Archive for interest rates and bond prices
Housing Picture No Darker
This article (originally posted here) is an excerpt from the Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition Housing Update for subscribers. Follow the previous link and scroll to the end for the… Read more
Rates Way Down, Apps Way Up… That’s Good, Right?
Last week mortgage applications rose a whopping 21.7% from the previous week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. Great news for the industry… Read more
Bernanke’s Big Plan to Bluff Housing Back to the Bulls
Contributed by Ben Thorpe at Benzinga. There are now three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and another round of quantitative easing. Ben Bernanke has played coy the last three days,… Read more
Bernankenstein Confirms Monster Experiments
In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee today, Fed Chairman Bernankenstein confirmed in his own words what I have been writing for months. Here’s how Marketwatch.com put… Read more
Worry About Debt Ceiling Machinations Misses Bigger Points (Podcast)
Russ Winter of Winter Watch and Aaron Krowne of ML-Implode.com join the Wall Street Examiner’s Lee Adler as they continue their regular brief updates on the market and economic scene, with… Read more
Markets Know QE2 Is “Transitory”
Originally posted June 6th over at The Wall Street Examiner. Virtually all key liquidity indicators are negative as the markets hurtle toward the end of QE in a little over 3 weeks. Large domestic… Read more
