Interest rates are driven by the bond market and bonds are at their best levels in over a month. As such, it's no surprise ...

Solid Showing In Spite of Data and Uncertainty The relevance of economic data increased this morning with the release of Q4 ...

Bonds rallied in overnight trading. The move was exceptionally linear, without any obvious regard for movement in equities or ...

Not Expecting Fireworks From The Fed Bonds had a mixed reaction to this morning's Durable Goods data with stronger internals ...

Heading into today's Fed announcement, we didn't expect to receive any significant surprise on the stance of monetary policy.

What follows is a comparison between today's newly released Fed announcement and the previous announcement.  Additions are ...

The average mortgage lender remained right in line with yesterday's levels despite a bit of weakness in the bond market. ...

Did you ever notice that when you put the two words "The" and "IRS" together, it spells "Theirs"? The impact of taxes and tax ...

Any capital markets person will tell you, “What’s a surefire way to double your money in a casino? Fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.” I am in Las Vegas for First Colony’s Loan Officer ...

Uneventful Fed Day, Bonds Eventually Agree There's never a way to know with certainty that a Fed announcement will be ...

There are two distinct patterns of behavior when it comes to rates interacting with stocks.  The first could be called the ...

Bonds began the day in slightly stronger territory but have pulled back as we head into the noon hour.  If we put today's ...