Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) Overview The day started with intra-day lock bias at neutral which signified worse pricing than Friday but not a major sell-off. Essentially all of Friday's gains…
Nick AlvinoMay 18, 2015
Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) Overview The entire bond market is betting that Greece will default in at least a managed way...and instead of fear factor panic-buying...there will be MBS selling…
Nick AlvinoMay 4, 2015
What Happened Last Week?Mortgage backed securities (MBS) lost -27 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused fixed mortgage rates to move slightly higher from the prior week. The…
Nick AlvinoApril 13, 2015
What Happened Last Week?Mortgage backed securities (MBS) gained +75 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused fixed mortgage rates to move lower than the prior week. There was a…
Nick AlvinoApril 7, 2015
What Happened Last Week?MBS Overview - Learn from the PastMortgage backed securities (MBS) lost -28 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused fixed mortgage rates to move higher…
Nick AlvinoMarch 30, 2015
What Happened Last Week?MBS Overview - Learn from the PastMortgage backed securities (MBS) gained +98 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused mortgage rates to improve for the…
Nick AlvinoMarch 23, 2015
Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) OverviewThe stock market (DJIA +228.11) closed way up as once again stocks and MBS moved in the same direction.This morning's domestic economic news was weaker than…
Nick AlvinoMarch 16, 2015
What happened last week?Mortgage backed securities (MBS) lost -131 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which more than wiped out the prior week's gain of +69 BPS and caused…
Nick AlvinoMarch 9, 2015
Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) OverviewThere is no domestic news that can move MBS trades out of the current channel until Friday's Non-Farm payroll report; therefore, it is not worth the…
Nick AlvinoMarch 2, 2015