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2024-07-15 09:50:00 ET Summary The Consumer Price Index actually fell in June by 0.1%, but the year-over-year change was still 3%, a full percent higher than the Fed’s target. The Producer Price Index was a negative surprise, with a headline reading of +0.2% and a core read...

2024-07-12 10:35:00 ET Summary In June 2024, the 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate was around 6.9 percent vs around 3.6 percent in January 2019. Given recent monetary policy, it is reasonable to think that inflation will eventually return to 2 percent per year, or at least to the n...

2024-03-01 04:08:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-02-24 00:45:00 ET Summary 2023 was a challenging year with a few drivers of volatility in the fixed income markets, some of which were not traditional. Given the slowdown in growth, the economy is at a point where central banks can start to think about shifting away from rest...

2024-02-23 08:40:00 ET Summary Recently, the percentage of past-due loans to riskier borrowers has begun to flatten, and prepayment rates for sub-prime and near-prime borrowers have fallen to nearly half their pre-pandemic levels. The percentage of newer sub-prime and near-prime l...

2024-02-23 00:50:00 ET Summary Given its high sensitivity to interest rates, the commercial real estate sector came under pressure from the rapid and precipitous rise in rates. The commercial real estate market’s impending demise has been well-documented, with headline risk...

2024-02-16 01:35:00 ET Summary After a difficult period, commercial mortgage-backed securities are benefiting from a more favorable macro backdrop and improved sentiment. Coming into 2024, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) were among the most dislocated sectors in fixed...

2024-02-12 22:30:00 ET Summary Spreads are tight and volatility is low for widely accepted reasons. The securitized-products opportunity set is broadening and diversifying still further. Fixed income investors are understandably focused on central bank policy at the moment. ...

2024-02-08 15:22:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-02-08 11:22:00 ET Summary Mortgage balances outstanding ticked up by 0.9% in Q4 from Q3, to a record of $12.3 trillion. Year-over-year, the increase was only 2.8%. HELOC balances jumped by 3.2% in Q4 from Q3, by 7.1% year-over-year, the 7th consecutive quarter of increases, a...