Fixed income

The yield on 30-year securities has climbed almost 25 basis points over the past three sessions, returning it to levels last seen in mid-November when inflation was still above 7%, more than double the current rate. Ten-year borrowing costs rose to around 4.15%. 

The mortgage company was able to move a lot closer to its goal to become a $1 trillion servicer with the expiration of the final tender offer and closing of the deal.

The acquiring company netted an incremental gain in shareholder buy-in with its previous postponement but not enough to push the transaction forward.

In their latest assessment of the bond market outlook, Morgan Stanley strategists are challenging the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's view that losses are likely to deepen.

A subsidiary pushed its tender offer to buy outstanding shares by June 27 further out after a small percentage of stockholders failed to accept by the original expiration date.

Investors are piling into longer-dated notes on bets that policy makers will succeed in taming inflation, an outcome that will deliver strong and stable returns on debt.

Treasury bills maturing in the first half of June rallied as trading resumed following the Memorial Day holiday, after a deal to lift the debt ceiling eased concern over the prospect of a calamitous U.S. default. 

Trading of the company's securities was immediately suspended for failure to meet minimum shareholder equity levels, a move it agreed with.

Excess returns on the bonds, which compares mortgage backed security performance to Treasuries, are -0.94% for March, on track for the worst relative performance since September.

The company's controlling shareholder wants to replace former HUD Deputy Secretary Pam Patenaude on its board with title company executive Steve Ozonian.

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away four appeals from shareholders of the government-sponsored enterprises who said they were entitled to compensation after the Treasury collected more than $100 billion in profits from the government-sponsored enterprises.

Proceeds from the sales, which might not be the last, will pay down a personal loan secured by Nima Ghamsari's holdings.

There is a gaping hole in the financial system in North Minneapolis, where people are preyed upon by payday lenders and fringe bankers, according to Debra Hurston, executive director of the Association for Black Economic Power. Hurston is creating a credit union for this community to help break residents out of a cycle of exploitation and debt. But the issue is far bigger than one city, and the opportunity is one that any bank or credit union can seize.

The Treasuries market is girding for potential disruptions from the next and trickiest stage of policymakers’ tightening campaign: the shrinking of an $8.5 trillion bond portfolio.

Yields have jumped so much this year, nearly doubling those on 10-year Treasuries, that it recalls past buying opportunities that paid off when the tide turned.

The yield on 10-year US notes has traded in a range of at least 10 basis points in 50 of 95 trading days so far in 2022. That puts it on track for an annual rate of more than 130 episodes, which would be the highest since 2009.

U.S. Treasuries tumbled Monday, driving the yield on five-year notes to the highest level since September 2008 amid speculation persistent inflation will prompt the Federal Reserve to tighten policy more aggressively.

Ten-year U.S. yields climbed through 2.75% for the first time since March 2019 as investors priced in the impact of the Federal Reserve’s tightening plan and accelerating inflation.

A fresh wave of volatility threatens the battered U.S. Treasury market — and this time it’s all thanks to the Federal Reserve’s ambitious bid to shrink its $9 trillion balance sheet just as it raises interest rates.

New research shows that young Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to buy a home of their own. The co-author of a series of reports will delve into discoveries around the factors why.