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What to know about the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

March 14, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two large banks that cater to the tech industry have collapsed after a bank run, government agencies are taking emergency measures to backstop the financial system, and President Joe Biden is reassuring Americans that the […]

With SVB Collapse & 60% of Pre-Market Dip in FRC Stock, is Another Recession Brewing?

March 13, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

Economic turmoil is slowly taking over the US soil. The Great Recession resulted from a housing bubble whereas the current scenario is becoming startup trouble, leading investors’ hope to a puddle. Moreover, the banking industry […]

Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank may not cause a crisis, but Main Street will feel the pain

March 13, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

There will be real world, Main Street trauma from the implosion of the Silicon Valley Bank, the second-largest bank failure in US history. We just don’t know yet how big. Without some kind of bailout or […]

Investors go bargain hunting in China’s ailing property market

March 13, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

Discounted prices and government support are starting to restore appetite among foreign investors for real estate assets in China, analysts tell fDi. Asia Pacific investors already appear willing to go bargain hunting as the country’s ailing property market […]

Competition From the US Is Forcing Europe to Up Its Green Game

March 13, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

As US President Joe Biden hosted his French counterpart in Washington on Dec. 1, not long after finalizing a $369 billion green tax-break bonanza, there was a rupture in the usual diplomatic cooperation on global warming. […]

Britain talking to EU and US over Inflation Reduction Act concerns

March 10, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

PARIS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he was talking to the United States and European Union about the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act amid concern it could make European markets uncompetitive. […]

More Declines Ahead for U.S. Housing Market After Dead Cat Bounce?

March 9, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

The U.S. housing market is currently the least affordable in at least 25 years: GS Housing Affordability Index Affordability is, generically, the ratio of monthly income vs. the median price of a home. Essentially the […]

Investors Bet on Europe’s Inflation Matching US in Echo of Financial Crisis

March 8, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

(Bloomberg) — For the first time since the global financial crisis, investors are betting long-term inflation in the euro area will match that of the US, underscoring the dramatic shift in the outlook for Europe […]

Fed’s Powell previews tougher rate hike path, starting soon

March 8, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

March 8 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday foreshadowed key elements of the central bank’s upcoming rate-setting meeting: A half-point increase is on the table and updated policymaker forecasts are likely to […]

Analysis: Investors revive inflation trades as 6% Fed rate risk grips Wall Street

March 7, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) – Spooked by a flurry of hotter-than-expected U.S. economic and inflation data last month, investors are reviving trading strategies that bet on a higher peak in interest rates. The recalibration […]

Rocket lost money last year, so why are its shares up?

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Rocket Companies, the parent of Rocket Mortgage, lost money in 2023, but executives have expressed confidence about a big turnaround by touting investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the company’s profitability. Despite reporting […]

Industry experts are closely watching delinquency rates, insurance costs

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Mortgage servicers, regulators and economists are closely watching the delinquency rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans following a spike in the fourth quarter of 2023. Industry experts say that although there’s a correlation […]

Jobs data sends mortgage rates higher

February 3, 2024 Comments Off

Today we got a jobs Friday hat trick! Better headline jobs were reported, with positive revisions and more robust wage growth, which caught bond traders off guard and sent bond yields and mortgage rates […]