Macro Market Update

A distinctive and entertaining segment where Les Parker combines sharp market analysis with creative music parodies to deliver insights into economic and industry trends. Using clever lyrics set to popular tunes, Les breaks down complex topics like interest rates, bond market movements, and economic conditions in a way that’s both engaging and memorable. This unique blend of humor, creativity, and expertise makes TMSpotlight a listener favorite, offering mortgage professionals not just valuable insights but also a fresh perspective on the forces shaping the industry.

 

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April 16, 2024
04-15-2024 “Everybody’s Talking At Me” Bears Listen to the “Conflict Conversation”
04-15-2024 “Everybody’s Talking At Me” Bears Listen to the “Conflict Conversation”  ——————————- Everybody’s Talkin’ at Bonds. They don’t hear a word they’re sayin’ Only the
April 9, 2024
04-08-2024 Rates and the Sun Are Having a “Total Eclipse of
04-08-2024 Rates and the Sun Are Having a “Total Eclipse of the Heart” —————————- (Turn around, Bear lines) Every now
April 2, 2024
04-01-2024 “We Will Rock You” It’s Another Gold BRIC in the
04-01-2024 “We Will Rock You” It’s Another Gold BRIC in the Wall ———————— BRICS want a race. Chasing Bucks Can all over
March 26, 2024
03-25-2024 “Times Like These” Make You Look At Your Options by
03-25-2024 “Times Like These” Make You Look At Your Options ——————— Jay’s on a one-way motorway He’s an ease that drives
March 19, 2024
03-18-2024 Inflation Has the “Folsom Prison Blues”
03.18.24 Inflation Has the “Folsom Prison Blues” ——————— Hello, I’m Jerome Cash I hear inflation comin’, it’s rolling round the bend.
March 11, 2024
03-11-2024 “We Will Rock You” It’s Another Gold BRIC in the
3-11-24 “We Will Rock You” It’s Another Gold BRIC in the Wall ———————— BRICS want a race. Chasing Bucks Can
March 6, 2024
03-04-2024 The War Between Bulls and Bears Brings So Many “Questions”
3.04.24 The War Between Bulls and Bears Brings So Many “Questions” ——————— Why do Bears never get an answer when
March 6, 2024
02-26-2024 Bears May Find “Trouble Every Day”
2.26.24 Bears May Find “Trouble Every Day” ——————————— Well, CASH about to get UPSET From watchin’ Jay’s DELAY. He’s checkin’
March 6, 2024
02-19-2024 China on Population, “Take It Easy”
2.19.24 China on Population, “Take It Easy” —————————- Well, we’re buying down the locks. Trying to loosen our loans. Got
February 13, 2024
02-12-24 Fed Gives Bears “Just What I (They) Needed”
———————– I don’t mind correcting here, waiting all the time. Bonds are waiting for the Fed to see inflation crashing
February 5, 2024
02-05-24 When Does A “Zombie” Stop Fighting?
———————– Another model’s breaking Hard to take it over.The Fed is finished raising rates, yet the fight between the Bond
January 29, 2024
01-29-24 “Break The Rules” To Break The Ice Jam
———————– Erratic buys Blow our minds Bears feel alright What does mechanical trading, dipping volatility, and bubbling crude tell us?
January 22, 2024
01-22-24 It’s A “Love Story” If Buyers Say Yes!
———————– Bonds got tired of waiting. Wondering if Jay was ever coming around. Did the Bond buyers buy on Friday?
January 15, 2024
01-15-24 “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” Signs of Misunderstanding
———————– China, does your deflation hurt now? Sometimes, rates feel a little glad. What inflation? Since the US PPI fell,
January 8, 2024
01-08-24 The Rate Trend is “Searching for It’s Baby”
———————– Bulls wonder, they wonder why Bonds had to go down this way The rate trend is down, but the 10-year
December 18, 2023
12.18.23 Mortgage Rates “Winds of Change” Give Renters Hope To Buy
———————– We follow the rate drop and down to Reno Mark Listening to the wind – of change. Mortgages reached our target
December 11, 2023
12-11-23 The World Says “You Spin Me Round”
———————– If Bonds get to know Joe’s game. Well, then rates will trace Jobs private number, downward. The world is upset at
December 4, 2023
12-04-23 Recent Indicators Suggest “A New Day Has Come”
———————– We’ve been waiting for so long, For Fed tightening to stop. Since the new bull market began in early November, long-term
November 27, 2023
11-27-23 Uncertainty’s Pickett Fence of Obstacles “In the Midnight Hour”
———————– Notes gonna wait till the midnight hour. That’s when their yields come tumbling down Foreign markets and midnight meetings impact mortgage
November 20, 2023
11-20-23 “Do I Wanna Know?” If There’s Something on My Teeth
———————– Have you got color on your screens? Do you ever get that fear that you can’t shift your trade,
November 20, 2023
11-13-23 “Three Little Pigs” For Grown Ups!
———————– Little pig, inflation, let Fed in. Not by deflation; China sent, sent, sent. Well, Jay’s huffin’, He’s puffin’, He’ll blowing
November 9, 2023
11-06-23 “Doctor My Eyes” Can’t See Loan Volume Increases
———————– Time, time, time.  See what’s become of BEARS.  While BULLS look around for their possibilities.The Less than Zero curve is
November 7, 2023
10-30-23 Whether Fed Tightens or Does Nothing, it will be a
———————– Time, time, time.  See what’s become of BEARS.  While BULLS look around for their possibilities.The Less than Zero curve is
October 24, 2023
10-23-2023 Fed Tightening? “Baby, One More Time”
———————– Oh bully bearishOh, bully, bearish, how were we supposed to knowThe bully bears had the Fed in its corner. but