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from24/7 Wall St.
15 hours ago

PFXF's 6.6% Yield Still Looks Safe as it Skips Banking Sector's Biggest Dividend Risks

PFXF offers monthly distributions from non-financial preferred securities, avoiding banking sector risks, but distribution amounts can fluctuate.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust

The most senior officials from the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of England are expected to take part in a desktop stress test to respond to another Lehman Brothers-style collapse.
World news
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Reeves rightly fears the bond market, but she can afford to ditch one unhelpful rule | Phillip Inman

Rachel Reeves is concerned about bond market vigilantes targeting the UK due to high debt and political instability.
#cftc
SF politics
fromReadWrite
2 days ago

CFTC hearing puts prediction markets under pressure

CFTC faces challenges distinguishing prediction markets from sportsbooks amid concerns over market integrity and consumer protection.
SF politics
fromReadWrite
2 days ago

CFTC hearing puts prediction markets under pressure

CFTC faces challenges distinguishing prediction markets from sportsbooks amid concerns over market integrity and consumer protection.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
5 days ago

Wisdomtree Suggests Stablecoin Market Faces Structural Repricing as Institutions Shift Toward Yield

Tokenized money market funds can provide liquidity and income, addressing inefficiencies in idle capital associated with stablecoins.
Real estate
from24/7 Wall St.
6 days ago

REM's 9.6% dividend yield faces a test as mortgage spreads narrow in 2026

iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF offers a 9.22% dividend yield, focusing on mortgage REITs with a narrow interest rate spread.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

This high yield bond fund just hit a sweet spot, but timing matters

A 6.4% yield from JNK offers income but carries significant risks due to low credit quality and sector concentration.
#private-credit
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Private Credit Could Crush the Stock Market: 5 Financial Dividend Giants With Zero Exposure

Private credit poses significant risks due to leverage and debt, with potential liquidity mismatches exacerbating financial instability.
Business
fromFortune
1 month ago

In the $3 trillion private credit market, the 'shadow default' rate is increasing as more money chases lower-quality deals | Fortune

Private credit market enterprise value rose while debt quality weakened: slower Ebitda growth, higher leverage, increased shadow defaults, and lower investor yields.
Business
fromwww.businessinsider.com
4 days ago

Private credit funds faced a $20 billion redemption rush. Here are 3 charts showing how much investors got.

Investors withdrew $19.5 billion from private credit funds in Q1, but only $10.4 billion was paid out, indicating faltering confidence.
Business
fromwww.businessinsider.com
5 days ago

JPMorgan exec says the bank is 'broadly comfortable' with its $50 billion private credit exposure

Wall Street banks reported significant exposure to private credit, with executives expressing comfort despite scrutiny over loan quality and potential risks.
Information security
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Here's how private credit bosses are defending their software bets as markets scrutinize Blue Owl

Private credit firms face a reputational crisis over software loan exposure as AI threatens software-as-a-service companies, with Blue Owl experiencing record redemptions and industry leaders defending their portfolios.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Private Credit Could Crush the Stock Market: 5 Financial Dividend Giants With Zero Exposure

Private credit poses significant risks due to leverage and debt, with potential liquidity mismatches exacerbating financial instability.
fromFortune
1 month ago
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In the $3 trillion private credit market, the 'shadow default' rate is increasing as more money chases lower-quality deals | Fortune

#federal-reserve
Non-profit organizations
fromFortune
1 week ago

Fed seeks details on U.S. banks' exposure to private credit firms | Fortune

The Federal Reserve is investigating US banks' exposure to private credit due to rising redemptions and troubled loans in the industry.
Non-profit organizations
fromFortune
1 week ago

Fed seeks details on U.S. banks' exposure to private credit firms | Fortune

The Federal Reserve is investigating US banks' exposure to private credit due to rising redemptions and troubled loans in the industry.
Cryptocurrency
fromFast Company
5 days ago

Money market funds: 3 things you should know about using them in your portfolio

Money market funds invest in short-term, high-quality debt instruments, aiming for a stable $1.00 net asset value while offering higher yields than savings accounts.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

6.7% yield with short duration gives HYG an edge over riskier bond funds

HYG generates income through high-yield corporate bonds, maintaining a steady cash flow for 19 years.
fromTNW | Fintech-Ecommerce
2 weeks ago

Credibur hits 2B in debt facility volume on its private credit infrastructure platform

Credibur has connected clients managing €2 billion in structured debt portfolios to its continuous monitoring and reconciliation platform, achieving this milestone six months after its pre-seed funding.
Venture
#eagle-point-credit
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
2 days ago

The CEF Claims to Have a 40% Yield. Should You Buy or Run?

