VABS News and Press, Virtus Newfleet ABS/MBS ETF From 02/08/24

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...

2024-02-07 08:04:00 ET Summary Sluggish out of the gates. Negative on the negative convexity. Supply glimpse offers insight into prepays. By Albert Durso, Senior RMBS/CMBS Strategist, Analytics, LSEG Data & Analytics January flops as rates trend highe...

2024-01-27 03:05:00 ET Summary US gross domestic product surprised to the upside in the fourth quarter of 2023, primarily led by US consumers and the government. The growth mix to remain broadly similar going forward, with the consumer and the government likely to power growth in ...

2024-01-26 21:36:00 ET Summary From October 2022 through December 2023, cumulative returns for the US Treasury Bill 1–3 Month Index were 6.1%, compared with 7.5% for the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index. Historically, in the three months prior to the first Fed rate cut, th...

2024-01-25 14:00:00 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...

2024-01-24 11:29:00 ET Summary Many investors remain overweight cash, but markets have begun to price for a substantial decline in short-term interest rates. The Asset Allocation Committee (“the AAC”) therefore thinks it is time to deploy liquidity, locking in bond y...

2024-01-19 01:00:00 ET Summary The commercial real estate sector has been under intense pressure globally as interest rates have risen over the past couple of years. In the US, with the largest commercial property market in the world, prices have tumbled by 11 percent since the Fe...

2024-01-17 23:10:00 ET Summary The bond market ended the year with both duration and credit risk driving strong returns for a second consecutive month. 10-year Treasury yields slid to their lowest level since July after the Fed softened its stance on further interest rate hikes. ...

2024-01-15 20:07:00 ET Summary Underpinning the Fed’s policies will be the basic data on the economy regarding the risk of recession and the movement of inflation. Consumer Price Index rose just 3.4% over the past 12 months, down from a peak of 9.1% in mid-2022. Long-te...

2024-01-12 02:25:00 ET Summary Prospective home buyers face high prices and elevated borrowing costs, while homeowners refrain from listing their properties. As global central banks raised interest rates to tame inflation, home prices have cooled relative to the start of the hikin...