Sentences with phrase «agency mortgage backed»

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

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.

Not exact matches

The bank said it had agreed to settle the lawsuit with the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) after being accused of mis - selling $ 32 billion of mortgage - backed securities before the global financial crisis.

The agency, created in 1946 to build houses for veterans of the Second World War, liked to describe itself as the «heart of housing» — an enormous Crown corporation that dominated the mortgage insurance market, guaranteed complex, bond - like assets called mortgage - backed securities, and subsidized the building and upkeep of First Nations and social housing.

During this period, the Federal Reserve tried to support employment by cutting its federal funds rate target nearly to zero; by creating a number of special liquidity facilities to support the extension of credit; and by engaging in a large scale asset purchase program, buying Treasuries, agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York was directed in late 2008 to implement large - scale purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS).

From 2000 to 2007, Mr. Weintraub headed the Agency MBS business, and, in 2008, he co-headed U.S. Residential Mortgage and Asset Backed Securities Trading.

As the Fed pares its balance sheet, it will buy fewer and fewer Treasury bonds and agency mortgage - backed securities.

Not only could we cut short - term interest rates, but we also could extend the maturity of our Treasury and agency MBS portfolio, purchase additional Treasury and agency mortgage - backed securities and engage in forward guidance with respect to the future path of short - term interest rates.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 10 + Year Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years orBacked Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years orbacked securities with maturities of 10 years or more.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 5 — 7 Year Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seveMortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seven Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to sevemortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seven backed securities with maturities of five to seven years.

The S&P 500 surged by more than 1.6 % and prices rose for mortgage - backed and agency securities and Treasury notes.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed secMortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securBacked Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed secmortgage - backed securbacked securities.

«If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability,» the Fed's announcement stated.

The FOMC's annoucement after their meeting on Wednesday affirmed the Fed's QE3 policy, offering no changes, while stating, «If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the Committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability.»

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 1 — 3 Year Bond Index is unmanaged and is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government / Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to threMortgage - Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to three Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to thremortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to three backed securities with maturities of one to three years.

Sectors in the index include Treasuries, government - related and corporate securities, mortgage - backed securities (MBS)-- agency fixed - rate and hybrid ARM pass - throughs - asset - backed securities (ABS), and commercial mortgage - backed securities (CMBS).

Investors in AAA rated mortgage - backed securities were initially sanguine about these information problems since these securities were thought to have a very low loss probability as determined by the credit rating agencies.

In an effort to restart the securitization market, on November 25, the Fed announced the Term Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF).14 In December, the FOMC announced that it would begin to significantly expand its balance sheet through purchases of long - term assets including agency debt, agency mortgage - backed securities and long - term treasuries — the Large Scale Asset Purchase or LSAP prBacked Securities Loan Facility (TALF).14 In December, the FOMC announced that it would begin to significantly expand its balance sheet through purchases of long - term assets including agency debt, agency mortgage - backed securities and long - term treasuries — the Large Scale Asset Purchase or LSAP prbacked securities and long - term treasuries — the Large Scale Asset Purchase or LSAP program.

Certain types of bond funds, such as broad market bond funds, are also diversified across bond sectors, providing exposure to corporate, U.S. government, government agency and mortgage - backed bonds.

Additionally, agency - backed and mortgage - backed securities are included without ESG rankings.

Our investment team will typically select 25 — 50 bonds5 per account, and may invest in a mix of corporate bonds, U.S. Treasuries, government agencies, mortgage and asset - backed bonds, taxable municipal bonds, and floating - rate bonds.

B - GenST - General Bond: Short - Term: Invest in a mix of government and agency bonds, corporate bonds, and mortgage - backed bonds.

Moreover, to support a stronger economic recovery, the FOMC is purchasing long - term Treasury securities at a rate of $ 45 billion per month and agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS) at a rate of $ 40 billion per month, and will continue purchasing assets until it sees substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market, conditional on ongoing assessment of benefits and costs.

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

B - GenIT - General Bond: Intermediate - Term: Invest in a mix of government and agency bonds, corporate bonds, and mortgage - backed bonds.

B - GenLT - General Bond: Long - Term: Invest in a mix of government and agency bonds, corporate bonds, and mortgage - backed bonds.

The revelations from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development come as the agency's auditors released a new report showing the insurance fund for taxpayer - backed mortgages has been hemorrhaging thanks to foreclosures on reverse mortgages to the elderly.

The most obvious distortions to eliminate are the outsize guarantees on home loans provided by government - backed mortgage agencies.

What the Fed is going to do, according to its statement, is maintain its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage - backed securities.

Mortgage rates for conventional loans are low thanks to strong backing by two of the world's largest lending agencies: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

What I'm more interested in is the rise in agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS) holdings.

Many blame the agencies for overrating some bundles of derivatives and mortgage - backed securities.

The implied government backing the two agencies enjoy lowers risk for the investors who buy these mortgages.

These differences between FICO and VantageScore make the credit rating agencies, lenders and servicers, and end investors in residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) nervous about depending upon newer scores to judge default risk.

This collateral (i.e., permissible vehicles investments) may include: (i) match - funded assets, and, (ii) debt securities, equity securities and other financial instruments issued or guaranteed by the US government or its agencies, sovereign governments, supra - national entities, corporations, financial institutions and asset - backed or mortgage - backed issuers that are the subject of credit support agreements.

In a recent report, the rating agency Morningstar Credit Ratings analyzed 231 commercial mortgage - backed securities (CMBS) loans tied to retail properties occupied by the financially strapped Gap.

Under the Fed's now - concluded QE program, the bank only bought U.S. treasuries and Fannie and Freddie mortgage - backed securities («agency MBS»).

Bonds issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, such as Treasury bonds and bills, as well as mortgage - and other asset - backed securities backed by government agencies.

Paulson mobilized the credit - creating power of the government's financial and housing agencies to support the price of mortgage securities — and the land valuations that back them.

The reason the FHA makes it so easy for borrowers to refinance old FHA mortgages into new FHA mortgages, without a lot of qualifying, is that the agency already backs these loans.

Among the biggest benefits of using an FHA - backed mortgage is access the agency's designated home loan refinance program — the FHA Streamline Refinance.

Of the around $ 7 trillion in residential Mortgage Backed Securities, 80 % of them are Agency bBacked Securities, 80 % of them are Agency backedbacked.

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