MBS RECAP: Bond Markets Fade Toward Unchanged Levels After Stronger Start

By: Matthew Graham •

Unlike most Tuesday's, today actually saw a decreased level of participation in bond markets.  Presumably this is due to yesterday offering more relevant inspiration (Greek election failure) and the impending New Year holiday.  On that note, keep in mind that bond markets close early tomorrow (2pm) and are generally expected to be slow from the outset.  Historically the 31st of December is less busy than the previous trading day, and that's especially true when it falls on a Wednesday-Friday.

As for today's action, it was clearly less than intense, but offered a good mix of pleasure and pain.  On the pleasurable side, bonds started out in positive territory after following European markets overnight.  But much like yesterday, when European bond markets closed, US bonds gave up ground.  The pain was limited to return to nearly-unchanged levels and scattered lender reprices.

MBS Pricing Snapshot
Pricing shown below is delayed, please note the timestamp at the bottom. Real time pricing is available via MBS Live.
MBS
FNMA 3.0
101-02 : +0-02
FNMA 3.5
104-05 : +0-01
FNMA 4.0
106-21 : +0-00
Treasuries
2 YR
0.6880 : -0.0240
10 YR
2.1900 : -0.0140
30 YR
2.7580 : -0.0160
Pricing as of 12/30/14 4:52PMEST
Today's Reprice Alerts and Updates
A recap of Alerts and Updates provided to MBS Live subscribers.
1:19PM  :  ALERT ISSUED: Very Slight Negative Reprice Risk
10:27AM  :  Slow and Green, Just the Way We Like It
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