The Bonddad Blog

For reasons unknown to me as of this writing, I am unable to upload pictures of the kids to the Google blog account. And that really bugs m...

From CNBC "As a result, this recession looks to be longer and more severe than originally forecast. Still, there are indications that t...

From the BLS: Nonfarm payroll employment declined sharply in December, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.8 to 7.2 percent, the Bureau of...

From the WSJ: The U.S. Treasury has failed to reveal its strategy for stabilizing the financial system, not answered questions asked by a go...

Click for a larger image Notice the following on the weekly chart -- Prices have dropped to about the 58.2% Fibonacci retracement level from...

Click for larger image Notice the following on the chart -- Prices are right at the 10 day SMA. They have sold-off are a nice rally. -- The...

From Bloomberg: The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits surged to a 26-year high as the labor market worsened in a yearlong...

From the WSJ: Retailers' sales slumped in December, with even Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bending to economic realities by cutting its earnings...

Click for a larger image Notice the following on the weekly chart -- All the SMAs are moving lower -- The shorter SMAs are below the longer ...

Or more specifically -- yesterday's markets. Click for a larger image On the daily 5 minute chart, note prices have almost fallen to the...

I'm writing this from my IPhone and obviously can't get to a computer. I'll post the market recap in the morning.

From the Fed's latest Minutes: Economic activity in most advanced foreign economies contracted in the third quarter, driven by sharp de...

From the WSJ: Alcoa Inc. announced the elimination of about 15,000 jobs, more plant closures, plans to sell assets and a 50% cut in capital ...

Yesterday the Fed released the minutes of their latest meeting. These provide an excellent overview of the US economy. Let's coordina...

Click for a larger image Notice the following on the weekly chart -- Prices have crossed over the 10 day SMA -- The MACD is now reversing --...

Click for a larger image Notice the following: -- After rising through downside resistance, prices have been mellow for the last few days. -...

From Bloomberg: Purchases at U.S. retailers declined last week as post-Christmas markdowns failed to overcome what may have been the worst h...

From the WSJ: Residential spending fell at a 4.1% rate in November to $336.3 billion, 22.8% lower than November 2007. Despite the credit cru...

This is a video I did for a show called "Meet the Bloggers." It highlights one of the central problems of the US economy: we cons...

Yesterday the Fed released the minutes of their latest meeting. These provide an excellent overview of the US economy. Let's coordina...