Gentlemen prefer bonds

10-Sep-2010

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An eternal optimist, Liu-Yue built two social enterprises to help make the world a better place. Liu-Yue co-founded Oxstones Investment Club a searchable content platform and business tools for knowledge sharing and financial education. Oxstones.com also provides investors with direct access to U.S. commercial real estate opportunities and other alternative investments. In addition, Liu-Yue also co-founded Cute Brands a cause-oriented character brand management and brand licensing company that creates social awareness on global issues and societal challenges through character creations. Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Liu-Yue worked as an Executive Associate at M&T Bank in the Structured Real Estate Finance Group where he worked with senior management on multiple bank-wide risk management projects. He also had a dual role as a commercial banker advising UHNWIs and family offices on investments, credit, and banking needs while focused on residential CRE, infrastructure development, and affordable housing projects. Prior to M&T, he held a number of positions in Latin American equities and bonds investment groups at SBC Warburg Dillon Read (Swiss Bank), OFFITBANK (the wealth management division of Wachovia Bank), and in small cap equities at Steinberg Priest Capital Management (family office). Liu-Yue has an MBA specializing in investment management and strategy from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Marketing from Stern School of Business at NYU. He also completed graduate studies in international management at the University of Oxford, Trinity College.







Gentlemen prefer bonds.

-Andrew Mellon

Bonds are less volatile than equities and will generate a more predictable and stable return for investors. There is also a less likely chance that bonds will cause serious risk of capital impairment.  This is because bonds sit higher up in the capital structure and therefore offer more downside protection to investors.  If a company goes bankrupt and its stock goes to zero, stockholders may get nothing.  However, the bond holders of a company may potentially receive full or partial compensation based on the value of the remaining company assets after the secured debt holders are paid off.

-Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam


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