As my colleague Ethan Pollack depicts in this post, it didn't always work this way -- the long-term capital gains rate sits at a rock-bottom historical low. ❋ Andrew Fieldhouse (2012)
That uncertainty, along with rock-bottom interest rates, has led Ameritrade to rein in expenses. ❋ Brett Philbin (2011)
"I think the market will adopt a seeing-is-believing approach, given that market trust in this administration is now at rock-bottom levels," said Timothy Ash , an emerging-markets analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland in London. ❋ Gordon Fairclough (2012)
The price for that flexibility is rock-bottom yields, which "aren't even in the same zip code as the yields on online savings accounts," says Bankrate's Mr. McBride. ❋ Eleanor Laise (2011)
In simplest terms, the current dispute focuses on whether some insurers selling the new designs are improperly using the rock-bottom premium rates for one part of the methodology, thereby producing lower reserves. ❋ Leslie Scism (2011)
Driving the demand, say financial advisers, is that despite rock-bottom mortgage rates around 4%, traditional lenders remain reluctant to provide mortgages to anyone with less than stellar credit. ❋ AnnaMaria Andriotis (2011)
With risk rising in the bond market with rock-bottom rates expected to go up, investors should consider dividend-paying stocks as an alternative to bonds, panelists say. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The ECB monetary operations helped make it easy for weaker nations to borrow at rock-bottom rates. ❋ Stephen Fidler (2011)
Getty Images Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos If this sounds familiar, it's because his career arc so far mimics Tebow's, from the unlikely fascination (Lin is the first American-born Chinese or Taiwanese player) through the rock-bottom point (Tebow was third-string at the start of this season) to the freakish success (Tebow won seven of his first eight games as Denver's starter). ❋ Ben Cohen (2012)
In contrast, prices are just 4% higher in U.S. dollar terms, and the U.S. is benefiting from falling net imports of crude along with rock-bottom domestic natural-gas prices. ❋ Liam Denning (2012)
Second, the credit sector was broken and rock-bottom interest rates did not stimulate residential construction, which remains moribund due to underwater mortgages and surplus housing. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The newer breed of universal life specifies a rock-bottom annual premium to be paid to keep a policy in force, making it more competitive with term life. ❋ Leslie Scism (2011)
On top of its deeply discounted shipping and rock-bottom prices, the company sells its new Kindle Fire tablet at just $199. ❋ John Jannarone (2012)
Nevertheless, Argentina is immersed in a delicate economic transition in which the federal government is making a push to reduce the massive subsidies it expends to keep Argentine utility and public transportation rates at rock-bottom levels. ❋ Matt Moffett (2012)
While such investments are relatively stable, the possibility of capital appreciation has fallen with interest rates at rock-bottom levels. ❋ John Jannarone (2011)
It allows Indian hospitals to entice American heart patients for top-notch surgery at rock-bottom prices. ❋ Greg Lindsay (2011)
Disaffection with Mr. Papandreou's socialist government is rife, and his approval ratings are rock-bottom. ❋ Alkman Granitsas (2011)
When the Fed announced last week that it likely will keep rates at rock-bottom levels through 2014—almost three full years from now—some risk-averse investors began to abandon hopes that rates would rise soon. ❋ Ruth Simon (2012)
They say that life gives you a few chances to work it out for yourself before conspiring to bring about the rock-bottom downfall; the final warning before the endgame. ❋ Steve Dennis (2011)
