MBS RECAP: 1/13/2011
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Pricing as of 3:57 PM EST |
Market Updates
3:59PM :
Primary Challenge Of The Week Overcome, Now For The Point After Attempt
As expected, considerations surrounding auctions have dominated momentum this week. Friday will now take it's turn with the final say. It's unlikely that a horribly bond bearish day tomorrow would push yields through the high end of the recent range, so from a long term perspective, that's a good thing. But on the bullish side, we'd need some sort of confirmation or even endorsement of the recent consolidation in order to break below 3.27 tomorrow. To that end, a big raft of data and Fed speak presents itself with CPI and Retail Sales at 830, Industrial Production at 915am, consumer sentiment at 955am, business inventories at 10am, and fed speak from lacker and rosengren in the afternoon. For full details on Friday's lineup, check out the week ahead post linked below
3:57PM :
Updated Loan Pricing: +34.9bps After Reprices for the Better
Before reprices for the better, rebate had improved on average by 24.6bps vs. the repriced (worse) rate sheets we saw yesterday afternoon. After reprices for the better this afternoon, rebate is on average 34.9bps better than it was yesterday afternoon. The largest improvements have been awarded in the note rates at or below 4.875%. We are now seeing some lenders paying enough on 4.75% notes for the expensive buydown costs to be overlooked (no discount points needed).
3:18PM :
Bernanke: Economic Growth Not Enough to Cut UE Rate
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy should grow around 3 percent to 4 percent this year, a healthier clip than in 2010, but not enough to bring down unemployment as much as policymakers would like, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday. Bernanke added that credit is still tight and banks need to become stronger before they start lending again. Bernanke says Fed policies have contributed to a stronger stock market. Says interest rates are higher because economic expectations are improving. Bernanke thinks deflation risks have receded considerably
3:04PM :
ALERT:
More Reprices Reported as FNCL 4.5s Trade Over 102-16
More and more reprices for the better are being reported since the FNCL 4.5 MBS coupon ticked back over our 102-16 reprice target. It is safe to say recalls are now widespread.
1:34PM :
ALERT:
Reprice Outlook: Need FNCL 4.5s Bid Above 102-16
The "average at best" 30 year bond auction has led to a modest amount of price weakness in the "rate sheet influential" side of the MBS coupon stack. Our reprice target for FNCL 4.5s is still 102-16. If we cross back above that level and maintain positive progress, reprices for the better will be more likely.
1:27PM :
New MBS Commentary Post
1:21PM :
30 Year Bond Auction: Average At Best
Treasury just auctioned $13 billion 30s at a high yield of 4.515%. This was 2.2bps above the 1pm "When Issued" yield. The bid to cover ratio, a measure of auction demand, was about average at 2.67 bids submitted for every 1 accepted by Treasury. Dealers took down a slightly above average 49.9% of the competitive bid. Directs added an above average 12.4% of the issue and indirects took home a 37.8% or $4.9 billion, which is line with recent averages. Because of the 2.2bps tail and forced uptick in dealer participation, we'd be biased to say this auction was "average at best"
12:43PM :
ALERT:
Reprices for Better Reported. We Would Wait....
The outer limit of our reprice for the better range was 102-16. That level was just hit by FNCL 4.5s and we are indeed seeing a few reprices for the better. We would however expect most lenders to delay recalls at least until the final Treasury auction of the week is completed at 1pm.
12:38PM :
30 Year Bond Auction Stats and Averages
Treasury will announce the results of their $13 billion 30 year bond offering at 1pm. The five auction bid to cover ratio average is 2.61. High yields have tailed the 1pm "When Issued" yield by an average of 0.58bp (less than 1bp). Dealers have taken 48.5% of the competitive bid, directs have been awarded 10.9%, and indirects have taken home 40.5%. Currently the "When Issued" yield is bid at 4.485% vs. the OTR 30 yr bond yield of 4.481%. Only three of the last 7 long bond auctions have stopped thru screens.
12:28PM :
Curve Flatteners Added. Benchmarks Rally After Fed POMO
The 2s/10s curve and 2s/30s curve are both flattening at a rapid pace as investors take profits on steepener positions ahead of the $13 billion 30 year bond auction. This move is essentially profit taking followed by new position adding (flatteners), which helps support our slightly bullish interest rate bias. Compounding the rally was an aggressive Fed POMO in the belly of the curve this morning. The Fed bought $8.412 billion of Treasuries vs. the $20.995 billion that was offered. $3.8 billion of that $8.412 billion was spent on OTR 7s. This is a sweet spot for mortgages. Offers were lifted on these issues.
