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- Wild Ride For MBS as Traders Digest New Developments January 9, 2026Wild Ride For MBS as Traders Digest New Developments We may have been looking to the jobs report as this week's biggest potential source of volatility, but that changed on Thursday afternoon after Trump's $200bln MBS buying announcement. Treasuries have only been able to watch from the sidelines. At one point this morning after the […]
- Rates Plummet to 3 Year Lows, But There Are Caveats January 9, 2026On a week where the mortgage market was most likely to experience volatility due to Friday's jobs report, Thursday afternoon's surprise announcement of $200bln in GSE MBS (mortgage-backed securities) buying stole the show. This was already juicing the underlying MBS market yesterday afternoon, but traders took the surge to the next level this morning. This […]
- What's Up With The New MBS Buying Announcement and The Massive Reaction in The Market? January 9, 2026On Thursday afternoon with less than an hour left to trade, Trump announced he would be directing his representatives to buy $200bln in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). No matter what one's personal opinions may be regarding bold announcements from the President, this one is definitely serious. How do we know? First off, if you don't […]