I don’t know about that, this looks like it is happening right out of the gate.
“Potential damage to the “to-be-delivered” (TBA) market — the most actively traded agency mortgage market where investors can buy bonds before they are actually created — prompted Wall Street dealers to call a special meeting with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association at 3:30 p.m. Friday, market sources said. A SIFMA spokeswoman would only say the group is in ongoing discussions with its members.
“The amount of money that investors are willing to pay for agency mortgages (bonds) could be lower if these loans are TBA deliverable and so mortgage spreads could widen,” said Ajay Rajadhyaksha, co-head of U.S. fixed income strategy at Barclays Capital in New York, who will listen to the SIFMA meeting by phone.’
Hmmm….maybe somebody should have asked the traders what they thought of this first, don’t you think! This is really cracking me up.
