What happened yesterday?Mortgage backed securities (MBS) lost -12 basis points (BPS) from Friday's close which caused 30 year fixed mortgage rates to move sideways.There is nothing new to report, Monday…
Nick AlvinoJanuary 27, 2015
What happened last week?MBS Overview - Learn from the PastMortgage backed securities (MBS) gained +87 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused 30 year fixed mortgage rates to…
Nick AlvinoJanuary 12, 2015
Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) OverviewThe bond market is back. For the first time in two weeks, all the traders are back at work with normalized trading volumes, and those traders…
Nick AlvinoJanuary 5, 2015
What happened last week?MBS Overview - Learn from the PastMortgage backed securities (MBS) lost -24 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused 30 year fixed mortgage rates to…
Nick AlvinoDecember 29, 2014
What happened last week?MBS Overview - Learn from the PastMortgage backed securities (MBS) lost -18 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused 30 year fixed mortgage rates to…
Nick AlvinoDecember 22, 2014
Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) OverviewThe stock market (DJIA -99.99) closed way down and moved in the same direction as MBS.This was a fairly uneventful day, with the MBS market poised…
Nick AlvinoDecember 15, 2014
Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) OverviewThis was a light day for economic news, with only one mid-level report (Labor Market Conditions Index) which dropped from 4.0 to 2.9.As expected, the 10…
Nick AlvinoDecember 8, 2014
MBS OverviewMortgage backed securities (MBS) remained at elevated levels all day. They started in positive territory on weaker Chinese and Eurozone Manufacturing data. But that trend started to change on…
Nick AlvinoDecember 1, 2014
What happened last week?MBS Overview - Learn from the PastMortgage backed securities (MBS) gained +28 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused 30 year fixed mortgage rates to…
Nick AlvinoNovember 24, 2014