Sentences with phrase «agency mortgage bonds»

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.

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

Not exact matches

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.

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

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 or mBond 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 or mbond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of 10 years mortgage - backed 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 seven yeBond 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 yebond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to sevemortgage - backed securities with maturities of five to seven years.

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 securitBond 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 securitbond issues, and mortgage - backed secmortgage - backed securities.

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 three yeBond 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 yebond issues, and mortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to thremortgage - backed securities with maturities of one to three years.

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.

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.

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.

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 agenBonds 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 agenbonds and bills, as well as mortgage - and other asset - backed securities backed by government agencies.

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

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.

There are laws regulating credit reporting agencies, laws regulating bond rating agencies, laws regulating banks, regulating savings and loans, regulating credit unions, regulating financial institutions that lend to credit unions, establishing and regulating the federal reserve, regulating mortgage financing, regulating automobile financing, regulating export - import financing, and so on and so on.

NEW YORK - Thursday, October 6, 2011 - The Board of the State of New York Mortgage Agency, today authorized the issuance of economic refunding bonds (the «Refunding Bonds») to redeem at par certain of its outstanding bbonds (the «Refunding Bonds») to redeem at par certain of its outstanding bBonds») to redeem at par certain of its outstanding bondsbonds.

HCR's Housing Finance Agency provided $ 8.3 million through tax exempt bonds, a $ 2.9 million Medicaid Redesign Team loan, and mortgage insurance through the State of New York Mortgage Agency; $ 1.5 million loan from OTDA's Homeless Housing Assistance Program; $ 1 million loan from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York; about $ 5 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity; $ 1.9 million in estimated New York State Historic Tax Credit equity and about $ 2.9 million in Federal Historic Tax Creditmortgage insurance through the State of New York Mortgage Agency; $ 1.5 million loan from OTDA's Homeless Housing Assistance Program; $ 1 million loan from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York; about $ 5 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity; $ 1.9 million in estimated New York State Historic Tax Credit equity and about $ 2.9 million in Federal Historic Tax CreditMortgage Agency; $ 1.5 million loan from OTDA's Homeless Housing Assistance Program; $ 1 million loan from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York; about $ 5 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity; $ 1.9 million in estimated New York State Historic Tax Credit equity and about $ 2.9 million in Federal Historic Tax Credit equity.

Because mortgages can be refinanced, bonds that are backed by agencies like GNMA are especially susceptible to changes in interest rates.

How are residential mortgage bonds priced relative to agency bonds, after adjusting for negative optionality?

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

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

The bubble was a combination of (a) teaser rates on option ARMs which were like financial time bombs, (b) liar loans in which the rules of good mortgage underwriting (20 % down, 28/36 ratios) went out the window, (C) people at rating agencies who decided that if one pools enough junk loans into one bond, it's magically AAA, and (D) Credit default swaps which encouraged these bad loans, and when they collapsed a number of people walked away with billions of dollars.

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.

Among the types of bonds you can choose from are: U.S. government securities, municipal bonds, corporate bonds, mortgage and asset - backed securities, federal agency securities and foreign government bonds.

Choosing bonds of different types (government, agency, corporate, municipal, mortgage - backed securities, etc.) creates protection from the possibility of losses in any particular market sector.

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 agenBonds 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 agenbonds and bills, as well as mortgage - and other asset - backed securities backed by government agencies.

agency bonds are issued by official U.S. government bodies (e.g., Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); government sponsored entity (GSE) bonds are offered by lenders created by an act of Congress to assist groups of borrowers (e.g., farmers, ranchers, homeowners, mortgage lenders, etc.); the principal and interest of GSE bonds are not guaranteed by the U.S. government; Agency and GSE bonds are generally available in minimum denominations of $ 10,000, with subsequent investments in increments of $ 5,000; Fidelity makes these securities available in minimum denominations of $ 1,000, and subsequent investment increments of $agency bonds are issued by official U.S. government bodies (e.g., Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); government sponsored entity (GSE) bonds are offered by lenders created by an act of Congress to assist groups of borrowers (e.g., farmers, ranchers, homeowners, mortgage lenders, etc.); the principal and interest of GSE bonds are not guaranteed by the U.S. government; Agency and GSE bonds are generally available in minimum denominations of $ 10,000, with subsequent investments in increments of $ 5,000; Fidelity makes these securities available in minimum denominations of $ 1,000, and subsequent investment increments of $Agency and GSE bonds are generally available in minimum denominations of $ 10,000, with subsequent investments in increments of $ 5,000; Fidelity makes these securities available in minimum denominations of $ 1,000, and subsequent investment increments of $ 1,000

This risk is minimal for mortgage - backed securities issued by government agencies or government - sponsored enterprises — also known as «agency» securities issued by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac — and most asset - backed securities, which tend to carry bond insurance that guarantees payments of interest and principal to investors.

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in fixed income securities, such as U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills, Treasury inflation - protected securities, U.S. Treasury Strips, U.S. Government agency securities (primarily mortgage - backed securities), and investment grade corporate debt rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poor's Global Ratings or Baa or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or having an equivalent rating from another independent rating organization.

Read the prospectus for your fund and it will have the average duration as well as information about the issuers of the bonds it does invest in (govt, agency, mortgage backed, foreign, high quality corporate, etc) and whether there are constraints on the target average maturity.

In the past that has mainly been bonds — agency, mortgage, corporate, but increasingly Treasury notes.

In October 2014, we came to the end of the Fed's Quantitative Easing program, a process intended to keep long term interest rates low though the purchase of Treasury Bonds and to keep mortgage credit flowing at low rates though the purchase of agency - issued Mortgage - Backed Securitiemortgage credit flowing at low rates though the purchase of agency - issued Mortgage - Backed SecuritieMortgage - Backed Securities (MBS).

Agency Bonds issued by GSEs — Bonds issued by GSEs such as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Banks provide credit for the housing sector.

«The fund invests approximately 60 % to 65 % of its assets in investment - grade corporate, U.S. Treasury, and government agency bonds, as well as mortgage - backed securities.»

Maybe they could reverse their trade in long Treasuries, Agencies, and Mortgage bonds.

When they announced their plan to buy long Treasuries, Agencies, and Mortgage bonds, there was some hope that they could keep mortgage rates down and stimulate the economy by making cheaper to financMortgage bonds, there was some hope that they could keep mortgage rates down and stimulate the economy by making cheaper to financmortgage rates down and stimulate the economy by making cheaper to finance homes.

Earlier this week, the Treasury announced that it will begin selling its portfolio of mortgage bonds guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (also known as agency paper).

Markets barely responded, and mortgage REIT bellwethers Annaly Capital Management, (NYSE: NLY) and American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC), as usual, had their fortunes lifted or depressed by the movements of the 10 - year Treasury bonds.

Seeking opportunities through mortgage - backed securitiesBroad securitized opportunities: The fund invests in mortgage sectors, including agency MBS and CMOs, and non-agency RMBS and CMBS, and ABS.Higher potential returns: By investing in mortgage - backed bonds, the fund can offer the potential for higher returns than an investment strategy focused only on agency MBS.Leading research: The fund's portfolio managers use proprietary models to assist in the evaluation of mortgage - backed bonds and to manage the fund's interest - rate risk.

Bill Gross of Pimco recently coined the phrase «safe spread» to describe his firm's use of corporate bonds, U.S. agency mortgages and emerging market bonds to enhance yield.

Ginnie Mae Chief Operating Officer Michael Bright said in a statement that the agency was continuing to take steps to keep out of its main programs mortgage bonds backing loans with rapid rates of refinance.

The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged market - weighted index comprised of investment grade corporate bonds (rated BBB or better), mortgages, and U.S. Treasury and government agency issues with at least one year to maturity.

The Barclay's Capital U.S.Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged market - weighted index comprised ofinvestment grade corporate bonds (rated BBB or better), mortgages, and U.S. Treasury and government agency issues with at least one year to maturity.

The Barclay's Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged market - weighted index comprised of investment grade corporate bonds (rated BBB or better), mortgages, and U.S. Treasury and government agency issues with at least one year to maturity.

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

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.

But, what are you experiencing if anything on the asset side of your portfolio at present, I assume that it's just ordinary payments of cash flows from your mortgage bonds and other assets, because you have a fairly high quality portfolio we use the way the rating agencies rate them.