Although there was a brief move to the lows of the day just after the noon hour, MBS have been doing a fine job of holding almost all of the gains from yesterday.  As Yellen's testimony winds down--once again with no bombshells--bonds look willing to continue holding their ground.

Before that, the trading day had been rather uneventful.  Treasuries followed an overnight rally in German Bunds, but began dialing back at 5am.  The New Home Sales data was disregarded, although it was fairly balanced in the first place (in that it would have been stronger than expected if not for the drag from the Northeast region).

Yellen is on her 2nd to last question, Draghi is speaking at European Parliament, and the 5yr Auction is coming up in minutes.  The auction is the last hurdle for today, unless Draghi has something interesting to say.


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
101-28 : +0-01
FNMA 3.5
104-25 : +0-01
FNMA 4.0
106-27 : +0-01
Treasuries
2 YR
0.6140 : +0.0610
10 YR
1.9840 : +0.0120
30 YR
2.5920 : +0.0080
Pricing as of 2/25/15 12:58PMEST

Morning Reprice Alerts and Updates
A recap of Alerts and Updates provided to MBS Live subscribers.
12:16PM  :  ALERT ISSUED: Negative Reprice Risk Considerations For a Lender or Two
10:31AM  :  Bond Markets Holding Yesterday's Gains as Yellen Begins Testimony

Live Chat Featured Comments
A recap of featured comments from the Live Discussion on the MBS Live Dashboard.
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS - ASKED ON CURRENCY IMPACT ON INFLATION, FED'S YELLEN SAYS WE THINK INFLATION WILL MOVE LOWER BEFORE IT GOES HIGHER"
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS- FED'S YELLEN SAYS WE SEEK TO PROVIDE ALL INPUT CONGRESS NEEDS FOR APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT"
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS- FED'S YELLEN SAYS FED IS INDEPENDENT, DO NOT DISCUSS MONETARY POLICY WITH EXECUTIVE BRANCH"
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS- US JAN MEDIAN SALE PRICE $294,300, +9.1 PCT FROM JAN 2014 ($269,800)"
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS - US JAN HOME SALES NORTHEAST -51.6 PCT, MIDWEST +19.2 PCT, SOUTH +2.2 PCT, WEST -0.8 PCT"
Matthew Graham  :  "RTRS - US JAN SINGLE-FAMILY HOME SALES 0.481 MLN UNIT ANN. RATE (CONS. 0.470 MLN) VS DEC 0.482 MLN UNIT RATE (PREV 0.481 MLN)"