Volatile Day Thanks to Central Banks And, Eventually Oil Bonds took a break from their lock-step tango with oil prices for most of today's session instead focusing on European Central Bank (ECB) ...

At almost any moment in March 2026, a glance at the "10yr vs oil price" chart has revealed sufficient correlation to blame the bond rout on the energy price spiral. But the correlation is spotty at ...

Mortgage rates got hit 3 times on Wednesday, with the net effect being a move back up to the highest levels in several months ...

It was a fairly uneventful day for mortgage rates, but also a fairly decent one. The underlying bond market made modest gains ...

Mortgage rates are based on bonds, and bonds spent last week bracing for the impact of higher energy prices. In the bond world, higher inflation begets higher rates, all else equal.  Oil ...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) was this morning's only big ticket econ data and calling it "big ticket" is a bit of a stretch ...

Until the end of the Iran war, bond traders are keeping oil prices on their screens and comparing oil price movement against ...

Bonds Weren't Prepared For Fed's Inflation Fears If anything, you'd think the market would have been pricing in a hawkish Fed day, given the run up in energy prices. But Powell threw reporters a curve ...

Technology is a two-edged sword. Have you ever heard of “surveillance pricing?” “Big brother” knows a lot about you.

There's no sense in overcomplicating today's trading session. Oil was down significantly and so were bond yields. The correlation was very strong after 4am ET with each major peak and valley aligning.

One of the conversation topics late last week in Deer Valley is the weather and climate, and more specifically that Salt Lake ...

Sleepy Pre-Fed Day, But Slightly Stronger Bonds did something they haven't done in almost 3 weeks today. They closed at stronger levels for the second consecutive day. The last time that happened was ...