It's been a bit of a chaotic morning so far, but in a narrow enough range to make it relatively boring in the bigger picture.

While it would be an overstatement to say that bonds have fully outgrown the phase of volatility that's dominated October and early November, it's not unfair to say that volatility has been subsiding ...

As you may have gleaned from our coverage of new home sales, construction, builder confidence, and mortgage apps recently, there are only so many ways to describe the same phenomenon.  Today's report ...

They may not be low.  In fact, they may still be a lot higher than you want, but at least they haven't been too volatility this week.  For the 7th day in a row, the top tier, conventional 30yr fixed ...

This morning I head from Columbia, MO (“COMO”… big thumb’s up for Sophia’s Italian) to Kansas City for the KC MBA luncheon. I have seen very few Teslas on the road. “Bill Gates and Elon Musk should ...

I thought swimming with dolphins was expensive until I went swimming with sharks. It cost me an arm and a leg.” Through the ...

Remember October and the first part of November--not because of the election, but rather because of the relentless rise in ...

There has been plenty of news over the past 48 hours regarding the U.S. greenlighting Ukraine to use long range missiles to ...

First thing's first, mortgage applications increased last week, both for purchases and refinances! It was the first ...

Ask your favorite curmudgeonly old market watcher and they'll be happy to explain what "always" happens in financial markets ...

What do giraffes and zoning regulations have in common? They both don't exist in Texas.” I am not heading there for a while, ...

The most common interval for scheduled economic data is "monthly."  That means that things like inflation, sentiment, job ...