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GameStop Follows MSTR's Footsteps: Why Will Investors Buy Convertible Notes With No Interest?
Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 7:52am | 837As GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) has announced a convertible bond offering to acquire Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), mirroring Strategy Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:STR) plan, experts explain why investors would buy a bond with a 0% coupon. What Happened: After announcing the change in its investment policy to include...
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Michael Saylor's MSTR Provides Bitcoin Exposure To Bondholders With Its 'Novel Strategy:' Tom Lee Says It's Helping 'Bond Managers Outperform' The Market
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 8:43am | 922Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, has helped bond managers to outperform since the company has issued 0% convertible bonds. According to this analyst, MSTR's "novel strategy" has the potential for great upside in the future. What Happened: After MSTR established itself as a...
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Bitcoin Miner MARA Holdings Raises $850M In 0% Convertible Notes, Offering A 40% Premium Over Current Share Price
Monday, December 9, 2024 - 8:39am | 821Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARA) recently completed its $850 million offering of 0% convertible senior notes due 2031. This happened soon after it completed a $1 billion offering of 0% convertible senior notes due 2030 in November. What Happened: The sale of the notes was completed in...
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Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Convertible Notes To Buy Bitcoin Offer No Interest, So Why Are Investors Rushing To Buy Them?
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 8:25am | 867Michael Saylor‘s MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR) recently completed its $3 billion offering of 0% convertible senior notes due 2029. These notes provide the investors with the protection of fixed-income security while enabling them to participate in the equity upside. What Happened: The sale...
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A Bond ETF With An Equity Feel
Friday, March 29, 2019 - 1:04pm | 537Investors looking for bonds that often feel like stocks can consider convertible bonds, which are easily accessible via the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Convertible Securities ETF (NYSE: CWB). Convertible bonds are hybrid securities that give investors the option to convert those bonds into shares of...
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Convertible Collection: A Different Fixed-Income ETF
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 - 8:26am | 520Investors looking to add some spice their fixed-income portfolios, particularly during rising interest rate environments, can consider convertible bonds. Convertibles are hybrid securities because they are bonds with embedded options that allow investors to convert the bonds into equity in the...
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iShares Rolls Out New Convertible Bond ETF
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 1:56pm | 473Up until this week, finding an index of convertible bonds has been limited to just a single participant in the exchange-traded fund world. The SPDR Barclays Convertible Securities ETF (NYSE: CWB) debuted in 2009 and has been able to successfully gather over $3 billion in total assets. Convertible...