belgian dentist
French translation: dentiste belge (image du petit porteur, du bon père de famille qui place régulièrement ses deniers dans des investissements faci
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| 5 +1 | une personne qui achète une valeur à quand son prix est très bas (voire définition ci-desous) |
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| 5 | Reference to the Belgian professionals' love of bonds ... |
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| 5 | "dentiste belge" |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1une personne qui achète une valeur à quand son prix est très bas (voire définition ci-desous) Explanation: Taken from the article at the "sharechat" URL provided below: Retail investors, like the proverbial Belgian dentist, can buy the security in low values and at an attractive high yield. Incidentally, there may be a lot of pain in Belgian dental surgeries now because the New Zealand dollar has lost 44% in value since September, 1997, when many now-maturing eurokiwi were issued. D'autres exemples : WSJ.com - Dutch, Belgians Remain Risk-Averse; Younger ... ... to Luxembourg to buy their 10% bond coupons. The stereotype of the Belgian dentist counting his bond coupons appears to have some truth," says Mark Hofmans ... www.wsj.com/public/current/articles/SB993672867246917808.ht... - 22k - Cached - Similar pages Policy Pete: Oldies And Not Necessarily Goodies ... Tax Cuts and the Proverbial Belgian Dentist. Pete's been wrong about lots of things and high among them are his constant warnings that the Belgian dentist is ... qv3.com/policypete/background(5).htm - 47k - Cached - Similar pages Marriott Harrison : SME Business & Company Start-Ups ... entrance on to the small business stage of that apocryphal figure, the Belgian dentist, by allowing companies to go to rich individuals directly to persuade ... www.marriottharrison.co.uk/mh16-14.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages Scoop: Sludge Report #18 – Who Shrunk The Economy! ... owned deposits – backing NZ loans - rose by $3.5 billion! Basically the Belgian dentist now has NZ by the balls. He is capitalising his interest and is not ... www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0006/S00129.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages Traumatismes dentaires - [ Translate this page ] ... ans). Belgian Dentist (tout ce que vous devriez oser demander à votre chirurgien dentiste). Trauma ... traumadent.u-strasbg.fr/pages/acteursliens.htm - 30k - Cached - Similar pages The cuckoo's egg - NBR Personal Investor article - sharechat ... ... Retail investors, like the proverbial Belgian dentist, can buy the security in low values and at an attractive high yield. Incidentally, there may be a lot of ... www.sharechat.co.nz/news/nbr/article.php/4cf023f0 - 18k - Cached - Similar pages J@pan Inc. Mag. 06/00 - Stockwatch - Hikari Crash Was ... ... them all through Europe to retail investors (like the proverbial Belgian dentist). The process of hedging these financial products required capital markets ... www.japaninc.net/mag/comp/2000/06/jun00_stockwatch_hikari.h... - 22k - Cached - Similar pages The Euro a strategic view ... be less wealthy, but perhaps a little more aggressive than the traditional "Belgian dentist" who enjoyed prominence at the outset of the "euromarkets" 30 years ... www.bankofbermuda.com/globalfundservices/viewpoint/winter98... euroastrategicview.htm - 26k - Cached - Similar pages Reference: http://www.sharechat.co.nz/features/nbr/article.php/4cf023f0 |
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Reference to the Belgian professionals' love of bonds ... Explanation: ... with the stereotype Belgian dentist counting bond coupons. http://www.wsj.com/public/current/articles/SB993672867246917... Cross the border to Belgium and Dutch conservatism can appear downright racy. Not only do the Belgians have a reputation for being among the world's biggest savers, they also have a love affair with bonds. According to the survey, 17% of Belgian households own bonds, seven percentage points more than the 12-nation average. The reason: For years Belgians have flocked to nearby Luxembourg, where they can invest in bonds, free from exchange-rate risk and -- perhaps more importantly -- withholding tax. "For decades Belgian professionals have made the annual pilgrimage to Luxembourg to buy their 10% bond coupons. The stereotype of the Belgian dentist counting his bond coupons appears to have some truth," says Mark Hofmans, general director of GFK Ad hoc Research Worldwide, the Brussels-based research firm that conducted the survey on behalf of The Wall Street Journal Europe. |
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"dentiste belge" Explanation: Les deux réponses précédentes sont inexactes. Le terme de "dentiste belge" fait référence à l'investisseur typique acquérant des euro-obligations pour échapper aux impôts sur les revenus (très élevés en Belgique). Cf la définition donnée dans la première référence ci-dessous: "stérétotype de l'investisseur en euro-obligations intéressé par les obligations en devises étrangères non nominatives et par voie de conséquence non imposées". Voir également (2ème référence) le Journal of Economic Studies: "l'un des principaux attraits des euro-obligations (pour le célèbre dentiste belge et ses semblables peu friands d'impôts) a historiquement été le fait qu'elles sont au porteur et non nominatives, ce qui en ferait un outil idéal pour l'évasion fiscale" (p. 28) Le dentiste belge n'est donc pas un investisseur choisissant les placements faciles: au contraire, les euro-obligations sont des placements sophistiqués. Ce n'est pas non plus un bon père de famille qui cherche à placer de maigres économies: les placements en euro-obligations demandent une mise de fonds considérable et, personnellement, je ne connais pas de dentiste qui ait des fins de mois difficiles. Le stéréotype bienconnu de l'investisseur précautionneux qui cherche à protéger ses faibles économies est la "veuve de Carpentras". C'est plus près de chez vous! J'espère que vous aurez encore le temps de corriger le tir. Amicalement. Reference: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olc/dl/27938/ross4ppt_ch21.p... Reference: http://www.jibs.net/Archive/1986/17_2_86_21.pdf |
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