The Bonddad Blog

In part one, I showed how oil and gas prices are increasing, which in turn will keep the Fed on the sidelines. Below, I will discuss agric...

From the most recent FOMC statement: Members agreed the statement also should indicate that inflation pressures seemed likely to moderate ov...

The bottom fell out of the SPYs on the Fed's announcement on Wednesday, but they more than made that up on Thursday and Friday. The SPY...

From the BLS: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 1.0 percent in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistic...

At least according to a survey of economists: A new WSJ.com survey found that 20 of 54 economic forecasters responding to a query cited soft...

From the WSJ: China reported a massive increase in its huge pile of foreign currency in the first three months of this year, a gain that inc...

Donald Luskin and Barry Ritholtz are debating on US News and World Report's Capital Commerce Blog. It's a very good read and is hi...

The markets had a nice upward move today, which is especially good considering they started in negative territory. They rallied until 12:30...

Here are some bullet points on the economy that come from the FOMC minutes. 1.) Employment gains moderated in early 2007 2.) Industrial pr...

From the BLS: The U.S. Import Price Index rose 1.7 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported...

From the WSJ: The National Association of Realtors, which has long proclaimed that U.S. home prices haven't declined on a nationwide bas...

From the WSJ: The International Energy Agency warned Thursday that output by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries had hit its l...

The markets did not like the FOMC minutes. Guess when they sold off? The Fed basically said inflation was still an issue. Of course, the F...

From the FOMC Minutes: Most participants continued to expect a gradual decline in core inflation over the next year or two, fostered by stab...

Here is a chart of the homebuilders ETF. Notice the following: 1.) The chart is clearly in a downtrend. 2.) Prices are consolidating around...

From Briefing.com KB Home's (KBH 41.96) chief executive, Jeffrey Mezger, said Tuesday he expects the housing market to get worse before ...

From CNBC: As earnings season got underway Tuesday with better-than-expected quarterly results from Alcoa, analysts said many other companie...

Let's take a look at the 3-month chart for the major ETFs I track -- the SPY (S&P 500), QQQQ (NASDAQ 100), and IWN (Russell 2000). W...

The market were split today. The QQQQs were the best performer with a nice spike at the end of the day on solid volume. The SPYs were the...

From CNBC During the first quarter, foreclosures have jumped sharply across the nation’s top urban markets, according to a PropertyShark.com...