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Adjustable Rate Mortgages (arms)Mortgage loans under which the interest rate is periodically adjusted to more closely coincide with current rates. The amounts and times of adjustment are agreed to at the inception of the loan. Also called: Adjustable Rate Loans, Adjustable Mortgage Loans (AML'S), Flexible Rate Loans, Variable Rate Loans.Adjustable Rate Mortgages (arms) Similar MatchesAdjustable rate mortgageAdjustable rate mortgageIn the US, a mortgage in which the interest rate is liable to change over the term of the loan and which is dependent on influences such as interest rates on US Treasury securities. Adjustable rate preferred stockAdjustable rate preferred stockPreferred stock which pays a dividend in line with interest rates generally rather than a fixed dividend. Adjustable rateAdjustable rateApplies mainly to convertible securities. Refers to interest rate or dividend that is adjusted periodically, usually according to a standard market rate outside the control of the bank or savings institution, such as that prevailing on Treasury bonds or notes. Typically, such issues have a set floor or ceiling, called caps and collars that limits the adjustment. Adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)Adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)A mortgage that features predetermined adjustments of the loan interest rate at regular intervals based on an established index. The interest rate is adjusted at each interval to a rate equivalent to the index value plus a predetermined spread, or margin, over the index, usually subject to per-interval and to life-of-loan interest rate and/or payment rate caps. Lehman Brothers Adjustable Rate Mortgage IndexLehman Brothers Adjustable Rate Mortgage IndexA benchmark index that includes all agency-guaranteed securities with coupons that periodically adjust based on a spread over a published index. Further SuggestionsAdjustable rate preferred stock (ARPS)Adjustable peg |
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