The Bonddad Blog

Earlier this week, Mr$s. Bonndad and I went out to dinner. She asked me if there was anything on the counter that would be attractive to Sa...

From the BLS: Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 159,000 in September, and the unemployment rate held at 6.1 percent, the Bureau of Labo...

On the weekly dollar chart, notice the following: -- The dollar is clearly in a rally -- The 10 and 20 week SMA are both advancing -- The 50...

On the weekly chart notice that prices are in a clear pattern of lower lows and lower highs. This indicates we're in a bear market. Al...

From Bloomberg: Home prices dropped in 24 of 25 U.S. metropolitan areas in July from a year earlier, led by declines in Las Vegas and the co...

From the WSJ: Federal Reserve officials are weighing further interest-rate cuts, even if Congress passes a $700 billion rescue plan, in the ...

Click on the chart for a larger image. On oil's weekly chart, notice the following: -- Oil broke the multi-year uptrend a few weeks ago ...

Note the following: -- Prices are below all the SMAs -- All the SMAs are headed lower -- The shorter SMAs are below the longer SMAs Also not...

Barry nails it.

From the WSJ: President Bush on Tuesday signed into law a low-interest loan package to aid U.S. auto makers, but those struggling companies ...

From the WSJ: The Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. accounting-standard setter issued guidance that will allow companies to us...

On the right hand side of the blog you can see a schedule of when I write about certain topics. That schedule has been thrown out the windo...

On the daily chart, notice the following: -- All the SMAs are moving lower -- The shorter SMAs are below the longer SMAs -- Prices are below...

From Bloomberg: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board may issue additional guidance on fa...

From Bloomberg House prices in 20 U.S. cities declined in July at the fastest pace on record, signaling the worst housing recession in a gen...

From CNBC: First, the money rushed into hedge funds. Now, some fear, it could rush out. Even as Washington reached a tentative agreement on ...

OK -- we're back. I hope everyone had a decent night sleep (if that was possible given the circumstances). Let's look at the chart...

OK -- take a deep breath for a moment. I know it's probably hard right now. But this is not the time to do any analysis. It is the ti...

From Marketwatch: The Fed said it was boosting the size of its dollar swap arrangements to $620 billion from $290 billion previously. The a...

From Marketwatch: Citi will acquire "the bulk of Wachovia's assets and liabilities," the FDIC statement said. Under the agreem...