12:08PM :
Loan Pricing Update: 24.6bps Better on Average
On average, at the five major lenders, rebate on C30 paper is 24.6bps better vs. reprices seen yesterday afternoon. Though the largest improvements are noted in note rates used to fill 4.0 MBS trades, we did notice 25bp improvements in 4.875 and 4.75% quotes. Lenders who did not reprice for the better yesterday afternoon are about 40bps better today on those offers. Let us know if you are seeing something different.
12:01PM :
PHILADELPHIA FED REVISES DECEMBER SIX-MONTH BUSINESS CONDITIONS INDEX TO 55.4 FROM 50.5
Source: Reuters
11:59AM :
PHILADELPHIA FED REVISES DECEMBER PRICES PAID INDEX TO 47.9 FROM 51.2
Source: Reuters
11:59AM :
PHILADELPHIA FED REVISES DECEMBER NEW ORDERS INDEX TO 10.6 FROM 14.6
Source: Reuters
11:58AM :
PHILADELPHIA FED REVISES DECEMBER EMPLOYMENT INDEX TO 4.3 FROM 5.1
Source: Reuters
11:58AM :
PHILADELPHIA FED REVISES DECEMBER BUSINESS CONDITIONS INDEX TO 20.8 FROM 24.3
Source: Reuters
11:21AM :
New MBS Commentary Post
10:46AM :
Pre-Auction Thoughts: Bias Slanted Slightly Toward Bull Camp
Liquidity is thin and price volatility has picked up this morning after yesterday's well-attended 10yr TSY note auction. There are all sorts of factors to consider as to why this is happening but those explanations seem far less important in the "here and now" when compared to how today's 30yr bond auction is received. The thing is, it probably doesn't need to be a super strong auction for the bond market to maintain its slightly bullish bias, which was created by a disappointing Employment Situation Report last Friday. As long as it's not a horribly weak auction that leaves the street bloated with inventory, we don't see the market offering outright suggestions that would be indicative of higher yields in the aftermath. Then again we don't see any major indications that the bond market is ready to make a rapid run toward lower yields either
10:42AM :
REPRICE TARGETS
With a recurring low established at 102-08 in FNCL 4.5's and prices currently at 102-11, set your first reprice alert levels for a significant break below those lows for early reprices, around 102-06, and from there, increasing risk as 102-00 is approached. On the upside, first chances of reprices for the better at "mid-handle" of 102-16 or higher.
10:18AM :
Anti-Inflation Rhetoric Heard in Emerging Economies
We expect to hear more anti-inflation rhetoric after South Korea raised interest rates on Thursday, surprising markets, and unveiled a set of measures to contain mounting inflation as policymakers around the world battle a surge in prices of food and other commodities.
10:01AM :
Econ Data Ignored. Rates Traders Eye $13 Billion Bonds.
Although morning econ data generally favored lower interest rates, bond traders remain focused on underwriting the final Treasury auction of the week, which holds $13 billion 30 year bonds at 1pm. Trading volumes have been below average today, thus a lack of liquidity is contributing to choppy price action . The long bond is the weakest spot on the curve with a modest 1.4bps jump in yield. Production MBS coupons are outperforming
9:36AM :
New MBS Commentary Post
9:33AM :
ALERT:
10 Yields Tick Up Sharply
10yr Tsy Yields Continue To Make Choppy Movements This AM, and with increasing magnitude. Yields abruptly shot up over 2bps in 30 seconds. This could spell risk of reprices for the worse among lenders who already had prices available this morning.
9:26AM :
One in Every 45 U.S Homes Sees Foreclosure Filing in 2010
One in every 45 U.S. housing units was the subject of a foreclosure filing in 2010, a year in which a total of 3,825,637 such filings were recorded. Foreclosure filings include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossession. In all, 2,871,891 properties were affected by the filings, a new record. The numbers were reported by RealtyTrac on Thursday in its Year-End 2010 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. The filings represented an increase of 2 percent from 2009 and 23 percent from 2008. FULL STORY: http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/01132011_foreclosures_realtytrac.asp
9:26AM :
MBS Show Signs They Appreciate Treasuries Holding The Range
4.5's had been trending downward amidst choppiness in treasuries. After the recent bounce in 10yr yields just over 3.37, MBS showed their appreciation for treasuries holding the range by moving (albeit slightly) to their AM highs. This is merely to illustrate that as the day progresses, MBS will tend to respond positively to stability in benchmarks and NOT to suggest that stability will prevail this AM! (stay vigilant)
8:59AM :
FDIC CHAIR: NOT EXPECTING REPEAL OF DODD-FRANK BILL
FDIC chairman Sheila Bair says would be surprised if major changes made to Dodd-Frank financial reform law. Bair says Dodd-Frank is a good bill, would create uncertainty to make any major changes to it
8:38AM :
ALERT:
Benchmarks At 2 Day Highs. Meeting Some Resistance There
Immediately following 830am Data, Benchmark 10yr note yields fell to their best levels since Tuesday, just under 3.35, but have thus far been unable to carry that momentum decisively lower in yield with another auction looming at 1pm. If they remain resisted by this technical level, look for support to attempt to develop between 3.37 and 3.39+
8:37AM :
ALERT:
Nov. Trade Deficit Smaller than Expected, Improved from Oct
US NOV TRADE DEFICIT $38.31 BLN vs. CONSENSUS $40.50 BLN). vs. OCT DEFICIT $38.42 BLN (PREV $38.71 BLN).
