Fri, Oct 21 2011, 8:30 AM
Equities are once again being pulled higher by hopes that European officials are on a path to resolving the eurozone debt crisis.
The plan involves...
Fri, Oct 21 2011, 4:17 PM
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Thu, Oct 20 2011, 11:17 AM
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Thu, Oct 20 2011, 8:12 AM
Treasuries are backing up and U.S. equities are on a slight rebound this morning even though global bourses turned lower overnight, some sharply so.
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Thu, Oct 20 2011, 5:06 PM
Just a quick post tonight, mostly to update you on how the charts that we discussed this afternoon ended up panning out by 5pm. Long story short, t...
Thu, Oct 20 2011, 4:17 PM
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Thu, Oct 20 2011, 2:09 PM
Actually, MBS are 2 ticks UP as opposed to down, but I refuse to rewrite this blog and re-do my charts simply because markets are too flighty and inde...
Wed, Oct 19 2011, 11:21 AM
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Wed, Oct 19 2011, 8:47 AM
U.S. markets were little moved overnight as investors digest earnings, await new inflation and housing data, and examine possible outcomes for Europe'...
Wed, Oct 19 2011, 4:54 PM
We had an extended conversation the other day about what technically constitutes a "breakout." In fact that's a pretty good article to revisit in g...
Wed, Oct 19 2011, 4:21 PM
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Wed, Oct 19 2011, 2:51 PM
Bonds have experienced a sharp backup in rates since the beginning of October. From October 3rd through the close of 10/17, the yield on the 10-yea...
Tue, Oct 18 2011, 11:19 AM
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Tue, Oct 18 2011, 8:48 AM
Weak earnings in the U.S. and a warning from Moody's that France could lose its AAA status has global equities in a frenetic sell-off Tuesday.
Saf...
Tue, Oct 18 2011, 4:19 PM
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Tue, Oct 18 2011, 1:28 PM
If you haven't already noticed it in your mind's eye, there's a nice, well-behaved trend channel in MBS over the past two days (for those that need a ...
Mon, Oct 17 2011, 11:19 AM
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Mon, Oct 17 2011, 9:14 AM
Treasuries are firmer and U.S. equities are mixed following the the Group of 20 finance ministers weekend meeting in Paris. European bourses has been ...
Mon, Oct 17 2011, 4:19 PM
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Mon, Oct 17 2011, 2:32 PM
Today has been like an oasis of relatively stable positivity for MBS. If you look at the last two weeks as an indicative of the nature of the MBS mar...
Fri, Oct 14 2011, 12:37 PM
It's been a fairly rough day for MBS so far. 3.5 MBS coupons are not trading with much liquidity, and as the lone buyer of size, the Fed's daily allo...
Fri, Oct 14 2011, 10:13 AM
How much
does a media room cost in Arizona? $2.5 million... when it's attached to John
McCain's listed house .
MetLife Mortgage , suddenly th...
Fri, Oct 14 2011, 9:14 AM
The Treasury curve flattened overnight and equities are prepping for a session in the black after Google posted stronger than results late Thursday. ...
Fri, Oct 14 2011, 4:19 PM
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Fri, Oct 14 2011, 4:12 PM
From a recent alert on the MBS Dashboard: "Late day illiquidity and a stock market rally are weighing on MBS this afternoon. Prices are in line with...
Fri, Oct 14 2011, 2:19 PM
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Thu, Oct 13 2011, 12:20 PM
Although it's a bit too soon to tell, perhaps we're seeing the first day of bond markets officially digging in and beginning the tough, slow push back...
Thu, Oct 13 2011, 11:16 AM
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Thu, Oct 13 2011, 8:21 AM
Treasury yields are falling for the first time in seven sessions as investors hesitate to push equities higher until new data hits the wires.
The b...
Thu, Oct 13 2011, 5:05 PM
I've heard and taken part in a few discussions this week about how this October is shaping up to be just like last October where we had the lowest rat...
Thu, Oct 13 2011, 4:16 PM
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Wed, Oct 12 2011, 12:51 PM
In moments, Treasury will auction $21 bln in reopened 10yr notes. Reopenings have been strong vs refundings in terms of where the auction's high yiel...
Wed, Oct 12 2011, 11:21 AM
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Wed, Oct 12 2011, 8:56 AM
Slovakia's failure to pass the European Financial Stability Fund bill had European markets off to a weak start Wednesday, but hope that it would still...
Wed, Oct 12 2011, 4:41 PM
Lets take a look at how the recent action affects the longer term charts. Today ended on an interesting note on several fronts. Earlier this morning...
Wed, Oct 12 2011, 4:23 PM
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Wed, Oct 12 2011, 1:55 PM
Bond prices have backed up sharply over the last week. The price of the 10-year Treasury note has lost almost 3 points since last Monday (10/3), pus...
Tue, Oct 11 2011, 11:17 AM
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Tue, Oct 11 2011, 8:48 AM
The bond market was closed Monday so Treasury yields are only now backing up in reaction to the broad equity rally which pushed the Dow nearly 3% high...
Tue, Oct 11 2011, 4:17 PM
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Tue, Oct 11 2011, 3:19 PM
"The trend is your friend," or "play the range until the range plays you..." Two of the commonly heard phrases during periods like the last 2 months...
Fri, Oct 7 2011, 11:21 AM
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Fri, Oct 7 2011, 8:50 AM
After hitting a 2011 nadir early this week, equities have rebounded for three straight days on hopes that European officials are getting closer to res...
Fri, Oct 7 2011, 4:17 PM
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Fri, Oct 7 2011, 1:56 PM
Better than expected Non-Farm-Payrolls number... Fairly sizable sell-off earlier in the day (though possibly stabilizing now)... Given that we menti...
Thu, Oct 6 2011, 11:17 AM
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Thu, Oct 6 2011, 10:02 AM
Things began in pretty ugly fashion this morning. MBS came in the door weaker than yesterday and fell further after the Jobless Claims data. At that...
Thu, Oct 6 2011, 4:45 PM
There's little left to say that hasn't already been said by
way of preparing for tomorrow's jobs report. While it's possible that
tomorrow's NFP su...
Thu, Oct 6 2011, 4:21 PM
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Thu, Oct 6 2011, 2:24 PM
The weakness in MBS and Treasuries over the past few days has been unpleasant, but at least the charts are suggesting it's been a calculated move. No...