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flight: Fed Intervention Fails to Close Mortgage Treasury Spread - 12/05/08 10:47 AM
In spite of an unprecedented move by the Federal Reserve on November 25th to purchase $600 billion in mortgage-related assets, the spread between mortgage and treasury rates remained at its highest level on record for the week ending December 4th, closing at 2.96%. Investors sought the safety of treasury securities in droves, increasing their prices, and depressing the yield of the 10-year treasury note to its lowest close ever at 2.57% this Thursday. In spite of rampant speculation that the Fed may be prepard to act again, mortgage securities found few buyers. Mortgage rates averaged 5.53%, according to Freddie Mac.
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flight: Flight to Safety continues as US government lends $85 Billion to stabilize AIG - 09/17/08 11:10 PM
Earlier this week, I recapped the market phenomenon referred to as a "Flight to Safety". In such a situation, investors flee riskier investments, in favor of assets that are more secure, such as oil, treasury bills, and gold.
What happened today is clearly such a Flight to Safety.
As you know, the Federal Reserve announced yesterday it would lend $85 Billion to help stabilize troubled insurer American International Group, a company that insures homes, cars, businesses, and mortgages, among other things, while investing its assets in stocks, bonds, mortgages, and other investments. This loan came with a very high price: 11.5% … (0 comments)
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flight: Wall Street Rocked by Credit Fallout; the Definition of a Flight-to-Quality - 09/15/08 12:19 PM
If there is rock & roll playing in lower Manhattan this morning, it is probably The Doors' "Peace Frog", as investors awoke to a market seeing financial giants Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and American International Group all discussed in badly negative news.
Lehman, a troubled investment firm with major investments in the mortgage market filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy this morning. Its stock has declined from over $65 at the beginning of 2008 to less than a quarter this morning. The company had sought government intervention or an outside buyer over the past 10 days, but when none was forthcoming, found … (1 comments)
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