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Wednesday"s Market Movement Raises Stakes for Friday | ||
10/2/2024 3:03 PM | ||
Wednesday"s Market Movement Raises Stakes for Friday There are times when the bond market seems not to care too terribly much what the ADP Employment report is saying. There are other times when ADP has a surprisingly big impact. Relative to the size of today"s beat, we arguably saw one of the s...Read More | ||
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Mortgage Rates Near 1-Month Highs, But That"s Still Pretty Great | ||
10/2/2024 2:52 PM | ||
Mortgage rates moved higher today after an employment report suggested that Friday"s forthcoming Employment Situation (the BIG jobs report) might come in slightly better than expected. The report in question, ADP Employment, is always released 2 days before the big jobs report and it"s designed to align with the key headline of that report: n...Read More | ||
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Fairly Pronounced Reaction to ADP Data | ||
10/2/2024 11:00 AM | ||
The Fed"s been saying it for several months and the market has been trading it accordingly for just as long: the focus has clearly shifted away from inflation and toward the labor market. The latest piece of evidence is this morning"s ADP employment report. Despite coming in only modestly higher than forecast (143k vs 120k), bonds have ...Read More | ||
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Broker, Renovation, HELOAN, Jumbo Products; STRATMOR and Loan Repurchases; Webinars and Events | ||
10/2/2024 10:43 AM | ||
Whether it was Richey May’s lock picking kit, Maxwell’s milk frother, Total Expert’s socks, or Byte’s locally made sweet treats, there was plenty of vendor schwag in Las Vegas at the ACUMA event, just as there is at many conferences. (Thank you to Lisa B. for passing along this article illustrating how the tchotchke market is an economic indicator!...Read More | ||
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Bonds Unexpectedly Forced to Focus on War Instead of Data | ||
10/1/2024 3:26 PM | ||
Bonds Unexpectedly Forced to Focus on War Instead of Data Just 30 minutes before the month"s most important week of economic data was about to hit its stride, headlines hit the newswires regarding an imminent missile attack on Israel. While various iterations of such headlines are unfortunately common...Read More | ||
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Mortgage Rates Begin The Month With a Modest Victory | ||
10/1/2024 3:04 PM | ||
While the past 5 months have been well-stocked with victories for mortgage rates, the past week and a half brought a bit of a pull back. Most of that upward momentum can be chalked up to rates rushing to get into position for the Fed"s rate cut on September 18th. It"s actually quite a bit more complicated than that, but thankfully, the ...Read More | ||
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HELOC, Veteran"s, Benchmarking, License Tracking Tools; FHA Changes; Podcast Interview with Fannie"s Chief Economists | ||
10/1/2024 10:42 AM | ||
We find ourselves in the 4th quarter of 2024. October is here! Do you want to beat the rush for buying the Halloween candy that’s most popular in your state? Here’s the list. Skittles are the most popular in Georgia, where Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday. Topics here at the ACUMA event in Las Vegas include servicing values, longevity, an...Read More | ||
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Mixed Reaction to Mixed Data After Early Flight to Safety | ||
10/1/2024 10:30 AM | ||
This morning"s slate of economic data is certainly higher-profile compared to yesterday with JOLTS and ISM Manufacturing always capable of moving the needle. Ironically, it was geopolitical headlines that accounted for the lion"s share of this morning"s volatility, however, with Israel/Iran newswires sparking a flight to safety 30 minutes bef...Read More | ||
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Mortgage Rates Moderately Higher to Begin The Week | ||
9/30/2024 4:27 PM | ||
Mortgage rates have generally been moving higher since the Fed cut rates 2 weeks ago. We"ve discussed and explained that paradox exhaustively and can now move back to tracking the normal array of cause and effect in the rate market. The first day of the new week kept the trend of steady rate increases alive. Technically, these are the highes...Read More | ||
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Moderate Losses For Bonds as Powell Says Fed Isn"t in a Hurry to Cut | ||
9/30/2024 4:26 PM | ||
Moderate Losses For Bonds as Powell Stays "Hawkish" In the lexicon of market watching, the Fed is considered to be dovish when they"re saying things that are generally friendly for rates. When the opposite is the case, the term is "hawkish." Relative to expectations, the market felt Powell was h...Read More | ||