VABS News and Press, Virtus Newfleet ABS/MBS ETF From 08/30/23

2023-08-30 20:40:00 ET Summary The national average of a 30-year fixed rate mortgage is at the highest level in over 20 years. Rates for new mortgages are especially elevated relative to rates on already outstanding mortgages. Last week’s update on the national average ...

2023-08-24 20:55:00 ET Summary The new era of “higher for much longer.” The 40-year bond & mortgage bull market died in late 2020. Today, Freddie Mac’s weekly measure of the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit a two-decade high of 7.23%. In terms o...

2023-08-24 14:02:30 ET More on Virtus Newfleet ABS/MBS ETF Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Virtus Newfleet ABS/MBS ETF Dividend scorecard for Virtus Newfleet ABS/MBS ETF For further details see: Virtus Newfleet ABS/MBS ETF declares monthly distribution of ...

2023-08-17 04:54:00 ET Summary Any equity market pullback will likely be brief due to the short and shallow nature of the expected U.S. recession, and the subsequent swift recovery will demand an agile and proactive response from investors. A substantial amount of corporate bonds ...

2023-08-16 23:29:00 ET Summary Today's Mortgage Bankers Association data shows the average 30Y fixed rate mortgage agreed last week came in at 7.16%, matching the high hit on 21 October last year. The average mortgage taken out for a purchase last week was $417,200, which at 7.16%...

2023-08-16 02:00:00 ET Summary CMBS loan defaults are rising - what lies ahead for near-term loan performance? Commercial real estate has been an area of intense focus for investors, with concerns that macroeconomic uncertainty, tighter financial conditions and work-from-home coul...

2023-08-09 21:30:00 ET Summary Mortgage applications to purchase a home: -40% from 2022 and 2019, 3rd worst week since 1995, behind only two weeks in February. The 7%+ mortgages are doing their magic on the housing market as they keep buyers out of the market, and home sales sagge...

2023-07-22 02:35:00 ET Summary As a likely economic slowdown approaches, the investment outlook for short, high-quality consumer asset backed securities looks attractive. Although further prime credit normalization is expected given consumer headwinds, delinquencies and defaults r...

2023-07-14 01:15:00 ET Summary After failures at SVB and Signature, markets have successfully absorbed vast sales of the banks’ MBS portfolios. Coming into 2023, the agency mortgage-backed securities market seemed likely to benefit from both higher mortgage rates and the im...

2023-07-03 22:55:00 ET Summary Elevated yields and negative correlations are good news for bond investors. We share strategies for making the most of today’s opportunities. With the tug of war between inflation and growth likely to continue as the year progresses, policy ra...