Love it or hate it, election-related volatility has been having a big impact on the bond market and, thus, mortgage rates. ...
Up until last Friday, 10yr Treasury yields had consistently closed at 4.27-4.28 last week.  Now this morning, we're at 4.27-4 ...
Election Remains Dominant Source of Volatility While the average day of the past few weeks has involved election odds pushing ...
It is our longstanding policy to strictly avoid politics except in cases where the political realm legitimately intersects ...
Why Bonds Tanked Despite Super Low NFP Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) came in at 12k versus a median forecast of 113k, and a previous ...
As I head from Denver to the Bay Area early this morning, I thought to myself, “Why are corn farmers great at eavesdropping?
When the median forecast for today's jobs report began circulating, many a market watcher felt that the 113k forecast was too ...
The jobs report that came out at the beginning of October was a big wake up call for interest rates.  Up until then, the ...
If it weren't for the surge of volume in Treasuries lining up perfectly with economic report release times, one might wonder ...
Decent Showing in Light of Stronger Data Bonds lost ground today, but not as much as one might expect given the 233k vs 115k ...
It's been an interesting morning for the bond market so far.  ADP employment came in much stronger than expected.  15 minutes ...
Mortgage rates tend to be updated only once per day.  Lenders set rates based on trading levels in mortgage-backed securities ...