Discover the ins and outs of fixed-for-fixed currency swaps, where parties exchange fixed interest payments across different currencies to capitalize on favorable rates.
A lender’s decision between taking a fixed charge and taking a floating charge requires it to weigh a multitude of pros and cons. A fixed charge ranks ahead of an earlier floating charge that has not ...
A rocket scientist – he designed weapons systems for a defense contractor – once told me that monetary principles were more difficult than rocket science. The evidence supports his view: we have many ...
In our April webinar “Risk Mitigation Techniques in Trade Financing Structures”, which I delivered with my colleagues Sam Fowler-Holmes and Maria Capocci, we discussed methods to mitigate risks all ...
When you go to the bank to take a loan, the bank tells you about both fixed rate home loan and floating rate home loan. In fixed rate home loan, the interest rate is fixed at the time of taking the ...
On 10/17/24, First Horizon Corp's 6.60% Dep Shares Fix/Float Non-Cumul Pfd Stock Ser C (Symbol: FHN.PRC) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4125, payable on 11/1/24. As a ...
Learn how floating liens allow businesses to secure loans with dynamic assets like inventory; understand the process of ...
This week’s topic is probably familiar to the majority of my readers, but I’m hopefully including a few new facts you’ll find interesting. I was inspired to write about federal and public holidays ...
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 ...
One of the most important decisions you make when taking out a loan is whether to choose a fixed or a floating interest rate. But each type has unique benefits and drawbacks that can influence your ...
In a recent survey conducted by AccelChip Inc. (recently acquired by Xilinx), 53% of the respondents identified floating- to fixed-point conversion as the most difficult aspect of implementing an ...
Digital signal processors (DSPs) represent one of the fastest growing segments of the embedded world. Yet despite their ubiquity, DSPs present difficult challenges for programmers. In particular, ...