It sounds as if the private teacher preparation system in Texas comes very close to the scandalous and very expensive (to students, parents, and the federal government - through
very high default rates on guaranteed student loans) «private college» system which is currently being forced to clean up its act.
It was nothing against CA, but the data showed
a very high default rate in the state.
Not exact matches
A
default could result in Valeant having to pay back its loans immediately — something that would be
very hard for it to do — or face much
higher borrowing
rates.
It has a
very very high default rate (as mentioned in the con section) and the customer service is really poor.
This is because these loan types are associated with layaway plans and «loans of last resort», which tend to
default at
very high rates.
But because they're a small biotech company, with
high risk of
default (i.e., a
high risk of not paying off their debts), they would have to pay a
very high interest
rate in order to make the bond attractive enough for investors to purchase it.
For younger students, who do not have sufficient credit history, monthly payments on private student loans could be hardly bearable, as the interest
rate set by lenders is typically
very high to offset potential risk of
default.
This is because these loan types are associated with layaway plans and «loans of last resort», which tend to
default at
very high rates.
Ratings range from «AAA» to «Aaa» for «
high grade» issues
very likely to be repaid to»D» for issues that are in currently in
default.
An option could be to invest in an ETF with short term bonds (e.g. 1 year) with AAA credit
rating (
high quality, so
very low
default rate).
High interest
rates, short repayment times and disastrous consequences for
defaulting are common threads in the
very large family of loans to avoid.
Higher - investment grade corporate bonds, such as those with «AAA» credit
ratings, tend to have
very low
default risk.
While delinquencies incur late payment fees, cardholders who go into
default may find that they're unable to get credit cards, and if they can, the interest
rate on them is usually
very high, since card issuers will deem them a risk.
Lenders pull a copy of a consumer report and use the risk
rating to project the probability of future
default — which is
very high.
Looking for college and school loans outside of the traditional methods can be
very risky, as the
rates are usually much
higher, the terms are not as forgiving, and the penalties for
default can be severe.
While all lenders depend on some form of risk - based pricing — tying interest
rates to credit history — predatory lenders abuse the practice by charging
very high interest
rates to
high - risk borrowers who are most likely to
default.
It is not surprising that many of the schools with the
highest default rates are non-degree and for - profit as these schools generally have
very low or nonexistent eligibility criteria.
Sorry I mean't to add one other thought, if the card holder is carrying a
high balance and their interest
rates increase like the banks have been raising in recent months, this could backfire on the banks themselves, I mean since the banks give a 45 notification of the increase and the consumer is already maxed out and can barely make the payments as it is, the increased interest
rates because of how the congress requires at least all the monthly interest and some of the principle to be paid on the cards, done so that consumers could reduce the amount of time to illiminate their debts, this may spawn many card holders whoms payments will increase much like those adjustable
rate mortgages that people walked away from to go wild with their remaining balances on the card and then
default, the whole irony is that the consumer may
very well use the card thats damaging them to pay for bankruptcy proceedings lol!
Helen presented a
very nice calculation stating why even after paying with
higher interest
rate — a borrower can still achieve a reasonable
rate by not paying the
default insurance premium.
The decision stemmed at least in part from concerns about increased PLUS loan borrowing,
very high PLUS loan acceptance
rates and increased
default rates.
Navient ignored the fact that many of these loans would
default at
very high rates, and instead used subprime loans to increase its number of profitable loans.
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Very low
default rates on corporate and
high yield bonds (indicates the ease with which even poorly run companies can refinance and creates false sense of security)