Latest News Tag: Market Trends

Last Week in Review: Why home loan rates will stay low The Fed met this past week. As expected, they didn't hike rates and the Fed Statement was very dovish, suggesting […]

Last Week in Review: Rates touch 2019 highs this week Despite bond friendly news with the unresolved US/China trade relations and the ongoing government shutdown, rates actually touched 2019 highs midweek...this […]

Last Week in Review: Stocks continue their winning ways. Home loan rates finished this week near unchanged and remain near 9-month lows -- so we have that going for us. […]

Last Week in Review: No rate hikes in 2019. Who wins? Stocks continued to react positively to Fed Chair Powell's Jan 4th speech, where he essentially said, "we have your back"...meaning […]

Last Week in Review:Apple, Congress negate solid jobs numbers I-Phone maker, Apple, was a downer this week as the company announced a surprise weak sales and earnings forecast for the […]

Last Week in Review:Headline Risk Highlights Christmas Week. The financial markets had plenty to cheer about this week. On Wednesday, Stocks rallied a stunning 1,000+ points, enjoying their best one-day […]

Last Week in Review:Spring rates revisited. It was all about the Fed this past week. On Wednesday, they hiked the Fed Funds Rate by 25 basis points (0.25 percent). That […]

Last Week in Review: Summer Rates Return As it pertains to low rates, be careful what you ask for - it will likely take pain, chaos, fear and uncertainty to get […]

Last Week in Review: Stocks crumble, yet rates go unchanged.   The old adage of "Stocks go down, Rates go down" didn't work this past week. Stocks started the week […]

Last Week in Review: Home loan rates modestly improve amidst rout in Stocks. Folks didn't receive that memo this past week as the threat of rising rates and some not-so-rosy […]