It's the same story for stocks and bonds right now.  Yesterday's impressive rally was extended overnight in both cases, and is now pulling back as the domestic session progresses.  It's really that simple.

This big move at the edge of long-term ranges naturally opens the door for a small corrective consolidation.  Some traders will be booking profits.  Others will be making new bets that rates go higher.  Overall there's a good balance among various Treasury trading positions.

If you want to make things less simple, you might consider that speeches from Eurozone officials this morning paint a slightly downbeat picture for more aggressive central bank action.  There's nothing too exciting going on with those headlines though.  The gist is that Germany and Draghi are at a bit of a stalemate.  That's nothing new but having it reiterated perhaps depresses markets a bit.

As we head toward the afternoon hours, negative reprices are an ongoing possibility with Fannie 3.5 coupons off 4-5 ticks from some lenders' rate sheet print times.  The next focal point in terms of volatility is the 1pm 30yr Bond Auction.


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
100-04 : -0-05
FNMA 3.5
103-13 : -0-05
FNMA 4.0
106-08 : -0-05
Treasuries
2 YR
0.4560 : +0.0040
10 YR
2.3340 : +0.0160
30 YR
3.0700 : +0.0150
Pricing as of 10/9/14 11:26AMEST

Morning Reprice Alerts and Updates
A recap of Alerts and Updates provided to MBS Live subscribers.
11:16AM  :  ALERT ISSUED: Negative Reprice Risk Debuts as MBS hit Lows
9:17AM  :  Bond Markets Stronger Overnight; Giving Up Gains Early

Live Chat Featured Comments
A recap of featured comments from the Live Discussion on the MBS Live Dashboard.
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS- US JOBLESS CLAIMS FELL TO 287,000 OCT 4 WEEK (CONSENSUS 294,000) FROM 288,000 PRIOR WEEK (PREVIOUS 287,000)"
Daniel Kramer  :  "real question is if this is a short window again, like days, at this level, before it shoots right back up to 2.60's? we load up on new deals at these levels, then before the apps are underwritten, rates go back up"
Victor Burek  :  "the trend is our friend"
Tim McNerney  :  "Whoa...what is going on?"
Jeff Anderson  :  "GM, all. This site has helped make me look wicked smart on the office. Go get them, OSO."
Oliver Orlicki  :  "2.29. Hitting phones hard today. Yet another refi boom:)"