Spread is the difference between the return rate of a capital deployment and the loan rate charged by your carrier. It is one of several metrics Policy Stack tracks to help you view your banking system clearly.
What Is Spread?
Spread is calculated as:
Spread = Deployment Return Rate − Policy Loan Rate
For example, if you deploy capital into an opportunity returning 8% annually, and your policy loan rate is 5%, the spread is 3%.
How Policy Stack Displays Spread
Policy Stack shows spread at two levels:
- Per deployment — the spread for each individual deployment, based on its return rate and the linked loan rate
- Weighted average — an aggregate spread across all active assets, weighted by the amount deployed
Spread values displayed in Policy Stack are based on the return rates and loan rates you record. They carry the data source label Actual if based on recorded data, or Modeled · Illustrative if based on projected or scenario values.
Spread in Context
Spread is one data point among several that describe your banking system's dynamics. Policy Stack also tracks: