Rate Update July 29, 2010
Mortgage rates are unchanged today.
Stocks are trading higher in early morning trading, albeit on light volume. Equities received a boost from better-than-expected earnings from Exxon Mobil, encouraging news from Disney, and better than expected jobless claims figures.
On the flip side mortgage-backed bonds (MBS’s) haves started the day weaker. The main focus for interest rate watchers today is the US Treasury’s auction of $29 billion in 7-year notes. Yesterday’s 5-year auction went very well so we don’t expect any major problems.
From a technical perspective MBS’s have traded within a tight trading range for 20 of the past 22 trading days. Anytime we see this for a prolonged period we begin to get nervous about a breakout. In my opinion rates have only one direction to go at this point.
Current outlook: locking
Posted: July 29th, 2010 under Rate Update.
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