After last Friday's jobs report, the evaporation of Fed rate cut probability has been a common refrain.  While it's true that ...

Bonds Calmed Down After Early Weakness This week's relevant economic data is concentrated over the Tue-Thu time frame with ...

Mortgage rates rose to the highest levels since May 2024 by the end of last week following a stronger reading on the jobs ...

Jobless claims data is normally a Thursday affair, but Federal economic data is not being released tomorrow due to the Jimmy ...

Sizeable, Straightforward Selling Spree Today's jobs report was much stronger than expected and there were no compelling counterpoints to give traders any second thoughts.  As such, traders proceeded ...

An economics professor was walking with a student when the student looked down and said, ‘Look! A $50 bill!’ The professor ...

The morning trading is as straightforward as it is unpleasant.  Nonfarm payrolls crushed expectations (256k vs 160k f'cast) ...

High hopes and crossed fingers may help one's outlook in advance of key economic data, but they are powerless once the data ...

Mortgage rates were already at 6 month highs earlier this week so it didn't take much of a push to send them up to new 7 ...

"it is what it is" sort of years for activity in the mortgage market.  There were signs of hope over the summer months as ...

No Data, No Volatility Bonds were only open for half the day due to the national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter.  Overnight ...