MBS Outperforming Longer-Term Treasuries

MBS Outperforming Longer-Term Treasuries

The early days of a new trading month and the positioning ahead of next week's Fed announcement have resulted in clear curve trading biases.  In English, this means that shorter-term Treasuries are doing much better than longer-term Treasuries.  For example, 2yr yields are down 2.4bps while 10yr yields are up 1.1bps. This dynamic is usually good for MBS because the average implied duration for MBS is closer to 5 years than 10 these days. The result: MBS and 5 year Treasuries are both slightly stronger on the day while 10s are still slightly weaker. 

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Weaker start, but bouncing back a bit now.  MBS up 2 ticks (.06) and 10yr yield up 1bp at 4.098

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Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Dec 02
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10:10AM Dec IBD economic optimism Dec 47.9 44.1 43.9
2:00PM Nov Total Vehicle Sales (ml) Nov 15.4M 15.3M
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8:15AM Nov ADP jobs (k) Nov 5K 42K
8:30AM Sep Import prices mm (%) Sep 0.1% 0.3%
8:30AM Sep Export prices mm (%) Sep 0.1% 0.3%
9:15AM Sep Industrial Production (%) Sep 0% 0.1%
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9:45AM Nov S&P Global Composite PMI Nov 54.8 54.6
10:00AM Nov ISM N-Mfg PMI Nov 52.1 52.4
10:00AM Nov ISM Services New Orders Nov 56.2
10:00AM Nov ISM Services Prices Nov 70.0
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10:00AM Nov ISM Services Employment Nov 48.2
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