A mortgage-backed security is a type of financial asset, somewhat like a bond (or a bond fund). It is created out of a portfolio, or collection, of residential mortgages. When a company or ...

We’ve also included model portfolios, built by Elya Schwartzman at fund firm BondBloxx, as an example ... investment-grade bond portfolio are Treasuries, corporate debt and mortgage-backed ...

The stock market is taking a beating, but increased demand for bonds has pushed the 30-year mortgage rate comfortably below 7 ...

Keeping it simple, today economic data came in weaker, stocks are falling, money went into bonds and mortgage rates fell.

Take dividend-paying stocks, for example. If you concentrate your ... can diversify beyond the usual Treasurys, corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities is via an allocation to hybrid ...

Baby bonds are often issued to meet funding needs. For example, certain public utilities and municipal governments issue baby bonds to finance infrastructure projects such as road repairs ...

Day SEC Yield of 3.82% as of Feb. 27. Payable Mar 06; for shareholders of record Mar 03; ex-div Mar 03. More on SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF Mortgage rates hit a two-month low Mortgage ...