A significant amount of the Fixed-To-Floating Rate Preferred and Baby Bond securities tied to 3-Month Libor are above initial coupon rate when they float. Recent legislation removes risk associated ...
I haven't had a mortgage on my house in years. When I did, I had two strategies to cut my costs. First, when my rate was over 8%, I made extra payments. Compared to the mutual fund's return I used to ...
Cheaper interest rate: Interest rate of floating loans is usually lower by 75-250 basis points (bps). Even if the floating rate ticks up because of the market conditions, it would be for some part of ...