Analysis: Mortgage policy guessing game for investors - Reuters


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Analysis: Mortgage policy guessing game for investors
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The $5 trillion guaranteed mortgage-backed securities market has long been a technician's dream, with Wall Street shelling ...
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FOMC Minutes: Not Ruling Out Reinvesting In Mortgages - Wall Street Journal


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FOMC Minutes: Not Ruling Out Reinvesting In Mortgages
Wall Street Journal
"While reinvesting in Treasury securities was seen as preferable given current market conditions, reinvesting in MBS might become desirable if conditions ...
FOMC to reinvest MBS back into MBS 'if conditions change'Housing Wire
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Suit Targets Former WesCorp Officials - Wall Street Journal

Suit Targets Former WesCorp Officials
Wall Street Journal
To wring more profit from its investments, WesCorp bought more private mortgage-backed securities, particularly a risky type of security backed by option ...
NCUA: Private Label MBS Concentrations Killed WesCorpCredit Union Times
NCUA claims WesCorp's demise tied to MBS investmentsHousing Wire
Cheney “Disappointed” with NCUA's Amended WesCorp ChargesCredit Union Times
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Fed Assets Little Changed as Treasury Securities Holdings Rise - Bloomberg

Fed Assets Little Changed as Treasury Securities Holdings Rise
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The Fed's holdings of mortgage-backed securities were little changed at $1.1 trillion. Holdings of federal agency securities were unchanged at $156.5 ...
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BlackRock Picked by Insurance Regulators to Weigh CMBS Risks - BusinessWeek

BlackRock Picked by Insurance Regulators to Weigh CMBS Risks
BusinessWeek
Pimco was chosen from among 11 vendors by the association in November to help evaluate more than 21000 residential mortgage-backed securities.
BlackRock Chosen by Insurance Regulators to Weigh CMBS RisksBloomberg

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Bernanke on the Housing Bubble - The Washington Independent


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Bernanke on the Housing Bubble
The Washington Independent
The result was overinvestment in MBS that boosted the financial intermediaries’ profits and enabled borrowers to bid up housing prices.”
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Mortage rates still seeking a bottom - Inman.com


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Mortage rates still seeking a bottom
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Expectations that inflation won't take off anytime soon, coupled with continued volatility in stock markets, makes the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that ...
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Fed's Kohn Says Additional Stimulus Isn't 'Automatic' - BusinessWeek

Fed's Kohn Says Additional Stimulus Isn't 'Automatic'
BusinessWeek
1 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Governor Donald Kohn said the central bank's decision to reinvest proceeds from maturing mortgage-backed securities won't ...

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