Posts Tagged “Yield Curve”

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Romeo Fayette submits: One of the problems with all the intervention to keep interest rates low is the miscues that result in risk management. I know a Loan Officer at Citi ( C ) who says they’re not offering 30-yr fixed mortgages anymore; not a bad idea considering how much has been thrown at pinning Short Term interest rates. Hiding in the safety of ARMs, Citi’s clearly hedging its exposure to the yield curve. So much of finance and the broader economy hinges from metrics like LIBOR, whic

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Investors often assume dangerous, unnecessary risks by owning stocks on the basis of sloppy economic and financial analysis. For each stock you own, you should frequently reassess the reasons for owning it. Also, you need to remain on the lookout for signals that the future operating environment for a particular stock has changed. Right now, the market has priced bank stocks for perfection, but the earnings outlook remains bleak. Investors are excited about the wide yield curve that’s enabling

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Larry Elliott, Guardian economics editor, makes a fairly silly statement:The banks are not exactly helping King and his colleagues on the monetary policy committee; they are hoarding cash and rebuilding profits decimated by ill-judged investments in fancy derivative products by gouging their customers. Over the last two years, the bank rate has come down from 5.25% to 0.5%, but a two-year fixed mortgage has come down by 1.6 percentage points and a five-year fixed home loan by just 0.5 points. Un

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