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Mortgage rates fell to new record lows, yet again, last week. The 30-year fixed rate hit 3.56% and the 15-year fell to 2.86% as U.S. Treasury bond yields eased after a disappointing jobs report for June.

The average 30-year rate has now been below 4% for 16 weeks. The low rates look better and better for those who aim to refinance, qualify and aren't stuck in bank backlog. Unfortunately, conditions have prevented many homeowners from taking advantage.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared victory Friday after congressional negotiators reached a dawn agreement on a sweeping overhaul of rules overseeing Wall Street.

The U.S stock market started the week on a positive note, ending the session with mild gains. Even though the intraday session was characterized by choppy trading, the indices received a boost towards the end of the session, backed by individual stocks from the housing sector.

Positive sentiment already came during morning hours, as China stated that its growth could reach 10% by next year.

From Tom Petruno's Money & Company blog in the LA Times:

Speculators went wild for shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in August. And thanks to that buying frenzy, the two government-controlled mortgage giants will avoid getting booted off the New York Stock Exchange.

Some speculators finally bailed out of shares of American International Group, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Citigroup on Monday after the wild rallies the stocks have had this month.

It is almost like the movie Jaws, once you think you can go back in the water the Great White Shark appears again. We are experiencing virtually the same situation in bonuses paid out for ineptitude.

The Death of the US Dollar?

Posted by andrabr9 on March 19th, 2009

The flood of US dollars seems to be coming, as well as inflation. The Federal Reserve started buying massive amounts of Treasuries and is gearing up its purchases of mortgage debt. The Fed will buy as much as $300 billion in long-term Treasurys in the next six months.

March 5, 2009 - The recent Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) announcements bring to mind Einstein's definition of insanity - "doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results". It is well documented that securitization of loans, use of leverage, and government intervention...

Wither Capitalism?

Posted by ockhamsrazor on November 6th, 2008

Is unfettered, laissez-faire capitalism in the U.S. to blame for the world's current economic mess? How would one know?

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