Archive for October, 2009

The Day Ahead: Markets Flat Ahead of Income Data

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Upbeat earnings and the +3.5% GDP report helped US stocks jump around 2% yesterday, though the gains weren’t enough to wipe out losses from earlier in the week. The market is still down 2.9% from its annual high on October 19.
This morning Dow Futures are looking down 32.00 points at 9871.00, still a ways off from the 10k mark, and the S&P 500 looks to open 4.00 points lower at 1057.50.
Meanwhile, the Treasury yesterday completed its record $123 billion issuance of government-backed securities. Despite the growing deficit, each auction was “heavily oversubscribed, drawing in a total of $372.4 billion in bids, more than three times the offered amount,” said the Wall Street Journal.
The US$ index is flat this morning following heavy losses yesterday as equities rallied. WTI crude oil is down 0.4% to $79.55, and spot gold is off $2 to $1045….(read more)

Original post by Patrick McGee

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Fed MBS Purchases Still Slowing. No Effect on Values Yet

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The Federal Reserve today reported on their weekly purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS). In the five trading days between October 22 and October 28, the Federal Reserve purchased a total of $21.906 billion agency MBS. In those five days the Federal Reserve sold $3.906 million agency MBS (dollar rolls) with the majority of roll transactions in FN 5.0s and FN 4.5s. After sales, the Fed's weekly net purchases totaled $18.00 billion.
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Original post by Adam Quinones

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Freddie and Fannie: Marginal Adjustments Made to Rates Last Week

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Mortgage rates for the last week have remained relatively unchanged according to information released by Freddie Mac from its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey and Fannie Mae's report on average yields….(read more)

Original post by Jann Swanson

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