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 ...

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

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

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

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

Major holidays typically involve a full day market closure along with an "early close" on an adjacent day.  This matters to ...

Hello 2025, goodbye 2024. It’s been 50 years since Jaws or Godfather Part 2 were on the screens. A half a century since Kung ...

Besides being enthralled with Tiger King and My Octopus Teacher four years ago, what do AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, MD, MA, NJ, ...

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

What do they call the 4th of July in nursing homes? In Depends Day.” (Another joke at the bottom.) There are plenty of ...

Holidays Came and Went Without any Bond Market Fanfare 2 weeks ago today, we assumed the bond market would leave the office for the holidays and reassess during the first full week of 2025.  For the ...