Fitch Rates Nevada’s $197MM GO Bonds ‘AA+’; Outlook Stable

Fitch Rates Nevada’s $197MM GO Bonds ‘AA+’; Outlook Stable
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings assigns an ‘AA+’ rating to the following State of Nevada general obligation (Limited Tax) (GO LT) bonds: –$95.12 million capital improvement and refunding bonds series 2010C; –$18.1 million natural resources and refunding bonds series 2010D; –$34.325 million open space, parks and cultural resources [...]

Pump up your interest: Find best rates, try bonds to get more bang out of bucks

Pump up your interest: Find best rates, try bonds to get more bang out of bucks
The record-low interest rates across the country today may be good news for debtors, but they’re really bad news for savers.
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Vranos’s IPO Raises $101 Million to Buy Subprime Mortgage Bonds

Vranos’s IPO Raises $101 Million to Buy Subprime Mortgage Bonds
Ellington Financial LLC, the mortgage-backed bond fund run by Michael Vranos, raised $101 million in its second attempt at an initial public offering after four U.S. IPOs this week were postponed or delayed.
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Old Saybrook refinances bonds for big savings

Old Saybrook refinances bonds for big savings
Old Saybrook – The town has refinanced $9.4 million worth of bonds, saving itself $827,000 in interest payments, Treasurer Bob Fish said. “It’s like if you took out a mortgage on your…
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Mortgage Bonds Slump in U.S. as Policy Concern Trumps Analysis

Mortgage Bonds Slump in U.S. as Policy Concern Trumps Analysis
Securities guaranteed by government-supported Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac or federal agency Ginnie Mae returned 54 basis points, or 0.54 percentage point, less than U.S. debt this month, Barclays Capital index data show. It’s the worst relative performance since November 2008.
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Mortgage Bonds Slumping Amid Concern of `Mega-Refi’ Wave: Credit Markets

Mortgage Bonds Slumping Amid Concern of `Mega-Refi’ Wave: Credit Markets
Government-backed mortgage bonds are underperforming Treasuries by the most this year, after reaching record high prices, amid concern refinancing will accelerate.
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Bank Bonds Lure TCW as Stocks Tumble, P&G Sells: Credit Markets

Bank Bonds Lure TCW as Stocks Tumble, P&G Sells: Credit Markets
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama’s proposals to limit the size of U.S. banks helped wipe out $430 billion of financial companies’ stock market value and also made their bonds irresistible to some of the nation’s biggest investors.
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Mortgage Broker Bond – All About Mortgage Bonds and Mortgage Rates

Mortgage bonds are among the largest types of bonds that are offered by financial institutions in the market today. Because of this, any changes in the economic market has a direct effect on the value of mortgage bonds which then influences the various mortgage rates that are applied on a mortgage taken out by a [...]