Fri, Nov 18 2011, 3:13 PM
After experiencing a rare 3rd day in a row of neutrality or positivity, Mortgage Rates
pulled back up a bit today. In most cases, this won't affe...
Fri, Nov 18 2011, 2:12 PM
Some moderately coherent ramblings from last night's recap on MBS Live to set up today's:
"What is clear is that whatever writing was seen on th...
Thu, Nov 17 2011, 11:20 AM
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Thu, Nov 17 2011, 10:56 AM
One week
until Thanksgiving - time flies. What's in a name? Plenty. For example, the
name of the Athletic Director at the University of Texas is DeL...
Thu, Nov 17 2011, 8:23 AM
More of the same from the EU overnight. Here's the morning alert from MBS Live.
Tediously Familiar Risk-Off Trade Benefit Treasuries Overnight...
Thu, Nov 17 2011, 4:23 PM
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Thu, Nov 17 2011, 3:58 PM
Yesterday we noted that things seemed "quiet, almost too quiet." As is sometimes the case with such episodes of quietness, it resulted in some volati...
Thu, Nov 17 2011, 2:33 PM
The markets have seemed to calm down a bit this week , after last week’s fairly volatile price action. The 30-year current coupon spread to interpola...
Wed, Nov 16 2011, 11:20 AM
It's been an eerily sideways day so far. Every new chunk of trading seems to fall inside the previous chunk as far as 10yr yields are concerned (narr...
Wed, Nov 16 2011, 11:15 AM
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Wed, Nov 16 2011, 8:19 AM
Morning Alert from MBS Live:
Volatile Overnight Session. Bond Markets Open Slightly Stronger 8:19AM
It was an uncommonly choppy overnight se...
Wed, Nov 16 2011, 4:15 PM
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Wed, Nov 16 2011, 3:29 PM
Mortgage Rates
are essentially flat today despite the day containing similar levels of economic data and European-inspired volatility in the wee ho...
Wed, Nov 16 2011, 3:02 PM
MBS came under some pressure this afternoon, prompting the following alert from MBS Live:
MBS Fall To Lowest Levels Since 9am. Potential Negativ...
Tue, Nov 15 2011, 11:15 AM
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Tue, Nov 15 2011, 8:14 AM
From MBS Live this morning:
Standard-Issue Night of European Malaise Benefiting Bond Markets 8:13AM
No shockingly negative or positive headl...
Tue, Nov 15 2011, 4:54 PM
Mortgage Rates
are slightly improved from yesterday. A busy morning of economic data plus several headlines out of Europe caused some volatility i...
Tue, Nov 15 2011, 4:15 PM
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Tue, Nov 15 2011, 3:49 PM
(update: 4:08pm, Freddie released new harp guidelines: http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/micro_news/236222.aspx)
It's been built up to the point of ...
Mon, Nov 14 2011, 12:45 PM
Most recent alert from MBS Live:
MBS Underperforming Treasuries, but Fed Buying Change That 11:53AM
Perhaps the most striking thing about ma...
Mon, Nov 14 2011, 11:24 AM
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Mon, Nov 14 2011, 8:07 AM
Although the bond markets were closed on Veterans' day, equities and Treasury futures suggested that things could be a bit rough for MBS to start the ...
Mon, Nov 14 2011, 4:24 PM
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Mon, Nov 14 2011, 3:03 PM
Mortgage Rates are essentially unchanged from Thursday's levels although in some cases, closing costs could be slightly higher in order to obtain the...
Fri, Nov 11 2011, 2:29 PM
Here's this morning's alert from MBS Live :
10:42AM: First of all, Happy Veterans Day to you and yours. Bond markets are closed, including MBS, bu...
Thu, Nov 10 2011, 11:24 AM
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Thu, Nov 10 2011, 10:21 AM
This morning's update from MBS Live :
MBS Stronger Than They Look Factoring Out the Roll 8:28 AM
While it's plain to see that broader bond ma...
Thu, Nov 10 2011, 7:45 AM
A general reversal of yesterday's "risk-off" trade is underway as events from the overnight sessions serve to moderate some of the panic that fueled y...
Thu, Nov 10 2011, 4:24 PM
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Thu, Nov 10 2011, 3:37 PM
Ongoing moderation of the
Euro-Zone-driven "flight to safety" as well as a weak US Treasury auction today
combined to drag most domestic interest ra...
Thu, Nov 10 2011, 3:05 PM
Most recent alert from MBS Live:
MBS Now Approach Highs of the Day, Reprice Risks Shift Positively 3:03PM
The 10yr note just staged a nice li...
Wed, Nov 9 2011, 11:23 AM
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Wed, Nov 9 2011, 9:28 AM
Here's this morning's latest alert from MBS Live:
Greece 2.0? Italy Steps Up To Show The World How It's Done 9:03AM
This morning's bond mark...
Wed, Nov 9 2011, 4:29 PM
So have you heard the one about the
markets that were highly susceptible to European headlines? There's no punch line. It's not a joke and there's ...
Wed, Nov 9 2011, 4:24 PM
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Wed, Nov 9 2011, 3:30 PM
"Very narrow on what feels like a super volatile day. Italy imploding, Greek PM issues, Dow loses 400pts, crappy auction, big swing in the 10 year. .....
Tue, Nov 8 2011, 11:23 AM
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Tue, Nov 8 2011, 9:54 AM
This morning's live alert from MBS Live! by way of background to more recent events this AM.
MBS Turn Green After Opening Slightly Weaker. TSYs ...
Tue, Nov 8 2011, 4:23 PM
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Tue, Nov 8 2011, 4:22 PM
With volumes fairly low and no major
domestic data today, markets were susceptible to European headlines. They got one in the form of an announcemen...
Tue, Nov 8 2011, 3:35 PM
Longer maturities didn't move following the auction, but did rise slightly after the Fed's Plosser flew down from perch high atop Hawk Mountain to squ...
Mon, Nov 7 2011, 11:16 AM
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Mon, Nov 7 2011, 10:54 PM
Economic Calendar
07:45 ICSC chain stores ww (w/e)
07:45 ICSC chain stores yy (w/e)
08:55 Redbook mm (w/e)
08:55 Redbook y...
Mon, Nov 7 2011, 10:51 AM
This morning's alert from MBS Live!:
Bond Markets Near Unchanged. New Gov For Greece. Italy Takes Torch 8:48 AM
Looking at trading levels t...
Mon, Nov 7 2011, 4:16 PM
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Mon, Nov 7 2011, 4:05 PM
Once again, Mortgage Rates have
improved very slightly. This wasn't
necessarily the case this morning, but market movements during the day resulted...
Mon, Nov 7 2011, 3:24 PM
Here was an earlier alert from MBS Live regarding potential reprices for the better:
Potential Positive Reprices. Need More Time For Majority of ...
Fri, Nov 4 2011, 11:20 AM
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Fri, Nov 4 2011, 10:22 AM
From MBS Live this AM: MBS Tank and Recover Following NFP. Knee-Jerk Still Playing Out 9:14AM
Current trading levels in MBS and TSYs are encour...
Fri, Nov 4 2011, 4:20 PM
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