Conventional wisdom holds that interest rates tend to move in the same direction as stocks. This makes logical sense from a classical investment portfolio standpoint. If investors are selling stocks to buy bonds, the prices of stocks would fall and the price of bonds would rise. When bond prices rise, rates fall. But even with today's heavy losses in stocks, mortgage rates barely budged today. [30YR FIXED - 4.625% - 4.75%]Tuesday:
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• At 9:00 AM ET, S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index for April. The consensus is for a 6.8% year-over-year increase in the Comp 20 index for April.
• At 10:00 AM, Richmond Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for June.