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The Treasury Market rallied at the end of last year, but has since consolidated its gains and sold-off. Let's take a closer look at the...

Welcome back -- I hope everybody had a good weekend. Let's get started with a look at the equity markets. Click on all images for a larg...

We have a long weekend coming up. Plus, Mr$. Bonddad and I are going to Austin for her nephew's graduation from UT. Until then, have a...

The markets opened lower with a big gap down. Right around 12:30 the markets ran into the 50 minute SMA and then moved lower. But at the e...

Click on all images for a larger image Mandatory spending has been steadily increasing as a percentage of all spending. Mandatory spending h...

S0 -- where do we get out money from? Click on all images for a larger image. The source of government revenue has been remarkably consiste...

Today I'm going to be running charts from the CBOs historical data series spread sheet. This is simply the nuts and bolts of the nation...

On the weekly chart we see a bullish scenario. The MACD and the RSI are both rising. Prices -- which fell hard at the end of last year -- ...

Click on all images for a larger image Are we heading lower? A look at a single chart says no, but a collection of pieces from a series of ...

From the FT (hat top to Mark Thoma ): The recent upturn in Asian economies is creating a dangerous optimism that almost wilfully ignores th...

From the Census: Click for a larger image. Let's take a look at this data and coordinate it with some other data points. First, here is ...

From the Associated Press: Japan's economy contracted by a 15.2 percent annual pace in the first quarter — its sharpest drop on record —...

Click on all images for a larger image Like all commodities, industrial metals took a nose-dive at the end of last year. Since then prices ...

The 10 day chart is very interesting. First, notice the downward movement that occurred starting at the beginning of last week. Prices mov...

I've been remarkably bullish of late -- which for me is a huge change. The bottom line is I think the numbers are moderating. However,...

From Barron's: The core of Keegan's strategy is retrenchment by U.S. consumers as they go from their debt-enabled buying binge of th...

Click on all images for a larger image Notice that over the last 30 years we've had three other periods when consumer loan growth stagna...