Fri, Oct 4 2019, 4:24 PM
The bureau of labor statistics called and mailed about 60k households a little less than a month ago to ask them about their jobs. Only 3.5% of the w...
Fri, Oct 4 2019, 8:29 AM
In the day just passed, the bond market rallied impressively following an exceptionally weak ISM services report. That was the 2nd of the two ISM pur...
Thu, Oct 3 2019, 5:25 PM
Today's ISM services data (technically "non-manufacturing") was one of the week's two biggest reports apart from tomorrow's jobs data. Like it's manu...
Thu, Oct 3 2019, 9:21 AM
In the day just passed, bonds extended a faster-paced rally that began on Tuesday following the ISM Manufacturing data. It wouldn't be fair to say ...
Wed, Oct 2 2019, 5:23 PM
The bond market had another solid day today, although that wasn't necessarily destined to be the case from the start. Yields were slightly higher in ...
Wed, Oct 2 2019, 9:28 AM
In the day just passed, the bond market improved by an amount that would be considered fairly strong compared to the previous session's closing levels...
Tue, Oct 1 2019, 5:25 PM
Today was fairly straightforward by the time the 10am ISM Manufacturing data came out. It was significantly weaker than expected (worst since 2009) a...
Tue, Oct 1 2019, 8:27 AM
In the day just passed, the bond market got off to a slow and stable start for the week. There was modest overnight weakness that carried over into t...
Mon, Sep 30 2019, 5:45 PM
Bonds were slightly weaker in the overnight session. European bonds set the tone early, potentially in response to Draghi comments on the need for ...
Mon, Sep 30 2019, 9:53 AM
In the week just passed, the bond market committed to a perfectly sideways consolidation pattern after having moved down from the highest yields in mo...
Fri, Sep 27 2019, 8:46 PM
There's never a way to be 100% sure that a consolidation trend will continue to guide the highs and lows in the bond market for any certain amount of ...
Fri, Sep 27 2019, 10:23 AM
In the day just passed, bonds did their best to make it seem as if they were paying attention to various headlines and events without actually moving ...
Thu, Sep 26 2019, 5:00 PM
It's hard to say whether yesterday's heavy selling in the bond market was acting alone or whether it was in response to the heavy buying seen on Tuesd...
Thu, Sep 26 2019, 11:31 AM
It's been plain to see in recent months that MBS have had a very tough time keeping pace with the drop in Treasury yields. That's been especially tru...
Wed, Sep 25 2019, 6:12 PM
First, let's talk about how big today's sell-off was. In terms of 10yr yields, it fully erased the past 2 days of gains and some of the improvement...
Wed, Sep 25 2019, 9:29 AM
In the day just passed, the bond market managed to improve at a fairly decent clip, but the gains were much easier to come by for Treasuries vs MBS. ...
Tue, Sep 24 2019, 5:38 PM
Today was a victory for the bond market in general, but a relatively hollow one for MBS. Gains were modest for both Treasuries and MBS at first, ...
Tue, Sep 24 2019, 9:35 AM
In the day just passed, bonds started out strong with help from exceptionally weak economic data in Europe. German manufacturing, in particular, cont...
Mon, Sep 23 2019, 6:19 PM
Today was largely the story of troublingly weak econ data prompting an rally to the best levels of the day for bond markets. The biggest move came i...
Mon, Sep 23 2019, 10:11 AM
In the week just passed, the bond market underwent a nice correction after the previous week pushed yields higher at the fastest pace in years. To pu...
Fri, Sep 20 2019, 6:15 PM
Last week brought the pain. It was the worst single week for the bond market (if we count MBS) since 2013. Although this week won't break any record...
Fri, Sep 20 2019, 10:14 AM
In the day just passed, bonds trading was exceptionally calm in the wake of Wednesday's Fed day. As I mentioned in the recap, it was one of the least...
Thu, Sep 19 2019, 5:45 PM
Relative to the expectation for yesterday's Fed events to cause volatility, the movement we've seen in the bond market has been fairly pitiful in re...
Thu, Sep 19 2019, 9:16 AM
In the day just passed, the bond market finally got a chance to sink its teeth into the much-anticipated Fed announcement/forecasts/press conference. ...
Wed, Sep 18 2019, 5:49 PM
As far as Fed days go--especially the kind where we get updated economic projections--today's example was pretty damn uneventful. These things happen...
