VABS News and Press, Virtus Newfleet ABS/MBS ETF From 03/16/24

2024-03-16 00:55:00 ET Summary In the face of impending Federal Reserve rate cuts, investors may want to consider extending duration from Treasury bills to short-term bonds. Surprisingly, the coupon on short-term bonds does not fall after the Fed begins cutting rates, whereas the ...

2024-03-15 11:45:00 ET Summary With the Federal Reserve potentially easing as early as June, generous money market yields may be fleeting, posing the question of where else investors can “lock in” high levels of income. In an easing rate environment, the notable down...

2024-02-27 10:00:00 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...

2024-02-25 11:52:00 ET Summary Investment-grade CDS traded down to 51 bps Thursday, the low back to December 31, 2021. High yield CDS sank to 336 bps, the low since February 1, 2022. Nvidia added $155 billion of market capitalization (reaching $2 TN), as stocks surged further into...

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 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...