The relevance of month/quarter-end trading considerations isn't limited to the US Treasury market.  Month-end for German bond markets (the largest in Europe, and the Eurozone benchmark) saw a strong rally beginning at 6:15am Eastern time.  Treasuries gleaned some benefit, but not enough to get them back into positive territory by the open.  This resulted in markedly weaker levels for 10yr yields at 8am and a 6/32nds weaker open for Fannie 3.5 MBS.

Both held almost perfectly sideways from there with the first relief coming at the 9:30am stock open.  This is a major liquidity event for markets (in that more participants come online and more money is able to be traded).  Right out of the gate, stocks were in liquidation mode with a quick 10 point sell-off in S&Ps.  Bond markets benefited immediately and in direct proportion, moving back very close to unchanged levels.

As far as bonds are concerned, nothing much has happened since then.  MBS continue to traipse along just a few ticks shy of unchanged.  Due to the timing of the gains, a few lenders have been able to offer positive reprices.  The rest of the day will be driven by the "unseen hand" as market participants make the final adjustments to their positions for the end of the quarter.  2-4pm, in particular, could be a volatile time of day because of this.


MBS Pricing Snapshot
Pricing shown below is delayed, please note the timestamp at the bottom. Real time pricing is available via MBS Live.
MBS
FNMA 3.0
98-22 : -0-02
FNMA 3.5
102-10 : -0-01
FNMA 4.0
105-14 : -0-01
Treasuries
2 YR
0.5790 : +0.0040
10 YR
2.4920 : +0.0130
30 YR
3.1880 : +0.0200
Pricing as of 9/30/14 12:37PMEST

Morning Reprice Alerts and Updates
A recap of Alerts and Updates provided to MBS Live subscribers.
10:27AM  :  Consumer Confidence gets 2 Minutes of Fame
9:57AM  :  Bond Markets Moderately Weaker Overnight, but Holding/Bouncing Back

Live Chat Featured Comments
A recap of featured comments from the Live Discussion on the MBS Live Dashboard.
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS- US SEPTEMBER CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX 86.0 (CONSENSUS 92.5) VS AUGUST REVISED 93.4 (PREVIOUS 92.4) - CONFERENCE BOARD"
Gus Floropoulos  :  "on one end, bears, can say inventory is sitting. On the other side of the coin, inventories are building up due to projected higher demand"
Gus Floropoulos  :  "that could be spun both ways"
Jeff Anderson  :  "Chicago PMI inventory hits 41 year high."
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS- CHICAGO PURCHASING MANAGEMENT INDEX 60.5 IN SEPT (CONSENSUS 61.9) VS 64.3 IN AUG"
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS- US JULY 20-METRO AREA HOME PRICES +6.7 PCT (CONSENSUS +7.5 PCT) FROM YEAR AGO -- S&P/CASE-SHILLER"
Hugh W. Page  :  "I don't see it. Probably a marketing "ploy" by the company that offered it."
Hugh W. Page  :  "It would be on the FL Housing website if it was offered. http://mndne.ws/1rq58xi "
Ryan Ford  :  "Anyone know of a DPA program from the State of FL specifically for firefighters/ emergency responders? "
Matt Hodges  :  "nice day ahead. sums up the unknown well."