Margin requirements

Margin requirements for silver were lowered last week. The Fed will eventually have to print more money to boost the economy. Silver is down $.99 today. FNMA is down 2 to 3% today. NASDAQ is down 1 and 1/2% due to Europe and China concerns. Mahendra has been innacurate in Silver price predictions. I think we should wait to buy silver on margin until mid May or at least early May.

5:30pm:  FNMA closed at $.285 down .35% and AGNC is up .31% at $30.715.  NASDAQ is down 1% so FNMA is showing some strength so when the market goes up there should be a gain. SLV closed at $29.97 and silver Kitco is at $30.85 at 5:36pm.

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Interest rates down

The 30 year fixed is 3.88% down from 3.98%.  The 15 year is 3.11% which is a record low. 9:35 am thurs.

hammer candle on FNMA

Charts are from Etrade.

Yersterday there was a tug of war between buyers and sellers. Today a bullish trend may be in place. Despite the market being down over 1 1/2% FNMA closed up a little to $.27. there was even someone trying to sell 1,608,800 shares at .27 starting around 2:00 pm.The RSI and Stockastics are also pretty well used up as well. I think this is bullish for FNMA;  it may have hit its low yesterday.

My predictions of the markets

the second half of April will be better than the first half, I think silver and FNMA will do better. Interest rates are down a little with long term rates at 3.99% now.The second half of the year will be better than the first half.

Mortgage rates going above 4%

Mortgage rates are going up with 30 year fixed mortgages above 4% at 4.08%. 15 year fixed mortgages are at 3.30% from 3.16%. They have been below 4% since october 2011.  Adjustable rate mortgages are also up to 2.96% from 2.83%.  Rising interest rates tend to decrease prepayment risk so this is good for REITs.
   Silver is rebounding up $.60 today to $32.84 at 4:10 pm monday. it is a good time to enter the silver market. 

ARR offering

Just minutes ago ARR did an offering after hours and the share price is 6.93 as of 4:47pm. It closed at 7.11. The next 3 months of dividends will be $.10 each. Zacks lists ARR as a "sell" but that is at the higher price. Silver is  working its way up since last night. 4:51pm Kitco $33.90 and SLV $32.84 aftermarket with a day close at $32.85.