It would prefer to issue longer dated bonds, to lock in low rates (the current 10 year JGB yields 0.76%).
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This will leave you well prepared to buy at the next market low, and also lock in some good profits for the year.
To lock in low long-term power costs, Higgins scavenged carrion from the meltdown: power plants built by electricity producers when prices were high.
Banks should like it because interest-only mortgages earn a premium rate and they get to lock in low-risk assets at their current depressed values.
Every major company has taken advantage of the lowest interest rates in our lifetime to lock in low cost debt for years to come.
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This could be a viable option, Babb and Rutledge say, if the borrower knows he or she can pay it back quickly, or if they can lock in a low interest rate for at least a year.
TESSAs has discriminated against those with low or unpredictable incomes who cannot afford to lock money away.
In issuing new debt notes to GE, Comcast is able to lock in today's historically low interest rates.
It is better to try to lock in the 14-month low now, or should you wait a few weeks to see if it will go lower?
After attempts to jimmy the lock failed, the group gained freedom in a decidedly low-tech way: A workman smashed through a door with a fire extinguisher.
Of special interest is a bait-and-switch ruse where (mostly older) investors are told to liquidate safe, low-yielding investments to buy annuities, which carry steep commissions and expenses and lock investors in for years.
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"Maybe we stopped putting in as many numbers at the breakdown - you need numbers there, to be low and aggressive, and we didn't do that, " said the Ireland lock.
Just how many homeowners will pay the fees to lock in at a lower rate remains to be seen: many have already refinanced at low rates and more are unable to refinance because of a lack of home equity.
"What the investor does is sell while the prices go low and then doesn't get back in until the prices are high again, so they lock in their loss and then they buy back at a high price, " he said.
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