The shutdown has not only placed more emphasis on the alternative data that was already in the rotation, but also fueled ...

Frequent conference goers or traveling salespeople are obviously concerned about the Trump Administration cutting 10 percent ...

As of yesterday afternoon, mortgage rates were right in line with the highest levels in more than a month. The upward momentum was largely a product of 2 specific days: the October 29th Fed ...

A common recent refrain is that the bond market (which dictates interest rates) is having to make do without many of the most important regularly-scheduled economic reports due to the government ...

Wednesday More Likely to Take Cues From Econ Data Bonds benefited from heavy stock selling late in the overnight session.

Mortgage applications jumped sharply last week, driven by lower rates and a rebound in refinance activity. According to MBA’s ...

Both the FHFA and the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller indices released new home-price data this week covering the month of August.

Light Volatility After Initial Losses The first day of the new month began with some potential excitement, albeit not the ...

With the shutdown ongoing, and the big ticket econ data vanished into the void, there's little for the bond market to do ...

It doesn't always work like this, but today's overnight session saw the classic "conventional wisdom" trade with stocks prices and bond yields falling in concert. Believe it or not, this is the ...

After hitting the highest level in several weeks on Thursday, mortgage rates managed to move moderately lower on Friday. Counterpoint: Friday's rates are still the 2nd highest of the past 2 weeks and ...

Today was not a foregone conclusion and there was no way to know ahead of time that it would end like this, but the outcome is exactly why we've gone to such lengths to warn you about the potentially ...