
TPO Non-QM, Vendor Strategy, Cybersecurity Tools; NY Conference Talk; Fed Raise Coming?
Here in New York, as over a thousand of us head to airports (hopefully avoiding manholes… tragic), the mood has been pragmatic. Not overly optimistic, not somber, just realistic. No one is arguing that the war hasn’t driven up worldwide oil prices, impacting inflation and borrower psychology, impact
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Bleeding Subsides For Now, Headlines Helping But Bonds Remain Cautious
Tuesday's massive wave of bond-specific weakness still has the analytical community scratching its collective head. Our contacts are either saying nothing or telling us they're just as perplexed. So far this morning, there hasn't been any sort of repeat performance. Lower oil prices have helpe
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Whales Making Waves in Treasury Futures
Whales Making Waves in Treasury Futures Nerd alert: there's no way to discuss what happened in the bond market today without getting a bit nerdy. Reason being, there was an absolute deluge of block trades in Treasury futures (over $20bln--the biggest day we can remember for outright block trades).&n
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Mortgage Rates Jump Again, Now up 0.75% Since Start of The War
It was another rough day for the bond market and, thus, for interest rates. Investors aggressively sold bonds in the first 2 hours of trading, taking 10yr Treasury yields to the highest level in more than a year. Mortgage-specific bonds have been doing better versus Treasuries in recent months thank
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