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.
Mortgages can be structured differently and many factors are negotiable, such as the interest rate, closing costs, the loanâs length, a pre-payment penalty, and a balloon payment, to name a few. One type of loan that has recently become popular is the ARM, or adjustable rate mortgage. On this loan, the interest rate starts out very low and adjusts over time according to an interest index, such as the LIBOR (London InterBank Offered Rate).