Tue, Jun 7 2022, 9:43 AM
At the risk of repeating ourselves regarding bond market trends of the past few months, 2022's initial rate rout clearly gave way to something more 's...
Mon, Jun 6 2022, 4:19 PM
Bonds Surprised by Supply Even Though They Knew Supply Was Coming
Whether in reference to the regularly sche...
Mon, Jun 6 2022, 11:49 AM
The week begins with bonds adding to recent losses as yields move back toward the top of the prevailing sideways range. There are several ways to app...
Fri, Jun 3 2022, 4:18 PM
Why Bonds Reacted to Such a Small Beat in The Jobs Data
In today's jobs report, headline payrolls came in at...
Thu, Jun 2 2022, 4:39 PM
Do Bonds Care About Jobs Data Again?
Yesterday it was the ISM Manufacturing data that moved the bond market....
Thu, Jun 2 2022, 11:44 AM
For those that prefer not to overcomplicate things, the current bond market environment can be summed up with one quick concept: rates have broadly le...
Wed, Jun 1 2022, 4:10 PM
Ceiling Looking Too Low After ISM Data Reaction
Yields may have failed to break below a floor of 2.72% last ...
Wed, Jun 1 2022, 9:45 AM
10yr yields weren't able to break convincingly below 2.72% after multiple attempts in the previous week. Friday's final attempt was definitively crus...
Tue, May 31 2022, 4:31 PM
Big Losses For Bonds After 3 Weeks of Gains
The last 3 weeks of May were like an oasis in what has otherwise...
Tue, May 31 2022, 11:51 AM
10yr yields bounced at or near 2.72% for 4 straight days heading into the end of last week. Now this morning, they're sharply higher and already abov...
Fri, May 27 2022, 4:20 PM
"Little-Changed" Friday, Both For Bonds and Inflation
Today begins with the much-anticipated PCE inflation d...
Fri, May 27 2022, 12:12 PM
Today begins with the much-anticipated PCE inflation data coming in right in line with expectations. The result: a bond market that was already mostl...
Thu, May 26 2022, 5:21 PM
Rate Ceiling Considerations Ahead of Inflation Data
Rates/bonds were under pressure ahead of today's 7yr Tre...
Wed, May 25 2022, 5:48 PM
Bonds Holding Gains Despite Bounce in Stocks; Fed Minutes Uneventful
Today's Fed Minutes proved to be every ...
Wed, May 25 2022, 10:02 AM
In the run up to the most recent Fed announcement, the 50bp rate hike was a foregone conclusion. There was some uncertainty about how the Fed would a...
Tue, May 24 2022, 4:23 PM
Rate Rally Returns With Help From Housing Data
How about a good, old-fashioned market reaction to weaker eco...
Tue, May 24 2022, 11:31 AM
Another day, another headline with the word "stocks." Yesterday it was a stock market recovery pulling bond yields higher. Today it's renewed weakne...
Mon, May 23 2022, 4:37 PM
Stock Lever Cuts Both Ways as Yields Bounce Higher
While the gains seen in the bond market over the past 2 w...
Mon, May 23 2022, 12:11 PM
By last Friday, not only had the bond market seen a 2-week improvement for the first time all year, but the ground covered during those 2 weeks was bi...
Fri, May 20 2022, 11:44 AM
The entire week has been dominated by a close correlation between stock prices and bonds yields. This has been especially noticeable after 9:30am ET ...
Thu, May 19 2022, 4:48 PM
How Low Can Stocks Go? (Bonds Want to Know)
Bonds improved overnight and again after this morning's Philly ...
Thu, May 19 2022, 9:26 AM
Remember when the Fed began to abruptly revise its policy tightening pace at the start of the year and both stocks and bonds began to sell off? That'...
Wed, May 18 2022, 4:27 PM
What Does Today's Rally Mean For The Bigger Picture?
Bonds began the day in flat to slightly weaker territor...
Wed, May 18 2022, 11:54 AM
One side effect of following the market very closely during times of heightened volatility is that the short term developments on any given day run a ...
Tue, May 17 2022, 3:56 PM
Another Head Fake Comes and Goes With Help From Data and Powell
As of yesterday, bond yields looked like tha...
