The financial world is abuzz yet again with Greek debt deal headlines.  And yet again, they are almost completely meaningless.  Before you say to yourself "but they can't be completely meaningless if the headlines are moving markets and if so many people are talking about it!" hear me out.  As I've said time and again (as recently as yesterday), headlines and economic releases provide cover for markets to move where they're going to move.  This morning's Greece-related headlines were a great way to explain rampant overnight weakness in European bonds, but there's one small problem: there was no corresponding movement in Greek debt yields!

(show this chart to the next person that tells you Greece is a big market mover these days)

2015-6-10 Greece

Don't believe everything you read.  These charts don't lie.  2011-2012 show us what a real crisis looks like for Greece.  The rightmost trading activity shows us the relative reaction to all the recent Greek news (the purple line).  Meanwhile, the red and yellow lines show us that core bond markets are selling off for other reasons.  Media and even market participants will continue to pay attention to Greece.  Many may even continue to believe it's an important part of the long term outlook.  But at best, it's an occasional, minor contributor to short term movement.  It has nearly nothing to do with the 2-month spike in bond yields.

Speaking of the 2-month spike in bond yields, we're in weaker territory again today, but we've recovered a decent chunk of overnight losses.  The 10yr Auction just came in a bit stronger than expected, bringing 10's back down to 2.458 and Fannie 3.5s near the highs of the day at 102-13.  That's only 2 ticks weaker from yesterday's close (post-roll prices).


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
98-25 : +0-01
FNMA 3.5
102-13 : -0-02
FNMA 4.0
105-15 : -0-02
Treasuries
2 YR
0.7250 : +0.0040
10 YR
2.4570 : +0.0150
30 YR
3.1870 : +0.0140
Pricing as of 6/10/15 1:19PMEST

Morning Reprice Alerts and Updates
A recap of Alerts and Updates provided to MBS Live subscribers.
11:18AM  :  ALERT ISSUED: Bunds Pushing Bonds to Weakest Levels; More Reprice Risk
10:58AM  :  ALERT ISSUED: Early Negative Reprice Risk Considerations
9:43AM  :  Blasted by Europe Overnight; Another 2 Steps Forward for Sell-Off

Live Chat Featured Comments
A recap of featured comments from the Live Discussion on the MBS Live Dashboard.
Matthew Graham  :  "ah, OK. Reflation expectations are part of the equation, but perhaps a bigger consideration in the near term is the extent of the buying spree that finally ended in April. That was the focus of the 'week ahead' this week (http://mndne.ws/1QhE8Nh). Big, possibly overdone rally = big corrective bounce. One other key difference for Bunds as compared to, say, US Treasuries, is that they benefit (and suffer) from the ebbs and flows around the sovereigns in the Eurozone. When EU systemic risk waxes, Bunds benefit. When it wanes, they suffer. So if systemic risk wanes AND there are other reasons to be selling, it's doubly felt. "
Scott Valins  :  "what is driving the bund at it's current levels? Is it re-inflation expectations due to QE?"
Christopher Stevens  :  "We are bouncing...up. I keeping thinking of MG's red circle chart yesterday "
Matt Hodges  :  "surely you can, OO. this train has been heading this way for quite a while"
Oliver Orlicki  :  "Can't believe we are looking at 2.5 "