Sentences with phrase «while lowering debt»

But while lowering debt is a worthwhile enterprise, it's only half the solution necessary to achieve financial independence.

So, while a low debt - to - equity ratio is always better, it's a must for investors buying into casinos.

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• Credit card delinquency rates remain low, at only 0.87 per cent of total outstanding balances as of April 2016, while credit card debt only makes up five per cent of total household debt in Canada.

While his income is low — $ 18,000 in 2011 — so is his debt: he has no student loans and only about $ 500 on a credit card.

By taking your student loan debt and combining it with your other outstanding consumer debt — cedit cards, mortgages, lines of credit and loans — you have the ability to negotiate or take advantage of a lower interest rate, all while streamlining your payments to one lender and one payment per month.

Because there aren't many bargain stocks out there, she recommends taking advantage of low rates on student loan and consumer debt to pay down slowly while investing with cash savings.

While these studies suggest that the rising level of student debt contributes to the decline in rates of entrepreneurship among young people today, mounting student debt is unlikely to be the sole cause of low levels of entrepreneurship among millennials.

While student loan debt currently is difficult to discharge in bankruptcy — you must prove undue hardship — most other consumer debt is fair game for either eliminating or negotiating a lower payback amount, depending on the specifics of your case.

Alexander would like to see Morneau produce a plan to balance the books, while Perrault is less concerned about it as long as Ottawa keeps lowering the debt - to - GDP.

While you'll always want to keep your debt utilization on the lower end, increasing your credit limit can help boost your credit score.

While aiming for a high credit score is a worthy goal, sometimes a lower credit score in the short term as a result of consolidating debt may be worth the sacrifice to save money on interest payments and pay off your debt faster.

While there is no exact definition, quality typically refers to some combination of high profitability, a low debt - to - equity ratio, and earnings consistency.

While refinancing could mean a lower interest rate, better repayment terms, and faster debt payoff, it's definitely not the best option for 100 percent of borrowers.

While the level of mortgage arrears is still low by historical standards, a rising debt - service ratio could signal that's about to change.

While this is a solid approach for high interest debt, paying off low interest student loan debt could significantly slow your portfolio's growth.

Stubbornly low yet consistent economic growth in the U.S. gave confidence to companies that they could market debt in seemingly limitless quantities, while short - term investors enjoyed the stock market gains.

We upgraded our view on U.S. consumer discretionary stocks last fall and still believe that households are in a better position than they were just a few years ago: Consumer debt is down while household wealth is up, gasoline prices are much lower than a year ago and the U.S. is creating jobs at the fastest pace since the 1990s.

Based on the financial results for the first seven months of 2016 - 17, public debt charges could be as much as $ 1 billion lower than forecast in the Update, while direct program expenses could be at least $ 2 billion lower.

Based on the financial results for the first nine months of 2016 - 17, public debt charges could be as much as $ 1 billion lower than forecast in the Update, while direct program expenses could be at least $ 2 billion lower.

While such a strategy lowers gross borrowing requirements in the medium - term, it will fuel already high inflationary pressures and increase the government's debt stock.

What this means in practice is that we have kept maturities of our investments very short, particularly for low - risk issuers such as governments and agencies, while we seek out opportunities to increase portfolio yield with what we think is well - priced corporate debt.

If you have different debts, you may focus on paying down aggressively the debt with the highest interest rate while you make just minimum payment on the debts with lowest interest rates.

«Before the crisis, public debt was fairly low, and while private debt — and in particular mortgage debt — was a problem, private sector deleveraging is happening quickly.»

And the previously low interest rate environment paved the way for many of these defensive businesses to load up on debt to expand their operations, while continuing to pay high dividends to investors.

While the current price / peak - earnings multiple is already at an elevated level above 18, what I'll call the «P / E equivalent» multiples on other fundamentals are: 21 on the basis of book values, nearly 23 on the basis of enterprise value / EBITDA (which factors in the increasing share of debt on corporate balance sheets), over 25 on the basis of revenues, and 29 on the basis of dividends (largely because dividend payout ratios remain relatively low even on the basis of normalized earnings).

