DISCOUNT INSTRUMENTS Many money market instruments are discount securities (e.g. U.S. Treasury bills, agency discount notes, and commercial paper) ... securities. Other useful articles: INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INVESTING FUNDS RETURN ON INVESTMENT INVESTMENT FUNDS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday the United States must find a way regulators can allow investment banks to fail without threatening the stability of the financial system. Adding some flesh to his plan for the ...

Britain and the United States must overhaul their outdated banking regulatory systems to give better advance warning of future economic turbulence, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday. Paulson said the U.S. Federal Reserve needs ...

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday that the United States must strengthen its process for regulators to unwind failing investment banks without threatening the stability of the financial system. Adding ...

With equity markets reeling lately—and the Dow Jones industrial average delivering its biggest first-half percentage decline in 38 years—investors have fled stocks for the perceived safety of U.S. Treasury bonds. There's little incentive these ...

June 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson joined Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair in calling for bank regulators to have clear procedures for dealing with a failing investment bank. Paulson said it needs to be ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Financial markets are starting to heal thanks to the coordinated actions of the Federal Reserve and other major central banks to alleviate a squeeze in money markets, a senior U.S. Treasury official said in Tokyo on Monday. Clay ...