Bond markets had a fairly tame day given the potential for the ECB to move markets along with the potential to react to yesterday's big move.  In general, Treasuries began moving in a very linear path back from yesterday's low yields, with only a brief exception in order to trace today's big move in equities.  MBS traced an even tamer version of the Treasury move.

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The ECB arguably disappointed again as Draghi bordered on passionately defending the aggression of last month's actions while offering nothing new this month.  Markets are back in the same position of being asked to believe that the ECB would do more than it's already done if the situation warrants.  Both hope and doubt are evident in that regard.

Today's equities market movements were perhaps an even bigger story.  I might have made some attempt to relate these to the ECB news, but Draghi was off the podium by the time things started getting hairy for stocks.  Bonds seem intent on not missing out on "the big one" when it comes to a potential stock correction, but are equally intent on not overshooting it if stocks bounce.  Today was a good example.

NFP tomorrow morning is as likely as ever to set the tone early in the day, but less likely than normal to set the tone for the entire month (as it has been wont to do before, say, April 2014).  In other words, it's always likely to have an impact, but don't be surprised to see a paradoxical move as the day progresses.


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
99-04 : -0-08
FNMA 3.5
102-21 : -0-07
FNMA 4.0
105-24 : -0-05
Treasuries
2 YR
0.5390 : +0.0193
10 YR
2.4390 : +0.0500
30 YR
3.1520 : +0.0550
Pricing as of 10/2/14 3:49PMEST

Today's Reprice Alerts and Updates
A recap of Alerts and Updates provided to MBS Live subscribers.
2:35PM  :  ALERT ISSUED: Edging Toward Negative Reprice Risk Territory Again
10:54AM  :  Bonds Bouncing as Stocks Slide; Reprice Risk Waning
10:30AM  :  ALERT ISSUED: Negative Reprice Risk Already Potentially Increasing, Depending on the Lender
9:55AM  :  Trying to Hold Ground at Slightly Weaker Levels After ECB

MBS Live Chat Highlights
A recap of featured comments from the Live Discussion on the MBS Live Dashboard.
Christopher Stevens  :  "Just got back from a lunch where the featured speaker was Timothy Mayopoulos, Pres/CEO of FNMA. He feels that there is no way the GSE's can go away due to their complexity and overall importance to the housing market (of course he would probably like to keep his job). He also stated that credit standards have loosened recently and sees no reason to loosen any further at this time. "