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NEW MBS RECAP: MORE SIDEWAYS

Wed, Mar 23 2011, 4:16 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-20 : -0-09 ...

NEW Event Exhaustion Leaves Bond Market Waiting for Guidance

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...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Testing Support

Tue, Mar 22 2011, 11:16 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-30 : -0-02 ...

NEW The Day Ahead: Focused on Developing Events Abroad

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...

NEW MBS RECAP: Quiet Session

Tue, Mar 22 2011, 4:16 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-28 : -0-03 ...

NEW Rate Techs: Teetering on a Directional Shift

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...

NEW Treasury to Sell MBS Holdings. Minimal Shock Expected

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...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Holding Near Intraday Lows

Mon, Mar 21 2011, 11:16 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-27 : -0-15 ...

NEW The Week Ahead: Home Sales, GDP, Japan, Libya

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 ...

NEW MBS RECAP: All Sorts of Reprices

Mon, Mar 21 2011, 4:16 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-31 : -0-12 ...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Support Holds

Fri, Mar 18 2011, 11:16 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 95-08 : -0-03 ...

NEW The Day Ahead: G7 Tackles Yen. Stocks Rally. Bonds Sell

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...

NEW MBS RECAP: Sideways Session

Fri, Mar 18 2011, 4:16 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 95-11 : -0-01 ...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Rates Backing Up

Thu, Mar 17 2011, 11:16 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-29 : -0-16 ...

NEW Inflation Update: Cost of Living Rising as Wage Growth Lags

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...

NEW The Day Ahead: CPI, Industrial Production, Jobless Claims

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...

NEW MBS RECAP: 3/17/2011

Thu, Mar 17 2011, 4:16 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 ...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Choppy Price Action

Wed, Mar 16 2011, 11:20 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-32 : +0-13 ...

NEW The Day Ahead: Producer Prices, Housing Starts, Building Permits

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...

NEW MBS RECAP: Positive Progress

Wed, Mar 16 2011, 4:16 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 95-12 : +0-25 ...

NEW How Real is the Bond Market Rally?

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...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Off the Highs

Tue, Mar 15 2011, 11:20 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-31 : +0-18 ...

NEW The Day Ahead: Flight to Safety Pours into Bond Market

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...

NEW Bond Rally Lacks Real Money Support. Sustained Commitment Needed

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 ...

NEW MBS RECAP: Rally Reverses

Tue, Mar 15 2011, 4:20 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-19 : +0-06 ...

NEW FOMC Offers Hesitant Optimism. Upgraded Outlook Overall

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...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Bond Rally Continues

Mon, Mar 14 2011, 11:20 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-18 : +0-16 ...

NEW The Week Ahead: Japan, FOMC Meeting, Inflation, Construction Data

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 ...

NEW MBS RECAP: 3/14/2011

Mon, Mar 14 2011, 4:20 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 ...

NEW Lenders Improve Loan Pricing. Graphing the NIKKEI's Retracement

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...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Reprices for Worse Possible

Fri, Mar 11 2011, 11:16 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-08 : -0-09 ...

NEW The Day Ahead: Earthquake, Tsunami Slam Japan

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 ...

NEW MBS LEDGE: Room to Rally with Little Reward to Offer

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...

NEW MBS RECAP: 3/11/2011

Fri, Mar 11 2011, 4:16 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 ...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Risk Aversion in Process

Thu, Mar 10 2011, 11:16 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-01 : +0-04 ...

NEW Rate Techs: Facing Resistance. More Motivation Needed

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...

NEW The Day Ahead: Jobless Claims, Trade Balance, $13 Billion 30s

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...

NEW MBS RECAP: Back on a Ledge

Thu, Mar 10 2011, 4:16 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-15 : +0-18 ...

NEW Dealers Tender Aggressively for Long Bond. Rates Rallying

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...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Sideways Session

Wed, Mar 9 2011, 11:16 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 93-19 : +0-05 ...

NEW The Day Ahead: Wholesale Trade, $21 Billion 10s, HAMP Vote

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 ...

NEW MBS RECAP: Out Near Highs. Reprices Reported

Wed, Mar 9 2011, 4:21 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 93-28 : +0-14 ...

NEW Smooth 10-Year Auction Wakes Sleeping Bond Market

Wed, Mar 9 2011, 1:37 PM

Treasury just sold $21 billion 10-year notes. The auction went well.... The bid to cover ratio, a measure of auction demand, was an above ave...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Reprices a Risk

Tue, Mar 8 2011, 11:16 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 93-26 : -0-05 ...

NEW Illustrating the Inner Connectivity of Oil, Stocks, and Bonds

Tue, Mar 8 2011, 10:46 AM

(9:40am) The bond market continues to battle the weakness mentioned previously as being connected to oil movements. Support could be coming in arou...

NEW The Day Ahead: Treasury Sells $32bn 3s, Class A MBS Roll

Tue, Mar 8 2011, 8:39 AM

Stocks and bonds continue to march to the beat of an oil drum. HA I crack myself up.....oil prices did dictate the directionality of stocks and bonds ...

NEW MBS RECAP: 3/8/2011

Tue, Mar 8 2011, 4:16 PM

MBSonMND : MBS RECAP Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 ...

NEW MBS Settlement Process Underway. Does the Roll Hurt Loan Pricing?

Tue, Mar 8 2011, 3:56 PM

March Fannie and Freddie 30 year fixed MBS coupon have begun the settlement process and it will soon look like MBS prices just plummeted (more than ...

NEW 3-Year Note Auction Recap: Decent Demand. Dealers Do Heavy Lifting

Tue, Mar 8 2011, 1:52 PM

Treasury just sold $32 billion 3-year notes. The bid to cover ratio, a measure of auction demand, was 3.22 bids submitted for every 1 accept...

NEW MBS MID-DAY: Recovering as Stocks Unwind Gains

Mon, Mar 7 2011, 11:16 AM

MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY Open MBSonMND Dashboard FNMA 3.5 94-05 : -0-02 ...