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title: Boosting Corporate Bond Earnings
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4925181/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4925181
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4925181
featured: 2024-08-15
citations: unknown
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
---


# Boosting Corporate Bond Earnings

Insurers are increasing corporate bond investments and reducing equity and cash holdings to enhance earnings, especially when parent companies barely meet or exceed quarterly earnings forecasts.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4925181
- Identifier: SSRN 4925181
- Released: 2024-08-14
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 61 (2024-08-15): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-08-15/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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