Eagle Point Credit cut its payout by 57%, revealing that its previously advertised yield is misleading and no longer applicable.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
4 weeks ago

High Yielding ECC's CLOs Are Unrated For A Risky Reason

Eagle Point Credit cut its monthly distribution significantly, reflecting underlying risks in its investment strategy involving unrated collateralized loan obligations.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
2 days ago

The CEF Claims to Have a 40% Yield. Should You Buy or Run?

Eagle Point Credit cut its payout by 57%, revealing that its previously advertised yield is misleading and no longer applicable.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
4 weeks ago

High Yielding ECC's CLOs Are Unrated For A Risky Reason

Eagle Point Credit cut its monthly distribution significantly, reflecting underlying risks in its investment strategy involving unrated collateralized loan obligations.
#prediction-markets
US politics
fromPOLITICO
2 weeks ago

How prediction markets landed in Congress' crosshairs

Debate centers on regulation and taxation of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, with bipartisan interest in addressing insider trading.
Law
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Traders flocked to prediction markets-now a criminal case is testing the model

Arizona filed criminal charges against Kalshi, a prediction market platform, for operating an illegal gambling business and allowing bets on political races, despite the platform being federally legal as a financial trading platform.
US politics
fromPOLITICO
2 weeks ago

How prediction markets landed in Congress' crosshairs

Debate centers on regulation and taxation of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, with bipartisan interest in addressing insider trading.
Law
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Traders flocked to prediction markets-now a criminal case is testing the model

Arizona filed criminal charges against Kalshi, a prediction market platform, for operating an illegal gambling business and allowing bets on political races, despite the platform being federally legal as a financial trading platform.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 week ago

Tradeweb partners with Maxex to add non-agency loan trading

Tradeweb integrates Maxex to enhance non-agency and non-QM whole loan trading, starting with bulk trading in Q2 or Q3.
from24/7 Wall St.
4 days ago

Why JPMorgan's JEPI Strategist Says Your Bond-Replacement Strategy Is Setting You up for Failure

If you are using this as a fixed income substitute, you're going to have some really mad clients if and when there is an actual bear market.
Business
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
3 days ago

This ETF Can Surge Over 100% if We're in a Bull Trap

The financial sector has recovered sharply, but the rally may be fragile due to underlying geopolitical and economic uncertainties.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
4 days ago

Bond ETFs Are Back: 3 Options Retirees Should Consider as Yields Hit Multi-Year Highs

Moody's downgraded US debt to Aa1 due to unsustainable spending, impacting bond yields and prompting potential interest rate cuts.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 weeks ago

Mortgage rates rise despite $200B GSE MBS expansion signal

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are cautiously active in the MBS market, influenced more by Treasury volatility and geopolitical risks than their $200 billion expansion.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
4 days ago

Saba Capital's $93.8 Million Bet Signals Trouble Brewing at BSTZ

BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust's income distribution has been cut and relies on constrained income sources.
SF real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Fidelis Investors closes $144M RTL securitization

RTL securitizations finance residential property acquisition and rehabilitation, creating affordable housing while providing liquidity to fix-and-flip and bridge investors despite market volatility.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Goldman Sachs Engineered a QYLD Competitor Yielding Over 10%

QYLD has been running the covered call playbook on the Nasdaq-100 since December 2013, and with $8.3 billion in assets, it remains the dominant fund in this category. The strategy is straightforward: hold the Nasdaq-100 and sell covered call options against the entire index each month, collecting premium that gets distributed to shareholders as income.
E-Commerce
#basel-iii-capital-requirements
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Proposed capital rules set LTV-based mortgage risk weights

Basel III proposals reduce Tier 1 capital requirements for banks while increasing risk sensitivity for mortgages through LTV-based risk weights and eliminating MSR capital deductions in favor of 250% risk weighting.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Banks eye mortgage growth if Basel III capital rules ease

Bank executives anticipate Basel III recalibration could increase mortgage and MSR attractiveness through lower risk weights and LTV-sensitive capital requirements, though implementation is expected to be gradual.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Proposed capital rules set LTV-based mortgage risk weights

Basel III proposals reduce Tier 1 capital requirements for banks while increasing risk sensitivity for mortgages through LTV-based risk weights and eliminating MSR capital deductions in favor of 250% risk weighting.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Banks eye mortgage growth if Basel III capital rules ease

Bank executives anticipate Basel III recalibration could increase mortgage and MSR attractiveness through lower risk weights and LTV-sensitive capital requirements, though implementation is expected to be gradual.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
6 days ago

Why venture lenders are paying monthly dividends while banks retreat

Trinity Capital Inc. provides loans to growth-stage companies and pays a monthly dividend of $0.17 per share, yielding approximately 13.5%.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 week ago

