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khaos288 said:

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Fightin2010 said:

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My wife works for a large tech company and I do not think they will go back in the office for a long time. Some may not at all because they are doing so well remotely.

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Yep, the productivity tools for our call center has shown significant uptick in the work from home state. We may use it indefinitely.

This thing will change how the world works for sure. Companies are realizing renting space and paying for electricity to have people be less productive is silly.

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Smart workers playing the long con.

1. Show how awesome work from home is
2. Get company to make it permanent
3. ?????
4. Profit

In all seriousness, yeah, working from home is great when you have easy measurements - when things aren't as measurable is when it's tough.

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OverSeas AG said:

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Mtn_Guide said:

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A lot of tech companies have been moving less essential personnel to Reno. Still close to the bay and real estate is 1/3 the cost.

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I love Reno area. Was in Tahoe for a week in September. Love to hike that area. LOVE IT.

Sorry for derail.

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Rice and Fries said:

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McInnis 03 said:

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Will Meade just mentioned scuttlebutt about really bad data coming on Mortgage forebearance and delinquencies, when does this data get reported?

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https://www.housingwire.com/articles/nearly-3-million-borrowers-are-already-in-forbearance/

It appears the forbearance issue is already much more significant than federal decision-makers thought it would be.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria told HousingWire last week that his expectation was that approximately 1 million GSE mortgages will be in forbearance by May, but new data from Black Knight shows that the number of GSE mortgages in forbearance already far exceeds Calabria's projection.
According to Black Knight, nearly 1.4 million borrowers whose mortgages are backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are already in forbearance.

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CNBC just had the head of the MBA (Mortgage Bankers Assc.) saying estimated 6% of all home loans are in forbearance. This is only from March/April mortgage payments. We will see how many make payments for May.

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khaos288 said:

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Premium said:

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khaos288 said:

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Fightin2010 said:

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My wife works for a large tech company and I do not think they will go back in the office for a long time. Some may not at all because they are doing so well remotely.

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Yep, the productivity tools for our call center has shown significant uptick in the work from home state. We may use it indefinitely.

This thing will change how the world works for sure. Companies are realizing renting space and paying for electricity to have people be less productive is silly.

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Smart workers playing the long con.

1. Show how awesome work from home is
2. Get company to make it permanent
3. ?????
4. Profit

In all seriousness, yeah, working from home is great when you have easy measurements - when things aren't as measurable is when it's tough.

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Yup, luckily our call center folks are on really strict metrics. They're all improved around 15% at the moment.

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Aggie95 said:

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Rice and Fries said:

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Rice and Fries said:

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Rice and Fries said:

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McInnis 03 said:

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Will Meade just mentioned scuttlebutt about really bad data coming on Mortgage forebearance and delinquencies, when does this data get reported?

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https://www.housingwire.com/articles/nearly-3-million-borrowers-are-already-in-forbearance/

It appears the forbearance issue is already much more significant than federal decision-makers thought it would be.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria told HousingWire last week that his expectation was that approximately 1 million GSE mortgages will be in forbearance by May, but new data from Black Knight shows that the number of GSE mortgages in forbearance already far exceeds Calabria's projection.
According to Black Knight, nearly 1.4 million borrowers whose mortgages are backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are already in forbearance.

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CNBC just had the head of the MBA (Mortgage Bankers Assc.) saying estimated 6% of all home loans are in forbearance. This is only from March/April mortgage payments. We will see how many make payments for May.

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How much of that is unnecessary...people who still have a job but out of fear are not paying? I'm not saying it's a significant factor but curious.

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McInnis 03 said:

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A feller on the "Houston...problem" thread said he heard something about OXY potentially having a leaker in the water?

Quote:

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Any truth to this?

Heard this last night:

Oxy has a well that is flowing back in the gulf that they can't stop. Apparently called in tanker to flow in to...not a blow out yet but definitely a huge problem.

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Aggietaco said:

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khaos288 said:

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Premium said:

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khaos288 said:

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Fightin2010 said:

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My wife works for a large tech company and I do not think they will go back in the office for a long time. Some may not at all because they are doing so well remotely.

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Yep, the productivity tools for our call center has shown significant uptick in the work from home state. We may use it indefinitely.

This thing will change how the world works for sure. Companies are realizing renting space and paying for electricity to have people be less productive is silly.

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Smart workers playing the long con.

1. Show how awesome work from home is
2. Get company to make it permanent
3. ?????
4. Profit

In all seriousness, yeah, working from home is great when you have easy measurements - when things aren't as measurable is when it's tough.

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Yup, luckily our call center folks are on really strict metrics. They're all improved around 15% at the moment.

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Not to further derail, but I have no perspective on the work from home thing as my job can only barely be done remotely - do these call center folks expect anything in return for using their utilities to do their jobs (water, power, network)? Or is the ability to work from home and not have to commute compensation enough?

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IrishTxAggie said:

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MSFT 4/24 172.5C getting lots of action around 1.7

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IrishTxAggie said:

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LVS 4/24 $41C just got lit up for 1.2MM plus a bunch of other ones around it. 2.6 price area. I'm in these

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AggiePeeps06 said:

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Any idea why

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IrishTxAggie said:

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LVS 4/24 $41C just got lit up for 1.2MM plus a bunch of other ones around it. 2.6 price area. I'm in these

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IrishTxAggie said:

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LVS has heavy exposure to Macau which is open

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AggiePeeps06 said:

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LADR but the option volume is very low. I'm looking for a CMBS ETF with higher volume

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AggiePeeps06 said:

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Oh I thought you were talking about shorting. My bad

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