Investments

May 20, 2013
Investors should strike on agency MBS, but remain cautious: BofAML

Investors should take advantage of the agency MBS weakness, but remain cautious on derivatives and specified where...

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Up-front risk sharing will lure in private capital: MBA

To entice investors back into the market the FHFA should require the GSEs to offer risk sharing options to lenders at the entry point rather than on the back end after loans have been delivered to the enterprises, the MBA said.

Investors find private-label RMBS facing rep and warrants issues attractive

With settlements on representation and warranty violations in nonagency RMBS beginning to pick up momentum, investors are becoming more comfortable with pricing the potential recovery cash flow from a settlement or loan repurchase.

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Earnings impact American/British stock exchanges very differently

Ken Elgarten of Société Générale said in a commentary on the US credit environment: "Earnings season winding down, with more than 90% of the S&P 500 companies reporting Q1 results with roughly 75% of those either meeting or beating forecasts."

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