Guaranteed Partners’ Strategies

Strategies Taking Shots

“You miss 100% of the shots
you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky
(Not Mike, see FAQs)

Setting Our Partners Up to Take the Shots

Bidding Across a Risk/Return Curve

Managing risk and maximizing opportunities.

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  • We start premium to return levels that produce a curve.
  • We adjust based on our knowledge of the loan and market, allowing us to bid on loans at any spread, price, and characteristics with reasonable risk to return.

Using Loan and Investment Authorities

Increasing diversification, opportunities, and growth.

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  • We purchase FSA and USDA loans under FCA loan and investment authorities, each with separate limits.
  • This maximizes opportunities, risk mitigation benefits, and mission fulfillment.

Partner Relationships

Working with all brokers to maximize opportunities, gain a fuller understanding of the market, and improve execution.

Adapting to the Changing Markets

Using our 8 years of market experience to manage through rate, price, and other changes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why not wait until at a low point in the market?

Waiting often means missing opportunities, and timing the market rarely works. Even when it does, options can be limited and it delays earning potential.

However, if you’re ready to buy when opportunities arise, you can take bigger shots.

How did you create the guaranteed purchase largest % of assets in the Farm Credit System?

We consistently took the shots resulting in profit diversification and loan growth in every year from 2017-24.

At different times we were able to buy more fixed, variable, or adjustable rates. We sold fixed rates and longer-term reset adjustable rates when rates fell at gains to manage risk. We bought at discounted levels with unique opportunities, one-time market events such as COVID and broker failures. We worked with originators to reduce and offset prepays and were able to keep the prepays close to our initial estimates.

If you’d like to learn more about the strategies used in this success or want to partner with us, we’d be glad to talk with you on how we can work together.

Why share some of your strategies on your site?

We seek partners who value long-term relationships and recognize the benefits of working together. If someone wants to take the winding road alone, they can try, but they will need to adapt and execute strategies. If you want a partner with proven success, expertise, and processes to make things easier, quicker, and more successful, Guaranteed Partners is here for you.

Wasn’t it Micheal Jordan that said, “You Miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”?

I thought that at first too. See this video where Wayne Gretzky attributes his dad.

Who are Our Partners?

All of you that together help provide the capital needed to rural and agricultural USA.

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