Chris Munson
SVP and Managing Director US Sales and Operations
The Money House

Early Strength Thwarted by Data and Resilience in Equities

Early Strength Thwarted by Data and Resilience in Equities

There are several ways to view today's bond market movement and none of them are terribly important. Sharply lower oil prices had a small, friendly impact on bonds early in the day following more hopeful war-related headlines, but context is important. A 3-4 dollar drop in oil merely got 10yr yields back in line with overnight lows. In other words, there's still precious little correlation here. Oil reversed course fairly quickly and bonds got hit harder by strong JOLTS data (job openings and labor turnover survey). Correlation with tech stocks was minimal, but it didn't help that the NASDAQ inched higher from overnight lows throughout the session. 

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Early Strength Thwarted by Data and Equity Resilience

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0
99.74
-0.13 
10YR TREASURY
4.965
+0.060 
11/3/2026 4:50PM EST
Job Openings (JOLTS) came out much stronger than expected and bonds are continuing to move into negative territory, following an initial pull back after additional war-related headlines.  10yr yields are now up just over 4bps and just under 4.95.   MBS are down 3 ticks (0.09), and just over an eighth from the AM highs.    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.30%
+0.03% 
15YR Fixed
6.91%
-0.01% 
11/3/2026
Well... they can't all be winners. It seems as if rates could do no wrong over the past 3 days with each marking the lowest level in more than a month for the average top tier 30yr fixed rate. Today wasn't a winner, but it wasn't exactly bad. Apart from the past 3 days, today would still have been the lowest rate in more than a month, and it was only 0.03% higher to boot. So what happened? First off, when we're talking about a 0.03% change day-over-day, it's not particula...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Nov 03
6:00AM Nov IBD economic optimism Nov 48.5 46.2 46.8
10:00AM Sep Factory orders mm (%) Sep 1.8% 1.2% 0.1%
10:00AM Sep JOLTs Job Quits (ml) Sep 3.365M 3.066M
10:00AM Sep USA JOLTS Job Openings (ml) Sep 7.523M 7.10M 7.079M
11:30AM 6-Week Bill Auction (%) 3.940% 3.950%
Wednesday, Nov 04
7:00AM Oct/30 Mortgage Market Index Oct/30 195.0
7:00AM Oct/30 MBA Refi Index Oct/30 516.8
7:00AM Oct/30 MBA Purchase Index Oct/30 134.1
8:15AM Oct ADP jobs (k) Oct 69K 90K
8:30AM Sep Trade Gap (bl) Sep $-108B $-105.6B
9:45AM Oct S&P Global Services PMI Oct 57.9 58.8
9:45AM Oct S&P Global Composite PMI Oct 57.6 58.4
10:00AM Oct ISM Biz Activity Oct 56.5
10:00AM Oct ISM Services Employment Oct 50.1
10:00AM Oct ISM Services New Orders Oct 59.8
10:00AM Oct ISM Services Prices Oct 74.0
10:00AM Oct ISM N-Mfg PMI Oct 54.8 54.9
10:30AM Oct/30 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Oct/30 -1.892M
2:00PM Oct Total Vehicle Sales (ml) Oct 15.9M 16M
Chris Munson
SVP and Managing Director US Sales and Operations
The Money House