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This is from the trader column (subscription required): Point 1: Excluding erratic aircraft data, orders for big-ticket items fell in Februa...

In his latest Congressional testimony, Bernanke made positive comments about the job market: Employment has continued to expand as job loss...

Sometimes it's a really good idea to see where the markets are in relation to the longer trend. This helps to give us an idea of where ...

First, here are today's charts. They look very similar to yesterday's chart because -- once again -- we had a change in momentum du...

From CBS: Business conditions improved markedly in the Chicago region in March, according to a closely watched business barometer. The Chic...

From the Census Bureau Residential construction spending dropped 1%; all of the gains came from non-residential spending which increased 1.5...

First a mea culpa. I used to use the NBER site for links to current news releases. I used their link today to get the personal income inf...

Here's a daily of oil prices. Recent price action has taken prices above the neckline in the head and shoulders formation. Here's a...

From CBS Marketwatch: The nation's economy grew at a 2.5% annual pace in the final three months of 2006, slightly faster than the previo...

The market had a nice reversal today. All the markets moved in tandem and in two directions. They all sold off until about 1 PM and then r...

Here's a 2-week chart as of 2 PM EST. From Bloomberg Crude oil rose above $66 a barrel in New York, approaching a six-month high, on con...

From Bloomberg: Atlanta-based Home Depot, the world's largest home- improvement retailer, said last month it expects its first annual pr...

These charts are from Stockcharts. They show a market that is moving away from a bullish sentiment. Fewer new highs means there is less of ...

After yesterday's durable goods report, I looked at overall business inventories from the St. Louis Fed. There's a lot of stuff in ...

At the end of last week there was a lot of bullishness to the hourly and daily charts. The market trended up until mid-Wednesday, popped bi...

From his Congressional Statement: The principal source of the slowdown in economic growth that began last spring has been the substantial co...

Here are today's daily charts of the SPY, QQQQ and IWN. These charts have a bearish bias for the following reasons: 1.) The SPY and the...

From This Week in Petroleum: Retail Gasoline Prices Up, Diesel Falls Slightly Gasoline prices were up for the seventh consecutive week, incr...

Here is the link to his complete testimony Let me now turn to the inflation situation. Overall consumer price inflation has come down since ...

From Bloomberg: U.S. durable-goods orders excluding transportation unexpectedly fell for a second month in February, jeopardizing the Federa...