Blogging from the Big D this week (Dallas, TX that is), actually I am about to get on a flight heading back to Miami to get at least a half day in the office today.  The story of how I got to Dallas yesterday is rather fitting for this week’s post.  Here is a brief […]

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Wow, mortgage backed securities finally changed direction, even if just for a bit.  I hope you all were paying close attention and were able to help your clients cash in on the correction.  Just how long is it going to last though?
Last week did not have a lot of data coming in so it relied […]

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Greetings from Madrid, Spain. In the last week, I have flown from Las Vegas to Miami, FL, down to Santiago, Chile and back and now I sit in Madrid. Doing this much travel makes one wonder where am I and where am I going? The good news for my travels is that […]

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Greetings from Vegas, baby. What a place to start of this week. Quite appropriate since this is the city where a lot of people lose their money and bonds will be struggling again this week.
First, let’s get into what happened in the bond’s “pit of despair” this last week. Getting the week […]

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Lot’s of talk about blogging here this week. I don’t want our readers to think it’s the only thing we’re ever going to talk about, but I have more to say, so bear with me.
I beleive creating a blog can be one of the most effective and affordable ways to market in our current environment. […]

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How many of you wanted to pull the rip chord last week?  As we saw, inflation again took the markets and sent bonds into a virtual freefall, sending rates about 1/4 point (0.25%) higher.
As I mentioned mast week, shortened trading weeks usually bring extra volatility to the markets and we saw it.  Inflation was at […]

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I hope everyone had a great extended weekend and kept the thoughts of those who have fought and those who continue to fight for our freedom on your hearts yesterday. Now, down to business. If I had to sum up last week’s main movement into one word, it would have to be “inflation”.
There […]

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