http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/default-rate Blog Articles Tagged with 'default-rate' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1132143?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate The country of Bubblia has a problem. It's a fairly large country, and there are 100 million cars in operation. The cars are essential to this economy, and if the cars don't work, the country will experience economic disaster.For the last 30 years, E... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:46:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1132143?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1125992?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate A Modest Proposal: The housing crisis worsened over the summer of 2008, prompting Congress to debate various bailout proposals. But the housing market worsened, raising the default rate on mortgages. The entire inverted pyramid of derivatives built... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:30:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1125992?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1113535?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate From Reuters: Global junk bond default rate rises to 1.79 pct-S&P The U.S. default rate rose to 2.37 percent in July from 1.92 percent in June ... S&P is forecasting the U.S. default rate will to 4.9 percent over the next year.... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:13:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1113535?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1108548?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Questions for William Poole:Seven Questions: How Bad Will It Get?, Foreign Policy: When William Poole warned in 2003 that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lacked the capital to weather a financial storm, his advice went unheeded. Five years later, the outs... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1108548?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1090989?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Bloomberg is reporting Junk Bond Defaults Rise for Sixth Straight Month.Companieswith high-yield, high-risk debt defaulted at an annual rate of 2percent in May compared with 1.7 percent in April, the sixthconsecutive month of increases, according to ... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:13:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1090989?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mishs-global-economic-trend-analysis/1090343?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Bloomberg is reporting Junk Bond Defaults Rise for Sixth Straight Month.Companies with high-yield, high-risk debt defaulted at an annual rate of 2 percent in May compared with 1.7 percent in April, the sixth consecutive month of increases, according ... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:25:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mishs-global-economic-trend-analysis/1090343?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1090402?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate The global junk bond default rate rose to 2.0% in May from 1.7% in April, according to Moody s Investors Service. A year ago, the global speculative-grade default rate stood at 1.5%. In the first five months of 2008, the global default rate doubled... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:29:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1090402?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1065456?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Junk bonds now account for half of all corporate bonds, likelyresulting in an escalating overall default rate, according to Standard& Poor s. In a Credit Trends report, S &P said 50.41% of firmsrated speculative grade at the end of the first quarte... Tue, 13 May 2008 14:48:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1065456?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1059717?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Just yesterday Fannie Mae mentioned in its Q1 2008 Earnings Release that, as part of its Keys to Recovery initiatives, it would offer a new refinancing option for up-to-date but 'underwater' borrowers with loans owned by Fannie Mae that will allow... Wed, 07 May 2008 16:42:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1059717?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1056349?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Omaha NE 2008May 3, 2008Typewritten notes courtesy of Peter Boodell(Asis standard at the events, no recording equipment was permitted to produce these notes.As a result, these notes are recollections only not qu... Mon, 05 May 2008 03:12:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1056349?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1039148?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate The global speculative-grade corporate default rate is likely todouble or more from its current level of 1.5% by the end of the year,Moody s says in a new Special Comment.Underlying this forecast are recent large increases in high yieldbond spreads... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:48:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/us-market-blog/1039148?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1023741?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Suppose that a bank calculates that the net value of the mortgage to the bank as a fraction of its principal is equal to four years' interest minus the chance of default: = 4r - dAnd suppose that the homeowners and homebuyers who come to the bank... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:22:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1023741?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1020613?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Suppose that a bank calculates that the net value of the mortgage to the bank as a fraction of its principal is equal to five years' interest minus the chance of default: = 4r - d And suppose that the homeowners and homebuyers who come to the bank ha... Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:22:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1020613?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mishs-global-economic-trend-analysis/995118?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate MarketWatch is reporting California enters frayed muni market, protection-free.California's upcoming $1.75 billion issue will join a growing number of municipal bond deals notable for what's missing -- bond insurance. Financial troubles at MBIA (MBI)... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:09:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mishs-global-economic-trend-analysis/995118?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/990614?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Some snippets from the Fannie Mae 10-K, if for some reason you didn't eagerly read the whole thing as soon as it hit the SEC website . . .On losses:We have experienced increased mortgage loan delinquencies and credit losses, which had a material adve... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:31:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/990614?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mishs-global-economic-trend-analysis/987616?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate The Wall Street Journal is reporting Countrywide Treats Bankers to Ski-Resort Trip.Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender by loan volume, will host about 30 representatives of smaller mortgage banks for three nights next we... Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:50:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mishs-global-economic-trend-analysis/987616?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/985985?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Bloomberg reports:Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- A record 41 companies with high- yield, high-risk credit ratings are in danger of breaching terms of their loan agreements within 12 months as the slowing economy cuts into corporate profits, Moody's Investors... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:49:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/985985?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/housing-bubble/985533?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Some housing bubble news from Wall Street and Washington. CNN Money, New construction of single-family homes fell to a 17-year low in January, according to a government report. Starts of single-family homes fell to an annual rate of 743,000 in the... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:59:15 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/housing-bubble/985533?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/983708?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate From Joe Rauch at the Atlanta Business Chronicle: Georgia loan problems worst in Southeast. (hat tip Edward)A few excerpts: Georgia banks reported the highest number of problem loans, with 4.74 percent of banks' loans either past due or foreclosed, t... Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:13:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/983708?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mishs-global-economic-trend-analysis/971299?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate Traders believe the corporate debt markets will get worse.So far, most of the rout in the debt markets has been linked to the US subprime mortgage debacle. Increasingly, however, many hedge funds are betting there is far worse to come for the corpora... Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:37:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mishs-global-economic-trend-analysis/971299?rsstype=tag&tag=default-rate