LIBOR,
Other Interest Rate Indexes.
When an earnings rate is pegged to a financial index such as a stock, bond or
other interest rate index, the policy is an «Indexed Universal Life» contract.
Not exact matches
Interest rates offered by lenders may depend on your credit profile, loan term, changes to underlying interest rate index, and other
Interest rates offered by lenders may depend on your credit profile, loan term, changes to underlying
interest rate index, and other
interest rate index, and
other factors.
The
indexes also track
other factors that may influence the cost of income, such as
interest rates.)
As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising
interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and
other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers
Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.
As the RBA's operational target for monetary policy and the reference
rate for OIS (overnight
index swap) and
other financial contracts, the cash
rate is the risk - free
interest rate benchmark for the Australian dollar.
Roughly half of the ETFs have a higher correlation to treasury bonds and the
other half to the S&P 500
Index (i.e., CWB — convertible bonds, JNK — high yield corporate, PFF — preferred stock and XLU — utilities all react to
interest rates but are more correlated to the stock market than to treasury bonds).
In finance, a derivative is a contract that derives its value from the performance of an underlying asset or
other entity (such as an
index or
interest rate).
Adjustable
rate mortgages include all types of mortgages that tie the ongoing
interest rate to a moving
index published by the US Treasury or
other financial institution.
A floating
interest rate has two parts: one is a fixed
rate known as the spread and the
other is a variable
rate based on the benchmark
interest rate index.
Part of the
interest rate earned is a guaranteed minimum, commonly 1 - 3 % paid on 90 % of premiums paid; the
other part is linked to the specified equities
index.
And as stated previously above, modern commodity futures markets include a wide range of
interest -
rate instruments, currencies, stocks and
other indices such as the Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500.
Since the W - COSI is more steady than the
other popular
indexes more closely tied to market
interest rates, ARMs tied to this
index are good for you if
rates are rising (but not good if they are falling).
(The float - adjusted
index excludes bonds held by the Federal Reserve, which has been trying to depress bond yields and
other interest rates through its massive government - bond purchases.)
One policy lets you choose to invest in
indices (similar to their
indexed universal policy), while the
other essentially tracks market
interest rates.
The «dividend» is reset quarterly at a contractual spread over LIBOR (or some
other index), thus
interest rate risk discussed in the article is avoided.
Index A published
interest rate against which lenders measure the difference between the current
interest rate on an adjustable
rate mortgage and that earned by
other investments (such as one, three, and five year U.S. Treasury security yields, the monthly average
interest rate on loans closed by savings and loan institutions, and the monthly average costs - of - funds incurred by savings and loans), which is then used to adjust the
interest rate on an adjustable mortgage up or down.
On the
other hand, a variable
interest rate is not fixed over the life of the loan, and is typically tied to a financial
index, which itself is a measure of how well stocks, bonds, and
other market conditions are doing.
The
index combines
interest rates, household incomes, home prices and
other factors, such as the removal of the first home buyers» impetus to determine housing affordability.
One cash flow is generally fixed, while the
other is variable, that is, based on a a benchmark
interest rate, floating currency exchange
rate, or
index price.
Your
indexed annuity, like
other fixed annuities, also promises to pay a minimum
interest rate, even if the
index - linked
interest rate performs lower.
Variable -
rate plans have their interest charges based on benchmarks such as the prime interest rate, interest on U.S. Treasury Bills, the Federal Reserve Discount Rate or other inde
rate plans have their
interest charges based on benchmarks such as the prime
interest rate, interest on U.S. Treasury Bills, the Federal Reserve Discount Rate or other inde
rate,
interest on U.S. Treasury Bills, the Federal Reserve Discount
Rate or other inde
Rate or
other indexes.
Additionally, we may explore how well each of the
indices fills requirements of
other motivations behind commodity allocations such as liquidity, emerging markets exposure, or hedging against rising
interest rates.
NIFTY Financial Services — Total Return
Index (TRI) has a portfolio of companies under financial services which includes banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFC), housing finance, microfinance, stockbroking & allied services, wealth management, asset reconstruction companies,
rating agencies, asset management companies, depositories, pension companies, insurance companies, real estate investment trust (REITs), stock / commodities exchange and
other market intermediaries, payment intermediaries, statutory corporations, companies and
other bodies in which the government has financial or authoritative
interest.
The
index does not attempt to mitigate
other factors influencing the price of high yield bonds, such as credit risk, which may have a greater impact on high yield bond prices than changes in
interest rates.
This method may lead to a higher
interest rate than
other indexing methods.
Commodity ETPs are generally more volatile than broad - based ETFs and can be affected by increased volatility of commodities prices or
indexes as well as changes in supply and demand relationships,
interest rates, monetary and
other governmental policies or factors affecting a particular sector or commodity.
Some student loan
interest rates are tied to a financial
index or
other metric, which means that the rise or fall of the metric number dictates whether a loan's
rate goes up or down.
Index UL participation in the index may have a cap, margin, or other participation modifier, as well as a minimum guaranteed interest
Index UL participation in the
index may have a cap, margin, or other participation modifier, as well as a minimum guaranteed interest
index may have a cap, margin, or
other participation modifier, as well as a minimum guaranteed
interest rate.
One policy lets you choose to invest in
indices (similar to their
indexed universal policy), while the
other essentially tracks market
interest rates.
Trade capturing and settlements of all
interest rate derivatives and
other derivative products such as credit default swaps, ETD derivatives, bond options, swaptions and credit default
index swaps in custody accounting.
Interest rates offered by lenders may depend on your credit profile, loan term, changes to underlying interest rate index, and other
Interest rates offered by lenders may depend on your credit profile, loan term, changes to underlying
interest rate index, and other
interest rate index, and
other factors.
An adjustable -
rate mortgage has an
interest rate that moves up and down based on changes in some
other rate, called the «
index rate.»