Sentences with phrase «in a low interest rate environment like»

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In the mad scramble for loan creation during the final phase of the Housing Bubble, the government created an environment of essentially free money by allowing the big agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (or Phony and Fraudie, as I often affectionately refer to them), to securitize loans to the bottom of the barrel risks with crazy terms like no money down and incredibly low «teaser» interest rates.

Going as far back as 75 years, I can not recall a single instance of the stock market and economy crashing during a low interest rate environment like we are in now.

I've recently noticed a significant amount of mania - like behavior in which investors simply ignore valuations and it does feel like we're in the euphoric stage of the bull market in which everyone can make money from stocks and the low interest - rate environment has helped perpetuate it.

But I do not like bonds and feel they carry high risk without adequate reward in today's low interest rate environment.

He also takes a conservative approach to how much money one needs in retirement, using a 4 % withdrawal assumption, which in a low interest - rate and mid-to-high P / E environment like today is only reasonable.

I have the majority of my investments in index funds at Vanguard in a taxable account, but don't like bond funds paying next to nothing in a rising interest rate environment, though their low correlation to stocks would be nice, return free risk though.

I've recently noticed a significant amount of mania - like behavior in which investors simply ignore valuations and it does feel like we're in the euphoric stage of the bull market in which everyone can make money from stocks and the low interest - rate environment has helped perpetuate it.

In recent years, Canada's long - running low interest rate environment has bolstered the popularity of real estate investing as people search for alternative investments that promise greater returns than they might otherwise be able to achieve through conventional investments like stocks and bonds.

In our current low interest rate environment that may not sound like much but it has a dramatic effect over the longer term.