The next step in my research on threats to retiree income involves earnings multiples and discount rates. The application space here is REITs, but the general points made apply much more broadly. It ...

In regulatory cost benefit analysis the discount rate translates future value to present terms. Regulatory costs, such as investments in pollution control equipment or redesigning nutrition labels, ...

Discover the essentials of discount bonds, including their definition, key risks, and how yield to maturity (YTM) can ...

U.S. corporate pension plans' funding ratios now exceed 100% thanks to rising discount rates bringing down pension liabilities, according to three new reports. Milliman, in its latest report of the ...

Jan 6 (Reuters) - Directors at two-thirds of the ‌Federal Reserve's regional banks voted to leave ‌the interest rate charged to commercial banks for emergency loans unchanged ahead of last month's Fed ...

We show that firms' nominal required returns to capital (i.e., their discount rates) are sticky with respect to expected inflation. Such nominally sticky discount rates imply that increases in ...

When looking at mortgage offers online, the interest rate doesn't always show the whole picture. Often, the lowest advertised mortgage rate includes 1 or more discount points, which translates to ...

Ultimately, the choice of discount rate can spell the difference between a comfortable retirement or an old age spent in poverty for tens of millions of workers. Not surprisingly, given the stakes ...