AGNC stock rises with mortgage REITs after Trump’s $200B MBS order — what to watch next week
New York, January 10, 2026, 19:33 EST — Market closed. AGNC Investment Corp (AGNC) shares finished Friday up about 2%, riding a late-week burst in housing- and mortgage-related names after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered $200 billion in mortgage bond purchases. With U.S. markets shut for the weekend, the next session becomes a gut check on whether that move had legs — and what it means for mortgage-backed securities, a market that can turn quickly. AGNC is a mortgage REIT, not a landlord. It owns agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) — bundles of home loans that carry guarantees from Fannie Mae,