Are more propeller blades better? Jeremy Kinney, a curator at the National Air and Space Museum, shares his thoughts. A sailor hoses down the propeller on a P-3 Orion during an aircraft wash on the flight line at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington.
There's the silly, the foolish and the completely harebrained. And then there's the adjustable rate mortgage -- ARM for short. Like unprotected sex or one more drink, it always seems like a good idea at the time. In an environment of only low and lower rates, an ARM has looked like a good idea for many years now.
Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)[skip to next word] A mortgage in which your interest rate and monthly payments may change periodically during the life of the loan, based on the fluctuation of an index. Lenders may charge a lower interest rate for the initial period of the loan. Most ARMs have a rate cap that limits the amount the interest rate can change, both in an adjustment period and over the life of the loan. Also called a variable-rate mortgage.