Tue, Nov 1 2011, 10:05 AM
(From MBS Live!) " Greek Referendum Rocks Markets At The Open, Or Does It? 8:42AM: The "big" story this morning is that Greek PM Papandreou has ca...
Tue, Nov 1 2011, 8:38 AM
Well, November is off to a rocky start. After a 2.5% equity plunge to start the week, equity futures are down another 2% on the out-of-the-blue announ...
Tue, Nov 1 2011, 4:43 PM
Of course there was the initial news this morning that Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou called for a referendum of the recently agreed-upon c...
Tue, Nov 1 2011, 4:22 PM
Mortgage Rates continued lower today as drama in Europe came roaring
back. In short, EU drama is and has been
increasing the demand for safe-have...
Tue, Nov 1 2011, 4:22 PM
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Mon, Oct 31 2011, 11:17 AM
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Mon, Oct 31 2011, 9:35 AM
This mornings Live Market Update from MBS Live! (levels updated):
"MBS Beginning The Week in Much Better Shape. FOMC, NFP Loom 8:44 AM
W...
Mon, Oct 31 2011, 8:59 AM
A changing mood on the final day of October - I'm doing my best not to say spooky - is threatening to eat away from what looks to be a 14% gain in the...
Mon, Oct 31 2011, 4:17 PM
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Mon, Oct 31 2011, 3:35 PM
Building on Friday's strength, Mortgage Rates have experienced an almost
complete reversal of fortune versus the weakness that surrounded the EU
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Mon, Oct 31 2011, 1:23 PM
Several reports now of lenders repricing for the better in the Live Chat section of the MBS Live Dashboard. The two traditionally early-to-reprice ...
Fri, Oct 28 2011, 11:17 AM
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Fri, Oct 28 2011, 10:17 AM
"Those with the will to come into work today will at least be greeted by a modicum of relief for bond markets. But the key point is this: after more t...
Fri, Oct 28 2011, 8:55 AM
Thursday's stock rally isn't being sustained in early trading: equity futures in the U.S. are pointing downwards and European markets are in modest se...
Fri, Oct 28 2011, 4:17 PM
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Fri, Oct 28 2011, 4:04 PM
We've spoken in the past about "walls" that crop up in the course of Mortgage Rate movements. We're now seeing a similar case for 4.25% as it con...
Thu, Oct 27 2011, 12:46 PM
This EU Summit has been the focal point of quit a bit of drama lately--perhaps too much by the time we consider the attention that the lead-up and spe...
Thu, Oct 27 2011, 11:21 AM
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Thu, Oct 27 2011, 9:00 AM
The stock market plans to open more than 2% higher on news that European officials have agreed to a strategy to combat its debt crisis.
The 10-yea...
Thu, Oct 27 2011, 5:16 PM
The bigger reaction to events in
Europe over the past two days sent Mortgage Rates higher today, now at the edge
of the recent range.
Wher...
Thu, Oct 27 2011, 4:21 PM
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Thu, Oct 27 2011, 2:58 PM
The main topic of discussion over the last few days has been the upcoming refinements to the HARP program . As detailed Monday morning by the FHFA, ...
Wed, Oct 26 2011, 11:21 AM
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Wed, Oct 26 2011, 10:33 AM
After yesterday's impressive rally in bond markets, we noted that technicals seemed to most strongly suggest a sideways trend in effect since roughly ...
Wed, Oct 26 2011, 8:42 AM
The Treasury curve steepened overnight and equities returned to rally mode as the market waits for the European Summit to begin at Noon eastern time. ...
Wed, Oct 26 2011, 5:20 PM
Today's much anticipated Summit in
Europe sent Mortgage Rates very slightly higher, but
overall, the changes were minor, especially when compar...
Wed, Oct 26 2011, 4:21 PM
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Tue, Oct 25 2011, 11:19 AM
If you've had time for a quick check of MBS prices, you're already aware of the rally. Bond markets have been mostly rallying all morning as stocks h...
Tue, Oct 25 2011, 11:17 AM
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Tue, Oct 25 2011, 8:28 AM
European bourses are offering little direction this morning while traders wait another day for the next meeting of European officials. Treasuries are ...
Tue, Oct 25 2011, 5:12 PM
One of the possibilities we've been following, moreso around the 19th and 20th than recently, has been the possibility (or overly-optimistic hope?) th...
Tue, Oct 25 2011, 4:49 PM
As is
eternally possible these days, news out of the Eurozone sent shockwaves through
markets today and this time it worked to the advantage of Mo...
Tue, Oct 25 2011, 4:17 PM
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Mon, Oct 24 2011, 12:46 PM
If you haven't heard/seen from multiple sources, multiple times, the story of the morning is certainly the long-awaited release of more information on...
Mon, Oct 24 2011, 11:30 AM
(Sorry so late this AM, busy morning oversight!)
Key Events This Week:
Monday:
9:00 - Richard Fisher , president of the Dallas Federal R...
Mon, Oct 24 2011, 11:17 AM
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Mon, Oct 24 2011, 5:18 PM
Quite a lot of "sparkle and fade" regarding the HARP 2.0 pre-announcement this morning. Or is it a pre-pre-announcement? Either way, the finer point...
Mon, Oct 24 2011, 4:35 PM
Mortgage
Rates rose
slightly today. Bond markets were
slightly weaker today while stocks surged on optimism over Wednesday's
conclusion to the ...
Mon, Oct 24 2011, 4:17 PM
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Fri, Oct 21 2011, 11:17 AM
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Fri, Oct 21 2011, 10:54 AM
From MBS Live! earlier this morning: With no data on tap, and only a few Fed Speakers, the most interesting news on the MBS table this morning are t...
Fri, Oct 21 2011, 8:30 AM
Equities are once again being pulled higher by hopes that European officials are on a path to resolving the eurozone debt crisis.
The plan involves...
Fri, Oct 21 2011, 4:17 PM
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Fri, Oct 21 2011, 2:40 PM
Even the presence of volatility is
volatile. Here yesterday, gone
today. But "volatility of the presence
of volatility" sounds too much like calc...
Fri, Oct 21 2011, 1:35 PM
Every consumer shops for mortgages and they should. But this is the critical distinction: you should be shopping for the best mortgage advisor. If you...
Thu, Oct 20 2011, 11:17 AM
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Thu, Oct 20 2011, 8:12 AM
Treasuries are backing up and U.S. equities are on a slight rebound this morning even though global bourses turned lower overnight, some sharply so.
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Thu, Oct 20 2011, 5:06 PM
Just a quick post tonight, mostly to update you on how the charts that we discussed this afternoon ended up panning out by 5pm. Long story short, t...
Thu, Oct 20 2011, 4:45 PM
Apparently, we jinxed the market
yesterday by referring to recent stability...
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Thu, Oct 20 2011, 4:17 PM
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