Sentence examples for holdings to write from inspiring English sources

And the descending share prices sent banks, which depend on their stock holdings to write off nonperforming loans, into deeper crisis, creating a vicious sell-off, Mr. Miyake said.

For years, the banks have sold large chunks of their stock holdings and used the profits to write off bad loans.

(In both cases there is a whiff of hypocrisy: Berkshire dabbles in derivatives and it was recently forced to write down holdings that regulators deemed overvalued).Even before this week the 80-year-old's succession-planning had looked hazy.

(In both cases there is a whiff of hypocrisy: Berkshire dabbles in derivatives and it was recently forced to write down holdings that regulators deemed overvalued).The affair will fuel talk that Mr Buffett's halo is slipping.

In October it said Europe's biggest banks needed to raise €106.5bn to deepen their buffers; now some analysts are suggesting that up to €300bn could be required because of worsening losses on exposure to sovereign debt holdings they are being forced to write down.

While some big, institutional investors are missing capital calls, and big universities are mulling dumping some of their venture holdings, not everyone is going to write off venture.

JPMorgan Chase has just become the first bank to write down its holdings, saying it may lose $600m, or half the value it had put on them.

Cypriot banks took a blow when they were forced to write down their holdings of Greek government debt as part of that country's second bailout.

The European Central Bank argues that a de facto default by a euro zone country would undermine confidence in other countries like Portugal and Ireland while forcing hard-pressed European banks to write down their holdings.

Nevertheless, Merrill's decision to write down its holdings as it did gives a clear signal to other banks and brokerage firms that valuing similar assets at lofty levels is no longer acceptable or credible.

The Cypriot authorities have repeatedly pushed back against such terms, saying the primary reason their banking system took a body blow was because they had to write down their holdings of Greek government debt as part of that country's second bailout.