Wed, Sep 18 2019, 2:02 PM
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June July indicates that the labor market remains strong and that economic acti...
Wed, Sep 18 2019, 9:09 AM
In the day just passed, the bond market managed to add a 2nd day to a friendly correction--a small counterattack against the much larger corrective se...
Tue, Sep 17 2019, 6:24 PM
Today saw the narrowest trading range of any day so far this month and by far the calmest day since the big September selling spree began. Drama came...
Tue, Sep 17 2019, 9:27 AM
In the day just passed, bonds saw their first reprieve from the fairly brutal correction that has defined essentially all of September. 10yr yields d...
Mon, Sep 16 2019, 5:26 PM
Today's key development was over-the-weekend news of drone strikes on Saudi oil assets. Iran is getting the blame, but Trump says he's not in a rush ...
Mon, Sep 16 2019, 9:55 AM
In the week just passed, the bond market sold off at the fastest pace since the June 2013 taper tantrum. That's a relatively impressive feat at first...
Fri, Sep 13 2019, 8:36 AM
In the day just passed, bonds got our hopes up early with an initially positive reaction to the ECB announcement. We were even in the green for most ...
Thu, Sep 12 2019, 6:18 PM
10yr yields hit 1.80% today. Using the power of the MBS Live search feature, I compiled the following list to put 1.80% in context:
"I'd be looking...
Thu, Sep 12 2019, 9:25 AM
In the day just passed, the recent bond market selling-spree showed its first serious signs of leveling off since it began one week ago. This wasn't ...
Wed, Sep 11 2019, 5:30 PM
Bond traders took a break from their newfound hobby of the past 5 business days: relentlessly selling bonds . Maybe they want to branch out and try ...
Wed, Sep 11 2019, 9:50 AM
In the day just passed, bonds kicked into higher gear with respect to the correction that began to materialize last Thursday. If you feel like you mi...
Tue, Sep 10 2019, 6:14 PM
Bonds continued to sell-off again today--this time slightly more aggressively than yesterday. Yes, the current spike in yields/rates is frustrating, ...
Tue, Sep 10 2019, 9:16 AM
In the day just passed, bonds began the week with a resolute sell-off that broke through an important overhead ceiling in 10yr yields (1.62). Weaknes...
Mon, Sep 9 2019, 6:26 PM
Bonds were weaker overnight, weaker during the AM hours, and just for good measure, weaker again in the afternoon. When the dust cleared, 10yr yields...
Mon, Sep 9 2019, 9:13 AM
Bonds are starting out in weaker territory this morning, mostly due to European trading hours. An improving US/China trade dialogue has been the defa...
Fri, Sep 6 2019, 5:37 PM
To be sure, there was at least some amount of trepidation ahead of today's jobs report. The past 2 trading days made a clear case for it with stronge...
Fri, Sep 6 2019, 11:45 AM
The title is a bit misleading. 2.5% coupons are nothing new--especially if we're talking about 15yr MBS. Even in 30yr MBS, 2.5s were being traded as...
Thu, Sep 5 2019, 4:36 PM
It's only fitting to throw in a vacation-themed reference on Labor Day week. Unfortunately, only the metaphor is lighthearted. It's underlying messa...
Thu, Sep 5 2019, 10:00 AM
In the day just passed, the bond market endured a bit of selling pressure courtesy of various overseas developments and an onslaught of corporate bond...
Wed, Sep 4 2019, 8:23 PM
The past several days have been very good to the mortgage market. The secondary side of the market had been waiting for spreads to be able to tighten...
Wed, Sep 4 2019, 9:15 AM
In the day just passed, bonds rallied to start the overnight session, largely following Brexit-related trading in Europe. Yields rose moderately head...
Tue, Sep 3 2019, 5:31 PM
Today had potential to be one of those days where overnight give way to a frustrating sell-off that intensifies throughout the day. In fact, that wo...
Tue, Sep 3 2019, 9:26 AM
In the week just passed, Treasuries put in their most stable and uninspiring performance of the month (in their defense, it was a crazy month). Ever...
Fri, Aug 30 2019, 9:18 AM
In the day just passed, the Treasury complex came under pressure on several fronts. Trade related headlines sapped some of the safe haven demand, as ...
Thu, Aug 29 2019, 4:57 PM
Bonds were weaker overnight in response to upbeat trade headlines from China's commerce minister as well as Italian political news (read the MBS Liv...
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