CLO equity stress test reveals the danger behind 22% yields

Oxford Square Capital Corp. faces risks to its high yield due to declining performance in its CLO equity investments.
#dividend-stocks
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

2 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Yielding Over 6% That'll Pay You to Wait

Consider investing in undervalued dividend stocks as volatility and inflation rise.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Bond Yields Are Getting Slashed - These Dividend Stocks Are the Smarter Play Right Now

Dividend-paying stocks offer superior return potential compared to 4% Treasury bond yields through combined dividend payments and share-price appreciation.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

Bonds are Taking a Hit. A Steadier Place to Diversify Further

Bond funds face challenges due to potential Fed rate hikes and escalating geopolitical tensions, impacting consumer inflation and investment strategies.
Miscellaneous
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Programmatic Risk Management for Derivative Trading

Leverage in derivatives requires real-time programmatic risk controls embedded in trading architecture to prevent rapid account depletion from market moves.
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

How Income Investors Are Using HYBL to Dodge Interest Rate Risk in 2026

HYBL attempts to solve the income problem by combining senior loans, high-yield corporate bonds, and debt tranches from U.S. collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). The result is a portfolio with lower duration and lower volatility compared to traditional high-yield funds, while still targeting high current income with monthly distributions.
Business
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Longbridge launches RetentionIQ to protect broker pipelines

Longbridge Financial launched RetentionIQ to automatically prevent retail team contact with borrowers in broker pipelines, reducing channel conflict through standardized outreach protocols.
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

JPMorgan's Short-Duration JPIE Earned 15.24% Since Inception While the Bond Market Cratered

JPMorgan Income ETF has delivered over 50 consecutive monthly distributions since its October 2021 inception, providing stability that is the entire point of the investment strategy.
Business
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

The Bond ETF Playing the Whole Field While Handing Investors Monthly Paychecks

Fidelity Total Bond ETF offers consistent monthly income with a 4.4% yield and an expense ratio of 0.36%.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Private credit didn't fix middle-market CRE. It delayed a reckoning

Private credit's market expansion masked fundamental inefficiencies in commercial real estate lending that now surface as refinancing accelerates in a higher-rate environment.
fromTelecompetitor
1 month ago

The latest ABS deal: Surf Internet gains $407M via asset-backed securitization

The transaction includes only fiber network assets and associated revenues. The ABS includes only the most mature portions of Surf's fiber footprint. ABS provides financing secured by only a portion of a company's total assets. Deals are typically secured with fiber assets and associated revenues. These are considered low-risk revenues, so lenders generally are willing to offer favorable terms for the borrower.
Venture
Miscellaneous
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

ICE Announces Record Open Interest Across its Interest Rate Derivatives Markets - Silicon Canals

ICE's interest rate derivatives markets recorded record open interest of 42.3 million contracts (Feb 11, 2026), driving total futures and options OI to 116.5 million.
Higher education
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

As Litigation Finance Grows, Law Students Have Opportunity To Get In On It Early - Above the Law

Law schools increasingly recognize litigation finance as essential knowledge, with programs like Certum Group's fellowship providing hands-on experience in how capital funds complex litigation.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Can Applied Digital Get Out From Under Its Debt Overhang?

Applied Digital's financial structure and growing debt will be critical topics in the upcoming fiscal Q3 2026 results announcement.
Real estate
fromtherealdeal.com
1 month ago

Syndicator lender Ready Capital reports massive losses

Ready Capital reported a $232 million loss while restructuring its commercial real estate loan book, with stock down 60% and non-accruing loans rising to 25% of its portfolio.
Miscellaneous
fromReadWrite
1 month ago

How insider trading could work on prediction markets

Prediction markets have created a new venue for insider trading-like conduct that regulatory agencies struggle to monitor, mirroring historical gaps in commodities market oversight.
Business
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago

Private credit gates are spreading. Why Apollo's 45% redemption cap is a structural warning for the entire $1.7T asset class - Silicon Canals

Liquidity crises are most dangerous when distress signals are misrepresented as routine management, as seen with Apollo Global Management's redemption caps.
Venture
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

Top 5 Private Equity Holding Companies: Publicly Traded PE Titans

Publicly traded private-equity firms let retail investors access buyouts, direct lending, infrastructure, and real estate with liquidity and lower minimums while charging management and performance fees.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

PennantPark's 20% Yield Is Partly Funded by a Reserve Running Out in December

PennantPark Investment Corporation's monthly dividend is partially funded by prior undistributed income, indicating a widening gap between earnings and payouts.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Why Preferred Shares Matter, And How to Invest

