Vital Statistics:
| Last | Change | |
| S&P futures | 4,235 | 9.8 |
| Oil (WTI) | 69.34 | 0.11 |
| 10 year government bond yield | 1.53% | |
| 30 year fixed rate mortgage | 3.17% |
Stocks are higher this morning on no major news. Bonds and MBS are up.
Almost half of small businesses report being unable to fill job openings, according to the NFIB Small Business Optimism Survey. “Small business owners are struggling at record levels trying to get workers back in open positions,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “Owners are offering higher wages to try to remedy the labor shortage problem. Ultimately, higher labor costs are being passed on to customers in higher selling prices.”
I found one particular aspect of the report interesting:
While the consensus from the Fed and most economists is that the economy is poised to accelerate into the second half of the year, this survey sees increased pessimism. Expected earnings trends are down as well. That said, the survey also showed increasing numbers for the “good time to expand” issue, so maybe it is just some weirdness in the data. A tight labor market and a weakening economy don’t generally go together.
If NFIB is correct and earnings trends are heading downward, that is a canary in the coal mine. Stocks gotta be vulnerable here. I wonder if that report explains some of the move in the 10-year this morning.
Freddie Mac lowered the limit of NOO / Second homes it will buy from 7% to 6% yesterday.
To complement those efforts, we have updated our requirements for Investment Property and second home Mortgages as follows: for the month of July 2021, if the Seller sells more than five Mortgages secured by second homes and/or Investment Properties, the Seller’s deliveries of such Mortgages may not, by measure of aggregate UPB, exceed 6.5% of the total UPB for all Mortgages sold during that month. After July, on a monthly basis, if the Seller delivers more than five Mortgages secured by second homes and/or Investment Properties, deliveries of such Mortgages may not exceed 6% of the total UPB of all Mortgages sold.
There seems to be an appetite for these loans from investors, so this probably won’t be that big of an issue. NOO pricing seems to have found a level here. This makes sense – these loans are generally <75 LTV, and with home price appreciation in the double digits, the collateral means these loans are going to be money good.
TIAA’s correspondent lending division is being acquired by Pen Fed.
The number of loans in forbearance fell slightly to 4.16% last week, according to the MBA. “The share of loans in forbearance declined for the 14th straight week, with small drops across most investor types and all servicer types,” said Mike Fratantoni, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. “Forbearance exits dropped to 6 basis points, the lowest weekly level since mid-February, but new forbearance requests, at 4 basis points, matched the recent weekly low from early May.”
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GardenGallivantDiamondman
Jun 08, 2021 at 10:39:36 AM
Biden is not who directs the independent judicial department. That is the attorney general Merrick Garland. Garland says defend this civil case or release that memo.
in this thread,
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/7/2034131/-Merrick-Garland-Has-Failed-the-Nation-and-Must-Resign#comment_81106536
Is just perfect.
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Yeah, these run-of-the-mill, peasant-level lefties don’t understand at all who these people are.
Their progressivism is pretty much of a 100% elitist flavor. It’s not about gratifying their constituents or “fellow travelers” who don’t occupy the same elite strata they do.
In this case what they are demanding seems pretty awful, to me. But they’re deluding themselves if they think Biden or Garland have any interest in what concerns them.
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Find it interesting that the government was able to recover funds from the pipeline ransom.
One of the biggest selling points of crypto was that it was beyond the reach of the government. Guess it isn’t after all…
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May be tied to this:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/08/fbi-app-arrests-australia-crime/
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More details:
https://www.vox.com/recode/22428774/ransomeware-pipeline-colonial-darkside-gas-prices
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I’ve never thought that was the case. Nothing electronic moves in a vacuum. I don’t know the details, but I’m guessing it could be possible to get IP addresses by conducting a simple man-in-the-middle “attack”–which would be easy to do if you got the cooperation of the clearing house.
Also, if you’re going to trade the bitcoin for cash, that would be obvious. Also, any clearing house is going to know how much cash dropped into your account, even if you immediately split it up.
Lots of ways to figure out what’s going on with government resources–and the ability to put pressure on clearing houses, ISPs, etc. And likely the NSA has more than a few man-in-the-middle devices in place with ISPs and server farms and so on. Plus huge analysis capacity.
Depending on how broadly they are interpreting the law, they could potentially identify likely candidates for the monitoring of text messages or phone calls. Lots of end-to-end encrypted apps are likely compromised. Such have been identified in the past and likely all that’s done is made it harder to identify the compromise, even if you have the source code.
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This is great.
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Lulz
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax
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I guess ProPublica isn’t on the bus with the whole concept of unrealized capital gains.
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They want to tax wealth, assets in essence. I say do it, 40-50% rate on all persons with assets above, say $10 or $20 million. Fuck em as they’re overwhelmingly Democrats. Put them on the spot.
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Looks like the N word will be ok for whitey to use again.
https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-hunter-biden-texted-n-word-multiple-times-to-his-attorney
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I’m catching on.
https://redstate.com/
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Oops, wrong link.
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/06/09/democrats-are-going-after-the-ultra-rich-again-and-ive-got-some-thoughts-n393993
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they won’t stop there. they want your 401k.
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The problem is so do corporate Republicans, it’s a foregone conclusion unfortunately.
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These acts are fascinating and are taking on an era of subversiveness, in the punk sense. Very Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself vibe.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/fan-escorted-from-fenway-park-for-trump-won-sign/36653803
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I’m catching on.
I find it hilarious that a NYT journalist doesn’t know what the work “explicative” means.
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I first learned from the “expletive deleted” from the Nixon tapes.
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