Record-low 30-year Treasury rates make borrowing attractive, even to a company sitting on a $200 billion stockpile of cash.

Whole-business securitized bonds enable lower-grade companies to borrow at investment-grade rates.

Here's a look at how a financial planner handles this common trick question.

Although August was supposed to be slow, prudent finance teams have seen this month's surpisingly low rates as a reason to delay summer vacations and issue debt instead.