Latest News Tag: Market Trends

This past week, interest rates held steady amidst a slew of market-moving events. Let's discuss what happened and see what lies in the week ahead. Fed Has Been Right Over the past couple of months, the bond market has adjusted to the idea that the Fed will only be cutting rates three or four times […]

This past week home loan rates ticked higher in a week filled with some negative surprises. Let's discuss what happened and look at the week ahead. Another $1T Please Earlier in the week, the Treasury Department surprised the financial markets when they stated they need $1T to fund the government from August to October. The […]

Last Week in Review: Powell Press Conference Shakes Markets This week interest rates revisited 2022 highs in response to the Fed meeting, where the Federal Reserve raised the Fed Funds Rate by .75%. Let's discuss what happened and investigate the week ahead. "It's very premature in my view to be thinking about or talking about […]

Last Week in Review: Central Bank Step Down         This past week we watched interest rates improve nicely on the notion that central banks around the globe will be hiking rates less going forward. Let's break down what happened this week as we approach the important Fed meeting next Wednesday. "We've made […]

The Federal Reserve raised the Fed Funds Rate by .75% in a widely expected move while home loan rates continue to be well off the highest levels in June. Let's discuss what the Fed Chair Powell said in his press conference and what it means going forward. Boom The Fed raised the Fed Funds Rate […]

Last Week in Review: It's Fed Week The quiet before the storm. This past week, Fed officials were literally "quiet" with no speeches ahead of next week's Fed Meeting where a .75% rate hike is widely expected. Let's discuss what will be an important week ahead. Another Big Fed Rate Hike Coming For the first […]

Last Week in Review: The Big Rate Hike This past week, the Federal Reserve raised the Federal Funds Rate by .75%, the first such hike since 1994. Let's walk through what the Fed said and how the financial markets reacted."Clearly, today's 75 basis point increase is an unusually large one and I do not expect […]

Last Week in Review: Three New Concerns for the Fed This past week, home loan rates increased slightly from the previous week as we are just a couple of days away from the next Fed Meeting. Let's walk through what happened and discuss what to look for in the week ahead. As we approach the […]

Last Week in Review: The Feds Job on Jobs Home loan rates increased slightly from the previous week as we are just a couple of weeks before the next Fed meeting. Let's walk through what happened and discuss what to look for in the week ahead. "As I will explain, this very tight labor market […]

Last Week in Review: Some Good News on Rates This past week, home loan rates improved to the best levels in a month. The 10-yr Note yield closed beneath 2.80% for two consecutive days for the first time since April 13th. Moves like these begin to suggest that rates may have peaked. The main reason […]