Tue, Mar 22 2011, 11:51 AM
On March 11th we wrote, "Lots of headlines to digest lately. What
region is the market focused on again? North Africa, the Middle East,
Spain, Por...
Tue, Mar 22 2011, 11:16 AM
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94-30 : -0-02
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Tue, Mar 22 2011, 8:48 AM
Despite persistent turmoil in the Middle-East and Northern Africa,
global markets appear stable Tuesday morning as external power has been
reconne...
Tue, Mar 22 2011, 4:51 PM
Home loan borrowing costs moved slightly higher today. This is the
fourth consecutive session where loan pricing has worsened by a thin
margin. Be...
Tue, Mar 22 2011, 4:16 PM
MBSonMND : MBS RECAP
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94-28 : -0-03
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Tue, Mar 22 2011, 2:03 PM
Headline news and crisis scenarios have been the market's primary directional motivation for most of March.
With
exception to the Fed's procl...
Mon, Mar 21 2011, 12:45 PM
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced
that it will begin the orderly wind down of its remaining portfolio of
$142 billion in ag...
Mon, Mar 21 2011, 11:16 AM
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94-27 : -0-15
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Mon, Mar 21 2011, 9:07 AM
While mostly overlooking a dense economic calendar last week, investors
were forced to base their trading behavior on breaking news headlines
and ...
Mon, Mar 21 2011, 5:23 PM
Home loan borrowing costs got slightly more expensive today. Best-execution mortgage rates were unchanged.
News today that Treasury would begin s...
Mon, Mar 21 2011, 4:16 PM
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FNMA 3.5
94-31 : -0-12
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Fri, Mar 18 2011, 11:16 AM
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95-08 : -0-03
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Fri, Mar 18 2011, 8:45 AM
An agreement among the G7 group of finance ministers and central
bankers to intervene against the rising yen helped calm global markets
last night...
Fri, Mar 18 2011, 4:16 PM
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95-11 : -0-01
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Fri, Mar 18 2011, 4:07 PM
Mortgage rates got slightly more expensive today. Best-execution rates were unchanged.
It was a quiet session overall. Little movement was seen in ...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 11:16 AM
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Thu, Mar 17 2011, 10:57 AM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the Consumer Price Index for February 2011.
The CPI is the most widely relied upon measure of infl...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 8:20 AM
Equity futures are rebounding modestly this morning after substantial
losses earlier in the week erased all of 2011's gains. Bonds are
backing up...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 4:16 PM
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Thu, Mar 17 2011, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates worsened today.
The
level of panic lessened overnight in Japan, and despite several somewhat
alarming headlines, the overall pan...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 11:20 AM
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94-32 : +0-13
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Wed, Mar 16 2011, 8:32 AM
U.S. equity futures are relatively
stable this morning as stocks in Japan rebounded 5.7% after crashing 10.6%
Monday. Uncertainty remains key and is...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 6:31 PM
Mortgage rates improved today as the situation in Japan deteriorated and a feeling of panic poured through global markets, spurring on another flight ...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 4:16 PM
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95-12 : +0-25
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Wed, Mar 16 2011, 3:14 PM
While it's impossible to know exactly how markets would be behaving
given alternate realities, it's easy to see that the EXTENT and PACE of
the st...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 11:20 AM
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94-31 : +0-18
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Tue, Mar 15 2011, 8:30 AM
Another explosion at a nuclear power station in Japan triggered a 10.55%
sell-off in Japanese stocks last night and initiated a massive global
fli...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 6:13 PM
CURRENT MARKET : The "Best
Execution" conventional 30 year
fixed mortgage rate is still 4.875%. For those looking to permanently
buy
down thei...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 5:45 PM
All hell seemed to break loose in global markets today.
Stocks plummeted around the world. Commodities tanked to the tune of
2-5%. And a flight ...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 4:20 PM
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94-19 : +0-06
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Tue, Mar 15 2011, 3:36 PM
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee has released the March FOMC Statement .
On the whole the Fed hinted at an upgrade in economic conditi...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 11:20 AM
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94-18 : +0-16
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Mon, Mar 14 2011, 9:17 AM
The progressively more tragic consequences of the Japanese earthquake
remind us that reality can change in an instant. What we initially
received ...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 4:44 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today, though Best-Execution rates remained the same.
Nervous
tensions surrounding the potential econ...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 4:20 PM
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Mon, Mar 14 2011, 2:24 PM
Rate sheet influential MBS coupons hit new one-month highs today.
REPRICES FOR THE BETTER HAVE BEEN REPORTED
Following reprices for the bette...
Fri, Mar 11 2011, 11:16 AM
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Fri, Mar 11 2011, 8:30 AM
(Reuters)
- The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan struck the northeast
coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away
...
Fri, Mar 11 2011, 4:58 PM
Lots of headlines to digest lately.
What region is the market focused on again? North Africa, The Middle East, Spain, Portugal, Greece, China, Jap...
Fri, Mar 11 2011, 4:16 PM
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Fri, Mar 11 2011, 3:09 PM
Consumer borrowing costs lost a very small amount of
ground today. Mortgage rates are still about aggressive as they've been since late January thou...
Thu, Mar 10 2011, 11:16 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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94-01 : +0-04
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Thu, Mar 10 2011, 10:29 AM
Stocks are moving lower fast and interest rates are rallying as a result.
Benchmark
10yr yields have moved notably lower over the past 18 hours i...
Thu, Mar 10 2011, 8:25 AM
Broad losses in overseas markets have U.S. equity futures on edge
this morning, while interest rates are slightly higher, the US dollar
is moving...
Thu, Mar 10 2011, 4:25 PM
You'll have to look closely in order to see a difference between the
introductory paragraphs of today's commentary and yesterday's...
Today's 30...
Thu, Mar 10 2011, 4:16 PM
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94-15 : +0-18
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Thu, Mar 10 2011, 2:07 PM
Treasury just sold $13 billion
30-year notes. Today's long bond auction was one of the strongest in several years.
The bid to cover ratio, a m...
Wed, Mar 9 2011, 11:16 AM
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FNMA 3.5
93-19 : +0-05
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Wed, Mar 9 2011, 8:14 AM
Stocks have nearly doubled since the market fell to its lowest level
of the financial crisis exactly two years ago today. Shares now look to
move ...
Wed, Mar 9 2011, 5:16 PM
If yesterday gave fence-sitters a taste of the downside risks associated with floating, today shared the rewards.
Today's 10-year Treasury note...
