Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The Big.....Auto Bubble?

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This is from the front page of today's WSJ: ..... The auto industry is the nation's largest manufacturing sector, accounting for alm...

Treasury Tuesdays

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There are strong cross-currents hitting Treasury investors: David Ader, a U.S. government bond strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital, said man...
Monday, May 19, 2008

Today's Markets

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The big news today was oil set another record. At some point, traders will notice this fact and start to send the market lower. However, ...

Housing Is Nowhere Near the Bottom

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From Bloomberg: Lowe's Cos., the second-largest home- improvement retailer, said first-quarter profit fell 18 percent and forecast more ...

The Financial Services Market Will Change -- Big Time

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From IBD: Big U.S. investments banks have gotten a crash course in damage control over the past several months, telling investors and analys...

Monday's Market Round-Up

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I have returned. After a successful negotiation (which was remarkably uncomplicated) the previously referred to "future Mrs. Bonddad...
Thursday, May 8, 2008

Back On May 19

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On Saturday, the future Mrs. Bonddad will no longer be the future Mrs. Bonddad but will in fact be Mrs. Bonddad. Then we are going forward ...

Will "Main Street Spoil the Recovery?"

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From CNBC: "Main Street has just entered the act. The peak of the pain is not visible yet," said Asha Bangalore, an economist with...

Thursday Oil Market Round-Up

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On the daily chart, notice the following: -- The shorter SMAs are above the longer SMAs -- Prices are above the SMAs -- The trend that start...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Today's Markets

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I'm out of pocket for the rest of the day -- lots of wedding stuff going on. I'll do a market wrap in the morning.

Fed Governor Concerned About Inflation

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From Marketwatch.com: The latest comments form Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig also will be scrutinized, as he s...

Wednesday Commodity Round-Up

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On the weekly agricultural prices chart, notice that prices have broken a year long upward sloping trend. Also note that prices are possibl...