AGNC stock in focus after Bessent details Trump’s $200B mortgage-bond buys, with CPI next
New York, Jan 11, 2026, 19:24 EST — Market closed. AGNC Investment Corp (AGNC) shares closed at $11.41 on Friday, up about 2%, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration’s mortgage-bond purchases are designed to offset the Federal Reserve’s monthly runoff. “What is happening is the Fed has about $15 billion of roll-off every month,” Bessent told Reuters. (Reuters) That matters for AGNC because it sits right on the plumbing. The mortgage REIT owns mortgage-backed securities, then borrows against them and hedges interest-rate risk to generate income. Small swings in bond prices and funding costs can turn