Morning Report – Consumers are becoming more constructive on housing 2/10/15

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Brent Nyitray

Markets are higher this morning as the Greek government offered a compromise on the bailout. Bonds and MBS are down worldwide, with the US 10 year yield flirting with a 2 handle.

Greek 10 year bond yields are down 68 basis points as the Greek government and international creditors hammer out a deal. This is fueling a risk-on trade as stocks rise / bonds fall.

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Survey fell to 97.9 from 100.4 in January. Expectations were for a 101. The IBD / TIPP Economic Optimism Index fell in February from 51.1 to 47.5. Job Openings topped 5 million according to the JOLTS survey.

Consumers are feeling a little better about the housing market, according to the Fannie Mae National Housing Survey. Expectations of home price appreciation rose to 2.5% from 2.3% a month ago, and almost half of respondents thing prices will go up in the next year. Americans are still negative on the economy, but less so, with 49% believing we are on the wrong track and 44% believing we are on the right track.

Foreclosure Completions fell to 39,000 in December, a 4.9% drop month-over-month and a 13.7% drop year-over-year, according to CoreLogic. Current foreclosure inventory is 552k homes, a decrease of 34.3% from a year ago. New Jersey and New York continue to lead the US with the highest percentage of foreclosures.

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jnc4p, on February 10, 2015 at 9:40 am said:

Scott – David Dayen calls out the Vox interview too for Obama’s dishonest comments on TPP.

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/10/what_potus_didnt_tell_ezra_klein_the_scary_truth_about_americas_new_trade_deal/

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- ScottC, on February 10, 2015 at 11:44 am said:
  
  jnc:
  
  David Dayen calls out the Vox interview too for Obama’s dishonest comments on TPP.
  
  I can’t help but think of Meghan Trainor every time I see Obama.
  
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jnc4p, on February 10, 2015 at 9:58 am said:

Worth watching:

“U.S. Is Seeking Felony Pleas by Big Banks in Foreign Currency
By Ben Protess and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
February 9, 2015 10:00 pm

Attorney General Eric Holder, who will soon step down, has been faulted for a lack of cases against Wall Street executives.
Attorney General Eric Holder, who will soon step down, has been faulted for a lack of cases against Wall Street executives.Credit Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Justice Department is pushing some of the biggest banks on Wall Street — including, for the first time in decades, American institutions — to plead guilty to criminal charges that they manipulated the prices of foreign currencies.”

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/u-s-is-seeking-felony-pleas-by-big-banks-in-foreign-currency-inquiry/

My guess is that they would go to trial rather than do this.

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jnc4p, on February 10, 2015 at 10:46 am said:

QB is vindicated.

http://time.com/3702584/gay-marriage-axelrod-obama/

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- ScottC, on February 10, 2015 at 12:01 pm said:
  
  jnc:
  
  QB is vindicated.
  
  Again…Meghan Trainor. Obama is pretty much the opposite of virtually everything he was marketed as.
  
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Let the mutherfuker burn!, on February 10, 2015 at 12:18 pm said:

Impressive.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11400127/Driver-caught-using-laptop-mobile-phone-and-headphones-at-the-wheel-in-rush-hour.html

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- ScottC, on February 10, 2015 at 12:40 pm said:
  
  McWing:
  
  Impressive.
  
  When I lived in the UK I got pulled over once for talking on my phone while I was sitting in traffic. The cop seemed like a nice guy, so I engaged him in a friendly discussion about the merits of giving out a ticket for this. I pointed out that I see policemen talking on their radios all the time while driving. How was this any better than me talking on my phone while sitting in a traffic jam? He “ummed” and “ahhed” for a bit, then finally said “Well we get special training.” Which made me literally laugh out loud. After a pause, he joined me in laughing, knowing he was full of shit. Then he handed me the ticket anyway.
  
  Ah yeah, I almost forgot…Brian Williams was there, too.
  
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jnc4p, on February 10, 2015 at 12:26 pm said:

Eugene Robinson gets it:

“At the prayer breakfast, President Obama struck a patronizing tone
By Eugene Robinson
February 9 at 8:27 PM”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/patronizing-at-the-prayer-breakfast/2015/02/09/90215174-b09c-11e4-854b-a38d13486ba1_story.html

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- ScottC, on February 10, 2015 at 12:41 pm said:
  
  jnc:
  
  Eugene Robinson gets it:
  
  That’s not something you hear very often.
  
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Let the mutherfuker burn!, on February 10, 2015 at 1:05 pm said:

Cops can be real douches.

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- ScottC, on February 10, 2015 at 1:47 pm said:
  
  Kevin Williamson gets it too:
  
  http://www.nationalreview.com/article/398253/search-reasonable-man-kevin-d-williamson
  
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Let the mutherfuker burn!, on February 10, 2015 at 3:49 pm said:

Heh.

*SEN. WARREN SAYS SHE DOESN'T SUPPORT BILL TO AUDIT FED

— Jeff Kearns (@jeffkearns) February 10, 2015

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Brent Nyitray, on February 10, 2015 at 4:23 pm said:

he who fucks nuns will later join the church….

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- markinaustin, on February 10, 2015 at 5:04 pm said:
  
  I think you have to be in the church to get that close…
  
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jnc4p, on February 10, 2015 at 5:07 pm said:

Huffington Post has a collection of Obama’s greatest gay marriage hits.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/10/obama-same-sex-marriage_n_6652892.html

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Let the mutherfuker burn!, on February 11, 2015 at 1:08 am said:

Is this good or bad tax dodging?

One of 2014's uber donors to charity gave money b/c she didn't want the gov't to use it to buy bullets.http://t.co/r5DiGtp5Hi #phil50

— Megan O'Neil (@ByMeganONeil) February 10, 2015

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Kevin S. Willis, on February 11, 2015 at 8:49 am said:

@ScottC: “When I lived in the UK I got pulled over once for talking on my phone while I was sitting in traffic. ”

“Tickets” are the branding the police put on a particular class of taxation. Generally, I would call it the “driving like a normal person” tax.

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novahockey, on February 11, 2015 at 9:00 am said:

By reaching so far back into history, Obama seemed to echo those who argue that today’s turmoil and terrorism are taking place because Islam has not yet had a Reformation or the Muslim world an Enlightenment. I won’t put words in the president’s mouth. But I will say that, whatever he meant, to compare the depredations of the Islamic State with those of the Crusaders is patronizing in the extreme.

hey, that was my argument!

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yellojkt, on February 11, 2015 at 9:27 am said:

“Tickets” are the branding the police put on a particular class of taxation. Generally, I would call it the “driving like a normal person” tax.

Tickets are a reverse lottery. Citizens are selected at random and forced to pay the government money.

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- ScottC, on February 11, 2015 at 9:29 am said:
  
  Just posted a rare, non-morning report post.
  
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