Hormuz Deal Hopes Turning Bonds Green at Open

Hormuz Deal Hopes Turning Bonds Green at Open

This morning is offering another installment of hope for some form of progress in Iran. In today's case, it was Bessent floating the notion of possible Hormuz deal as early as this week. Markets will believe it when they see it, of course, but they're certainly willing to trade the hope. After moving modestly higher overnight, oil prices and bond yields are quickly lower in response to the headlines.

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5
99.51
+0.27 
10YR TREASURY
4.639
-0.036 
8/4/2026 10:00AM EST
This morning is offering another installment of hope for some form of progress in Iran. In today's case, it was Bessent floating the notion of possible Hormuz deal as early as this week. Markets will believe it when they see it, of course, but they're certainly willing to trade the hope. After moving modestly higher overnight, oil prices and bond yields are quickly lower in response to the headlines.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
6.77%
-0.05% 
15YR Fixed
6.30%
-0.02% 
8/4/2026
Mortgage rates had a tough day on Friday, largely in response to bond market volatility surrounding heavy forex trading as a part of US/Japan efforts to prop up Japanese currency (not a common source of inspiration for rates).  Higher oil prices didn't help. As we begin the new week, de-escalation in the Iran war pushed oil prices much lower. As has been the case frequently during the war, bond yields followed oil prices in relative lock-step.  While it's almos...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Aug 04
8:30AM Jun Trade Gap (bl) Jun $-73.3B $-73.0B $-77.6B
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 1 to 4 months (%) $5.179 billion
10:00AM Aug IBD economic optimism Aug 45.1 47.5 45.5
10:00AM Jun Factory orders mm (%) Jun -0.3% 0.2% -1.3%
10:00AM Jun JOLTs Job Quits (ml) Jun 3.232M 3.065M
10:00AM Jun USA JOLTS Job Openings (ml) Jun 7.359M 7.4M 7.594M
11:30AM 6-Week Bill Auction (%) 3.640% 3.700%
Wednesday, Aug 05
7:00AM Jul/31 MBA Purchase Index Jul/31 159.8
7:00AM Jul/31 Mortgage Market Index Jul/31 247.2
7:00AM Jul/31 MBA Refi Index Jul/31 723.1
8:15AM Jul ADP jobs (k) Jul 70K 98K
9:45AM Jul S&P Global Services PMI Jul 53.6 51.2
9:45AM Jul S&P Global Composite PMI Jul 53.6 51.9
10:00AM Jul ISM Biz Activity Jul 55.4
10:00AM Jul ISM Services Employment Jul 51.2
10:00AM Jul ISM Services New Orders Jul 55.1
10:00AM Jul ISM Services Prices Jul 67.7
10:00AM Jul ISM N-Mfg PMI Jul 54.5 54.0
10:30AM Jul/31 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jul/31 -7.167M
4:05PM Fed Cook Speech