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What: Shares of mortgage insurer Radian Group (NYSE: RDN) jumped more than 10% in intraday trading on big volume.

So What: The entire mortgage insurance sector was up significantly today because investors saw hope that the companies would be able to put some of their losses back on the big banks. Now that Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has halted foreclosures all over the country, the robo-signing issue is starting to reach a fever pitch. In the midst of all of this, investors in the mortgage insurance space are getting confident that the companies will be able to make some recoveries from lenders because of the lenders' sloppy practices.

Now What: This is certainly an interesting angle for the mortgage insurers, so it's no surprise that Radian, along with MGIC (NYSE: MTG), PMI Group (NYSE: PMI), Ambac (NYSE: ABK) and others are up notably while Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) slip. But it's hardly an open-and-shut case for the industry, so it's tough not to keep considering the shares of mortgage insurers to be very speculative.

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