Archive for April, 2009
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Mortgages are lagging Treasuries by a tick or two. Participants report that the level of activity is extremely light.
Swaps are one basis point wider in the 2 year sector at 58. Five year spreads are a basis point wider at 59. Ten year and 30 year spreads are unchanged at ...
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
As I previously reported the Treasury market opened this morning with a firm bid. Much of the world was celebrating the Easter Monday holiday and markets were quite thin.
As the market opened in the States rate lock selling ensued and produced (briefly) higher yields.
That selling dried up and traders focused ...
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
Prices of Treasury coupon securities are posting modest advances in overseas trading tempered by the Easter holiday. Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australian equity markets closed and major European exchanges are also closed.
This will be a week replete with data but none of it today. There is inflation data (CPI ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Swap spreads were mixed today. Two year spreads were unchanged at 56 3/4 basis points. Three year spreads were 2 basis points wider at 52. Five year spreads narrowed 1 1/2 basis points to 58 1/2. Seven year spreads were one basis point wider at 34 1/4 . Ten year ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Corporate bonds are marching tighter. Wells Fargo gave the bank and finance sector a strong boost with its announcement that Q1 would be rosy. Wells Fargo paper is 15 basis points to 20 basis points tighter and other financials have followed suit. Bank America paper is probably 10basis points to ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
The 10 year note (a reopening) came with a yield of 2.95 percent. That represented a tail of 1.2 basis points from levels which prevailed in the market at bidding time.
The market has firmed and the outstanding 10 year has pierced 2.90 percent so those who bought the auction have ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
MBS opening a couple of ticks weaker to swaps. Two emails note that most of the weakness happened post 300PM when there was chunky selling of mortgages by originators.
In the overnight session Japanese investors bought GNMAs once again.
In the treasury market the trade is about setting up for the 10 ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
- 5yr Snr Bank CDS: BAC 312/322 (-3), CITI 600/620 (-5), JPM 180/190 (unch), WFC 285/295 (unch)
- 5yr Snr Broker CDS: GS 240/250 (unch), MS 330/340 (-3)
- CDS Index: IG12 188.5/190 (+2.5), HVOL12 447/457 (+4)
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
The Trade Deficit plunged to its lowest level since November 1999 at $ 26 billion (consensus $36 billion). Imports declined and exports actually increased.
The increase in exports is encouraging as the FOMC cited declining exports as a concern it the minutes of the most recent meeting which were made available ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Prices of Treasury coupon securities are registering modest losses in overnight trading as a combination of rebounding equity markets and imminent supply (10 year auction today) weigh on sentiment. In addition, the markets will close early today in advance of the Good Friday holy day and that should act to ...
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