BLS Jobs Report

You didn’t think it was always going to be that easy right? After months of rates declining in a pretty orderly fashion rates have hit a bit of a wall. Rates jumped up today as the job report for September was well above estimates, as the September jobs report saw 254K new jobs were created versus […]

9/20-Aftermath of Fed rate cut

The Fed just aggressively cut rates by 1/2%, bringing the Fed Funds Rate down to 4 7/8%. The Fed is also forecasting another 1/2% cut by the end of this year, and an additional 1% cut in 2025. It should be noted that these forecasts may change, in either direction, as economic data presents itself. […]

Fed rate cuts are finally here

Well the time has come, next week the Fed will cut interest rates. If you want some odds, there is about a 30% chance that they cut ½% and a 70% chance that they cut ¼%. If they do only cut ¼% I don’t expect much movements in interest rates honestly. The market has seen […]

Fed gives strong signal that rate cuts are on the way

I told you in my last update that the Fed would give plenty of warning before cutting rates and that is what we got today. Here is a snippet of what the Fed chair had to say today: “The time has come for policy to adjust,” the central bank leader said in his keynote address […]

Tools to help you in this new market

The news is already spreading about the Fed cutting rates in September. Really the only question is will they do a 1/4% rate cut or ½% rate cut. The Fed meets next week in Jackson Hole for a symposium. I think that is just a fancy word for a meeting. Feel free to use that […]