Sentences with phrase «against one's own interests»

It works against the interest of most middle - income homeowners.

The banks also sell some type of insurance against interest rate fluctuations — which is also known as fixed rate mortgage.

This works against the interest of taxpayers of modest means who make small donations of personal property to charities.

«If they vote for this, they're voting against the interest of their constituents, period,» he said.

They offer diversified portfolios of bonds, each with a built - in hedge against interest rate risk.

This means making a living in the industry is very difficult, and PADI is lowering professional standards and acting against the interests of its professionals.

Is it to extract a particular admission against interest?

To protect against interest rate risk you can buy bonds that are short (under 3 years) or intermediate (3 - 7 years) in maturity.

Women are more likely than men to support socially «soft» policy positions and are sometimes apt to go against the interests of their own social class.

Your lender will likely require a loan policy to protect against its interest in the title in the case of a dispute.

However, most factors should be balanced against the interest rate, since the money saved by having a low rate adds up quickly.

This benefit can make floating - rate loans an attractive option to help protect a fixed - income portfolio against interest - rate risk.

Why small - scale pig farmers should be forced to pay a levy to a body working actively against their interests.

But when «equity» is used to further segment disadvantaged populations, its application can actually cut against the interests of some underserved kids.

They ensure that your mortgage payments are manageable, helping you guard against interest rates rises.

When balancing fees against interest rates, consider only the initial fixed rate / reduced rate / whatever period.

Compare the rate of return you're getting from your RRSP investments against the interest rate you're paying on your mortgage.

This option can also protect borrowers against interest fluctuations.

Someone wants you to vote against your interests again.

They must spend their careers balancing the best interests of their clients against the interests of the financial companies that employ them.

Some of the remarks suggested that the redistricting process, as directed by the courts in the absence of competent execution by the legislature, was systematically discriminatory against the interests of minority voters.

By standing together against the interests of corporate driven education reforms, whose sole purpose is for profit, we are creating a vision for the kinds of schools our students deserve.

A fair value hedge lets a business hedge the value of its fixed - rate liability against interest rate changes in the market by swapping to a variable - rate liability.

Thus, management has to balance out their interest as shareholders against their interest as managers receiving a fee.

They're both working hand in hand against the interests of the employees / dues - paying union members.

By standing in the way of legislative reform, academic institutions are advocating against the interests of their most inventive students and researchers.

Meanwhile, borrowers who take out fixed - rate insured mortgages of five years or longer have their income tested against the interest rate that they will actually be paying.

It's totally against their interest to do that, as the bottom line was enough to make us cut up all of our credit cards.

This provides a great hedge against the interest rate on the bank loan, which is normally variable.

Do not let trade associations of which you are a member act against your interests.

People do believe this nonsense and others refuse to prioritize their interests and then vote against their interest.

And in many cases it goes against your interests to do so.

But it always bothers me when someone who is supposed to have the best interests of his clients — writers — at heart continues to support a system that actively works against those interests.

Unlike a traditional mortgage application, you may want to use an extended rate lock program to protect against interest - rate fluctuations during construction.

Specifically, once empowered and participatory, are science organizations and government officials prepared to accept and implement public preferences that cut against the interests of science?

If you want to compare that fee against the interest you'd pay with your credit card, we suggest using our interest calculator.

It is something that we often try and set up 4 months in advance to hedge against any interest rate movement.

That is why I have always taken on vested interests when they are working against the interests of the people.

Keep in mind that the Statute of Limitations laws were written to be applied only against your interests as well; the IRS doesn't only have 3 years to collect your back taxes... they get much longer.

But judging by the USDA's repeated actions against the interests of vulnerable animals over the last year, it's time to recognize an alarming but obvious truth: Under the Trump administration, the USDA has not merely turned a blind eye to animal cruelty — it has become complicit in it.

Finally, what protections must be put in place to ensure a school - led system does not become an excuse for a cosy and unchallenging consensus, which in some areas amounts to a conspiracy against the interests of parents and pupils?

They even enter into political intrigues with the atheistic Jewish parties against the interests of their own Christian nation.

Roosevelt partially received backing to sanction against Imperial Japan, before Pearl Harbour, because Japanese plan went directly against those interests e.g. Asia for Asian policy.

In his job as an activist at the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan led a successful effort to get Fed officials thinking more about low - income Americans as they conduct monetary policy, often arguing against interest rate hikes in the face of high underemployment and weak wage growth.

As an expansion on @tim's comment: when foreigners break criminal laws, they can be expelled, but their interest to stay in Germany («Bleibeinteresse») is weighed against the interest of Germany to expel them.

For example, they urge the introduction of «managed or controlled choice» under which «students would be assigned to schools based on their preferences in a way that balanced their interests against the interests of other students and the community as a whole.»