Not exact matches
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.
In the past two years, the Federal Housing Administration has lowered their costs and built in new consumer protections — most notably by limiting how much
investors can
borrow against their home's value.
The
investor borrows money from a broker, with the loan being secured
against the assets purchased.
Perhaps conditions will remain in place for
investors to benefit from these allocations, but the possibility for retrenchment can also be convincingly argued: bond markets allow creditors to
borrow against the future, and eventually the future tends to conform to harsh (but logical) economic realities, not feel - good hopes and fictions.1
The notice says he targeted retirees through monthly seminars, a weekly show on CFAX 1070 radio and one - on - one meetings, and that he promoted the securities as being less risky than publicly traded stocks and in some cases recommended that
investors borrow against their homes to finance the purchases.
No doubt Ed will have more info on this, but the paper «Betting
Against Beta» by Frazzini & Pedersen to which he refers above can be found at http://www.econ.yale.edu/~af227/pdf/Betting%20
Against%20Beta%20-%20Frazzini%20and%20Pedersen.pdf The basic idea of the paper is that
investors are apt to bid up high beta stocks because it's a way of leveraging their portfolio without actually
borrowing to invest.
As a real estate
investor, Kiyosaki heralds the benefits of owning real estate assets, such as: (1) cash flow, (2) income tax advantages, (3) the ability to
borrow against it as collateral and (4) long term appreciation.
For mortgage REITs and other
investors that can
borrow against their holdings, the potential returns are an eye - popping 12 to 13 percent after hedging.
But what government universally fails to understand is that $ 3,600 / year of net operating income (NOI) represents $ 72,000 of an investment property's equity (at a five per cent cap),
against which an
investor - landlord could typically
borrow 75 per cent loan - to - value.
REFINANCING OPPORTUNITIES The power of refinancing allows
investors the ability to
borrow against their equity in their properties so they can purchase additional properties.
Let's assume one property is owned by a recently widowed client who wants a passive income; one by a wealthy
investor with a low tax basis and no mortgage; and one by a developer of a large equestrian ranch that is not selling, and foreclosure is in process on all his assets, including the condo which he
borrowed against.
For mortgage REITs and other
investors that can
borrow against their holdings, the potential returns are an eye - popping 12 to 13 percent after hedging, making these securities a no - brainer, Marshall said.