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OK -- there aren't any pictures. I'm down with the same bug I had a few days ago. According to my doc, I'll have it at least a...

On the long-term chart, notice the following: -- Prices have moved above the long-term downward sloping trend line that started over two yea...

I'm loathe to call today's price action a break-out, only because the SMAs are such a mess. However, prices did move above the uppe...

From the BEA: Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States --...

On the long-term chart, notice the following: -- Prices are resting on the long-term trend line. That means despite everybody being thrille...

The market is a mess right now; there is no clear direction one way or the other. Note the following: -- Prices and SMAs are bunched togeth...

From the FDIC: The continued downturn in the credit cycle, combined with lingering weakness in financial markets and falling asset values, h...

From the WSJ: But prices are still much lower than they were a year ago. Home prices in 10 major metropolitan areas in June fell 17% from th...

Starting at the end of last summer, the commodities index started rallying. The rally lasted about a year. Prices would rally, sell-off an...

I've got a 24 bug. I'll be back tomorrow morning.

Let's look at the macro-picture to see where we are in the cycle. The IEF (7-10 year Treasury) started to rally at the end of last summ...

Notice the following: -- Prices fell through all the SMAs today -- Prices rebounded from the trend line started in mid-July The big issue wi...

From CNBC: The National Association of Realtors reported sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5 million units. Sales had been ...

From the Tax Policy Center: Both John McCain and Barack Obama have proposed tax plans that would substantially increase the national debt ov...

Let's start with the macro picture. Notice two important things about this year long chart in daily increments: -- Prices are below the...

It's that time of the week. It's time to not think about the markets and move into anything else but the markets. To that end.... ...

From CNBC: Lobbyists for the U.S. automakers—General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler—briefed White House officials, as well as U.S. Rep. Joh...

From the NBER (on what they look for in order to date a recession): The committee places particular emphasis on two monthly measures of act...

On the weekly chart, notice the following: -- The dollar broke through the downward sloping trend line that started at the beginning of 2006...

Let's look at the macro environment to remember where we are: Since the end of last summer, the market has made a series of lower lows a...