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Adjustable rate preferred stock (ARPS)Publicly traded issues that may be collateralized by mortgages and MBSAdjustable rate preferred stock (ARPS) Similar MatchesAdjustable pegAdjustable pegAn exchange rate that is pegged, but for which it is understood that the par value will be changed occasionally. This system can be subject to extreme speculative attack and financial crisis, since speculators may easily anticipate these changes. 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. Adjustable Rate Mortgages (arms)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 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. Adjustable rate preferred stockAdjustable rate preferred stockPreferred stock which pays a dividend in line with interest rates generally rather than a fixed dividend. Further SuggestionsAdjustable rateadjustable rate mortgage |
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