowers was 0.06 percentage point wider at 5.07/5.11 percentage points.

    Cost of Insuring European Debt Against Default Rises Irene Chapple 2010

  • For high-grade issuers, there ' s a lot of choice in debt financing, but subinvestment-grade companies often find raising funds challenging.

    Asian Banks Gaining Ground as Global Financiers Nisha Gopalan 2010

  • Moody's estimates the subinvestment-grade companies that it rates from Asia excluding Japan and Australia will need to refinance US$12 billion over the next three years.

    Asian 'Junk' Borrowers Face Big Refinance Challenge Ditas Lopez 2010

  • The Manila-based company's bond would be only the third subinvestment-grade international bond from Asia this year.

    Philippine utility 2009

  • Mr. Miller and others estimate there is $2.3 trillion in leveraged and high-yield loans right now, with about one-quarter of that rated CCC or lower -- a subinvestment grade rating that indicates a higher likelihood of default.

    At Turnaround Conference, 2008

  • The index, which tracks the cost of protection against default on 50 mostly subinvestment-grade credits, tightened to about 4.8 percentage points from Monday's closing level of 4.865 percentage points.

    Asian Shares Tumble 2008

  • The high-grade Korea Development Bank and the subinvestment - grade Indonesian government raised a total of US$3 billion in debt last week, the first offshore bonds from Asia excluding Japan and Australasia in 2008.

    Nimble moves aid 2008

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