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Moodys Warns Of Deteriorating Auto Loan Quality

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Mark Melin
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The economy is expected to expand in 2018, with projections for stock market performance clocking in at 8% basis Goldman Sachs. But not all is well -  a Moody’s report notes that specific asset sectors are struggling, particularly when it comes to  car loan quality worsening.

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Auto Loan Quality

As wage growth is non-existent in some job categories, loan quality becomes a challenge

Moody’s anticipates that US GDP growth will strengthen slightly to 2.3% in 2018 from 2.2% in 2017, with unemployment also continuing to move lower to 4.0% from 4.4%. Despite this, some pockets of borrowers are experiencing strain despite the strong stock market, and this is occurring in the loan...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.