Wednesday's mortgage rates were the highest in roughly a month and very close to the highest levels in 2 months.  This ...

The shutdown has not only placed more emphasis on the alternative data that was already in the rotation, but also fueled ...

As of yesterday afternoon, mortgage rates were right in line with the highest levels in more than a month. The upward momentum was largely a product of 2 specific days: the October 29th Fed ...

Wednesday More Likely to Take Cues From Econ Data Bonds benefited from heavy stock selling late in the overnight session.

Mortgage applications jumped sharply last week, driven by lower rates and a rebound in refinance activity. According to MBA’s ...

Both the FHFA and the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller indices released new home-price data this week covering the month of August.

Have Bonds Found Their Post-Fed Footing? Looked at one way, bonds have been in a moderate selling trend since Fed day. Viewed through another lens, Fed day caused an isolated lurch toward higher ...

Although bonds began the day in roughly unchanged territory, they began losing ground shortly thereafter. Things changed at the 9:30am NYSE open as stock losses helped arrest the selling pressure.

Light Volatility After Initial Losses The first day of the new month began with some potential excitement, albeit not the ...

Today was not a foregone conclusion and there was no way to know ahead of time that it would end like this, but the outcome ...

Another Hawkish Powell Press Conference Harshes Bonds' Mellow The Fed cut rates and ended QT.  Neither were surprises for ...

A common recent refrain is that the bond market (which dictates interest rates) is having to make do without many of the most important regularly-scheduled economic reports due to the government ...