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Monday's bond market has opened in positive territory after the stock markets have failed to build on Friday's rally. The major Dow and Nasdaq initially opened with modest gains, but have since fallen into negative territory with losses of 22 points and 5 points respectively. The bond market is c...
08/20/2007
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Monday's bond market has opened in positive territory after the stock markets have failed to build on Friday's rally. The major Dow and Nasdaq initially opened with modest gains, but have since fallen into negative territory with losses of 22 points and 5 points respectively. The bond market is c...
08/20/2007
This week brings us the release of only three economic reports for the bond market to digest. The Conference Board will give us the first data late tomorrow morning when it releases its Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for July. This index attempts to measure economic activity over the next thre...
08/20/2007
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Friday's bond market has opened flat due to stock strength that is coming as a result of the Fed's rate announcement this morning. The Dow is currently up 164 points while the Nasdaq has gained 40 points. The bond market is currently nearly unchanged, but we will still see an improvement in this ...
08/17/2007
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Thursday's bond market has opened in positive territory due mostly to early stock losses. The stock markets are reacting to more credit concerns and overseas losses with the Dow down 134 points and the Nasdaq down 22 points. The bond market is currently up 16.32, but we will still see an increase...
08/16/2007
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Wednesday's bond market opened fairly flat after this morning's economic news failed to show any major surprises. The stock markets are showing small gains with the Dow up 26 points and the Nasdaq up 10 points. The bond market is currently nearly unchanged form yesterday's close, but we will like...
08/15/2007
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Tuesday's bond market opened in negative territory following the release of mixed inflation news, but like yesterday, has since recovered those losses. Also contributing to the rebound in bonds are losses in stocks. The stock markets are reacting negatively with the Dow down 80 points and the Nas...
08/14/2007
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Monday's bond market opened in negative territory following the release of stronger than expected economic news, but has since recovered those losses. The stock markets are reacting positively to the data with the Dow up 60 points and the Nasdaq up 14 points. The bond market is currently up 2/32,...
08/13/2007
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Friday's bond market has opened in positive territory following early stock losses. The stock markets are posting sizable losses with the Dow down 170 points and the Nasdaq down 48 points. The bond market is currently up 6/32, but we likely will see little change in mortgage rates as a result of...
08/10/2007