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Tuesday's bond market has opened slightly in positive territory as investors wait for today's Fed minutes. The stock markets are showing gains with the Dow up 32 points and the Nasdaq up 4 points. The bond market is currently up 3/32, which is not enough to improve this morning's mortgage rates.T...
10/09/2007
This week brings us four factual economic reports for the markets to digest. They are all scheduled for release Thursday and Friday, so the first part of the week will be left mostly up to the stock markets. In addition to the factual reports, we will also get the minutes from the last FOMC meeti...
10/08/2007
Thursday's bond market has opened slightly in positive territory again following the release of weaker than expected manufacturing data. The stock markets are nearly flat with the Dow up 4 points and the Nasdaq up 3 points. The bond market is currently up 5/32, but we will likely still see a slig...
10/04/2007
Wednesday's bond market has opened slightly in positive territory after the stock markets showed early weakness. The stock markets are posting losses with the Dow down 49 points and the Nasdaq down 12 points. The bond market is currently up 4/32, which with strength later yesterday should improve...
10/03/2007
Tuesday's bond market has opened in positive territory as yesterday's buying seems to be carrying over to today. There was no relevant economic news scheduled for today, but early stock weakness is also contributing to this morning's gains. The stock markets are showing losses with the Dow down 4...
10/02/2007
Thursday's bond market has opened in positive territory following weaker than expected economic news. None of this morning's data was considered to be highly important, so the reaction has been muted. The stock markets are nearly unchanged with the Dow up 2 points and the Nasdaq up 5 points. The ...
09/27/2007
Wednesday's bond market has opened in negative territory despite weaker than expected economic news. The stock markets are posting sizable gains with the Dow up 80 points and the Nasdaq up 22 points. The bond market is currently down 9/32, which should push this morning's mortgage rates higher by...
09/26/2007
Tuesday's bond market has opened in positive territory following a much weaker than expected consumer confidence reading. The stock markets are posting moderate gains again with the Dow up 17 points and the Nasdaq up 5 points. The bond market is currently up 8/32, which will likely improve this m...
09/25/2007
This week brings us the release of seven economic reports for the bond market to digest. Three of them are considered to be of low importance and likely will have little impact on mortgage rates. With data scheduled for release each day except tomorrow, we may see an active week in the bond and m...
09/24/2007
Friday's bond market has opened in positive territory despite stock market gains. The Dow and Nasdaq are showing solid improvements with gains of 80 points and 22 points respectively. The bond market is currently up 3/32, but we still will likely see a sizable increase in this morning's mortgage ...
09/21/2007
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