Tue, May 17 2022, 11:33 AM
Bonds have had a good run recently--perhaps their best when it comes to arguing for a ceiling to cap the brutal rate spike of 2022. The week began wi...
Mon, May 16 2022, 4:01 PM
Bonds Hold Decent Gains to Start New Week
After mixed trading overnight, bonds began the day in the US at re...
Mon, May 16 2022, 12:01 PM
Bonds shook off a bit of weakness in Europe to start the new week in slightly stronger territory. Gains have continued into domestic hours, which bri...
Fri, May 13 2022, 3:47 PM
Weaker Today, But Stronger vs Last Week. Stocks in Control
Blaming stocks for movement in the bond market (a...
Fri, May 13 2022, 11:13 AM
The relationship between stocks and bonds is much more complicated than most people assume. Conventional wisdom holds that stock prices and bond yiel...
Thu, May 12 2022, 4:20 PM
Finally Time to Start Entertaining an Actual Shift?
Bonds have made several attempts to consolidate and boun...
Thu, May 12 2022, 11:22 AM
For the first time in months (and longer than that if we factor out the artificial/temporary boost from the Ukraine flight to safety) bond yields are ...
Wed, May 11 2022, 3:54 PM
Bonds Bounce Back Despite Hotter Inflation Data
Feel free to call it a comeback, but don't ask why it happen...
Wed, May 11 2022, 10:43 AM
Both at the headline and core levels, April's Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in hotter this morning. This was a high-consequence report for bonds, a...
Tue, May 10 2022, 3:57 PM
Another Solid Day, But It's All About Wednesday's CPI
Bonds managed to post a 2nd consecutive day of gains o...
Tue, May 10 2022, 10:00 AM
For the 3rd or 4th time (depending on your standards), yields are attempting to find a ceiling after launching abruptly higher in early March (1.67% t...
Mon, May 9 2022, 3:49 PM
Big Bond Rally to Start The New Week
In spite of potential headwinds in the coming days (CPI data and Treasu...
Mon, May 9 2022, 11:31 AM
Depending on when you looked this morning, MBS prices may have been red or green, and the gap between any two quotes was rather large (a quarter of a ...
Fri, May 6 2022, 4:54 PM
Rates Give Up After Briefly Trying to Hold Yesterday's Ceiling
There really weren't any new reasons for the ...
Fri, May 6 2022, 12:29 PM
The jobs report is traditionally the most important piece of economic data on any given month. It's even had the power to move the bond market as rec...
Thu, May 5 2022, 4:40 PM
Big Sell Off After a Nice Rally. Blame The Fed Either Way?
Today was one of the rare breed where both stock...
Thu, May 5 2022, 1:04 PM
Solid Fed day and solid rally in response yesterday... Now today, it's not just a complete 180°, but a 180° plus more insult to injury as yields surg...
Wed, May 4 2022, 4:30 PM
Fed Finally Sticks to Script. Bonds Like It
Fed days have seen a series of increasingly hawkish adjustments ...
Wed, May 4 2022, 2:01 PM
Indicators Although of overall economic activity edged down in the first quarter, household spending and employment business have fixed ...
Wed, May 4 2022, 10:09 AM
At the risk of repeating too many words from yesterday's recap, we'll leave it at this: the Fed will hike by 50bps today. It won't be a surprise to t...
Tue, May 3 2022, 4:03 PM
Fed Day Preview: What Are They Doing and How Much Will Bonds Care?
Given all the bond market volatility seen...
Tue, May 3 2022, 11:23 AM
10yr yields came into the day looking comfortable in the rejection of the 3% ceiling that was briefly tested yesterday and overnight. That occurred a...
Mon, May 2 2022, 4:06 PM
Rocky Start to Fed's Normalization Revelation Week
The Fed has been in full-fledged policy tightening mode i...
Mon, May 2 2022, 10:05 AM
In addition to bringing the typical big market movers scheduled for the first week of any given month, we'll also get a fairly important Fed announcem...
Fri, Apr 29 2022, 4:46 PM
Insult to Injury But Still Waiting on Next Week's Fed
Mixed messages in the morning's PCE inflation data sen...
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