NOV EXPORTS +0.8 PCT VS OCT +3.0 PCT, IMPORTS +0.6 PCT VS OCT -0.8 PCT
8:34AM :
ALERT:
Overall PPI Warmer Than Forecast. Core PPI on Screws
DEC PRODUCER PRICES +1.1% vs. CONSENSUS +0.8%. DEC PPI EX-FOOD & ENERGY +0.2% vs. CONSENSUS +0.2%
DEC PPI INTERMEDIATE GOODS +1.0%; CORE +0.4%. PPI CRUDE GOODS +4.0%; PPI ENERGY PRICES +3.7%; PASSENGER CAR PRICES -0.4%; NOV PPI UNREVISED AT +0.8%
8:33AM :
ALERT:
US JOBLESS CLAIMS 4-WK AVG ROSE TO 416,500 JAN 8 WEEK FROM 411,000 PRIOR WEEK (PREVIOUS 410,750)
US CONTINUED CLAIMS FELL TO 3.879 MLN (CON. 4.095 MLN) JAN 1 WEEK FROM 4.127 MLN PRIOR WEEK (PREV 4.103 MLN) /// US NEW JOBLESS CLAIMS HIGHEST SINCE WK ENDED OCT 30; CONTINUED CLAIMS LOWEST SINCE OCT 25, 2008 (Source: Reuters)
8:32AM :
ALERT:
US JOBLESS CLAIMS ROSE TO 445,000 JAN 8 WEEK (CONSENSUS 405,000) FROM 410,000 PRIOR WEEK (PREVIOUS 409,000)
Source: Reuters
8:30AM :
Oil extends gains to near $92/bbl on lower inventories
(Reuters) - Oil extended gains on Thursday to hold under $92 a barrel, buoyed by signs of higher demand after U.S. crude stockpiles fell more than expected and a cold snap swept through the U.S. Northeast, the region's largest heating oil market.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BD61U20110113
8:29AM :
World stocks at 28-month high, bond sales smooth
(Reuters) - World stocks climbed to a new 28-month high despite weakness in Europe on Thursday while the euro held on to the previous session's gains as bond auctions in Spain and Italy went without a hitch. The bond auctions followed Wednesday's smooth sale of Portuguese debt and took the edge off concerns about the ability of debt-strapped euro zone issuers to fund themselves. Spain sold 3 billion euros of five-year bonds, raising the maximum amount targeted. The yield was higher than at a previous auction in November but lower than recent secondary market levels.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7021N620110113
8:26AM :
ECB keeps rates at 1 percent
(Reuters) - The European Central Bank will face a grilling on its assessment of the euro zone debt crisis and firming price pressures in the bloc after it left interest rates on hold at 1 percent on Thursday. The decision was correctly forecast by all economists polled by Reuters and keeps rates at the record low they have been at since May 2009.
There was little reaction in markets, with the euro and bund futures little changed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70C2NM20110113
7:04AM :
New MBS Commentary Post
Featured Market Discussion
Mike Drews : "3.3 looks to be a tough nut to crack...we've bounced 5 times since 12:22"
Chris Kopec : "CPI, Retail Sales, Industrial Production, Consumer Sentiment, and Business Inventories all out by 10 EST Friday"
Kent Taylor : "Bernanke thinks deflation risks have receded considerably - hmmm"
Brett Boyke : "us bank and FAMC reprices"
Adam Quinones : "...and related it to mortgage rates."
Brett Boyke : "flag and chase repriced"
Adam Quinones : "we explained that chart even better in this post: http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage_rates/blog/193016.aspx"
Adam Quinones : "just remember...the stored energy we called attention to may not be released in an originator friendly direction. If we breakout the wrong way...it would imply a retest of 3.70%"
Adam Quinones : "benchmarks near 3.00% again bob"
Bob V-G : "AQ---you mentioned 4's being illiquid---what kind of price action or volume would be/ is needed to liquid? "
Ira Selwin : "3.5's were being traded then. When they came back up, it flew right past the 4.0 coupon"
Terry Colabrese : "Thanks for an excellent explanation, AQ. Even this old guy understood that one!"
