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Lower Inflation on the Horizon
Sam Dunlap and David Wells share why they believe that the Fed is at or near peak policy and interest rate cuts could be on the horizon.
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Podcast: Senior PMs Cheryl Pate and Johannes Palsson Discuss the Curren...
Senior PMs Cheryl Pate, CFA and Johannes Palsson sat down with Adam Beeler to discuss the investment opportunities they are finding across financials in both equities and debt.
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The Stable Fundamentals in Housing
Sam Dunlap and David Wells share why they believe the lack of agency and non-agency MBS supply in a shrinking market with historically wide spreads, stable fundamentals, and expectations for declining rates and volatility present a favorable technical backdrop for potential spread tightening moving forward.
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Angel Oak Insurance Solutions: Capital Efficient Credit and Mortgage Le...
Angel Oak has developed expertise in designing capital efficient investments via securitizations, separately managed accounts, and rated notes. Recent areas of focus have consisted of vehicles to access Non-Agency residential mortgages, commercial real estate mortgages, and investment grade–rated community bank subordinated debt. In this piece, the team provides an update on these investment verticals geared toward the insurance investing community.
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2023 Mid-Year Outlook
We continue to favor high-quality areas of securitized credit, which have been vulnerable to the increased interest rate volatility and widening in agency MBS spreads in the first half of the year. While most areas of securitized credit are historically cheap to corporate credit and may be more reflective of the significant recession in the second half of 2023, we remain selective and focused on high-quality areas with stable credit fundamentals, including agency and non-agency MBS and senior short-duration consumer asset-backed securities.
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Interest Rate Risk May Be A Thing of the Past
Angel Oak’s investment team explains why investors should switch their focus from interest rate risk to reinvestment risk as the team believes the Federal Reserve is nearing peak policy.
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Banking Outlook: Rising from the Ashes
In this whitepaper, Angel Oak’s Financials Strategies team outlines the circumstances that have led to the banking system’s most significant disruption since the Global Financial Crisis and shares its thoughts on the likely outcomes and potential opportunities.
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Cheryl Pate Recognized in “Women At The Forefront Of Alternative ...
Senior Portfolio Manager Cheryl Pate, CFA was named one of the “Women at the Forefront of Alternative Investments” in the second edition of iConnections’ report published in partnership with CPP Investments. This annual report is intended to showcase the array of female talent within the alternatives industry and the key role they play.
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Favorable Fundamentals in the Housing Market
CIO of Public Strategies Sam Dunlap and Chief Portfolio Strategist David Wells share several factors they believe will provide a tailwind to mortgage credit and housing prices even in the face of a potential recessionary environment.
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Cheryl Pate on Bloomberg Radio’s Drive to Close
Senior Portfolio Manager Cheryl Pate, CFA joined Bloomberg Radio to share her outlook on the commercial real estate sector, expectations for regional and community banks, and how Angel Oak is positioned to navigate today’s markets.
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