Lowering the federal funds rate, its traditional weapon, tends to make the most impact on short-duration debt.
So how about a very short-duration policy with a low daily benefit?
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We have written previously to express our strong opposition to prohibitions on the responsible use by American military personnel of short-duration anti-personnel landmines (APLs) and the retention of existing long-duration APLs in defense of South Korea.
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The average baby boomer was likely to have held 11 jobs over the course of his or her career, including "large numbers of short-duration jobs even at middle age, " said the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2010.
Panetta said that U.S. officials learned in the months after the incident that "there were actually two short-duration attacks that occurred some six hours apart, " the first on the consulate and the second on an annex two miles away.
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In light of these developments, we respectfully suggest that the treaty that will result from the "Ottawa process" will be incompatible with the U.S. military's abiding requirement to use short-duration anti-personnel landmines where appropriate and to deploy long-duration APLs in Korea.
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Short-duration Agency MREITS which specialize in shorter mortgages (like adjustable mortgages instead of 15-year and 30-year fixed) have outperformed much less about 250 basis points with Anworth Mortgage ( ANH), Hatteras Financial ( HTS), and Capstead Mortgage ( CMO) comprising the short-mortgage play.
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High-yield short duration bonds and senior bank loans (also known as leveraged loans) are both attractive for excess liquidity in the current low-yield environment.
Difference in leverage, borrowings (short duration vs. long duration), asset holdings (adjustable mortgages vs. long-term mortgages), and hedging strategies are the main differences among the Agency Mortgage REITs, who number less than a dozen names.
My bond recommendations in 2012 ranged from high-yield to pipelines, refineries, autos and bond funds, all short duration.
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"Short duration, highlighted by speed of execution, violence of action, well-coordinated plan and a planned withdrawal, " Karsner says.
Their killing and the exchange of gunfire that led to the shooter's death occurred in "a relatively short duration of time, " added Petucci, and physically all within a 1.5-mile radius.
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