Adam Quinones : "hence the large drop off between 4.875 and 4.75%"
Adam Quinones : "This leaves 4.5s as the production coupon, and while you can buydown your g-fee to nothing and use 4.75s to fill those trades too, most do not. They use 4.875 to 5.25% to fill 4.5s...."
Adam Quinones : "4.0 MBS coupons are illiquid in the secondary market. Lenders are not using them to hedge. Loans with rates between 4.375% and 4.75% are used to fill those trades."
Terry Colabrese : "AQ, is there anything "behind the scene" as to why the buydown you are mentioning is so expensive, compared to what a buydown normally costs?"
Adam Quinones : "so we're all pretty close in terms of rebate and buydowns...clearly 4.0s are still illiquid"
Adam Quinones : "90.9bps on average between 4.875 to 4.75%"
Victor Burek : "about a a point difference from 4.75 to 4.875"
Adam Quinones : "very expensive."
Adam Quinones : "I see a 0.954 average among the five majors"
Jill Statz : "a little over a point difference form 4.625 to 4.75"
Adam Quinones : "but it has been here more than once in the past two weeks"
Adam Quinones : "loan pricing is near one month highs"
Adam Quinones : "short covering in the long end = buying, hence higher prices, we are however seeing a modest amount of real$ buyers add new speculative longs via new flatteners"
JRB : "Wow....all MBS coupons green?! Does this happen more than I notice?"
Adam Quinones : "Peeling off a steepener essentially equals taking profits on two positions Chris. One on a long position in the short end of the curve, one on a short position taken in the long end"
Adam Quinones : "MBS wider into bull flattener as traders adjust prepay speeds slightly higher...."
Matthew Graham : "and daily schedule of events always covered in last live update from previous day"
Adam Quinones : "coupons at least..."
Matthew Graham : "tsy auctions almost always 1pm"
Adam Quinones : "Chris...id have to look at POMO results to see how Fed bid the offer..but I think the broader move is based on curve steepeners coming off and flatteners going on"
Adam Quinones : "http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage_rates/blog/49123.aspx"
John Rodgers : "Just sent GUT-Flop to my LO's to read again. I reread it myself. I highly suggest you read it if you haven't"
Brett Boyke : "good points, it is not adding fuel to the optimism fire as was the case in December at least and that is helping us stabilize"
Chris Kopec : "BB....I agree. I hope for good activity following the 30 year....but not sure if we need to clear Friday AM data (CPI, Retail Sales, Industrial Production) to make a run."
John Rodgers : "Brett, PPI has never been much of a market mover and it seems market movers are not as concerned with weekly claims as they were last summer. Like Adam said we are in a wait and see market. "
Adam Quinones : "BLS takes Establishment and Household Survey data from week that contains 12th day of month...this claims data covered the week ending Jan. 8"
Adam Quinones : "next week's print will though"
Adam Quinones : "BB this claims print doesnt really impact Feb. NFP"
Brett Boyke : "UE from this AM is pointing towards a negative NFP in Feb."
Brett Boyke : "JR very true, would have thought that the UE and PPI data would have had a bigger impact. Which leads me to believe that post auction we will see some action"
John Rodgers : "We have been so inoculated with volatility that the stability of this current market is unnerving. "
Brett Boyke : "interesting note from this AM - "As part of the most recent observations on the boil up (melt up is so QE1) in the S&P, we find something quite interesting. A quick glance at the chart below shows the general market 45% climb since Bernanke's leak of QE2 in August, as well as the market's 10 day (purple line) and 50 day (green line) moving averages. As a point of reference the S&P has been above the 10 day average for 30 days straight, and above the 50 day average for 92 days straight. What is r"
Adam Quinones : "REAL low no...low yes. liquidity is lacking, hence the choppy price action"
Jill Statz : "is volume real low again today? stagnate going into the auction again?"
John Rodgers : "Yes but prepare for long processing time. It just took them 70 days to close a deal for me."
Adam Dahill : "Does anyone know if 5th 3rd has landlord experience for new purchase of 3 fam? They have killer pricing right now"
Victor Burek : "flagstar same as reprce from yesterday"
Lion : "You know, sometimes when I read the banter on this board between Matt, AQ and the rest of you tecnos, it's like listening to my car mecahnic explain what is wroing and needs ot be fixed"