Interest Rates

Three ETFs for Rising Interest Rates

Wall Street is obsessed with interest rates. Many consumers are, too, especially anyone who wants to buy a home or car. There’s a good reason for this: Debt — or you might call it “leverage” — is the lubricant that keeps the financial markets moving. Imagine a car without oil &

LIBOR

The London Interbank Offered Rate. The rate of interest at which banks borrow funds from other banks, in marketable size, in the London interbank market. LIBOR rates are disseminated by the British Bankers Association. Some interest rate futures contracts, including Eurodollar futu

Libid

LIBID stands for London Interbank Bid Rate. This is the interest rate that a Euromarket bank is bidding in order to attract deposits from other banks. See also: LIBOR

Inverted Yield Curve

The yield curve is a graph showing the range of interest rates available to investors. An inverted yield curve shows long term rates falling below short term rates. This situation can occur when a slowing of the economy is expected or during a period of instability where investors look to the safety