What Jobs Report? Bring on CPI and the Fed Bonds made it almost all week putting on a superhuman display of immunity to bad ...

FHFA announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will enhance their Flex Modification policies to allow more ...

Whether it was a magical combination of Treasury auction timing and new month trading or a legitimate shift in response to Monday's ISM Manufacturing data, the bond market seemed to be in a hurry to ...

There's a strong case to be made for the fact that interest rates had a sunny predisposition this week. In practical terms, ...

Bonds Continue Taking Their Seats Ahead of The Big Show Although bonds continued to improve yesterday, the pace of gains has ...

The outcome of certain economic reports will determine whether the next big move in interest rates is higher or lower.  Two ...

We've been anticipating this week of data for the past 3 weeks and it has been delivering on the promise of increased ...

Counterintuitive Reaction to Data, But We're Not Upset The bond market did not stick to its usual script today.  An important ...

The phrase "data dependent" is ingrained in the current bond market psychology for good reason. Weaker trends in economic data will reliably cause the Fed to cut rates when the time comes.

Interest rates, along with the distraction of a three-day weekend, further slowed the mortgage market last week. Tho Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports that its Market Composite Index, a ...

ISM produces two PMIs.  Both of them have a strong track record of inspiring market movement with today's service sector ...