While the ratings agencies continue to lower their ratings and outlooks of European sovereign debt issuers, investors can't seem to get enough of the paper.

Today the USA has created one of the largest debts ever recorded, both the public and private sector are heavily indebted, and much of that debt was created while global central banks were keeping rates at record lows over the last decade.

Given historically low long - term interest rates, the government has considerable fiscal flexibility to undertake key public investments, while maintaining a falling debt to GDP ratio.

With corporate debt markets priced for another Great Depression, High Yield Bonds are in a unique position to outperform equities given recent runups off the lows while providing a high yield income stream for years to come.

While SoFi doesn't mention any hard credit requirements, you'll typically need to have a good to excellent credit score and a low debt - to - income ratio (DTI) to qualify for the most competitive rates.

While lower global interest rates have helped contain debt - servicing costs, the past year or so has seen a significant increase in net dividend payments.

While it's residents are recovering, many have written to us to complain that they don't feel that they're making any progress lowering their debts.

Similarly, lower - tranche mortgage securities and CDOs (and increasingly the higher - rated ones) are facing disappointments in their payment streams due to mortgage foreclosures, while potential buyers of these securities require much higher risk premiums as compensation, which we observe as still lower prices for that mortgage debt.

That means they're a great option to reduce your payments while also lowering your balance so you can get out of debt quickly.

That means they're a great option to lower your payments while also reducing your balance so you can get out of debt faster.

Meanwhile, corporate debt remains at record highs while default rates have been at sustained lows — «something's got ta give,» S&P wrote in a report earlier this month.

But the company is planning around $ 8 billion of acquisitions over the next two years, a sum that, while large, is easily affordable, given DHR's high cash balance and low debt - to - capital ratio.

report on dividend strategies: «The previous low - interest - rate environment paved the way for many of these businesses to load up on debt to expand their operations, while continuing to pay high dividends.

Consolidated Credit — Consolidated Credit is a great option for many consumers looking to consolidate their debt and get payment amounts down while also lowering their balance.

Monetary policy has less room to maneuver when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary fiscal policy is likely both more effective and less costly in terms of increased debt burden when interest rates are pinned at low levels.

They can loan you from $ 1,000 to more than $ 35,000 to help consolidate your balances and lower your monthly payments, while at the same time helping you get out of debt faster.

Consolidated Credit — Consolidated Credit is a great option for many consumers looking to consolidate their debt and get payments down while also lowering their balance.

Pay off the high - interest debt, then start investing while you tackle the low - interest, tax - deductible debt.

Budgetary reveues were up $ 4.1 billion, public debt charges were marginally lower, while program expenses increased by $ 5.4 billion.

While Walmart's margins are lower than what is typical for a company with such high financial strength, its debt is not exceptionally low and it continues to face intense competition from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), the analyst said.

The past several years have featured little more than a gigantic asset swap, the short description being that massive volumes of government debt have been swapped by central banks for massive volumes of idle bank reserves, while massive volumes of low - yielding, covenant - lite debt have been issued into the hands of yield - seeking investors, in order to retire massive volumes of corporate equities at elevated valuations through buybacks.

Republicans can remain the party of lower taxes, lower spending, lower regulation, and sustainable debt, while broadening their economic message.

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On September 12th, 2012 during Moldovan Prime Minister, Vlad Filat's two - day visit to Moscow, Russia invited Moldova to join the Eurasian Union, which is set to be established in 2015, while also offering the country low - priced gas and debt relief in exchange for denouncing the protocol on entering the EU Energy Community Agreement.

While it's well - known that higher education ultimately leads to lower unemployment and higher salaries, this report details how it is increasingly difficult for students and young professionals to afford and ultimately pay off their student loan debt.