Posted To: MBS Commentary
Calm Week Ends on an Even Calmer Note It’s rare to see non-holidays Fridays in January be quite as underwhelming as today turned out to be. Bonds remained locked perfectly inside prevailing trends. That’s a good thing in this case as it meant moderate gains for both MBS and Treasuries. Volatility risks increase next week with a bigger slate of economic data, but we’ll wait to get too excited about that until it actually proves capable of moving the needle. Today’s video discusses what might be required for 10yr yields to break below 1.0%. Econ Data / Events 20min of Fed 30yr UMBS Buying 10am, 1130am (M-F) and 1pm (T-Th) Existing Home Sales 6.76m vs 6.55m f’cast, 6.71m prev Markit Composite PMI 58.0 vs 55.3 prev Market Movement Recap 08:35 AM Markets trading ‘ risk-off…(read more)
