Posted To: MBS Commentary
We might have expected a bigger movement in the wake of the colossal improvement in New Home Sales (654k vs 582k previously, 580k forecast), but bonds barely budged. In fact, the first move following the data was into STRONGER territory for bonds. Treasuries eventually gave up some ground heading into the afternoon, but MBS didn’t follow. The differences in relative performance are far from troubling. They were simply more noticeable because Treasuries were in weaker territory day-over-day while MBS were stronger. In other words, Treasuries were red and MBS were green, but both were close enough to ‘unchanged.’ The 2yr Treasury auction went off without a hitch, but it’s tomorrow’s 5yr auction that is more capable of causing movement for the MBS coupons we follow (Fannie…(read more )