Who Leads the Asset Gatherers? | SCHW, MS, GS, AMP, RJF & SF
The larger banks led the way in January and February, but today the top 25 names in terms of total return include many smaller banks.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jun 46 min read
Inside the Private Credit Trade
Direct lenders are the pawnbrokers of the 21st Century for subprime commercial borrowers, usually firms financed via leveraged buyouts.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Oct 2, 20236 min read
Credit Suisse\UBS to Apollo: Bye, Bye
UBS ultimately seems intent upon running off the remaining US mortgage assets, including a few billion in Ginnie Mae MSR financings
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R. Christopher Whalen
Sep 18, 20237 min read
Does PacWest + Banc of California + Warburg Pincus = Value?
The Q2 2023 disclosure for PACW suggests an institution that is bleeding cash and operating in extremis...
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jul 20, 20235 min read
Update: U.S. Bancorp & Goldman Sachs
We expect to see USB trading at a discount to JPM and Peer Group 1 until the bank improves its operating leverage to pre-COVID levels.
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R. Christopher Whalen
May 25, 20238 min read
Interest Rates, MSRs, Mortgage Putbacks & FICO Scores
Persistent talk about a 5.5% 30-year mortgage rate later this year is badly wrong as TBAs flip from 5.5% to 6% coupons for delivery in June
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 17, 20238 min read
Mark-to-Market on Bank America; Update on Credit Suisse & Guild Holdings
We recently added Western Alliance (WAL) and GHLD to our portfolio
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R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 22, 20226 min read
GNMA, FNMA Seize Assets from Reverse Mortgage Funding Estate
The US government now owns the largest reverse lender in the country.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Apr 22, 20226 min read
Update: Western Alliance Bancorp (WAL) and Silvergate Corp (SI)
There are virtually no conventional lenders in the US today that are profitable when the sell a loan into the secondary market.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Oct 19, 20218 min read
Interview: Tom Showalter on Perfecting the Lending Process
We speak with a revolutionary in the world of lending, Tom Showalter, Founder and CEO of Candor Technology.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 22, 20215 min read
Western Alliance + AmeriHome = Big Possibilities
We have long advocated the idea of an independent mortgage bank (IMB) combining with a strong regional lender
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R. Christopher Whalen
Nov 12, 20207 min read
Nonbank Update: Rocket Companies
Because of forward liquidity and credit concerns, the window for IMBs to tap the public equity markets appears to have closed for now
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Christopher Whalen
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