Your Weekly Update for Tuesday, December 27, 2022.
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It was a mixed pre-holiday week on Wall Street last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.86% to 33203.93 while the S&P500 ended down 0.20% to 3,844,82. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.94% to 10,497.86. The annual yield on the 30-year Treasury rose a whopping 29.40 basis point(s) to 3.827.
It is a quiet week for economic news. Look for our usual analysis next week. Have a happy and prosperous 2023.
Mortgage Rates
“Heading into the holidays, mortgage rates continued to move down,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “Rates have declined significantly over the past six weeks, which is helpful for potential homebuyers, but new data indicates homeowners are hesitant to list their homes. Many of those homeowners are carefully weighing their options as more than two-thirds of current homeowners have a fixed mortgage rate of below four percent.”
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.27% as of December 22, 2022, down from last week when it averaged 6.31%. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 3.05%.
The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.69%, up from last week when it averaged 5.54%. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 2.30%.
Freddie Mac made a number of enhancements to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey® to improve the collection, quality and diversity of data used. Instead of surveying lenders, the weekly results are now based on thousands of applications received from lenders across the country that are submitted to Freddie Mac when a borrower applies for a mortgage. Additionally, the PMMS® will no longer publish fees/points or adjustable rates.
Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® is focused on conventional, conforming, fully amortizing home purchase loans for borrowers who put 20% down and have excellent credit. Average commitment rates should be reported along with average fees and
points to reflect the total upfront cost of obtaining the mortgage. Borrowers may still pay closing costs which are not included in the survey.
Through our relationship with Prestige Mortgage Services Inc. dba Prestige Home Mortgage (NMLS#14216) in Vancouver, Washington we originate residential and reverse mortgages.
Selected Cryptocurrencies
| Symbol | Name | Price | 24h % | 7d % | Market Cap |
| BTC | Bitcoin | 16842.17 | -0.07% | 0.14% | $324,135,521,226 |
| ETH | Ethereum | 1218.77 | 0.02% | 0.50% | $149,162,287,995 |
| BNB | BNB | 243.66 | 0.30% | -2.32% | $38,980,789,528 |
| XRP | XRP | 0.3684 | 4.61% | 7.16% | $18,546,595,829 |
| DOGE | Dogecoin | 0.07485 | -1.09% | 0.56% | $9,930,680,732 |
| ADA | Cardano | 0.2622 | 0.20% | 1.26% | $9,046,989,322 |
| MATIC | Polygon | 0.8126 | 1.42% | 1.36% | $7,097,098,475 |
| DOT | Polkadot | 4.53 | 0.48% | -1.70% | $5,208,340,505 |
| LTC | Litecoin | 70.05 | -0.68% | 7.73% | $5,037,842,165 |
| TRX | TRON | 0.05422 | -0.98% | -0.34% | $4,987,389,711 |
| SHIB | Shiba Inu | 0.000008299 | 0.09% | -1.04% | $4,556,677,529 |
| SOL | Solana | 11.11 | -2.02% | -10.08% | $4,077,710,997 |
| UNI | Uniswap | 5.26 | 1.48% | -1.45% | $4,009,273,185 |
| AVAX | Avalanche | 11.73 | 0.29% | -1.89% | $3,655,890,542 |
| LEO | UNUS SED LEO | 3.56 | -1.54% | -4.31% | $3,394,516,333 |
| WBTC | Wrapped Bitcoin | 16800.11 | 0.18% | -0.11% | $3,099,698,330 |
Information current as of 5:20 AM PST, Tuesday, December 27, 2022. Source: https://coinmarketcap.com/
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Sources: Ryan Long, CFA, FocusPoint Solutions, American Association for Individual Investors (AAII), Associated Press, Barclays Capital, Bloomberg, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, FactSet, Financial Times, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Asset Management, Marketfield Asset Management, Morgan Stanley, MSCI, Morningstar, Northern Trust, Oppenheimer Funds, PIMCO, Standard & Poor’s, StockCharts.com, The Conference Board, Thomson Reuters, T. Rowe Price, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Federal Reserve, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post. Index performance is shown as total return, which includes dividends, with the exception of MSCI-EM, which is quoted as price return/excluding dividends. Performance for the MSCI-EAFE and MSCI-EM indexes is quoted in U.S. Dollar investor terms.
The information above has been obtained from sources considered reliable, but no representation is made as to its completeness, accuracy or timeliness. All information and opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. Information provided in this report is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, investment, legal or tax advice; and does not constitute an offer, or a solicitation of any offer, to buy or sell any security, investment or other product. FocusPoint Solutions, Inc. is a registered investment advisor.
Notes key: (+) positive/encouraging development, (0) neutral/inconclusive/no net effect, (-) negative/discouraging development.