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Jackson Hole Speech Delivers Powell's Jackson Hole speech was this week's only big ticket in terms of market movement ...
Heading into the week, Fed Chair Powell's speech at the Fed's annual Jackson Hole Symposium was only event on the calendar ...
Today's Jackson Hole speech gave Fed Chair Powell an opportunity to adjust his stance in light of much weaker jobs report ...
A few years back someone told me, “Two lenders merging in this environment is like two drunks outside a bar holding each ...
I asked a German girl if Germans are afraid of numbers. She said 9!” Numbers make up the bond market, and a steeper yield ...
For the 11th straight business day, mortgage rates are very close to the levels from the end of the previous day.  Over the ...
Some Headwinds Ahead of Powell's Jackson Hole Speech Thursday brought the week's only relevant econ data with 3 occasional ...
Incidental Weakness or a New Trend? The most interesting thing that happened in the bond market today involved trading levels ...
In a world (like this one) where mortgage rates are dictated by bond market movement and where bonds take cues from certain economic reports, weeks like this one can be frustrating or boring.  Until ...
Summertime trading conditions tend to amplify trading motivations that might otherwise get lost in the shuffle. This morning, ...
Mortgage rates are as high as they've been on almost any other day this month.  You'd have to go back to August 1st to see ...
The difference between me and Superman is that he has super vision. I require supervision.” We’re halfway through the third ...