MBS slide seems to be coming from traders reading the tea leaves of the Housing Summit
Part of the whip lash seems to be coming from traders reading the tea leaves of the Housing Summit. Comments by Bill Gross that Pimco wouldn’t buy a mortgage security unless the government backed it or if they did, they would require a minimum of 30% down payment. Other comments range from having FNMA/FHLMC reduce all current mortgages to 4.0% as a stimulus measure for the economy. How would you like to be invested in a few billion of 4.50% or 5.0% paper and take a hair cut to 4.0%?