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It's that time of the week. Stop thinking about the market or the economy for awhile. Go to something -- anything else. I'll be b...

Finally -- we have the euro. On the P&F chart, notice the following. -- The euro has been rallying for the last 7 years. That's one...

Let's continue with a look at the yen: From mid-2007 until a little bit ago, the yen was in the middle of a strong rally. It continuall...

From CNN: Sales of existing homes in June slowed more than expected and hit their lowest level in 10 years, according to an industry trade g...

Let's start with a P&F chart to see where the price levels are: Notice the dollar has been in a clear downtrend for the last 6 years...

The markets opened near their close but then quickly moved lower. They gapped dwon a little before 9 AM and then gapped down again right af...

Yesterday the Federal Reserve released the latest Beige Book. Below are excerpts from the report along with relevant charts to further exp...

Big news in the oil market this week. One of the biggest advantages of P&F charts is they clearly show important price levels. On the ...

Traders could have called this on in after 11 CST The market opened a bit higher and then consolidated right before the 10 minute SMA. The ...

Mish is dead-on accurate

From Bloomberg: A government rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would require taxpayers to pay ``way'' more than the $25 billion e...

From the WSJ: Five of the largest U.S. financial institutions, led by Wachovia Corp. and Washington Mutual Inc., reported combined quarterly...

There's some big news in the commodities charts. Thanks to the drop in both oil (see tomorrow) and agricultural prices (see below) we se...

On the daily chart, note the following: Bearish -- Prices are below the 200 day SMA -- The 20, 50 and 200 day SMA are all headed lower -- Th...

From the WSJ: The Treasury market is abuzz with chatter about possible changes to the government's supply calendar as the bill for the c...

From the WSJ: Bank examiners from the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are looking at the books of mortgage...

Here's a question for you: "would it be a Bonddad post without charts?" From Tuesday of last week through Friday we see the IE...

Let's step back a bit and take a look at the latest rally to see what it looks like and where we are in the rally cycle. The rally start...

I'll be on KTLK at 2:30 CST today

Food for thought --- Everybody was excited because things weren't as bad as expected. It wasn't because things were better than ex...