Mortgage rates got some relief yesterday after the beating they took in December when rates rose, and rose and rose some more for no apparent reason. Mortgage backed securities followed the lead of their benchmark big brother, the 10 year treasury note to higher prices and lower yields. All lenders repriced for the better as MBS closed the day at their price highs. To remind readers, as MBS move higher in price, lenders can offer lower mortgage rates.

Our lone economic report today...

I dont know WHY, but that pain under my left knee cap is getting worse... When I got up today, the knee cap felt like it went 'down' far enough to go into the pain area-->probably meaning the pain area is expanding...

I think today I will try some of that Bengay ointment and see if the heat can help with this...Or, in another day or two, I may have to make a Doctors appointment about this-->Reason why I havent 'gone' and done it yet, is because I HATE Doctors, (not personally,...

So my girlfriend and I got into a heated fight on Christmas Day night over things that have been building for awhile. We've been fighting a lot lately. There's seems to be some major communication problems between us, and I'm getting a bit fed up with the problems that we've been having, that seem recurring. I'll go into details in some future blog.
Also, my girlfriend got into an actual fight with her ex-boyfriend and his mother on New Years, just after midnight. It was a great way to...

Happy 2011!

The week ahead brings us several high impacting economic reports including the Employment Situation Report on Friday which is the single most important report released monthly. In addition to the economic data we also get the minutes from the last FOMC meeting.

Our only data today gave us a measure of the strength of the manufacturing sector of our economy. The ISM Manufacturing Index is based on a survey conducted by the Institute for Supply Management....

BLAST!! I went to bed last night, and didnt have any pain in my legs, what so ever...
During the night, I felt my leg below my left knee cap, getting a wee bit sore... Today, its a full blown pain thats worse than my back pain!!
I simply cant believe this garbage!!!

What in all of the World, is going to exercise sessions, (physical therapy as my Wife calls it, since it was an extenuation of my therapy from last February and I kept it up afterwards at the "Y")....