New Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director Mel Watt didn’t waste any time signaling that he intends to take the organization in a different direction than his predecessor Edward DeMarco. Mel Watt recently sent an email to reporters telling them that he has put a hold on plans to increase rates for insuring mortgage securities, report Jody Shenn and Clea Benson for Bloomberg Businessweek.
Labor Market - Friday's employment report came in at +271K, more than 100K above the 160K the market expected. The +271K jump broke a 4-month deceleration in the U.S. jobs... Read More
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Henry Boroff has ruled that the GT Advanced Technologies Inc (OTCMKTS:GTATQ) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) keeping secrets about their failed business deal is unnecessary. The much maligned... Read More
Cash-Strapped Venezuela Borrows From Itself According to the New York Times, as many as 200,000 Venezuelans have left their country in the past 18 months in an attempt to... Read More
After generating -12.17% performance in 2013 and starting out 2014 with -4.78% in January, Aref Karim, chief executive officer and chief investment officer at Quality Capital Management (QCM), laments... Read More
The Delbrook Resources Opportunities Master Fund was up 9.2% for May, bringing its year-to-date return to 33%. Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Dellbrook is an equity long/ short... Read More
Market Levels   US:  Dow Futures: 12712.87 (0.76%), S&P 500 Futures: 1342.99 (0.35%), NASDAQ Futures: 2867.41 (0.15%) Europe: CAC: 3101.57 (0.87%), DAX: 6445.75 (0.87%), FTSE: 5518.62 (0.35%) Asia-Pacific: Australia: 4123.90 (-0.23%),... Read More
BMO Capital Markets analysts David J Chiaverini and Richard Fellinger analyze fund flows to mutual funds and ETFs during the month of March in their April 16, 2014 research... Read More
MBIA Inc (NYSE:MBI) did not award bonuses to its top executives in 2011. The lack of bonuses was put down to regulatory pressure from New York regulators. Top executives including the... Read More
Those who invest in volatility-based ETFs are not receiving the same protection as those who invest in the VOLATILITY S&P 500 (INDEXCBOE:VIX) directly, claimed VIX inventor Robert Whaley at an... Read More
Do trailing 12 months (TTM) or average ratios - also called normalized ratios - give you higher returns? This is what I wanted to find out by looking at all... Read More
