Thu, Oct 13 2011, 8:21 AM
Treasury yields are falling for the first time in seven sessions as investors hesitate to push equities higher until new data hits the wires.
The b...
Thu, Oct 13 2011, 5:05 PM
I've heard and taken part in a few discussions this week about how this October is shaping up to be just like last October where we had the lowest rat...
Thu, Oct 13 2011, 4:45 PM
Domestic economic data and the
exuberance over the European debt situation were both fairly lackluster today,
and Mortgage
Rates improved deci...
Thu, Oct 13 2011, 4:16 PM
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Wed, Oct 12 2011, 12:51 PM
In moments, Treasury will auction $21 bln in reopened 10yr notes. Reopenings have been strong vs refundings in terms of where the auction's high yiel...
Wed, Oct 12 2011, 11:21 AM
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Wed, Oct 12 2011, 8:56 AM
Slovakia's failure to pass the European Financial Stability Fund bill had European markets off to a weak start Wednesday, but hope that it would still...
Wed, Oct 12 2011, 4:41 PM
Lets take a look at how the recent action affects the longer term charts. Today ended on an interesting note on several fronts. Earlier this morning...
Wed, Oct 12 2011, 4:23 PM
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Wed, Oct 12 2011, 4:11 PM
More optimism surrounding the
European Debt risis and more tough times for Mortgage Rates . Unlike yesterday's
rather abrupt rise in rates vers...
Wed, Oct 12 2011, 1:55 PM
Bond prices have backed up sharply over the last week. The price of the 10-year Treasury note has lost almost 3 points since last Monday (10/3), pus...
Tue, Oct 11 2011, 11:17 AM
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Tue, Oct 11 2011, 8:48 AM
The bond market was closed Monday so Treasury yields are only now backing up in reaction to the broad equity rally which pushed the Dow nearly 3% high...
Tue, Oct 11 2011, 4:43 PM
On Friday, we talked about how the
Employment Situation Report contributed to higher Mortgage Rates . The
optimism surround the European debt...
Tue, Oct 11 2011, 4:17 PM
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Tue, Oct 11 2011, 3:19 PM
"The trend is your friend," or "play the range until the range plays you..." Two of the commonly heard phrases during periods like the last 2 months...
Fri, Oct 7 2011, 11:21 AM
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Fri, Oct 7 2011, 8:50 AM
After hitting a 2011 nadir early this week, equities have rebounded for three straight days on hopes that European officials are getting closer to res...
Fri, Oct 7 2011, 4:24 PM
Today's
Employment Situation Report was stronger than expected. It's one of, if not the most significant
pieces of domestic economic data each mont...
Fri, Oct 7 2011, 4:17 PM
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Fri, Oct 7 2011, 1:56 PM
Better than expected Non-Farm-Payrolls number... Fairly sizable sell-off earlier in the day (though possibly stabilizing now)... Given that we menti...
Thu, Oct 6 2011, 11:17 AM
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Thu, Oct 6 2011, 10:02 AM
Things began in pretty ugly fashion this morning. MBS came in the door weaker than yesterday and fell further after the Jobless Claims data. At that...
Thu, Oct 6 2011, 4:45 PM
There's little left to say that hasn't already been said by
way of preparing for tomorrow's jobs report. While it's possible that
tomorrow's NFP su...
Thu, Oct 6 2011, 4:21 PM
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Thu, Oct 6 2011, 4:05 PM
Mortgage Rates
continued higher today, removing 3.875% from Best-Execution status as most
lenders and introducing the possibility of seeing 4.125%...
Thu, Oct 6 2011, 2:24 PM
The weakness in MBS and Treasuries over the past few days has been unpleasant, but at least the charts are suggesting it's been a calculated move. No...
Wed, Oct 5 2011, 12:57 PM
While all that follows could be at moot point tomorrow and beyond, for today at least, parts of the market are leaving the possibility open for MBS to...
Wed, Oct 5 2011, 11:17 AM
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Wed, Oct 5 2011, 10:28 AM
Just like bond markets were struggling after Bernanke's testimony yesterday, but not directly because of the testimony, so too are they struggling tod...
Wed, Oct 5 2011, 9:14 AM
Intermediate and long-term Treasuries are backing off this morning as the stock market continues to climb following a stunning 45-minute rally to end ...
Wed, Oct 5 2011, 4:49 PM
It's been an interesting few days in markets as several huge factors continue to jockeying for position as the most important market-mover. That's cr...
Wed, Oct 5 2011, 4:32 PM
Bond markets were slightly weaker
today and Mortgage Rates edged just
slightly higher, shifting the balance toward 4.0% as the more prevalent
B...
Wed, Oct 5 2011, 4:22 PM
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Tue, Oct 4 2011, 11:19 AM
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Tue, Oct 4 2011, 8:25 AM
Risk aversion pushed the 30-year Treasury to a multi-year high overnight and equities are tumbling hard even after a substantial fall on Monday.
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Tue, Oct 4 2011, 5:16 PM
The answer to the question posed in the headline will turn out to be "not in the slightest." But if you happen to have time for more than once senten...
Tue, Oct 4 2011, 4:55 PM
After improving for several days and
falling in line with all-time lows, Mortgage
Rates took a step back today. Just as most of yesterday's ga...
Tue, Oct 4 2011, 4:19 PM
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Mon, Oct 3 2011, 11:24 AM
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Mon, Oct 3 2011, 11:08 AM
It's off to the races so far this morning as MBS and longer-maturity Treasuries are rallying significantly. Some of the later days in September had b...
Mon, Oct 3 2011, 9:29 AM
With the worst quarter for stocks since 2008 now behind, global investors are hoping and praying for the return of stability and growth. But fears of ...
Mon, Oct 3 2011, 5:06 PM
A familiar scenario played out overnight and through the trading session. It goes like this: new information comes to light about the potential for a...
Mon, Oct 3 2011, 4:19 PM
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Mon, Oct 3 2011, 4:04 PM
Bond
markets rallied heavily today and Mortgage Rates
continued to improve. Most of the gains were seen in the form of lower
borrowing costs t...
Mon, Oct 3 2011, 1:16 PM
A few updated versions of the charts I posted earlier today. S&P's continue to fall, and 10yr year yields are following along with a high degree of c...
Fri, Sep 30 2011, 11:24 AM
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Fri, Sep 30 2011, 9:00 AM
The final day of the third quarter is off to a weak start as cash flows out of equity markets to send already-low Treasury rates even lower. The culpr...
Fri, Sep 30 2011, 4:54 PM
Mortgage Rates
continued to improve today, adding on to yesterday's already impressive gains. Best-Ex moved solidly down to lower of the
two rate...
Fri, Sep 30 2011, 4:24 PM
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