Sentences with phrase «agency mortgage -lsb-»

In late 2012, the Federal Reserve announced its third round of quantitative easing and started to purchase $ 85 billion per month in long - term U.S. Treasury securities and agency mortgage - backed securities.

The central bank's current holdings are equal to around a quarter of the total agency mortgage bonds outstanding, according to data from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Investors that had shied away from agency mortgage bonds in favor of corporate securities may come back.

Of the approximately $ 6.9 trillion of U.S. backed bonds known as agency mortgage securities that are outstanding, 11 of the biggest REITs own about $ 180 billion, or around 3 percent, according to investment bank KBW.

For these reasons, the fund may seek to obtain exposure to U.S. agency mortgage pass - through securities, in part or in full, through the use of «to - be-announced» or «TBA» transactions.

The Fed also extended its agency mortgage - backed security (MBS) program through March 2010 versus an original termination of year - end 2009 and committed to buying the full $ 1.25 trillion.

Shamefully, I haven't done much with Agency Mortgage REITs here, but the times they are a changing.

Beginning in April, the Committee will add to its holdings of agency mortgage - backed securities at a pace of $ 25 billion per month rather than $ 30 billion per month, and will add to its holdings of longer - term Treasury securities at a pace of $ 30 billion per month rather than $ 35 billion per month.

To provide support to mortgage lending and housing markets and to improve overall conditions in private credit markets, the Federal Reserve is in the process of purchasing $ 1.25 trillion of agency mortgage - backed securities and about $ 175 billion of agency debt.

Let's run through the several different types of mortgage REIT investments: Agency Mortgage -LSB-...]

The bond buying program, known as Quantitative Easing (QE), was designed to lower longer - term borrowing rates by buying U.S. Treasuries and agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS).

For the time being, the Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities in agency mortgage - backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction.

The FOMC agrees to keep constant the Federal Reserve's holdings of securities at their current level by reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities in longer - term Treasury securities.

I can support an overweight position in agency mortgage bonds, the yields seem attractive at current levels of volatility.

In addition, the FOMC decides to increase the size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet by purchasing up to an additional $ 750 billion of agency mortgage - backed securities, bringing its total purchases of these securities to up to $ 1.25 trillion this year, and to increase its purchases of agency debt this year by up to $ 100 billion to a total of up to $ 200 billion.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. MBS Index (the «MBS Index») measures the performance of the U.S. agency mortgage pass - through segment of the U.S. investment grade bond market.

Seeks to provide exposure to agency mortgage backed securities of the U.S. investment grade bond market

The term «U.S. agency mortgage pass - through security» refers to a category of pass - through securities backed by pools of mortgages and issued by one of the following U.S. government - sponsored enterprises: Government National Mortgage Association («GNMA»); Federal National Mortgage Association («FNMA») and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation («FHLMC»).

Annaly and American Capital Agency, for instance, invest in agency mortgage - backed securities, which come with an implicit guarantee against default — meaning if the borrowers stop paying, they are reimbursed for the difference.

To help support conditions in mortgage markets, the Committee will now reinvest principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities in agency mortgage - backed securities.

The Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities in agency mortgage - backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction.

The Committee will closely monitor incoming information on economic and financial developments in coming months and will continue its purchases of Treasury and agency mortgage - backed securities, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate, until the outlook for the labor market has improved substantially in a context of price stability.

As previously announced, to provide support to mortgage lending and housing markets and to improve overall conditions in private credit markets, the Federal Reserve will purchase a total of up to $ 1.25 trillion of agency mortgage - backed securities and up to $ 200 billion of agency debt by the end of the year.

The Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities in agency mortgage - backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction, and it anticipates doing so until normalization of the level of the federal funds rate is well under way.

To provide support to mortgage lending and housing markets and to improve overall conditions in private credit markets, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing $ 1.25 trillion of agency mortgage - backed securities and about $ 175 billion of agency debt;

In late 2012, the Federal Reserve announced its third round of quantitative easing and started to purchase $ 85 billion per month in long - term U.S. Treasury securities and agency mortgage - backed securities.

As of 05/31/2012 69.7 % of the BND is in U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and U.S. Agency mortgage - backed securities.

His responsibilities include developing investment strategies within securitized sectors such as agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS); non-agency residential mortgage - backed securities (RMBS); commercial mortgage - backed securities (CMBS); and asset - backed securities.

He also explains why he thinks underperforming agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS) deserve a fresh look.

One potential solution: consider agency mortgage - backed securities, which can offer value relative to other high grade securities.

Agency mortgage securities are issued by three U.S. agencies: Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae), which issued the first mortgage security in 1970; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHMLC or Freddie Mac); and Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae).

In particular, the Federal Reserve's latest move to juice the U.S. economy by purchasing $ 40 billion of agency mortgage - backed securities every month is forcing some money managers who had previously been feasting on those securities to get more creative.

The FOMC decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 % -0.25 %, and to continue purchasing agency mortgage - backed securities at a pace of $ 40 billion per month and longer - term Treasury securities at a pace of $ 45 billion per month.

the Committee decided to continue purchasing additional agency mortgage - backed securities at a pace of $ 40 billion per month and longer - term Treasury securities at a pace of $ 45 billion per month.

The Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities in agency mortgage - backed securities.

To support a stronger economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at the rate most consistent with its dual mandate, the Committee will continue purchasing additional agency mortgage - backed securities at a pace of $ 40 billion per month and longer - term Treasury securities at a pace of $ 45 billion per month.

The Fund principally invests in U.S. government agency mortgage - backed securities as well as U.S. government - issued Treasury bills and bonds.

The Fund primarily invests in U.S. government agency mortgage - backed securities as well as U.S. government - issued Treasury bills and bonds.

The Committee is maintaining its existing policies of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities in agency mortgage - backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction.

Accordingly, the Committee decided to continue purchasing additional agency mortgage - backed securities at a pace of $ 40 billion per month and longer - term Treasury securities at a pace of $ 45 billion per month.

Compressed valuations in agency mortgage - backed securities and the tail risk from the uncertain impact of Fed balance sheet normalization keep us neutral on the asset class.

The State of New York Mortgage Agency Mortgage Insurance Fund will provide insurance during the permanent loan period.

If an agency mortgage backed security was bought at a price which was a premium to its face value, the investor will lose the difference between the premium and face value when its prepaid.

Effectively, a decrease in prepayment extends the duration of an agency mortgage backed security.

In February 2011, 5 year agency mortgage backed securities yielded around twice as much (around 4.0 %) than a 5 year US Treasury (around 2.0 %).

Also, there are funds that invest only in agency mortgage backed securities.

Those agencies package thousands of similar loans together and then sell them to public in the form bonds which are known as agency mortgage backed securities.

Agency mortgage backed securities are bundles of mortgages which are packaged together as one instrument and sold like a bond.

A year later, the 5 year agency mortgage backed securities were yielding almost triple that of the 5 year US Treasury.

This sharp drop in new loan volumes is translating into an equal drop in issuance of agency mortgage securities.