What Is Yield To Call? Yield to call (YTC) is a financial term that refers to the return a bondholder receives if the bond is held until the call date, which occurs sometime before it reaches maturity. This number can be mathematically calculated as the compound interest rate at which the present value of a…
Robinhood customers could only sit by and watch as the DJIA posted its biggest one-day point increase in history on March 2. Many of those customers are new to trading since the brokerage launched to the public in late 2014, and found themselves unable to log in, trade, or access their accounts as markets surged…
What Is a Licensing Fee? A licensing fee is a sum of money paid to another entity for a certain right. For example, individuals or companies may pay licensing fees to a government agency for the right to perform professional services or engage in a particular line of business. In other instances, individuals or businesses…
What Is Construction Interest Expense? Construction interest expense is an interest that accumulates on a construction loan used to construct a building or other long-lived business asset. Typically, interest paid on a loan is immediately expensed and is tax deductible but that isn’t always the case. For example, construction interest expense that is incurred during…
The PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) bounced at strong support on Friday and added to gains in Monday’s session, closing back above the 200-day exponential moving average (EMA). Even so, the index has now entered a long-term sell cycle that predicts relative weakness into the third quarter, raising the odds that the pullback from recent highs…
In a not-so-surprise move, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.50% as investor concerns grow given the global spread of the deadly coronavirus. The cut comes right on the heels of an emergency meeting with finance ministers and central bankers of the G-7 countries this morning. Following the meeting, the G-7 issued a…
Health care plan stocks joined a market relief rally Monday after coronavirus fears caused U.S. benchmarks to suffer their worst one-week performance since the 2008 financial crisis. Attention now immediately shifts to Super Tuesday – a day that decides roughly one-third of delegates in the Democratic Party presidential primaries. Polls predict front-runner Bernie Sanders to walk away…
Estimating the value of real estate is necessary for a variety of endeavors, including financing, sales listing, investment analysis, property insuranceand taxation. But for most people, determining the asking or purchase price of a piece of real property is the most useful application of real estate valuation. This article will provide an introduction to the…
The UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN (MORL) has a trailing 12-month dividend yield of around 22% as of November 2022. Since dividend yields are crucial to some market participants, investors may be highly attracted to the exchange-traded note (ETN). Although MORL consistently offers high dividend yields in double digits and sometimes…