Wed, Feb 8 2012, 8:06 AM
The theme of light economic data continues on Wednesday with MBA
Mortgage Apps being the only item of note. Even then,
it's only notable due to i...
Wed, Feb 8 2012, 4:17 PM
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Wed, Feb 8 2012, 3:46 PM
For several sessions in a row, Mortgages Rates
have moved in the opposite direction from the previous session,
although even the bigger examples...
Wed, Feb 8 2012, 3:10 PM
For several sessions in a row, Mortgages Rates have moved in the opposite direction from the previous session, although even the bigger examples of ...
Wed, Feb 8 2012, 2:01 PM
After the 10yr auction, production MBS and the long end of the yield curve didn't move much at first. But it now seems that some additional bid for t...
Tue, Feb 7 2012, 11:17 AM
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Tue, Feb 7 2012, 7:59 AM
There are all sorts of ways to divide market moving information into
different categories. One of our favorites is also one of the most
broad: sc...
Tue, Feb 7 2012, 4:17 PM
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Tue, Feb 7 2012, 3:47 PM
Although the recently confirmed 3.875% Best-Execution level remains intact for 30yr fixed, conventional loans, Mortgages Rates moved slightly higher...
Tue, Feb 7 2012, 3:06 PM
MBS went through an interesting Employment Friday. I know it’s hard to remember back after a long weekend (especially for N.E. fans), but the bond ma...
Tue, Feb 7 2012, 2:31 PM
Bond markets had already been trending into negative territory leading up to today's 3yr auction, but took a turn for the worse afterwards with some h...
Mon, Feb 6 2012, 12:49 PM
( MBS Live ) - Against today's data-free backdrop, the only real market mover has been the earlier scheduled Fed buying (30yr sector of Treasuries) th...
Mon, Feb 6 2012, 11:17 AM
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Mon, Feb 6 2012, 8:02 AM
The Employment Situation Report is normally preceded by "sideways
uncertainty" and followed by noticeable directionality. But this time
around, t...
Mon, Feb 6 2012, 4:17 PM
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Mon, Feb 6 2012, 3:34 PM
Following Friday's employment data, Mortgages Rates
moved quickly higher. In most cases, the changes were seen not in the quoted interest rates t...
Fri, Feb 3 2012, 11:21 AM
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Fri, Feb 3 2012, 9:18 AM
The recent drop in rates has created some
interesting situations in the market, especially for lenders . First of
all, I'm not aware of any c...
Fri, Feb 3 2012, 8:00 AM
First Friday of the month and time, once again, for The Employment
Situation Report, or more specifically, the Non-Farm Payrolls headline.
Both M...
Fri, Feb 3 2012, 4:21 PM
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Fri, Feb 3 2012, 3:01 PM
The monthly Employment Situation Report was released at 8:30am this morning, with much better-than-expected results. Stocks rallied sharply and most ...
Fri, Feb 3 2012, 2:09 PM
There is plenty of play-by-play on the post-NFP sell-off in the MBS Recap . If you haven't seen those updates already, that's a good place to start,...
Thu, Feb 2 2012, 12:50 PM
We've posed this question almost a month ago ( read more... ) and the answer is fairly similar this time around. That said, MBS prices are higher ...
Thu, Feb 2 2012, 11:22 AM
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Thu, Feb 2 2012, 8:06 AM
Domestic economic data is in slightly shorter supply on Thursday
after two more robust days. But what it lacks in sheer number of
reports, it mak...
Thu, Feb 2 2012, 4:22 PM
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Thu, Feb 2 2012, 2:59 PM
For the second day in a row, Mortgages Rates
are just slightly better than unchanged. Best-Execution
remains at 3.875% for conventional 30yr fi...
Wed, Feb 1 2012, 11:22 AM
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Wed, Feb 1 2012, 10:48 AM
10:24AM (MBS Live) - Bond Markets Continue Weakening After Latest Data. MBS Outperform
Longer-dated Treasury yields continued to climb this mornin...
Wed, Feb 1 2012, 8:02 AM
Wednesday brings another relatively robust set of economic reports in
the morning, but those reports will have to speak fairly loudly in
order to ...
Wed, Feb 1 2012, 4:22 PM
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Wed, Feb 1 2012, 1:50 PM
Mortgages Rates
are just slightly better than unchanged on the day. Best-Execution remains at 3.875% for conventional 30yr fixed loans, and the sl...
Tue, Jan 31 2012, 11:29 AM
With the 10:00 AM print of this month's Consumer Confidence report, the morning's economic data is done. Stocks and bonds hadn't been too well connect...
Tue, Jan 31 2012, 8:05 AM
Shortly after domestic markets closed on Monday, Greece's PM Lucas
Papademos told reporters that hoped to conclude debt negotiations by the
end ...
Tue, Jan 31 2012, 4:15 PM
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Tue, Jan 31 2012, 2:33 PM
After setting new record lows yesterday, Mortgages Rates
rose slightly today, though 3.875% best-execution remains intact. Rather than affect the...
Mon, Jan 30 2012, 11:24 AM
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Mon, Jan 30 2012, 10:55 AM
After the Fed completes scheduled buying in 8-10yr maturities at 11am, potential market movers on the calendar are in short supply. Even then, the bi...
Mon, Jan 30 2012, 8:06 AM
This weeks begins the same way last week ended, with Greece's negotiations with private bond-holders in focus. Most recently this morning, the FT is ...
Mon, Jan 30 2012, 4:38 PM
The bond markets took the latest Fed OMC announcements as an "all-clear"
sign to buy Treasuries. The move has
pushed the Treasury yield curve a...
Mon, Jan 30 2012, 4:21 PM
One of the more confusing MBS topics is the concept of "dollar rolls."
While it seems esoteric, secondary markets people are implicitly considering
...
Mon, Jan 30 2012, 4:21 PM
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Mon, Jan 30 2012, 2:15 PM
It's happened before and it happened again today: Mortgages Rates
hit new all time lows today. Please note, that the actual interest rate you wou...
Fri, Jan 27 2012, 12:55 PM
The trading day is rapidly growing uneventful and charts suggest that quite a few market participants already have one or more feet out the door for t...
Fri, Jan 27 2012, 11:19 AM
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Fri, Jan 27 2012, 7:56 AM
Volume in the overnight session was just under recent averages but respectable overall. 10yr Treasuries rose as high as 1.9681 after a relatively str...
Fri, Jan 27 2012, 4:19 PM
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Fri, Jan 27 2012, 1:52 PM
Mortgages Rates
continued their march into better territory today, capping a 3 day effort of improvement following Wednesday's FOMC Announcement. ...
Thu, Jan 26 2012, 11:19 AM
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Thu, Jan 26 2012, 10:31 AM
Although the important economic releases this morning were either in-line with expectations or better (Home Sales missed expectations, but it's not an...
