Morning Report: Brexit implications.

Vital Statistics:

	Last	Change	Percent
S&P Futures	2056	-48.5	-2.37%
Eurostoxx Index	2810.4	-228.1	-7.57%
Oil (WTI)	48.21	-2.0	-2.16%
LIBOR	0.656	0.002	0.24%
US Dollar Index (DXY)	94.4	-0.169	-0.18%
10 Year Govt Bond Yield	1.57%	-0.18%
Current Coupon Ginnie Mae TBA	105.9
Current Coupon Fannie Mae TBA	105
BankRate 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage	3.72

Stocks are getting sold this morning after the UK voted to leave the EU. Bonds and MBS are up.

Last night the UK voted to leave the EU, which was a surprise to the markets. European stocks are getting crushed this morning, and the biggest ones taking a hit are the banks. Barclay's is down 17%, Santander is down 18%, for example, so there is the distinct possibility of some sort of banking crisis over there. Note we are not seeing a huge move in US banks, so it looks like any crisis over there isn't going to spill over to the US banking sector. 

Big picture: The Fed is doing nothing - in fact there will be calls for the next move to be a rate cut. This could cause a mild recession over here, which means lower rates.  In fact, durable goods orders were terrible this morning, down 2.2%. One of the big investment banks was calling for a 1.4% 10 year bond yield if the UK left. The 2 year bond yield dropped 14 basis points to 64 bps, That will be the one to watch to get a read on what the market thinks the Fed will do.

In terms of mortgage rates, the TBAs (which determine mortgage rates) will lag the move downward in yields. For example, the Fannie Mae TBAs are up this morning, but nowhere near the move in bonds. So, while the 10 year bond yield will get everybody excited, don't expect a huge move downward in mortgage rates, at least initially. Once the 10 year finds its level, TBAs will find their level, probably over the next few weeks or so. If the European banking system goes into full crisis mode, the impact on mortgage rates will probably be a pull-back in jumbo pricing, which is the most vulnerable since it relies on a private securitization market. FN and GN pricing should not be affected. So basically, we will see some drama in the stock and bond markets, and not so much in the mortgage markets.