Monday, November 5, 2007
watch out 10y Trea
--mortgage investors use 10 trea as a hedge
--sales of mortgages dropped 20%, less demand for 10 trea
--influence of mortage over treasuries increased as mortage mkt quardupled to 10.9 tril since 2001
--more than 6 tril of securities backed by morgage loans are outstanding, comparing to 4.5 tril treasuries market
--100 bil of treasuries trade every day, hedging surged to as much as 45% of that amount when yields drop a quarter percentage point.
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