Examples of illiquid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The fact is that survivors tend to prefer cash over hard, illiquid assets. — Meredith Moore, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 Some firms are thinking about asking the Securities and Exchange Commission for relief from a cap on the proportion of illiquid securities that funds can hold—currently 15%—and from rules governing redemptions, people familiar with the matter said. — Justin Baer, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022 Investors would thus have an incentive to pile into illiquid assets such as real estate to avoid regularly liquidating stock to pay taxes. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 Another argument is that this will push people into illiquid, hard-to-value assets and out of the public markets. — Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2022 Regulation around investor suitability appropriately limits investment in illiquid, private companies to sophisticated investors who can accept that risk and liquidity profile. — Mike Ryan, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2022 State and local government retirement funds are increasing their reliance on the costly and illiquid asset class despite a strong performance from public markets in recent years. — Heather Gillers, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2022 For instance, 100 years ago a mortgage was an incredibly illiquid asset: A bank had little choice after issuing a mortgage other than collecting its monthly payments until the homeowner sold the house, defaulted, or paid it off. — Ike Brannon, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021 The tokenization of real estate brings with it a major advantage: The world's most illiquid asset class is made accessible to a broad investor base. — Levent Künzi, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021 See More

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