TSI News and Press, TCW Strategic Income Fund Inc. From 11/05/20

30-year fixed rate mortgage averages 2.78% for the week ending Nov. 5, the 12th record low this year, vs. 2.81% in the prior week and 3.69% at this time a year ago, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey.Freddie Chief Economists Sam Khater says the new record low is due t...

Rate lock data suggest mortgage originations will easily exceed $4T this year, the highest level ever, according to Black Knight's latest Mortgage Monitor report.Through the first half of October, overall lock activity was up 4% M/M, with purchase locks up by 6% and refinance locks up 3% so f...

Lipper categories with low risk and moderate to high yields are listed. Top-ranked funds within the categories are listed. Over a thousand funds are ranked using Mutual Fund Observer Screens based on risk, risk-adjusted returns, quality, momentum and yield. Top-ranked funds f...

22 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 17 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Markets rebound, led by commodities. MLPs are the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: October 4, 2020

Frenzies to buy are usually tame compared with frenzies to sell. There is an urgency to preserving value that makes the seller particularly zealous in getting out rapidly. Be willing to be a buyer on days when there is no news. For further details see: Mad Bombers

30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 2.87% for the week ending Sept. 17, 2020, a tick up from 2.86% in the previous week and down from 3.73% a year ago, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: D.R. Horton, Inc., KB Home, PulteGroup, Inc., Financial sto...

30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 2.93% for the week ending Sept. 3, 2020, up from 2.91% in the previous week, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, D.R. Horton, Inc., KB Home, News on the U.S. economy, Financia...

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage perks up to above 3%, averaging 3.01% in the week ending July 23, and its first increase in weeks, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, PulteGroup, Inc., D.R. Horton, Inc., Financial s...

For the first time in 50 years, mortgage rates sink below 3% as the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 2.98% for the week ending July 16, 2020, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, D.R. Horton, Inc., Taylor Morri...

Reward For The Risk Taken Investors expect to be rewarded for the risk that they are taking. One method to measure risk is the Ulcer Index , which measures the length and depth of a fund's drawdown. It is available through Mutual Fund Observer Premium. The data in this article reflects up...