Bullets Dodged We've seen our fair share of bonds punishing the market on occasions where bond traders were forced to worry ...

It's not at all uncommon for mortgage rates to experience microscopic movement in either direction on any given day. In fact, it's probably the most common eventuality over time. In that sense, today ...

Any time you see us write MBS, or anywhere else for that matter, we're always going to be referring to Mortgage Backed Securities. These are the securities comprised of groups of similar mortgages, ...

I was recently doing some bike riding in the Napa Valley and spent some time speaking with a wine maker. She told me that ...

This morning could have been much worse. The bond market could have continued spiraling on fear that it is now responsible ...

What's Up With Today's Paradoxical Fed Reaction? Tough day for the casual observer to try to make sense of what happened.

Heading into today's Fed announcement, futures markets indicated roughly a 1 in 3 chance that the Fed would hike rates. They ...

Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.” Even if you’re a 90-year-old ...

The big news over the weekend was that the U.S. and Iran paused hostilities--something that led to 2 solid days of gains in ...

Giving Peace (And Bonds?) a Chance Granted, it may be far less promising than some of the more conclusive headlines that led ...

Does innovation in lending always means building something new? MISMO’s President Brian Vieaux challenges that familiar ...

Once again, bond yields dropped in the overnight session in concert with lower oil prices. Today's iteration is less swift ...