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

The interview covers my view of Apple (not one of my strong points), Fed Policy, and what should value investors do in this low interest rate environment.

Not exact matches

«As long as we're in this very low interest rate environment, I just don't see a major problem,» says Guatieri.

«It is thus important to realize that in the current environment of low long - term interest rates, fiscal prudence does not require bringing the annual budget balance to zero almost immediately,» he wrote in a paper for the Bennett Jones law firm.

So, what does this all mean in the context of today's historically low interest rate environment?

Russ Koesterich does an excellent job of explaining the unique challenges that investors face in the current environment, namely balancing risk and reward in a low interest rate world.

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.

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

For home buyers this means they can still expect the low interest rate environment we've become accustomed to throughout 2016, but don't hold out for a dip in rates below the historically low levels that we experienced in 2015.

And they don't understand why because the media keeps talking about the fact that we're still in this low interest rate environment and the Bank of Canada rate hasn't changed so why is the bank's rate changing?

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.

But employers don't want to fund expensive DB plans, particularly in a low interest rate environment.

Bonds have done well in an environment marked by high demand, low interest rates and low levels of defaults, but we know that markets change.

In this environment getting a low mortgage interest rate is still possible you just have to know how to do it.

My question is do you consider this low interest rate environment we are in, and it seems to be ongoing, when making investment decisions and specifically pertaining to PE Ratios?»

If they had instead actually purchased a house that was truly comparable in size to the apartment they could likely have done so for less than the cost of the apartment in the current low interest rate environment.

And you're right, that the people who are selling mutual funds and savings plans haven't figured out the right ways, and you know, in a high interest rate environment, spending the interest, or a high dividend environment, one can make do with that, but when interest rates are low, and dividends are out of fashion, then people have to spend the money down.

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.

Do you feel more justified in living above your means (borrowing money to pay for expenses) in a low interest rate environment?

I knew about it when I first did my analysis, but in the past year I've been contemplating what this could mean to the company in the long run given the low interest rate environment we have now and extending out for the foreseeable future, and it's not pretty.

A loan is issued with a LIBOR Floor to ensure the base rate does not fall below a set rate in a low or falling interest rate environment.

KAREN MACKAY: It's interesting because I do hear it from both sides — from general counsel and from managing partners, who are trying to cope with all of this — and in so many firms, because general counsel, the client, has grown up in an hourly rate environment, in many cases, they'll come back with an alternative fee arrangement, it's just a lower hourly rate or a lower hourly rate by volume.

With pricing reaching an all - time high in a deal - drought environment, coupled with global market volatility, investors and developers are skittish in where to put their dry powder, pushing private equity professionals to new, niche areas of real estate that haven't previously been explored.As the industry emerges from a low interest rate environment, and into a rapidly changing landscape with lower taxes, less regulations, higher rates and higher inflation, what does this mean for private equity real estate?

«The rise in housing prices and the increase in household investment in houses and consumer durables do not appear out of line with what might be expected in the current environment of low interest rates and continuing growth in real disposable incomes,» Kohn averred.