Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. Job gains Since earlier in the year ...

As intraday charts give way to daily charts in the coming weeks, it will be all too easy to look back on today's calendar and ...

This morning's only relevant economic data was weekly jobless claims.  The headline was right in line with forecasts and the ...

You knew that Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined, right? Here at ...

There's a distinct risk that, even in the financial community, that people will look back on today's drop in interest rates and conclude it must have something to do with the Federal Reserve's latest ...

I went to a Vikings game with a friend and decided I wanted a drink. I wanted the big soda pop, but when I saw the price, I ...

Mortgage rates spent the entire month of October moving higher at a fairly quick pace.  Some of that had to do with stronger ...

Does The Fed Still Matter? Bonds sold off overnight as the reality of Trump's victory became apparent.  Traders more or less ...

In today's weekly mortgage application survey from the MBA, the average 30yr fixed mortgage rate only rose from 6.73 to 6.81% ...

Heading into the election, we knew the bond market was losing ground in concert with improving odds of a Trump victory and red sweep.  After being surprised in 2016, markets were determined to bake in ...

Last week could easily have left us with the impression that the bond market's love affair with economic data was put on hold ...

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