An auction rate security generally refers to a debt instrument with a long-term nominal maturity for which the interest rate is regularly reset through periodic auctions. It allows issuers to borrow for the long-term but at lower, short-term interest rates.
The auction-rate securities market involved investors buying and selling instruments that resembled corporate debt whose interest rates were reset at regular [...]
:: Sunday, July 05, 2009
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