Volatility Picked Up Despite Lackluster News Quality It's not exactly a new problem, but the issue of incorrect or ...

Bonds were almost perfectly flat in the overnight session with yields holding inside a 1.5bp range. Oil prices rose initially ...

Thursday saw a continuation of the recent trend of very low volatility for mortgage rates. The average lender's top-tier 30yr ...

Rates remain focused on oil prices and war-related developments. With yesterday's ceasefire extension and today's ambiguity ...

Uncertainty Extended Indefinitely Heading into last night's ceasefire expiration, there was a sense that the market would at ...

Bonds/oil/stocks saw a small corrective bounce over the weekend after headlines called the peace process into question, but markets agree we're close enough to "on track" to avoid a major correction.

Technically and officially, today's average top tier 30yr fixed mortgage rate is the highest since last Monday. The catch is ...

Despite some initial signs of volatility in financial markets over the weekend, the bond market managed to avoid losing much ground. Because bonds dictate mortgage rate movement, the average lender ...

Ceasefire Uncertainty Adds to Losses Bonds were just a bit weaker this morning after the weekly ADP data. Just before 11am ET ...

Heading into the weekend, all indications were about as promising as they have been that the war was heading toward a peaceful conclusion. This was reflected in oil prices and Treasury yields being at ...

As a testament to just how confident the market is/was that neither side is overly interested in escalating the Iran war, Tuesday night's ceasefire deadline has come and gone with surprisingly little ...

Today was a victory for mortgage rates, but not nearly as much of a victory as the underlying bond market would suggest. The ...