Homeowners enjoying the low-interest rates they locked in during the last decade aren't interested in selling their homes and taking on new higher rates, so homebuilders are enjoying a moment in which they are, for many buyers, the only option. Nicole Friedman reports in The Wall Street Journal: Last year’s rapid rise in mortgage rates made home purchasing far more expensive for most buyers, slowing home sales and pressuring the home-building industry. Home builders pulled back on land acquisition and new construction. Now, new single-family home sales are bouncing back with supply … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2023
Municipal Bonds? I’ve Kept This in Mind Ever Since
Not all fixed income is created equal. Bonds are not all the same. The right one for you must have a margin of safety. Picking the bond that is right for you is job number one. Unfortunately, investors look at how high the yield is first. Safety is something they consider second, if at all. There’s not enough focus on the return of principal. And there’s no excuse for that. People drive all over town for the best price on a gallon of gasoline. Everyone’s looking for “deals.” They jump through hoops to save a couple bucks. But investing? I can’t believe the stuff people buy. Due diligence … [Read more...]
The Too-Big-to-Fail Banks Are Getting Bigger
Over the weekend, the Biden administration negotiated the purchase of the assets of First Republic Bank—America's second largest bank failure—by too-big-to-fail bank, JPMorgan Chase. The process will make JPMorgan even bigger. Is that wise? In The Wall Street Journal, Rachel Louise Ensign and Ben Eisen report on the firesale of First Republic, writing: Regulators seized First Republic Bank and struck a deal to sell the bulk of its operations to JPMorgan Chase & Co., heading off a chaotic collapse that threatened to reignite the recent banking crisis. JPMorgan said it will assume all of … [Read more...]
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