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Visual Examples of Bonds' Outperformance and the 8:20am Impact

Here's a chart of 10yr yields relative to stocks and oil over the past few days.  Apart from the general divergence heading into the end of February (thanks to Japanese rate cut and month-end trading environment) notice how big today's break has been (in the circled area):

02016-2-2 bonds, stocks, oil

And if you ever find yourself wondering whether or not this "CME open" business is a real thing or not, just keep an eye on seemingly inexplicable jumps that occur at 8:20am.  Here is today's:

2016-2-2 CME

MBS / Treasury Market Data

UMBS 5.5
97.36
+0.35
UMBS 6.0
99.37
+0.30
UMBS 6.5
101.06
+0.17
2 YR
4.9944
-0.0031
10 YR
4.6645
-0.0394
Pricing as of: 4/26 5:05PM EST
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