Sentences with phrase «against interest rate increase»

I'm considering buying a put future to hedge against interest rate increase.

Non-traditional bond funds, viewed as an alternative to long - only bond funds and a protective hedge against interest rate increases, have continued to disappoint in the aggregate.

If you have any bonds in your portfolio (that you plan on keeping as rates are rising) then investing in some TBT covered calls could act as a hedge against those interest rate increases.

Not exact matches

Gold edged down on Monday, retreating further from last week's 3-1/2 month high as the dollar clawed back some ground against the buoyant euro and as traders bet on further increases to U.S. interest rates after Friday's payrolls data.

Fed vice-chairman Stanley Fischer explained the arguments for and against an early increase in US interest rates, Spanish economy minister Luis de Guindos said.

The dollar fell a cent against the U.S. currency as traders realized the odds of another interest - rate increase this year had become remote.

Canada's central bank opted against raising interest rates on Oct. 25, deciding that two quarter - point increases over the summer are enough for now.

The metal has traditionally had an inverse relationship to interest rates, with demand for the precious metal increasing when rates are low, as they currently are, and is often seen as a hedge against inflation.

This is especially helpful for consumers who have stable but tight finances, as it protects them against the possibility of rising interest rates that could otherwise increase the cost of their loan.

Concerns that a possible rise in inflation in the United States could lead the Fed to increase the pace of interest rate hikes has caused nerves on Wall Street, and American investment products that bet against volatility seem to have contributed to Monday's stock rout.

This equity may be borrowed against down the road to make home improvements and further increase the property's value, or to consolidate higher interest rate revolving or term debt and save money each month.

That's a tough sell at a time when public opinion has tilted sharply against cutting taxes on the rich, and when a low unemployment rate and Federal Reserve interest rate increases have eliminated the case for fiscal stimulus.

Asset prices reflect whatever banks will lend against them, so easier credit terms (such as lower interest rates, lower down payments and more time to pay back loans) increase the asking prices of everything else.

Rather, the increase in spreads appears to reflect both tightness in the Commonwealth Government bond market (where supply remains limited and demand by foreign investors appears to have increased) and upward pressure on swap rates (one benchmark against which corporate bonds are priced) as companies have sought to lock in fixed - rate borrowings due to expected increases in interest rates.

However, bond yields have been mostly driven by US developments, where bond yields appear unusually low against a background of strong growth, rising inflation and increasing short - term interest rates.

If you have variable interest rates on your private student loans, you may consider refinancing and opting for fixed interest rates to hedge against future increases.

«While Pensions overall continued to have solid returns against a backdrop of challenging macroeconomic factors, the decline in long - term interest rates has likely increased plan liabilities,» said Scott MacDonald, managing director, Pensions, RBC Investor & Treasury Services.

Secular politicians joined the fray when presenting themselves as crusaders against Haredi imposition served their interests, and the media was happy to sensationalize everything in order to sell newspapers and increase television ratings.

Because adding debt against the value of your house increases your risk of default, lenders charge higher interest rates for second mortgages.

If nominal interest rates increased at a faster rate than inflation, then real interest rates might rise, leading to a decrease in the value of inflation - protected securities.Diversification does not assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.

VTR is currently my top pick for my Empire portfolio mainly for the reasons you mentioned and also because they have some built - in protection against rising interest rates (cost of living adjustments / annual rent increases).

In 2012, he voted against a bill that would have increased student loan interest rates (offset for «Obamacare»).

He was against actions to increase federal higher education funding before 2010, and he voted to take away politics form the important process of determining interest rates in 2013.

But if your interest rate and points are locked in, you should be protected against increases while your application is processed.

Against the advantage of the lower payment at the beginning of the loan, you should weigh the risk that an increase in interest rates will lead to higher monthly payments in the future.

Since mortgage interest rates are constantly changing, we offer the option of «locking - in» a current Credit Union rate to protect you against an increase during the loan process.

Tim, you have a good point from precedent that courts would not side against Chase on their issuance of levying finance charges as de facto interest rate increases.

You have to weigh the risk that an increase in interest rates could lead to higher monthly payments in the future against the disadvantages.

So in order to Bulletproof Your Business against the inventory shortage and increasing mortgage interest rates you need to spend more of your marketing efforts going direct to the public for business.

If the variable interest rate increases, the fixed - rate portion of the loan acts as a cushion against higher costs.

Against these advantages, you have to weigh the risk that an increase in interest rates would lead to higher monthly payments in the future.

Because they're not susceptible to market forces, fixed - rate mortgages guard you against payment increases from interest rate spikes.

For long term investments, CD laddering allows you to take advantage of long term rates while protecting you against missing potential short term increases in interest.

Extra payments now might also serve as a cushion against future increases in mortgage payments if interest rates rise.

APRs hold steady as Fed opts against rate increase — The Federal Reserve held off on lifting interest rates, giving credit card holders a temporary reprieve from higher APRs... (See Fed)

When interest rates increase, the value of bonds decrease because the fixed coupon payment is less attractive against higher - yielding investments.

The Credit CARD Act of 2009 helped to increase protection against interest rate hikes and overlimit fees.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

Although low interest rates may force a price increase in the future, existing clients are guaranteed against cancellation or future rate increases.

But if your interest rate and points are locked in, you should be protected against increases while your application is processed.

Neither Trump nor Clinton have come out against anything specific to the real estate industry, such as abolishing the mortgage interest deduction, and the latest policy hints from Washington, D.C., have been favorable to the industry, including no rush to increase interest rates from the Federal Reserve and the recently discussed loosening of FHA financing requirements for condominium buyers.