'Falling oil trumps a sinking globe'

A Fannie/Freddie Treasury guarantee on the way means mortgage rates have fallen, right? The huge spread between 10-year T-notes and mortgages has closed, for sure? All these mortgage-backed securities as good as Treasurys, they're trading the same way? Fannie and Freddie can borrow cheaply, so mortgage rates will be cheap, too?

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