Thu, Feb 17 2011, 9:22 AM
The bellwether 10-year Treasury remained stable at 3.62% on Wednesday.
Overnight it firmed one basis point to 3.61%. The two-year note
currently y...
Thu, Feb 17 2011, 4:22 PM
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Wed, Feb 16 2011, 12:40 PM
Some reprices for the worse have already been seen and more may
follow if current trends prevail or even if they simply fail to reverse
course. ...
Wed, Feb 16 2011, 11:22 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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92-31 : -0-10
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Wed, Feb 16 2011, 8:18 AM
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield rose one basis points to
3.62% on
Tuesday. Treasuries weakened in early overnight trading amid light
v...
Wed, Feb 16 2011, 4:22 PM
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Wed, Feb 16 2011, 2:29 PM
Plain and Simple : The minutes note an improving confidence
level among Board members but Fed officials remain efensive due to
anemic growth pros...
Tue, Feb 15 2011, 11:18 AM
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93-04 : +0-03
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Tue, Feb 15 2011, 9:45 AM
The 10yr note yield hit an overnight yield high of 3.66% prior to the
release of
several economic reports this morning. FNCL 4.5's touched 100-19...
Tue, Feb 15 2011, 8:25 AM
The bellwether 10-year Treasury firmed by four basis points to 3.61% on
Monday. Overnight saw a reversal back to 3.65%. Other maturities are
also ...
Tue, Feb 15 2011, 4:18 PM
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Mon, Feb 14 2011, 11:22 AM
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93-07 : +0-09
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Mon, Feb 14 2011, 8:36 AM
Coming off a slow week of scheduled data the markets are ready for
activity to pick up in the day's ahead. Monday and Friday each boast
just one F...
Mon, Feb 14 2011, 4:17 PM
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Mon, Feb 14 2011, 4:12 PM
Since 10:30am, FNCL 4.5's haven't moved more than 2 ticks and continue to operate at or near their highs of the day.
10yr
yields have been simi...
Fri, Feb 11 2011, 11:22 AM
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92-30 : +0-18
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Fri, Feb 11 2011, 10:01 AM
Bond Market May Test Important Targets Today
...
Fri, Feb 11 2011, 8:26 AM
Key Events Today: 8:30 ― The monthly gap in December’s Trade Balance report is
anticipated to grow to $40.5 billion, from $38.3 billion a mont...
Fri, Feb 11 2011, 5:32 PM
Just like sometimes we see profit taking after a
nice rally, sometimes we see profit taking after a sell off.
We're
talking about short sellers....
Fri, Feb 11 2011, 4:18 PM
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Thu, Feb 10 2011, 11:17 AM
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Thu, Feb 10 2011, 8:31 AM
Treasuries have yet to continue yesterday's rally. The 10-Year Treasury, which began the month yielding 3.37%, strengthened by nine basis
points W...
Thu, Feb 10 2011, 5:35 PM
Today's MBS price movement shouldn't stress you out. Not Yet. They should make you very defensive, but not stressed. Not yet....
Yes, we ended d...
Thu, Feb 10 2011, 4:17 PM
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92-10 : -0-15
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Thu, Feb 10 2011, 2:21 PM
Treasury just sold $24 billion 4.75% coupon bearing 30 year bonds. No headline
observations can be made on this one. It was a pretty average aucti...
Wed, Feb 9 2011, 11:17 AM
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92-13 : +0-01
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Wed, Feb 9 2011, 9:30 AM
Sellers gained control of the bond market yesterday. This weakened
the strength of supportive roadblocks and allowed benchmark yields to
drift hig...
Wed, Feb 9 2011, 8:23 AM
Key Events Today: 8:30 ― Tim Geithner, U.S. Treasury
secretary, speaks at The Atlantic's town hall event on building the
economy and the futur...
Wed, Feb 9 2011, 5:39 PM
Today's bond market response to the 10yr note auction was encouraging.
But it should not make us complacent or lower our defensive shields.
This...
Wed, Feb 9 2011, 4:17 PM
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92-25 : +0-13
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Wed, Feb 9 2011, 3:52 PM
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, testified for the
first time in front of the now Republican-led House Budget Committee.
This commi...
Wed, Feb 9 2011, 1:24 PM
Treasury just sold $24 billion 10 year notes. Hello Bargain Buyers....
Demand was extremely strong for this newly issued 3.625% coupon. The
bid ...
Tue, Feb 8 2011, 11:19 AM
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93-06 : -0-13
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Tue, Feb 8 2011, 8:33 AM
The day ahead is devoid of new headline economic data but several
officials from
the Federal Reserve will offer their take on the economic recover...
Tue, Feb 8 2011, 5:48 PM
This is the reality of the brave new world that is the
post-range-breakout bond market.
We've been discussing the probability
of big movement...
Tue, Feb 8 2011, 4:19 PM
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Tue, Feb 8 2011, 3:36 PM
February Fannie and Freddie 30 year fixed MBS coupon have begun the
settlement process and it will soon look like MBS prices just plummeted (more th...
Tue, Feb 8 2011, 1:19 PM
Treasury just auctioned $32 billion 3-year notes .
The
bid to cover ratio was a below average 3.01 bids submitted for every 1
accepted by T...
Mon, Feb 7 2011, 11:23 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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93-13 : -0-11
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Mon, Feb 7 2011, 9:25 AM
We're not ready to pass sole possession of the production coupon
title belt onto the 5.0 30yr MBS coupon just yet but lock desks are
decidedly mor...
Mon, Feb 7 2011, 8:51 AM
The week is ahead is relatively slim on macroeconomic data. The
highlights may be the several speeches from Federal Reserve officials,
including B...
Mon, Feb 7 2011, 4:19 PM
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Mon, Feb 7 2011, 2:38 PM
In what we would describe as a generally slow, dateless Monday
trading session, the benchmark 10yr TSY note is at its lowest yield
levels of the d...
Fri, Feb 4 2011, 11:23 AM
MBSonMND : MBS MID-DAY
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Fri, Feb 4 2011, 11:14 AM
You're likely already aware that the reaction to NFP hasn't been good
for the bond market. The market's pre-data short position has made it
easy f...
Fri, Feb 4 2011, 8:38 AM
The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 9.0 percent in
January, while nonfarm payroll employment changed little (+36,000), the
U.S. ...
Fri, Feb 4 2011, 8:24 AM
Key Events Today: 8:30 ― Expectations are pretty humble for the January Nonfarm Payrolls
report. The median forecast is for 145k new jobs, beati...
Fri, Feb 4 2011, 4:43 PM
After 7-weeks of consolidation, stored energy was finally released.
The range has been broken. Yay. We were all growing tired and suffering
greatl...
Fri, Feb 4 2011, 4:23 PM
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Thu, Feb 3 2011, 12:44 PM
Plain and Simple : The economic recovery is progressing but not
fast enough. We're leaving behind the housing and labor markets. Cost
push inflat...
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