2nd Straight Day of Losses. Blame Data or Stocks? We already saw the end of the bond market's 9 day winning streak with yesterday's big mid-day reversal. Today makes it extra official with modestly weaker close.  That may not have been our destiny.  In fact, at 9:59AM ET, it looked like yields were happy to push back toward Tuesday's lows, but things changed after the 10am ISM data. While it's clear that ISM sent yields quickly higher, the rest of the day's trading is a matter of debate or perspective. The key question is whether bonds would have lost as much ground as they did had it not been for a stock market recovery. Probably not, but the additional weakness attributable to stocks/sentiment was fairly small. Bottom line: for now, data still deserves more of the blame. Econ Data / EventsADP Employment77k vs 140k f'cast, 186k prev ISM Services53.5 vs 52.6 f'cast, 52.8 prev prices 62.6 vs 60.0 employment 53.9 vs 52.3 Market Movement Recap08:51 AM Sideways to slightly weaker overnight, but bouncing back after ADP data. MBS up just over an eighth and 10yr down 4.1bps at 4.203 11:32 AM Additional losses after ISM data, but holding ground now.  MBS still up 1 tick (.03) and 10yr down 1.3bps at 4.232 02:09 PM New lows with MBS down 3 ticks (.09) and 10yr up 3.6bps at 4.28
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March 5, 2025
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MBS Commentary
2nd Straight Day of Losses. Blame Data or Stocks? We already saw the end of the bond market's 9 day winning streak with yesterday's big mid-day reversal. Today makes it extra official with modestly weaker clo... (read more)
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