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Monday, August 30, 2010

The Fed is exacerbating the move in bonds

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The recent Federal Reserve August 10 announcement to reinvest principal paydowns from its very large  (1+ Trillion) mortgage backed securit...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Refinance your home if you haven't done so already

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Now is a good time to consider refinancing your home if you have not done so already. As you can see from this graph mortgage rates are at g...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Greek bond yields keep crawling higher

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Greek 10 year bond yields are creeping higher again.  I don't know if 'creeping' is the best word considering their volatility ...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Seasonality and the Baltic Dry Index

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I'm doing some research on other economic indicators showing seasonality for a later post. An article on the BDI (Baltic Dry Index) and ...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Money Money Supply -- Money supply update.

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A money supply update.  The data presented includes both the M2 money supply and the only remnant of M3 still published by the Federal Reser...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

China lending update. Is bank lending speeding up or slowing down?

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It has been a while since I have updated you on the bank lending situation in China.   This is not due to me slacking off (I'll admit to...
Monday, August 16, 2010

Housing update -- Some good news. Some bad news.

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The good news is it appears the number of people with late home loans may have peaked.  From the data released by Fannie Mae and presented a...