10year treasury: ARM's are on their way back - 07/02/07 02:36 AM
I'm going to take a moment to get technical and talk about the yield curve on US Government bonds, bills and notes; specifically, I'm going to address what an inverted yield curve is and why it's important to you.The yield curve is a graph that plots yields (that's an interest-rate adjusted return on a bond) vs. maturity length for the bonds that the U.S. Government issues when it borrows money.Here's a peek at the yield curve as reported by yahoo's finance site this morning:
Not very exciting, as curves go. It's almost flat -- it shows that the market expects about the … (1 comments)

10year treasury: I told you so! (rates take highest jump in over three years) - 06/18/07 05:46 AM
Interest rates on long-term mortgages have risen sharply in the last couple of weeks. Last Thursday, Freddie Mac announced that the average 30 year fixed rate mortgage stood at 6.74% -- the highest it's been in nearly a year. "Mortgage rates moved sharply upward this week, with rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages jumping more than 20 basis points, the largest upward movement in over three years," said Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist. "These moves parallel rising yields on Treasury securities, as concerns about inflation pressures and continuing strength of consumer and business spending have dimmed hopes for … (3 comments)

 
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