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Mortgage Applications Jump
04/21/2010
Morgan Stanley's posted 1Q earnings of $1.78B, compared to a loss of $177M one year ago; fixed-income trading revenue doubled from a year ago. MBA mortgage applications jumped 13.6%. Right now, the futures market is pricing in an 83% chance that the Fed keeps rates at .25% through August 10th, 2010. Currently, the Ten Year yield is at 3.761% (3.80% yesterday) and the 2-10 yield spread is at 276bps, flattening 5bps since yesterday morning.





