The WSJ discusses one of the nasty side effects on Mortgages and Real Estate of rising rates and slowing real estate: Delinquencies and...
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For the first time since June of 2002, the 10-Year Bond Yield has a 5 handle on it:click for larger chart
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> "Home sales are in the process of reversing all the gains of the past two years and reverting to 2003 levels." –...
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Over the past 3½ years markets crawled higher, we have watched the gradual but steady build up of bullish expectations. You can see it...
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In 2002, the Yield Curve was extremely steep, with short term rates at half century lows. This was extremely stimulative to economic...
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"So much for the inverted yield curve." >Or so says a recent Bloomberg column. If I read this correctly, any inversion that...
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Why have yields on US Treasuries been so much above other nations? I am not referring to the recent spurt on the 10 year towards 4.98%;...
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I mentioned in the prior post that higher rates impact consumers in a negative fashion; Let’s look at some additional details, and...
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Don’t say you weren’t warned. Yesterday’s NFP data was only slightly warmer than consensus — 211k vs 200k —...
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Last week, we looked at the historical range of Federal Reserve Funds since 1946. It was a simple mean reversion, and did not...
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