Mortgage rates have been effectively unchanged for 5 straight days now. During that time, the MND 30yr fixed rate index ...
The fed-funds rate, or target interest rate set by the Federal Reserve, has been moving in ways over the past month that add up to signs of stress, according to FHN Financial Chief Economist Chris Low ...
It appears to us that US Treasuries remain open to testing higher yields. Monday's Institute of Supply Management (ISM) data were mixed enough and, in fact, net negative on the economy. However, it ...
The Federal Reserve’s 25-basis-point rate cut delivered on Wednesday could provide near-term support for risk assets and potentially fuel a “Santa Claus rally,” said Richard Flynn, managing director ...
Rate volatility in advanced economies drove even larger moves in G7-linked derivatives. BIS reports that euro-denominated ...
There was a decent chance that rates would have made a fairly big move today in response to the release of November's jobs report. This is the most important economic data as far as rates are ...
Fed Chair Powell made it clear that the central bank is increasingly concerned about the labor market Investors didn't know what to make of some of the Federal Reserve's messaging on Wednesday. That ...
Stochastic volatility is the unpredictable nature of asset price volatility over time. It's a flexible alternative to the Black Scholes' constant volatility assumption.