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Below is a table of "The 10 Stocks for the Next Decade" that appeared in Smart Money magazine in December 1999. I found the articl...

Bonddad with Sarge and Scoobey Shorter Kate: "give me the damn treat. NOW"

From the BLS: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.2 percent in July before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau ...

I’ve made the case before that Real Retail and Food Services Sales were flatlining, about the best that could be said for the metrics that m...

- by New Deal democrat This morning the BLS reported that consumer inflation remained unchanged (seasonally adjusted) in June, declining -0...

- by New Deal democrat This morning Industrial production was reported up 0.5%, as was capacity utilization. For 4 months I have been highl...

The weekly chart shows a clear downtrend. The MACD and RSI are both moving lower. Prices are moving lower and have consolidated losses in ...

The main issue with the SPYs is they are moving in a sideways consolidation move. This is the best possible situation the bulls could hope ...

Click for a larger image From the Census: The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sal...

No Green Shoots in NFIB Report The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the “voice” of small business in America, issues a mo...

Click on all images for a larger image The main question with the oil market right now is this: is the market forming a double top? Clearly...

From the Federal Reserve: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June suggests that economic activity is leveli...

From Bloomberg: Recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s has begun as President Barack Obama’s fiscal stimulus -- derided as insuff...

The market is currently at the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level from the 2007 peak. Also remember we're at an important fundamental ti...

On the industrial metals weekly chart, notice the MACD and RSI are still rising. All the EMAs are moving higher, the 10 week EMA is about t...

Click for a larger image I wish I was good enough at music editing so I could put the phrase "waitin' on the Fed" to ZZ Tops W...

From IBD: Norwalk, Conn.-based Priceline (PCLN) said it earned $2.02 a share, excluding special items such as stock-based compensation, in t...

From the WSJ: More than $1.03 billion has already been paid out to cover the 245,384 vehicles traded-in under the program designed to replac...

Click for a large image The treasury market has three big problems: a rallying stock market, massive supply and an increased risk appetite. ...

Click for a larger image Not much in the way of price action today. Prices were down .18% on the SPYs. As the daily chart below shows, not...