Last Updated: 11/30/2007

Friday's bond market has opened well into negative territory, continuing its recent roller coaster ride. The stock markets are showing gains with the Dow up 125 points and the Nasdaq up 15 points. The bond market is currently down 16/32, but we will likely still see a slight improvement in rates this morning as a result of strength late yesterday. Today's only relevant data was October's Personal Income and Outlays that showed weaker then expected readings. It revealed that personal income and spending both rose 0.2% last month when income was expected to rise 0.4% and spending 0.3%. This indicates that consumers had less money to spend and actually spent less than was thought. This is favorable news to bonds because slower spending means slower economic growth.