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David Herzog, AIG's chief financial officer, said in February that the company expects "the redeployment of cash and short-term investments into longer-term higher-yielding securities will provide opportunity to improve future earnings."

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Investors earlier in the week had flocked to the dollar after ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned that with its bloated budget deficits, the U.S. faced a negative outlook, sending nervous market participants out of higher-yielding assets and—somewhat incongruously—into the dollar.

Traders Unload Dollar in 'Hunt for Yield' Bradley Davis 2011

There also remains a possibility that the European Central Bank could raise rates some time soon to combat inflation in the currency bloc, which would enhance the attraction of the higher-yielding euro.

Dollar Slips on Fed News Andrew J. Johnson 2011

These bubbles are further inflated by the flow of short-term "hot" money into developing economies as investors borrow at low interest rates in the United States, Europe and Japan and invest in much higher-yielding instruments in developing countries.

Davos shows us the instability of a tripartite global economy Steven Pearlstein 2011

In the longer term, though, investors should prefer higher-yielding property such as warehouses and industrial facilities.

Weak Start for Europe's Property Stocks William Boston 2011

NEW YORK—Casting aside worries over the long-term fiscal health of the U.S. in favor of the continued easy-money policies of its central bank, investors dumped the dollar for the allure of higher-yielding currencies.

Traders Unload Dollar in 'Hunt for Yield' Bradley Davis 2011

NEW YORK—Risk-taking resumed Tuesday as currency traders took stock of Standard & Poor's announcement of a negative rating outlook for U.S. debt and decided it wouldn't derail global growth or the market's general preference for higher-yielding currencies.

After Ratings Panic, Traders Embrace Risk, Euro Andrew J. Johnson 2011

One straightforward strategy is to increase the weighting of the higher-yielding — and higher-risk — bonds in a portfolio.

Party Goes On in Corporates Matthieu Wirz 2011

The euro jumped to a new 15-month high against the dollar as traders flocked to riskier, higher-yielding assets.

What's News— 2011

The junk-bond market, by contrast, went on a tear in 2010, particularly in the fourth quarter as investors reached for higher-yielding investments in riskier assets.

Banks Dined on Junk and IPOs Liz Rappaport 2011