Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Treasury Tuesdays

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Click on all images for a larger image There's been a fair amount of talk/analysis regarding the Treasury market's recent sell-off. ...
Monday, June 1, 2009

Today's Markets

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Click on all images for a larger image Big day from a technical perspective: The SPYs broke through upside resistance and moved above the 20...

ISM Up

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From the Institute for Supply Management: The devil here is in the details. Consider the following information: The overall PMI has increase...

The Latest Expansion's GDP, PCE's Part II

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Let's continue a look at the latest expansion's GDP with an in-depth look at PCEs. Consumers continued to devote a larger percentage...

The Latest Expansion's GDP, PCE's Part I

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I'm going to spend today looking at what happened during the last expansion from a GDP perspective. Simply put, I want to see what the ...

Market Mondays

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The same commentary applies to all three major averages. All three are in consolidation patterns at the top of rallies. Prices and SMAs ar...
Friday, May 29, 2009

Weekend Weimar and Beagle

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It's that time of the week. The markets are almost closed. It's time to think about anything except the economy or the markets. T...

GDP Decreases Less Than Forecast

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

Are Durable Goods Orders Bottoming?

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From the Census Bureau: New orders for manufactured durable goods in April increased $3.0 billion or 1.9 percent to $161.5 billion,...

Forex Fridays

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Click on all images for a larger image On the weekly chart, notice the dollar formed a double top. But also notice the second double top ha...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Today's Markets

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Click on all images for a larger image The markets continue to consolidate in their respective patterns.

Quarterly Banking Profile, Pt II

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Let's look at some charts from the profile. Click on all images for a larger image Notice how real estate construction and development l...

Quarterly Banking Profile, Pt I

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Over the last few days the FDIC has released the quarterly banking profile. I'm going to tackle this in two parts. In the first I...

A Statistical Look At Europe

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Click on all images for a larger image. The following charts and graphs are from Eurostat: The percentage change from previous quarters and ...

Thursday Oil Market Round-Up

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Click for a larger image The weekly chart continues to show strong, bullish tendencies. The MACD and RSI are still rising. Prices continue...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Today's Markets

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Click on all images for a larger image. Bottom line: we're still consolidating across all the averages.