Is Fannie and Freddie’s grip on the mortgage market slipping?

Larry McDonald says the S&P 500’s record chasing is hiding lots of companies with sliding stocks. He has ideas on how to play that.

It also comes at a time when regulators are watching AVMs closely. Six federal agencies, including the CFPB, OCC, Fed, FDIC, NCUA and FHFA, adopted a final rule setting quality control standards for AVMs used by mortgage originators and secondary market issuers to value a borrower’s principal dwelling. The rule took effect in October 2025. It requires…

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What do mortgage rates have to do with Treasuries? Quite a lot, actually. U.S. Treasuries are the bills and bonds issued by the government. In addition to financing government spending, they are also the lifeblood of the financial system. Due to that central role, their liquidity, the immense size of the market, and because they’re…

America’s fast-growing fleet of electric vehicles could become an unexpected source of electricity storage as the country races to meet surging power demand from AI. That’s according to Redwood Materials, a startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, which now recycles more than 70% of all the batteries in North America. With millions of…

As the sun rises across the world, it’s casting light on long queues outside Apple stores. Friday is launch day for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. That’s left a trail of fans gathered outside Apple stores, hoping to be among the first to leave with the company’s newest phone. The new…