Sentences with phrase «than fixed rates historically»

Although variable rates are riskier, they do tend to be lower than fixed rates historically.

Not exact matches

Fixed income assets historically have had a much lower rate of return than stocks (equities).

historically, given that prime rate was x %, what was the probability that fixed would fare better than variable over the next finite time period?

And so this lengthening of maturities and lengthening of duration has caused these indices to be more interest rate sensitive and some cases, more interest rate sensitive than they've historically ever been, and so by being flexible and not using that as the basis for thinking about the risk of one's investments, what you can do is reduce the interest rate sensitivity of your fixed income portfolio.

Five - year adjustable rate mortgages, or ARMs, have historically carried lower baseline interest rates than the common 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage.

Most Reverse Mortgage borrowers have chosen the adjustable rate option for the simple fact that the fixed rates have historically been quite a bit higher than the adjustable rates, the borrowers qualified for less money with fixed rates and since the borrowers have to take a full draw on the fixed rate loans, it just did not make sense for many senior borrowers.

Historically, variable annuities have offered better returns than fixed rate annuities.

Since today's interest rates are historically low, it seems likely that in the next 15 - 30 years a CD will earn more in interest than a fixed mortgage costs today.

Whole life insurance has also consistently performed at a higher rate of return than highly rated bonds, but it historically has been an extremely secure investment just like a highly rated fixed income product.