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Compared to Oil, Yields Not Quite as Willing to Drop

Compared to Oil, Yields Not Quite as Willing to Drop

While the moment-to-moment correlation between bond yields and oil prices remained almost perfectly intact today, yields were less willing to follow the bigger drops. In other words, if we benchmark bonds to oil price movement, they underperformed the drop in oil prices. $139 billion in Treasury auctions and defensive positioning ahead of Wednesday's Fed announcement likely both contributed to that underperformance. Bottom line: it's encouraging to see the willingness to follow oil, but we won't be able to see more unrestrained trading until after Wednesday afternoon.

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Bond Yields Underperformed The Oil Price Drop

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5
99.37
+0.09 
10YR TREASURY
4.626
-0.028 
7/27/2026 11:34PM EST
It's a pretty simple morning for the bond market (and many other markets). While there's no formal ceasefire, both the U.S. and Iran have indicated a pause in the tit for tat airstrikes that have characterized most of July. Oil dropped sharply on the news though it's not clear exactly how much because markets were fully closed at the time. Still, it's safe to assume a majority of the move in oil/bonds/stocks is directly correlated. This gets 10yr yields just back under the up...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
6.80%
-0.01% 
15YR Fixed
6.33%
-0.01% 
7/27/2026
After bottoming out around 6.5% in late June, mortgage rates moved steadily higher this month, ultimately hitting 6.85% last Thursday--the highest level in over a year. There was a modest recovery on Friday with a fair amount of intraday changes from the average mortgage lender.  Because rates are based on bonds, it's worth noting that bonds are in better shape today compared to Friday's latest levels. But if we use Friday's stronger mid-day levels as a baseline, bon...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Jul 28
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 16.5K
9:00AM May CaseShiller 20 mm nsa (%) May 1%
9:00AM May FHFA Home Price Index m/m (%) May 0.1% -0.1%
9:00AM May Case Shiller Home Prices-20 y/y (% ) May 1.3% 1.1%
9:00AM May FHFA Home Prices y/y (%) May 2%
10:00AM Jul CB Consumer Confidence (%) Jul 92.2 91.2
11:30AM 6-Week Bill Auction (%) 3.650%
1:00PM 7-Yr Note Auction (bl) 44
Wednesday, Jul 29
7:00AM Jul/24 MBA Refi Index Jul/24 802.3
7:00AM Jul/24 Mortgage Market Index Jul/24 264.0
7:00AM Jul/24 MBA Purchase Index Jul/24 165.8
10:30AM Jul/24 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jul/24 -1.5M 2.011M
11:30AM 2-Year FRN Auction (%) 0.079%
11:30AM 2-Yr Note Auction (bl) 30
2:00PM Fed Interest Rate Decision 3.75% 3.75%
2:30PM Fed Press Conference
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