High hopes and crossed fingers may help one's outlook in advance of key economic data, but they are powerless once the data ...

Treasuries made modest gains in overseas trading, but yields are heading higher during domestic hours.  There are two things ...

Small Scale Volatility as Bonds Wait For Jobs Report Bonds lost ground this morning despite a weaker S&P PMI headline.  While ...

Holidays Came and Went Without any Bond Market Fanfare 2 weeks ago today, we assumed the bond market would leave the office ...

The bond market and interest rates have arrived at the first full week of the new year almost exactly where they left off ...

It is right around now that people give up saying “Happy New Year” to others, mostly because they’ve lost track to whom ...

Today's ISM Manufacturing report was the only top tier economic data this week.  While we wouldn't say it was "strong" by any ...

Steady Selling in Bonds. 'Tis The Season? Bonds began the day in weaker territory and continued to sell off through 2pm ET ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) didn't publish updated weekly application numbers last week, which meant that this ...

Blessings, curses, enigmas, paradoxes, etc... The state of home price appreciation in the U.S. is all of the above.  The ...

Bonds were steadily stronger overnight, both in Asia and Europe.  10yr yields and MBS had both fully erased Tuesday's losses ...

The last time mortgage rates were moving with any sense of urgency was in the days surround the Fed's rate cut on December 18th. Incidentally, that movement was sharply higher, which is just as likely ...