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Are Insurance Companies Safe?

Tucker Advisors

They have been called the debt managers of the world. Shortly after The Great Recession began unraveling in 2008, many people feared insurance companies would suffer the same fate as investment banks like Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns, Wachovia and Washington Mutual. By Sam Deleo Tucker Advisors Senior Content Specialist/Editor.

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Government Debt and Stock Returns

ClearMoney

Becker and Ivashina (2018) argue that government debt instruments could compete with those of corporations in the financial markets, crowding out lending that would otherwise go toward corporations. Fiscal Service, Federal Debt Held by the Public” [FYGFDPUN]. Global Debt Database.” General Government Debt” (indicator).

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Is $22 Trillion a Tipping Point?

ClearMoney

Becker and Ivashina (2018) argue that government debt instruments could compete with those of corporations in the financial markets, crowding out lending that would otherwise go toward corporations. 3General government debt from OECD (2021). 4Central government debt from International Monetary Fund (2021). Global Debt Database.”