Sentences with phrase «good debt when»

This is why business loans are considered good debt when it comes to your credit score.

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Debt always sounds like a negative, but when it's leveraged to purchase appreciating assets, it can be a good thing.

The best part is that now that I'm debt - free, I contribute 15 percent of my income to my retirement accounts, compared to the 5 percent I saved when I was still in debt.

With debt cheap and plenty of cash on the books, companies are primed to make deals when they are good and ready.

When income is distributed very unequally, the only way for less well - off people to have the same material possessions as more well - off people is to spend all of their income and even to go into debt.

«When it comes to paying back your debt, it's a good idea to get some help from a professional.

This is especially true when debt consolidation allows the consumer to better meet their obligations and get back on their feet financially.

And that perception was fueled on Thursday when the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, suggested that Greece would get its best shot at a substantial cut in its debt only if it was willing to give up membership in the European common currency.

For instance, equity crowdfunding is not a great solution at an early, early stage, because it can be really expensive in the long term, when you have a low valuation... So we would help an entrepreneur understand, well, let's look at debt - based crowdfunding,» he says.

Canada's most populous province also looks in considerably better shape than Quebec when one looks at debt - to - GDP ratios, a gauge of how sustainable the fiscal burden is.

For this reason, aside from our daily student loan and financial news, we often put out various guides and resources to help students and graduates make the best decisions when it comes to choosing a college, paying for college, and repaying any student debt they may have accrued along the way.

Government austerity after the 1994 Peso crisis cut national deficits and debt, leaving it well - positioned when the 2008 crisis hit.

One of the best things you can do to save on your debt is to make extra payments when possible.

When you pay down debt, your utilization falls and you look better in the eyes of creditors.

Selling that much debt, especially at a time when emerging markets are suddenly out of favor, «will require the government to do a good job communicating its strategy on the fiscal and monetary side.»

And as some of the advice in the article mentioned, when an employer asks your permission for a background check, it would probably be a good idea to disclose (not in any specific amounts) that you do have a high debt load but you also have a perfect payment history and that you expect to be able to continue this in the future.

This is especially true on the downside because high yield investors typically are «privy» to bank credit information — trust me, this is true, as our high yield desk was next to the bank debt trading desk and we were very friendly with each other — and can see when corporate numbers are deteriorating well in advance of equity analysts and investors.

We are far better off than we were in 1995 when the federal government had a debt - to - GDP ratio of almost 70 per cent.

Entrepreneurs are increasingly trained to think convertible debt is better (when it's not always the case)

This is the perfect example of what Dave Ramsey does best: gets people thinking about getting out of debt and getting their money on track when they feel powerless or like they don't know what to do.

«At a time when consumers are carrying record amounts of debt, the persistence of HELOC debt may add stress to the financial well - being of Canadian households.

Firms that took on a lot of debt when times were good are going to find themselves hard - pressed to pay off that debt in the future.

The study points out that borrowing so much could stretch these young peoples» budgets, especially when one considers many also may have a mortgage, as well as significant student debt.

Here at Fundera, we've seen a number of wild success stories with debt refinancing — especially when it comes to graduating small business owners from expensive short - term financing to bigger and better loans.

When it comes to your debt - to - income ratio, the best thing you can do is avoid opening new credit lines before and during the mortgage process.

When times are good, sales ticking higher, margins expanding and cash flows strong, only the advantages of leverage are visible - higher returns on equity, faster growth rates and an enhanced benefit to stock holders as debt is repaid.

Lorna Kapusta, vice president of women investors at Fidelity, pointed out that many women don't know their options when it comes to student loan debt and aren't sure refinancing is the best choice.

The answer is that Fed policy is the primary factor driving the returns of short - term bonds, meaning that they tend to hold up much better than long - term debt when the Fed is expected to keep rates low as was the case in 2013.

When it comes to mortgage approval, much depends on the borrower's total debt load at the time of application, as well as the payment history.

I don't recall when the European debt crisis began, I suppose before then — but I don't think it was really doing great well before either.

Any of these factors, on top of a possible government shutdown at the end of September when the debt ceiling will likely be raised again, could send gold soaring well into the $ 1,300 range.

Stocks with a history of consistently growing their dividends have historically tended to perform well and exhibit less volatility in a rising rate environment, while high yielding dividends, often considered «bond - like proxies,» have tended to be more vulnerable (due to their high debt levels) and have historically followed bond performance when rates rise.

This seems a good strategy when debt is cheap and economy is on an uptrend.

When I bought my home a decade ago, my high credit and low debt levels meant that I still qualified for the best available interest rate at the time, even though I got an FHA loan with a small down payment.

When there is not a lot of debt behind an asset, there may be good prospects.

And when Fed funds are rising, the opposite happens — funding rates for those clipping interest spreads rise, and the expectation of further rises gets built in, leading some to exit their trades into longer and riskier debts, which makes those yields rise as well, with uncertain timing, but eventually it happens.

Compare interest rates as well, and use online calculators if necessary to determine when the debt will be entirely eliminated for both options.

And so in terms of financial repression, perhaps the one key sector that we need to look at is student loan debt because so many millennials are carrying student loan debt, and you know a small student loan debt is like $ 25,000 - $ 30,000 if someone can escape with a bachelor's diploma and only have $ 30,000 in debt they're considered to have done quite well, but when you think about it that's a pretty large debt for somebody who doesn't even have a full - time job yet.

As a result, many customers have found that Upstart is the best choice for them when it comes to consolidating their debts for easy repayment.

However, one thing that's not better when it's bigger is debt.

This was exasperated recently when I was discussing the case of how most investors misunderstand how it can actually be good over the long - run to change a company's capitalization structure to replace equity with debt by borrowing funds on a long - term, low - cost, fixed - rate basis to repurchase stock, lowering the total count of outstanding shares.

If you own shares of McDonald's, Johnson & Johnson, an S&P 500 index fund, or any other countless security, when you glance over your reports, you should know exactly why you own them — how much you expect earnings per share to rise over the next decade, management's capital allocation policies (dividends vs. share repurchases vs. debt reduction vs. acquisitions, vs. growing organically), as well a legal and economic trends that might affect your position.

Those are just some of the risks that debt adds to your life — risks we don't think about too much when everything is going well.

In cases where the likelihood of an acquisition or Initial Public Offering aren't likely, we will not make equity investments and will instead explore debt financing as well as quasi-equity structures like royalty financing, revenue - share agreements, and when appropriate, factoring.

We're going to take a look at the counter-argument here, that there is such a time and circumstance when having debt is actually a good thing.

This likely doesn't bode well for future S&P 500 returns, especially when interest rates rise - increasing the cost of debt repayment and adjusting expected returns and valuations.

There's the well - known story of younger people struggling under the weight of hefty student loans, which gets factored into debt - to - income ratios when they apply for mortgages.

When it comes to debt, a good rule of thumb is to take on as little as possible.

Let's assume for the sake of this example that, when it comes to your finances, you're a little better at managing your money than the average American and you have $ 10,000 of credit card debt at 19.99 % interest.

If we actuall had a Congress who cared about the People they swore to serve and did not take vacations 1 week for every 2 they work (new Boehner rule when he became Speaker), actually did work and created bills that were other than ending abortion rights or killing Medicare, stopped opposing ending the fraud Bush wars that raise our debt by more than a trillion a month (and Republicans then blame Obama for the rising debt from their wars), and acted like humans we would already be well into recovery.