The Minutes from the last FOMC meeting are released today. They have now met their inflationary test to start to adjust rate policy.
Nick AlvinoOctober 13, 2021
The three areas that have the greatest ability to impact backend pricing this week are: (1) Geopolitical, (2) Central Bank Palooza, (3) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.
Nick AlvinoNovember 2, 2020
The three areas that have the greatest ability to impact backend pricing this week are: (1) Central Bank Palooza, (2) Domestic Flavor and (3) Coronavirus/Stimulus.
Nick AlvinoOctober 26, 2020
The three areas that will drive backend pricing this week are: (1) Stimulus, (2) Coronavirus and (3) Domestic Flavor.
Nick AlvinoOctober 13, 2020
LEARN FROM THE PAST Overview Mortgage backed securities (MBS) gained just 6 basis points from last Friday's close which caused fixed mortgage rates to move sideways compared to the prior…
Nick AlvinoJuly 27, 2020
Learn from the Past Overview Mortgage backed securities (MBS) lost just 3 basis points from last Friday's close which caused fixed mortgage rates to move sideways compared to the prior…
Nick AlvinoJuly 20, 2020
Learn from the Past Overview Mortgage backed securities (MBS) lost 36 basis points from last Friday's close which caused fixed mortgage rates to edge up compared to the levels of…
Nick AlvinoMay 26, 2020
Learn from the Past Overview Mortgage backed securities (MBS) lost 58 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused fixed mortgage rates to move slightly higher from the prior…
Nick AlvinoApril 20, 2020
Learn from the Past Overview Mortgage backed securities (MBS) gained 11 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused fixed mortgage rates move sideways on a weekly basis, However,…
Nick AlvinoMarch 23, 2020