Category: MarketNews

The three-month bill’s yield, going back to 1954. (Source: St. Louis Fed)

Maybe the market is not out of the woods yet. “At some level this is a bipolar market,” says Rich Golinski, of San Francisco-based wealth manager Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough. “There are wild swings between euphoria and depression.” Stocks were unable to hold […]

The three-month bill’s yield, going back to 1954. (Source: St. Louis Fed)

Maybe the market is not out of the woods yet. “At some level this is a bipolar market,” says Rich Golinski, of San Francisco-based wealth manager Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough. “There are wild swings between euphoria and depression.” Stocks were unable to hold […]

The three-month bill’s yield, going back to 1954. (Source: St. Louis Fed)

Maybe the market is not out of the woods yet. “At some level this is a bipolar market,” says Rich Golinski, of San Francisco-based wealth manager Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough. “There are wild swings between euphoria and depression.” Stocks were unable to hold […]

The mortgage securities market has gotten a shot in the arm today, helping create a smoother, less volatile trading environment, reducing investor nervousness, at least somewhat.

The decision by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight to reduce the required amount of capital Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to hold against their mortgage portfolio has […]

The mortgage securities market has gotten a shot in the arm today, helping create a smoother, less volatile trading environment, reducing investor nervousness, at least somewhat.

The decision by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight to reduce the required amount of capital Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to hold against their mortgage portfolio has […]

The mortgage securities market has gotten a shot in the arm today, helping create a smoother, less volatile trading environment, reducing investor nervousness, at least somewhat.

The decision by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight to reduce the required amount of capital Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to hold against their mortgage portfolio has […]

Bloggers at Stock Market Beat believe the story that Bear Stearns’s bond holders are buying the stock, but he suggests a more complex possibility — they’re playing in the options market as well. “Given that the bonds were trading at $700 per $1,000 face value on Friday, and are worth $1,000 when backed by JPMorgan, […]

Bloggers at Stock Market Beat believe the story that Bear Stearns’s bond holders are buying the stock, but he suggests a more complex possibility — they’re playing in the options market as well. “Given that the bonds were trading at $700 per $1,000 face value on Friday, and are worth $1,000 when backed by JPMorgan, […]

The moves taken by the Federal Reserve since August have certainly been dramatic: A full three percentage points of interest-rate reductions, and the introduction of an alphabet soup of lending facilities (TAF, TSLF, PDCF) to handle the liquidity issues that have cropped during this intense credit crunch.
With the federal-funds target at 2.25% some wonder […]

The moves taken by the Federal Reserve since August have certainly been dramatic: A full three percentage points of interest-rate reductions, and the introduction of an alphabet soup of lending facilities (TAF, TSLF, PDCF) to handle the liquidity issues that have cropped during this intense credit crunch.
With the federal-funds target at 2.25% some wonder […]