MBS Day Ahead: Stocks and Bonds in Holding Patterns, Waiting For Info

Posted To: MBS Commentary

Neither side of the market (debt/bonds or stocks/equity) feels like it has enough information to move out of recent holding patterns. These sideways trends emerged last week after a an apparent "New Year Bounce" toward higher stock prices and bond yields had proven itself to be a false start. Perhaps 2019's early trend could have remained intact were it not for several key sources of uncertainty. There is an important brexit-related vote in UK parliament tonight, but it will only be important for US bond markets if the vote offers a surprising result. Right now, the expectation seems to be that the Prime Minister's brexit plan will be overwhelmingly rejected. But if it's a reasonably close call, that would leave hope alive for brexit to happen on schedule. There are two...(read more)

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