R. Christopher Whalen3 days ago8 min readFed Duration Trap Threatens Banks, SOMAIt’s time for the Fed to get smart on duration risk before circumstances create another money market crisis.
R. Christopher Whalen5 days ago6 min readIs Trump Bullish for Interest Rates? Pump & Dump for GSE and Fintech StocksYou can tell lies and damn lies about the idea of releasing Fannie and Freddie, but the SEC and FINRA cannot and will not say a word.
R. Christopher WhalenOct 289 min readHousing Finance Outlook; PennyMac, Mr. Cooper & NYCB/FlagstarNYCB and the unsold rent-stabilized assets left over from the failure of SBNY are two little surprises waiting for the next POTUS.
R. Christopher WhalenOct 237 min readPowell Overshoots the Runway; Update: American Express & Charles SchwabLast year, when a lot of people were predicting the demise of SCHW, we told our readers to calm down.
R. Christopher WhalenOct 215 min readWill BRICS Topple the Dollar? Whenever you hear the magic words "blockchain" and "digital tokens," it's a good guess that whatever follows is nonsense.