This Week Not much on the calendar this week until Wednesday. Wednesday has April existing home sales and two other key events: Ben Bernanke is scheduled to testify to the…
Nick AlvinoMay 20, 2013
This Week Treasury will auction $69B of notes and bonds beginning Tuesday through Thursday. Ben Bernanke is scheduled to speak on Friday in Chicago. Some other Fed officials will also…
Nick AlvinoMay 6, 2013
This week is a big one for interest rate markets. The economic calendar is full of data on businesses and manufacturing with both ISM reports (manufacturing and services), construction spending,…
Nick AlvinoApril 29, 2013
This Week The bond and mortgage markets will likely be slightly weaker in price on Monday after a very quiet session last Friday. This week has March existing and new…
Nick AlvinoApril 22, 2013
This Week Unlike last week, markets have a number of key economic measurements: March housing starts and permits; the April NAHB housing market index; March industrial production and factory use;…
Nick AlvinoApril 15, 2013
This Week follows on the best weeks we have had recently in the interest rate markets. Monday should, however, see some pressure in bonds and mortgages after such a deep…
Nick AlvinoApril 8, 2013
This Week The interest rate markets begin with technically overbought conditions and subject to some retracements. It is employment week with March employment data out on Friday. Last week the…
Nick AlvinoApril 1, 2013
This Week In the late hours of Monday morning, Cyprus agreed to the outlines of an aid package, paving the way for 10 billion euros ($13B) of emergency loans to…
Nick AlvinoMarch 25, 2013
This Week Until this weekend, the most important event this week was the FOMC meeting on Wednesday. Over the weekend, though, the euro zone took center stage with debt issues…
Nick AlvinoMarch 18, 2013