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• Rough Week Ended On a Positive Upswing

  
  wealthwithmortgage.com — Authority: 125
  Rates Dropped for 2nd Straight Week Mortgage markets were extremely volatile last week, carving out a wide range between Monday and Friday.  Thankfully for rate shoppers, the overall momentum was positive. Mortgage rates fell for the second time in as many weeks. Rates still sit higher versus their early-October ...
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• Words from the (Investment) Wise (November 9, 2009)

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 436
  “Words from the Wise” this week comes to you in a shortened format as I am about to leave Cape Town for a visit to the colder environs of Switzerland and Slovenia. Although reduced commentary is provided, a full dose of excerpts from interesting news items and quotes from market commentators is included. Blog ...
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• The Fed’s Real Objective in Keeping Rates Near Zero

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 643
  One of the key objectives of the Federal Reserve in pursuing these policies has been to drive investors back into riskier asset classes. By lowering the fed funds rate below 0.25% and promising to maintain a near-zero policy rate for an ‘extended period,’ the yield on near-cash instruments has all but evaporated. ...
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• PIMCOs McCulley On Vs, Us and Ws

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  We appreciate PIMCOs conceptual insights, however at this point it is now clear that the Chairman will keep interest rates at 0, in perpetuity or until the biggest stock market bubblr in the history of western markets finally implodes, whichever comes first (presumably the latter). In the meantime, it is time to ...
  5 days ago

• Fed Holds Key Rate, Making Other Significant Changes

  
  Quizzle Blog — Authority: 118
  The Federal Open Market Committee (Fed) – or as we affectionately call them, the “smarty pants” of the banking world – announced today that it will again hold its Fed funds rate at the 0% – 0.25% target range. (What the heck is the Fed funds rate and why should I care?)While the Fed decided [...]
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• Low Rates for “An Extended Period”?

  
  HSH Associates Financial News Blog — Authority: 132
  For months now, the hype surrounding the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) two-day meetings has been far less about a possible change to the Federal funds rates, than it has been about the short statement that follows. Today’s conclusion certainly continues that trend . While we weren’t ...
  6 days ago

• The Federal Reserve Statement (November 4, 2009 Edition)

  
  Your Mortgage Planner 2.0 Blog Your Mortgage Planner 2.0 Blog — Authority: 123
  The Federal Open Market Committee voted to leave the Fed Funds Rate within its target range of 0.000-0.250 percent. In its press release , the FOMC noted that the U.S. economy “has continued to pick up” since the September FOMC meeting and that housing market activity has increased. It’s the third ...
  6 days ago

• Treasury Minutes Suggest Fed to Remove $1 Trillion in Excess Reserves by March 2010

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  This morning, Treasury released the quarterly Minutes of the Meeting of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, which is [A]n advisory committee governed by federal statute that meets quarterly with the Treasury Department. The Borrowing ...
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• Mortgage Rate Forecast November 2, 2009 (Chart)

  
  Your Mortgage Planner 2.0 Blog Your Mortgage Planner 2.0 Blog — Authority: 123
  Mortgage markets improved last week after a series of hugely volatile trading sessions. Rates carved out a wide range on the week, culminating in a late-Friday plunge that dropped rates by about 1/8 percent. It was the first time in 5 weeks that mortgage rates fell. Volatility like that of last week is ...
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• Investor Letters: Bill Gross

  
  Investorazzi.com — Authority: 471
  Legendary bond investor Bill Gross just released his latest investment outlook on the PIMCO website. According to Gross, investors should expect Fed funds policy rates to stay low, and 4-5% returns, for an extended period of time. Here are some notable excerpts from the piece: Let me start out by summarizing a ...
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• A significant spike in GDP that does not mean recession over.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  As the media looks forward to news in hopes of a budding recovery consumers are still panicked. GDP should show signs of expansion in the 3rd quarter and slow growth due to Federal Government expenditures. Even if that is the case and we do see a significant spike in GDP that does not mean recession over. There might ...
  2 weeks ago

• Real Bull or Next Asset Bubble?

  
  Jutia Group — Authority: 562
  Often most bull markets are due to a decline in the fed funds rate; the interest rate that the Federal Reserve Bank charges other large…
  2 weeks ago

• When the Fed Talks, the Mortgage Market Listens

  
  wealthwithmortgage.com — Authority: 125
  Mortgage rates are higher after the Fed released their notes. Known as the ”Fed Minutes”, the report details the conversation and cross-currents that led to the Federal Reserve’s decision to vote “unchanged” on the Fed Funds Rate after its last meeting. The Fed Minutes are the lengthy companion to the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Florida Mortgage Rates Rise as “Uncle” Ben Bernanke and Crew Hint at Improving Economy

  
  Florida Mortgage Blogger — Authority: 118
  Florida Mortgage rates are on the rise after the Federal Reserve released the internal notes of its September 22-23, 2009 meeting. Referred to as the ”Fed Minutes”, the report provides a massive level of detail and insight into how the Fed may move next, and as such, is a favorite among Wall Street analysts. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Feds Bullard: Falling Unemployment Rate "Prerequisite" for Rate Increase

  
  Calculated Risk — Authority: 751
  Usually this would be a "duh", but with some of the Fed talk recently, this is worth noting ... From Bloomberg: Bullard Says Lower Unemployment Condition to Tighten ...“You want some jobs growth and unemployment coming down. That is a prerequisite” for an increase in interest rates, Bullard said. “It ...
  4 weeks ago

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