Sentences with phrase «interest rate moves»

The firm has warned for months that increasing debt loads at companies could stir up trouble as interest rates move higher, making it more difficult for them to refinance.

The interest rate risk is high in these funds as they may lose capital if interest rates move up.

The problem is that bond mutual funds are now too dangerous — likely losers as interest rates move higher.

Although if interest rates move up too quickly (I don't think they will), that could be a setback.

When interest rates move from eight per cent down to four per cent, basically everyone can afford a home.

Bond prices and interest rates move in opposite directions.

I understand swings like this occur from time to time, but with interest rates moving higher would it be wise to decrease the percentage in bonds to say, 20 %?

As market interest rates move up and down, the interest rate you pay on a variable interest rate loan can also vary.

This means you will have either made or lost money depending on what direction interest rates moved.

As the price drops, long - term interest rates move higher.

They see interest rates moving steadily higher for the next decade or longer.

One way to help protect from unexpected interest rate moves is to diversify the interest rate exposure that is at the center of any fixed income portfolio.

As you have seen, it really doesn't matter which way interest rates move.

If interest rates move between locking the interest rate and your loan closing, you DO NOT get a lower rate if rates move down.

Higher rates can have a negative impact on housing affordability and may decrease marginal demand, especially if interest rates move significantly higher over today's levels.

Still, the pace of future gains for retailers will largely depend on how fast interest rates move up.

Also see if you can refinance them to get a better interest rate moving forward.

Regardless of how interest rates move after you've locked in, your interest rate is guaranteed so long as your loan closes within the lock in period.

These did well even as the stock market was barely up and while interest rates moved higher.

Well, variable interest rates move with market interest rates.

Short term changes in the value of bond mutual funds and ETFs are driven by day to day interest rate moves.

Among finance types like me, the fact that bond prices and interest rates move in opposite directions is so fundamental and obvious that it is used as a punch line.

As interest rates move up, the cost of borrowing becomes more expensive.

With interest rates moving higher, the supply of cheap money that helped fuel this market to new highs is drying up.

Great - West's portfolio also stands to gain when interest rates move up: a 1.0 % increase in rates would add $ 168 million to yearly earnings.

One way to help protect from unexpected interest rate moves is to diversify the interest rate exposure that is at the center of any fixed income portfolio.

If interest rates move higher, the bank could move the interest rate higher too to avoid losing out.

As interest rates move higher, that party will come to an end.

Since education loan interest rates are based on market rates, and the market tends to anticipate interest rate moves by the FOMC, the dates of upcoming FOMC meetings should be considered when projecting likely education loan interest rate increases.

Lucky for them, Minnesota mortgage interest rates moved back down slowly to about where they have been holding for some time.

As they move up, interest rates move down.»

With the move of the federal funds rate in March to a range of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent December, the cycle of interest rate moves may be close to halfway completed at this point.

China's foreign exchange reserves will be released next week and will likely set the tone for currency flows and possible interest rate moves in the near future.

Although past experience with sharp interest rate moves might give cause for concern, especially among smaller economies with less - developed financial markets and institutions, a number of factors are working in favour of a smoother transition this time.

By forward guidance I mean more than simple boilerplate language a central bank might use to indicate the expected direction of the next interest rate move.

Central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) use monetary policy tactics, including interest rate moves and increasing or decreasing the monetary supply, to try and influence the level of inflation, stimulate the economy and spur employment.

(This is why the big - money investors watch the Federal Reserve Board's interest rate moves like a hawk.)

The Fund focuses on the intermediate area of the yield curve to maintain flexibility and actively adjusts duration based on interest rate moves

Remember, however, that if interest rates move sharply higher, then «outperform» simply means «lose a bit less.»

The past couple of years though, markets have shown that, when interest rates move slightly upwards, this fuels an outperformance in value stocks.

Most economists agree that the initial trigger of the crisis was the housing bubble, driven by low interest rates moving the housing prices higher, which peaked in early 2006 and starting to drop in 2006/2007, with the Case — Shiller home price index reporting its largest price drop in its history on Dec 30, 2008.

Virtually all bond mutual funds and ETFs are currently stuffed with premium bonds, Bender says, and they will be for a long time, even if interest rates move gradually higher.

This is a focal point for those analyzing the Fed, including today's beige book release, and attempting to predict future interest rate moves.

Significant changes, such as selling out completely of an ETF position within the existing ladder, or significantly restructuring the ladder, will occur infrequently — though active portfolio management includes the responsibility to act on significant opportunities when interest rates move dramatically.

Monetary inflation is also expected to get interest rates moving.

Short, high - quality interest rates move virtually in tandem with the Fed funds rate, but during good times, with the Fed funds rate falling, economic players seek to clip interest spreads off of longer and lower quality fixed claims, causing their interest rates to fall as well, with an uncertain timing, but it eventually happens.