Trump issued numerous executive orders on Monday, but conspicuously absent was any specific directive regarding tariffs. ...

Mortgage rates are driven predominantly by the bond market and bonds were able to clear up a few curiosities on inauguration ...

While it was never going to be on the same level as yesterday's CPI in terms of market movement potential, Retail Sales was ...

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

Broad, Negative Momentum is Masking Normal Market Movers Tuesday featured a much weaker PPI report that failed to inspire any ...

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

Slightly Weaker Drift, But Broadly Uneventful Friday may as well have been a 4th weekend day for the bond market.  Volume and liquidity were obviously in holiday mode.  Trading levels were basically ...

Mortgage rates are driven by the bond market and Friday was the least active day of the week for bonds.  There were no major ...

We’re more than halfway through January already, the MBA has lowered its 2025 projection to $2.1 trillion, and there is a sense of “wait and see” out there among lenders and vendors ...

It always bears repeating that "predictions are for suckers" and if there were a hard and fast rule about what markets do in certain scenarios, traders could take advantage of those probabilities ...

While it would be technically accurate to point out a slight increase in January's homebuilder confidence (officially the ...