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Update: Switch Inc.
SWCH is performing above the rate of total returns for the data center REITs, according to Nareit
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Sep 29, 20224 min read


New Residential Pivots, Gets "Rithm"
NRZ must pay $400 million to Fortress to end the relationship with the external manager, a final act of squeezing NRZ shareholders
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Jun 22, 20225 min read


Q4 Earnings | Big Banks & QE
In the short-run rising interest rates and spreads will help bank earnings. But where is the next credit hot spot?
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Jan 12, 20228 min read


Mortgage Crises Yesterday and Today
As we move into Q4 2021 earnings, keep your eyes peeled for news of restructuring of urban commercial commercial and multifamily properties
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Jan 4, 20226 min read


A Bull Case for US Banks?
We ask whether bank fundamentals are starting to catch up to the very full equity market valuations , up 40% since the end of 2020
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Dec 13, 202111 min read


Is New York City Coming Back?
Over the next several years, as the economic cost of COVID becomes full visible, New York City may face its second financial crisis
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Nov 10, 20218 min read


Interview: Stan Middleman on the Outlook for Housing and the Economy
This week we speak with Stan Middleman, founder and CEO of Freedom Mortgage, about the US economy and the outlook for residential mortgages
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Oct 17, 20218 min read


Bank Earnings Setup: Rebound to 2020
Many of the better managed financials that we track have become sellers of assets rather than buyers in the past several months.
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Oct 12, 20216 min read


Joe Biden Doubles Down on Housing
After years of FOMC-induced asset price inflation, does the housing market really need more help?
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Sep 24, 20215 min read


Joe Biden Declares War on Family Farms, Owner Occupied Businesses and Home Ownership
Why is Joe Biden declaring war on American family farmers, investors in multifamily real estate and Main Street USA?
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May 17, 20215 min read


Forbearance, Shrinking NIM & Prepayments Menace US Financials
Simply stated, US banks are twice as expensive as they were a year ago looking at earnings and assets....
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Apr 12, 20216 min read


Update: Commercial, Residential Loans & MSRs
We continue to believe that issuers and funds should be accumulating conventional servicing. Rates bottomed in February...
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Apr 5, 202113 min read


Update: Q1 2021 Bank Earnings
US banks are running at income levels that are less than half of a year ago...
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Mar 25, 20217 min read


Interview: Ed Kane on Inflation & Disruption
This is a really bad time to be focused on macroeconomic data....
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Feb 25, 202110 min read


Profile: Bank OZK -- It's All About the NIM
Significantly, OZK predicts shrinking CRE loan volumes in 2021....
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Feb 3, 20216 min read


Update: Commercial & Residential Real Estate, MSRs
Most of midtown Manhattan’s offices and other structures are unused. Commuter volumes are 10% of pre-COVID levels.
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Jan 29, 20218 min read


Outlook 2021: Financials & Credit Markets
New issue volumes in all of the major securities asset classes other than Treasury debt are trending lower as 2021 begins....
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Dec 28, 20208 min read


Top Five US Banks: Q3 2020 Earnings Setup
There is a reason why the smart money on Wall Street is creating new strategies focused on non-performing loans...
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Oct 12, 20207 min read


Bank Profile: Ally Financial Inc
ALLY has all of the required attributes for inclusion in The IRA Bank Dead Pool....
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Sep 28, 202011 min read


Bank Profile: The Goldman Sachs Group
GS is the smallest of the global investment banks but the most highly levered of the large US banking groups
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Jul 26, 202014 min read
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