Issuance and Oil Strike Back

Issuance and Oil Strike Back Oil prices continue to ebb and flow in concert with the Iran war news cycle. There's no set schedule for such things, but there have been several Mondays where that narrative shifts in the opposite direction from wherever we left off at the end of the previous week. Last Wednesday was a recent low for oil and prices have risen since then. Today's increase was a bit of an acceleration so it's no surprise to see bond yields follow. Bonds also saw some mid-day pressure from an active corporate debt issuance landscape, but it's just as fair to say both oil prices and bonds yields have returned to the exact same levels seen during Tuesday's pre-market hours before the early rally. Market Movement Recap 09:47 AM Weaker overnight and losing more ground now. 10yr up 4.1bps at 4.688.  MBS down 7 ticks (.22). 12:53 PM MBS at lows, down 9 ticks (.28) and 10yr up 5.4bps at 4.701
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