Another "Just Because" Sell Off This is getting old...  and unfortunately, more prevalent. The bond market has been offering ...

Today's Gains Help Us Understand Yesterday's Losses Wednesday's weakness was severely lacking in the scapegoat department. In ...

Mortgage rates have done almost nothing but move higher in the month of May. The latest bump--seen yesterday--took the average top tier 30yr fixed rate to 6.99%. While this is fairly uneventful in the ...

There’s a splendid saying about the definition of an economist being someone who “will know tomorrow why the things they ...

This morning's market action is quickly helping us understand the enigmatic trading seen yesterday (i.e. a sell-off without ...

In early April, amid the most volatile portion of the market's reaction to the tariff announcement, mortgage rates were ...

As Roy Cohn once instructed a young Donald Trump, much can be accomplished by attacking first and dealing with the ...

It's a potentially frustrating time for bond watchers. The rules have already changed in a big way to accommodate the new ...

Bonds End Almost Perfectly Flat There are two kinds of rate/bond watchers today: those who tuned in late in the day to see ...

Is All News Bad News For Bonds? Will CPI Matter? At times these day, it may seem like all news is bad news for bonds.  Higher ...

Tuesday brought the release of an economic report that has frequently been responsible for big swings in mortgage rates. The ...

Heading into the session, we knew there was a high bar for CPI to have a positive influence on bonds with the future tariff landscape reducing the relevance of current price data, but the results ...