The Institutional Risk Analyst

BLND is generating operating leverage via cost reductions, another way of saying that management is slowly winding up the business.

What happens to the Trump Trade and the broader equity markets if the FOMC passes on a December rate cut?

Could President elect Donald Trump be facing a maxi market correction before inauguration day?

The changes that are going to occur in Washington over the next four years will be dramatically different than during Trump I.

You can tell lies and damn lies about the idea of releasing Fannie and Freddie, but the SEC and FINRA cannot and will not say a word. 

Many homes in FL no longer have adequate home owners insurance much less federal flood insurance.

How will the sudden shift in Fed policy impact financials? Are we headed for a recession?

Why should a private Fannie Mae be a 20% risk weight under Basel III, but PFSI or Mr. Cooper (COOP) are 100%?

If President Donald Trump wins in November, he’ll be more than justified in demanding Jerome Powell’s immediate resignation.

If JPM, PFSI or UWMC want to pay the government to wrap conventional MBS in a “AA+” sovereign rating, why should the Treasury say no?

Are there bank bargains down in the cellar waiting to be discovered?

Is AFRM maturing from a hot new fintech entrant to a familiar face headed for a bank license?? Yikes.

The key term for risk managers and investors in 2024 remains unchanged from this year: Volatility.

The mood in the Dallas mortgage community is subdued, much like the atmosphere after an especially good party.

With a 75bp average total gfee, would the market for private label MBS return? Or would conventional lending volumes simply crater?

Every residential mortgage loan made in 2020-2021 is likely to be underwater by the end of 2023