Home purchase demand improved improved last week according to the MBA mortgage application survey. The improvement over the ...

One might assume that an economic report like Import Prices would carry a lot of weight in light of the news cycle or that ...

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

This weekend is when many of us head to Manhattan for the MBA’s National Secondary event. For those flying in, check your ticket: NJ Transit’s on strike. Flying into Newark? Transportation Secretary ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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