Sentences with phrase «return than the interest rate»

This means you will have to find other sources of funds and then place the cash in investment instruments that potentially offer higher returns than the interest rate of your debts.

This sort of loan is an excellent option if the financial asset you are pledging has a higher expected rate of return than the interest rate on the mortgage, or when the assets you are pledging could cause you capital gains income tax grief if you were to convert them to cash.

Losing out on an opportunity cost: Before considering prepayment you should ensure that there is no other financial instrument in the market that would have given you a higher rate of return than the interest rate that you are paying on your home loan.

Also this loan is an excellent option if the asset you are pledging has a higher expected rate of return than the interest rate on the mortgage.

When you can invest money at a higher rate of return than the interest rate on your debt, you're making money.

Not exact matches

Private equity returns remained strong but were lower than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income investment portfolio increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity investments and higher short - term interest rates.

U.S. interest rates are currently much higher than in Europe and Japan, and with neither the European Central Bank nor the Bank of Japan planning any rate hikes this year, foreign capital seeking higher returns could put a lid on rate rises here.

With interest rates so low, stocks are better than bonds, but the Canadian market, he says, should see mid-single-digit returns.

That being said, I have a 3.75 % interest rate and I believe, over the long run, I can make a much better return on investing the money than using it to pay off my mortgage early.

The private sector often demands rates of return far greater than public sector borrowing costs, especially in the current low interest rate environment.

If interest rates rise bond funds get slammed and you'll be a loser (it has happened to me before, ouch)... but if you hold the bond nothing (other than the scenario of a default) happens & your principle is returned.

The «search for yield», i.e. for better return on financial investments than the declining interest rate, thus led to the series of bubbles & bursts: deregulated savings & loans (immediately), high - tech stocks (late 90's), mortgage derivatives — > house prices (2000's).

In return, many CDs offer higher interest rates than traditional savings accounts.

In return for that time guarantee, the bank pays you a higher rate of interest than a typical savings account.

If there exist underfunded investments that generate a return higher than the rate of interest, the surplus on the capital account can be put to good, productive use.

The reason why valuations are so tightly correlated with 10 - 12 year returns is that extreme deviations from historical norms tend to wash out over that horizon, and because interest rate fluctuations have a much less durable impact on market valuations than investors imagine.

It's not just that future returns will be lower from current interest rate levels than they've been in the past; it's that volatility in bonds will be much higher from -LSB-...]

Thus fluctuations in interest rates will cause the total return on bonds to fluctuate, with long - term bonds fluctuating more than short - term bonds.

As it turned out, we raised interest rates weeks before the commitment expired because we saw signs that inflation was returning to its target more rapidly than we anticipated.

We allow that short - term interest rates may be pegged well below historical norms for several more years, and we know that for every year that short - term interest rates are held at zero (rather than a historically normal level of 4 %), one can «justify» equity valuations about 4 % above historical norms — a premium that removes that same 4 % from prospective future stock returns.

The current environment of low interest rates and elevated equity valuations has many investors in a tight spot, as return expectations are lower than usual for both bonds and domestic stocks.

The unit's return on assets, at 6.7 percent, is some seven times better than its owner's 0.9 percent, a sign of both OneMain's lower costs and the higher interest rates it charges customers.

The low interest rate environment may also have encouraged a shift in investments towards hedge funds as, in the past, hedge funds have achieved higher average returns than traditionally managed investments, albeit in exchange for greater risk.

This is slightly higher than investing when stocks are richly priced and with no concern for the level of interest rates, but it is still significantly less than the long - term average seven year - return.

In a rate environment we think of as normal (interest rates slightly higher than inflation), we believe these companies can earn 10 % on equity and if they don't have organic growth opportunities, can return all of it to shareholders.

Mixed with Maryland's scarcity of large parcels and access to a large population within a day's drive, it makes the state an attractive place for investors seeking steady returns higher than they can find in low - interest rate bonds.

Again, there are a variety of ways to refine this result, but note that anytime the total return on the S&P 500 is less than risk - free interest rates, a hedged investment position increases overall returns (since hedging instruments are priced to include implied interest).

One factor supporting the Australian dollar over the past couple of years has been that interest rates right across the yield curve in Australia, and perceived returns on other assets, have been higher than those in a number of other countries, particularly those which experienced a recession and a collapse of share prices in the early part of this decade.

It may not necessarily be very aggressive tightening, but they are likely to begin to raise interest rates soon and that means — as I see it — the US bond market may give lower returns than the European bond market.

While many people believe that growth in the years ahead will be lower than it has been in the past, we can also observe that cash per dollar of earnings has increased over the years for S&P 500 companies as returns on capital have increased, while the cost of capital has fallen with lower interest rates.

Although U.S. interest rates could stay lower than in previous rate cycles as Fed policy very slowly normalizes, investors remain concerned about the impact of rate increases on their fixed income returns.

Only when you can get a risk free return that is higher than the interest rate of your debt should you consider investing instead of paying of your debt.

They offer higher returns than many kinds of sovereign bond ETFs, including Treasurys, which have had rock - bottom interest rates for years.

This is due to the fact that it s possible to get a return on investment that is higher than the lower interest rate and investing the money thereby has a positive effect on your net worth.

These valuations might be reasonable on the assumption that short - term interest rates will be kept at zero for more than 30 years, but our impression is that what's actually going on is that investors feel they have «nowhere else to go» and — as in 2000 and 2007 — are speculating without a clear recognition of the dismal long - term returns that are now priced into equities.

I think bonds are okay if you do not need more than the coupon interest rate but you need massive capital (like Sam) to be satisfied with that return and not worry about capital losses as rates increase (hold to maturity).

Yes you can pay off mortgages but I would rather spend my capital acquiring new properties and keeping them financed (8 - 15 % return on capital) rather than paying down mortages (only 4 - 5 % return depending on interest rate).

Think of it like this, if you have a loan with an interest rate of 3 %, but you have stock market investments that continually return at 7 %, it is more profitable to maintain some level of investment rather than pay down all your debt in a sprint.

In the earlier study, students who toured an art museum expressed significantly stronger interest in future museum attendance and actually returned to the museum at higher rates than did the control group.

While the costs associated with the issuance of bonds are important, a sound transaction: one which lowers the overall interest rate on the bonds will return a far greater savings to an issuer than the costs of bonding.

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So unless oil prices reverse materially, we do not see long term interest rates falling meaningfully and thus the outlook is cautious, but returns may improve slightly as the current interest rates are substantially higher than last year.

If the interest rates on your other debt - car or student loan or mortgage - is higher than what you could earn by saving or investing (consider that the average annual inflation - adjusted historical return of the U.S. stock market is just over 6 %), you'd be wise to pay that down first too.

This option could net you the highest returns on your emergency savings: There are 1 - year CDs that offer interest rates of more than 2.5 %.

So you're selling low and it's interesting, these Dalbar studies — in a lot of cases if you have an adviser that can can sort of keep you in your seat, for lack of a better term, and stay invested, you do a lot better over the long term, and actually, that particular rate of return just from that is generally more than the fee is usually quite a bit more than the fees they're charging.

If you have a higher interest loan, like a private student loan which can be as high as 12 percent, the interest rate you pay is greater than the return you could expect on an investment.

A Canadian capital gains tax return comes from gains that are taxed at a lower rate than interest.

The rate of interest you'll avoid paying by eliminating debt may be more than the returns you earn within your TFSA.

I suggest people pay down all debt before investing because I just don't see people making average returns higher than the interest rates on the debt.