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MBS RECAP: Bond Markets Close at Best Levels in 20 Months Despite Late Weakness

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by Matthew Graham on January 14 2015, 5:05 PM

10yr yields spent some time in the 1.7's today and Fannie 3.0s traded over 103. Those are two things that seemed outside the realm of possibility this time last year, but thanks to Europe's impressive ability to continue screwing things up, here...
MBS MID-DAY: Very Simple, Very Awesome Day for Bond Markets So Far

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by Matthew Graham on January 14 2015, 12:47 PM

It's a very simple, very awesome day so far for bond markets. The European Court of Justice news was great for peripheral nations (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece), but still beneficial for core bond markets (mainly Germany). Treasuries followed...
MBS Day Ahead: Important European Events; Retail Sales; and Congrats to the Mortgage Industry

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by Matthew Graham on January 14 2015, 7:33 AM

By the time you read this, markets will already have had a chance to begin digesting the important preliminary assessment from the European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) on the European Central Bank's ( ECB ) old bond buying program, the OMT . Long story...
MBS RECAP: Active Day for Bond Markets; Happy Ending Despite Poor Auction

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by Matthew Graham on January 13 2015, 5:03 PM

MBS and Treasuries both spent time trading on either side of unchanged today. The swings between the days highs and lows were bigger than normal , and the tenor of the day was never lopsided in favor of bulls or bears. Case in point, 10yr yields are heading...
MBS MID-DAY: Corrective Bounce Leaves Bonds Slightly Weaker

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by Matthew Graham on January 13 2015, 12:11 PM

With the 10yr auction coming up in about an hour, yields find themselves slightly higher than yesterday's latest levels. Their first move overnight was to a new 19-month low of 1.864 . That served as a cue for many bond traders to book profits on...
MBS Day Ahead: Bond Market Keeping Options Open; One More Data-Free Day

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by Matthew Graham on January 13 2015, 7:31 AM

Yesterday morning, we discussed the technical outlook for bond markets in the context of "open options." In other words, the technical studies were not as strong as they can sometimes be, but neither were they confirming any sort of negativity...
MBS RECAP: Bond Markets Hold Early Gains through Close

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by Matthew Graham on January 12 2015, 5:14 PM

Treasuries were initially a bit weaker in the overnight session, but along with German Bunds, found their footing around 7am. MBS and Treasuries crossed into positive territory shortly after the 8am open and never looked back . The first leg of the rally...
MBS MID-DAY: Bond Markets Holding Modest Gains, Fueled by Weakness Elsewhere

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by Matthew Graham on January 12 2015, 12:26 PM

Stocks, oil, Euros, and other assets that bespeak growth and risk are weaker today while bond markets are stronger. The opposite was initially the case overnight (except in the case of oil), but as domestic trading picked up for the day, bond markets...
MBS Week Ahead: Balanced Risks for Bonds, Early Auctions, Moderate Data, Eyes on Europe

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by Matthew Graham on January 12 2015, 7:35 AM

In terms of the technical trends as of last week, domestic bond markets became more balanced by the end of the week. Before that, they were certainly at more risk of weakness after bouncing at long-term low yields on Tuesday. Friday's strength kept...
MBS RECAP: Europe Reinvigorates Risk-Off Rally for Bond Markets

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by Matthew Graham on January 09 2015, 5:16 PM

European stocks tanked today. The move was underway within minutes of the morning's payrolls data which initially looked like it might give domestic stocks a boost and hurt bond markets. But domestic markets quickly acquiesced to the much larger move...
MBS MID-DAY: Bonds Stay Green After NFP, Fed-Speak, Greek Polls, Stocks, and France

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by Matthew Graham on January 09 2015, 1:26 PM

It's been a surprisingly busy morning for financial markets, and very little of that has to do with NFP. Bonds were slightly stronger overnight and after a small, but volatile reaction to NFP managed to hold inside yesterday's weaker levels. In...
MBS Day Ahead: Hoping The Orderly Correction Can at Least Remain Orderly

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by Matthew Graham on January 09 2015, 7:44 AM

Markets don't always read from a script. Beyond that, there just aren't many past examples of moves like the one at the beginning of 2015, but so far, the bounce back from Tuesday's low rates has offered essentially no surprises. If anything...
MBS RECAP: Status of MIP Change as of 1pm; Congrats to HUD on Killing New Originations for the Day

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by Matthew Graham on January 08 2015, 4:12 PM

Dear HUD, First of all, thanks for dropping annual MI. That's cool and all, but the way you're rolling this out is causing confusion. The Mortgagee Letter should have been cued up and ready to go as soon as Obama started talking about this yesterday...
MBS MID-DAY: Today's big winner (relatively): Fannie and Freddie MBS!

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by Matthew Graham on January 08 2015, 1:14 PM

Once again, bond markets find themselves in weaker territory simply due to the corrective forces that follow strong rallies, and once again, resiliently so. 10yr yields have been losing ground at a very gentle pace during the domestic session, though...
MBS Day Ahead: Limited Econ Data--not Like it Mattered Anyway

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by Matthew Graham on January 08 2015, 7:41 AM

At this point, it's getting more and more tempting to just give up the typical pre-NFP hullabaloo. I mean really, how many more "all eyes on NFP" headlines do we need in a lifetime? All eyes are always on NFP, even when they don't need...

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