The Bonddad Blog

It's that time of the week. I and the crew will be back on Monday. Until then here are the kids:

While I have previously agreed with Bonddad and NDD that the “worst” of our economic woes are behind us, I’m cautious to the extreme about w...

- by New Deal democrat I've been wondering whether it was possible for a Recession to end officially even if over half a million jobs a...

Today was a great example of why it's important to be aware of the technical and fundamental environment. While the technical indicator...

There are two important points to make about the weekly chart. First, the MACD and RSI are signaling a lower move ahead. This jibes with ...

I will post this in the morning. I just got done putting together the rough draft of my dissertation. 357 pages and I'm tired. See you...

Gloom and doom is the way of blogs lately. Nothing is good; everything is bad. Unfortunately, lost in this translation is a set of monthly...

- by New Deal democrat The BLS reported this morning that weekly jobless claims fell a stunning 56,000 to 565,000. At their peak in April, w...

Click on all images for a larger image On the weekly chart, notice the RSI turned negative a little bit ago and the MACD is about to give a...

Prices continue to fall. In addition, note the 10 day EMA is about to move through the 50 day EMA. Also note the volume increase in today...

In case you were wondering whether the correction was real...

Several people have commented that unemployment data should be coordinated with unemployment exhaustion rates. Fair enough. The information...

Click for a larger image Industrial metals are still rising. The MACD and RSI are still increasing. However, prices are getting caught bet...

Take a look at all the charts. The short version is the correction is now here . Prices on all the indexes have fallen through important t...

There was more good and bad news in Friday's employment report. First the good news The number of people unemployed for less then five w...

From the Institute for Supply Management: The NMI (Non-Manufacturing Index) registered 47 percent in June, 3 percentage points higher than t...

- by New Deal democrat Several weeks ago I took a very prominent blogger to task for making use of a 13 week moving year-over-year averag...

Click on all images for a larger image The longer end of the curve has been rallying for about a month. However, prices are just now starti...

Click for a larger image The head and shoulders is about done. It is possible the right shoulder could continue for a bit. However, the mo...

There was a lot of ink spilled about Friday's jobs report. According to most it was a sign the economy isn't getting better and tha...