Preferred shares represent a hybrid form of ownership. They're classified as equities for accounting and capital structure purposes. However, this asset's cash flows resemble debt. Holders receive fixed or floating dividends that must be paid before common shareholders see a cent, giving these securities a senior position in the payout hierarchy.
Miscellaneous
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Redwood Trust closes $391 million non-QM securitization

Redwood Trust closed a $391 million non-QM securitization through its new Aspire platform, targeting high-quality borrowers underserved by traditional mortgage programs.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

The 200-Basis-point gap: Why many lenders are leaving money on the table

A persistent 200 basis point performance gap between top and bottom tier lenders reflects structural industry inefficiency, not cyclical conditions, with top lenders earning 139 basis points while bottom lenders lose 70 basis points.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

The Closed End Fund Paying 6.7% That Rivals the S&P 500

Adams Diversified Equity Fund offers a 6.7% yield and has outperformed the S&P 500 over time.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

AD Mortgage launches its largest non-QM securitization yet

The deal represents a defining milestone for the firm. It reflects not only the continued strength of the non-QM RMBS market, but also the confidence investors place in our platform and in AD non-QM mortgages as a premier asset class.
Real estate
Real estate
fromTelecompetitor
2 months ago

Vertical Bridge completes $1.94B asset-backed securitization

Vertical Bridge issued $1.94 billion of tower revenue notes secured by 10,425 tower sites, marking the largest tower ABS issuance and attracting 78 investors.
Business
fromFortune
1 month ago

The $265 billion private credit meltdown: How Wall Street's hottest investment craze turned into a panic | Fortune

Private equity stocks surged dramatically from mid-2023 to early 2025, then collapsed sharply starting September 2024, erasing over $265 billion in market value as retail investors demanded redemptions from private debt funds.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Looming risk for mortgage credit and MBS investors from Lender Choice

Allowing lenders to choose between FICO and VantageScore enables adverse selection that increases credit and MBS investor risk by shifting higher-risk loans to GSEs.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Kiavi closes $350M RTL securitization

Kiavi's rated securitization and two-year revolving feature create substantial new liquidity and funding capacity while leveraging its AI-powered platform and expanded product capabilities.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

An Emerging Market Bond ETF Pays 5.43% and Retirees Are Taking Notice

EMB offers consistent monthly distributions of $0.38–$0.42 per share backed by emerging market bond coupons, but retirees must assess durability against sovereign credit risk and geopolitical volatility.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Basel capital rules may be revised to boost bank mortgage lending

Overly strict capital treatment of mortgage servicing rights has reduced bank participation and made mortgage activities disproportionately costly relative to their risks.
Real estate
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

Three Companies Control Schwab's US REIT Returns As Debt Maturity Cliff Threatens 2026 Returns

SCHH's 2026 performance hinges on refinancing conditions and whether 10-year Treasury yields fall below 4% amid anticipated Federal Reserve rate cuts.
Business
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Everything you want to know about the drama in private credit but were too afraid to ask

Private credit, a $3 trillion market where investors loan directly to businesses, faces scrutiny after major firms experienced significant redemptions and fund freezes, raising concerns about potential bubble risks.
fromFortune
2 months ago

Bonds 101: What investors need to know about the 'shock absorber of the portfolio' | Fortune

Many investors regard bonds as the frumpier cousins to stocks. Their prices rarely pop or plummet. They usually deliver a lower return, and-aside from a glamorous cameo in the 1980s thriller Die Hard-they are not part of popular culture in the same way as, say, GameStop or Tesla shares. They are, though, a critical part of any well-managed portfolio, and with the stock market looking particularly frothy, this may be more true than ever.
Business
Business
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Barclay brothers given six weeks to strike deal to avoid bankruptcy

Howard and Aidan Barclay must secure creditor-backed IVAs by 17 March or face potential bankruptcy after HSBC launched proceedings over Logistics Group debt.
fromFortune
2 months ago

Oracle defused 'the key risk going into 2026,' BofA argues, but the market isn't buying it | Fortune

"Every morning the opening screen on my Bloomberg is what's going on with CDS spreads on Oracle debt," Morgan Stanley Wealth Management CIO Lisa Shalett told Fortune in October, seeming to speak for a market that was increasingly worried about the bursting of a bubble in artificial intelligence (AI).
Business
Business
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 months ago

Bitcoin-Backed Bonds Facing Stress Test After Selloff: S&P

A $188 million Jefferies-backed bond tied to Ledn bitcoin loans faced forced liquidations after bitcoin fell roughly 27%, shifting collateral from loans to cash.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Half of Global Market Cap Lives Outside the U.S. and BKIE Costs Almost Nothing to Own It

BKIE offers ultra-low-cost exposure to developed international markets at 4 basis points annually, with consistent outperformance versus EFA driven by fee savings over multiple time horizons.
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