I used to have L+ loans against company stock to buy more company stock. While it was ultimately a good deal and a vehicle to buy a lot more stock in an era when it was going up significantly faster value-wise than the L+ amount was, it was riskier than probably we all realized. Fortunately, those loans are all gone now. The L+ rates were typically L+1 or less depending on the amount borrowed so much better than L+6 or L+8. When L is steady or declining, it's a much more attractive proposition than when it's rising or fluctuating wildly. Borrowing against cards would have to be a much riskier proposition than against a stock obviously. Guessing that's why the number is so much higher. Good luck........
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