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Click on all images for a larger image. A trading range no more!!!!!! 'bout time if you ask me. Let's take a look at the daily char...

From the NY Federal Reserve: The Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that conditions for New York manufacturers continued to deterio...

From the AP: Global financial markets are starting to heal and the U.S. economy could begin to grow again this year, but a strong recovery i...

Consider the following charts from the Flow of Funds. Then ask yourself, will the consumer be able to lead us out of recession? Click on al...

The question for this week -- are we looking at a heightened correction possibility in the market? The indicators say yes. Consider the fo...

It's that time of the week. Think about anything except the economy and the markets. I'll be back early Monday morning.

Click for a larger image From Reuters: U.S. consumer confidence rose to a nine-month high in June but failed again to surpass its level of ...

The Fed released the Flow of Funds report yesterday. I'll be delving into it next week as it provides some of the most valuable and com...

Click on all images for a larger image The weekly chart still has a bearish bias. Both the RSI and MACD are moving lower. Prices are below...

It's a trading range, plain and simple.

From the Department of Labor: In the week ending June 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 601,000, a decrease o...

Yesterday the Fed released the Beige Book. The general tone of the report was negative/down. However, there were some signs of improvement...

Click on all images for a larger image The weekly chart is still very bullish.. Prices have continued to rally after a consolidation at the...

Click for a larger image It's pretty clear: we're in a narrow trading range have have been for about a week. We need either a move ...

From the Federal Reserve: Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve District Banks indicate that economic conditions remained weak or deterior...

From Bloomberg: House Republicans would let non-bank institutions fail in bankruptcy court and strip the Federal Reserve of supervisory pow...

From the WSJ: The Treasury Department granted permission to 10 of the nation's largest financial institutions to repay $68 billion in go...

Let's take a look at gold. Click on all images for a larger image Above is the chart that bothers me the most -- and I hope I'm read...

Click on all images for a larger image There is little more to say about the markets. The SPYs continue to move in a sideways pattern, alth...

From Marketwatch: Employers' hiring plans for the third quarter didn't budge from their record-low second-quarter outlook, according...