"Positive arbitrage" refers to a situation where someone can make a guaranteed profit by taking advantage of the differences in prices or interest rates in different markets. It means finding a way to buy something for a lower price and sell it for a higher price, making money without any risk or investment.
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But large banks, corporations and wealthy individuals use properly structured life insurance contracts to obtain tax benefits, increase yields on cash, reduce borrowing costs and
create positive arbitrage on equity loans.
If you plan to actively use your life insurance as your personal bank you may find that non-direct companies provide a better place to store your money, since you have a better chance of earning
positive arbitrage in contrast to direct recognition companies.
If you plan to actively use your cash in your policy you may find that non-direct companies provide a better place to store your money, since you have a better chance of
earning positive arbitrage in contrast to direct recognition companies.
If you are paying a loan rate of 4.5 % or even 5 %, you are still earning
positive arbitrage of nearly 2 % in the worst year.
Some participating whole life policies (i.e. the ones that pay dividends) and some indexed universal life insurance policies will have
positive arbitrage between what your loan rate from the company is and what your policy is growing at.
If the asset has a decent yield, you may even find that you can create
positive arbitrage with your permanent life insurance policy loan.
This is beneficial in times of high interest indexed earnings
since positive arbitrage can be achieved between borrowed funds and cash value in the indexed account.
McKnight does mention variable rate loan provisions and the possibility of
gaining positive arbitrage with policies that have this feature.
There are three interest rates on life insurance loans providing the opportunity for a net zero cost loan or
even positive arbitrage.
Now, you may even be able to increase the benefit of taking out that
positive arbitrage loan by investing the borrowed money from your cash value into an investment vehicle that yields a rate of return.
This can be a big deal when your growth is high because you can borrow against your cash value and earn
positive arbitrage due to your borrowed balance still earning interest crediting.
Another option is to borrow from a local bank using your cash value as collateral that might provide more favorable terms on your loan, increasing your potential
for positive arbitrage.
You can also use your policy's cash value as collateral to borrow money from a bank if you find a superior loan option,
creating positive arbitrage.
This is beneficial in times of high interest indexed earnings
since positive arbitrage can be achieved between borrowed funds and cash value in the indexed account.
The alternate loan option provides the benefit of indexed crediting on the portion of the cash value used as collateral for the loan, giving you the opportunity to
earn positive arbitrage.
Only when you've done enough testing to figure out how to create
a positive arbitrage between how much you pay to acquire the customer and how much revenue the customer is likely to generate should you throw big money at a roll - out.
If your rental property goes up in value during the year by 5 %, you can add an additional 2 % on top of that because of
the positive arbitrage.
However, as mentioned above, your money is still at work in the policy and also in any asset you choose to invest in, creating the potential for
positive arbitrage.
Another option is to borrow from a local bank that might provide more favorable terms on your loan, increasing your potential for
positive arbitrage.
It gets better because you also can get
a positive arbitrage on your borrowed funds.
Plus, it is very possible that the interest rate you are charged is lower than the rate your earn in your policy, plus dividends, resulting in
positive arbitrage.
In the real world, it is easily attainable to get
a positive arbitrage on borrowed funds using whole life insurance as an investment.
So if the the company charges 5 % for a policy loan, you stand to make 1 - 1.5 %
positive arbitrage on the cash value policy loan.
So you take the original 1 - 1.5 %
positive arbitrage and invest it in an income producing property yielding a return of say 6 % or more, not including deductions and depreciation.
So we mentioned a potential big pro above with
positive arbitrage.
It gets better because you also can get
a positive arbitrage on your borrowed funds.
However, as mentioned above, your money is still at work in the policy and also in any asset you choose to invest in, creating the potential for
positive arbitrage.
Typically, this correlation will produce
a positive arbitrage in the financing structure.
Plus, it is very possible that the interest rate you are charged is lower than the rate your earn in your policy, plus dividends, resulting in
positive arbitrage.
Another option is to borrow from a local bank that might provide more favorable terms on your loan, increasing your potential for
positive arbitrage.
A positive arbitrage will create a hedge against interest rate volatility.
You can also use your policy's cash value as collateral to borrow money from a bank if you find a superior loan option, creating
positive arbitrage.
If the indexed account performs well, there is an opportunity for
positive arbitrage on the borrowed funds.
I think that as long as you keep
a positive arbitrage, the math will always work out in favor of higher leverage.