As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on global markets, munis try to keep pace.
There is quite a bit of data indicating planners timed the markets poorly during the financial crisis. Let's not make the same mistakes again.
The outbreak and a free fall of oil and stock prices are rattling bankers at this year's ICBA gathering in Orlando, Fla.
Mortgage lenders could benefit from the surge in refinancing due to widening market spreads, and that could help offset damage to servicing rights portfolio valuations, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
The richer they are, the more options clients have to insulate themselves from the coronavirus and its effects.
Fund managers may be better equipped to weather the market storm than their passive peers because of their ability to quickly cut risk.
As fear and uncertainty over COVID-19 rapidly grow, it has sent yields for both municipals and Treasuries to never before seen low levels — begging the question if we could see zero or negative yields here in the States?
Nonbank mortgage employment fell in January, but could subsequently surge as lenders seek to capture business while rates are low, the job outlook is favorable, and the coronavirus is contained.
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The world remains on edge about the rapidly spreading COVID-19 and those fears once again have Treasury yields digging down even deeper. COVID-19 fears have now impacted fund flows, as municipals suffers outflows for the first time in 60 weeks.