Bonds Continued Drifting Weaker Throughout The Day
Bonds Continued Drifting Weaker Throughout The Day
Nothing new or interesting happened during the course of the trading day. The key market movers were in place at the start of domestic trading. From an analytical standpoint, the morning commentary adequately recaps the day's bond market motivations. Yields continued drifting higher throughout the session as investors pulled out of both sides of the market in protest of the apparent extension of the Iran war timeframe. 10s ultimately tapped 4.6% and MBS flirted with a 3/4th point day-over-day drop. In the bigger picture, mortgage rates are doing much better than Treasuries compared to last year's levels thanks to GSE bond buying.
Bonds Continued Drifting Weaker Throughout The Day
| Time | Event | Period | Actual | Forecast | Prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, May 18 | |||||
| 8:30AM | Fed Venable Speech | ||||
| 10:00AM | May NAHB housing market indx | May | 34 | 34 | |
| Tuesday, May 19 | |||||
| 12:00AM | Roll Date - Ginnie Mae 30YR | ||||
| 8:15AM | ADP Employment Change Weekly | 33.0K | |||
| 9:00AM | Fed Waller Speech | ||||
| 10:00AM | Apr Pending Home Sales (%) | Apr | 1.6% | 1.5% | |
| 11:30AM | 6-Week Bill Auction (%) | 3.615% | |||
| 7:00PM | Fed Paulson Speech | ||||
| 7:30PM | Fed Venable Speech | ||||