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- by New Deal democrat This week there was little "official" news, but weekly indicators from private sources were nonetheless int...

- by New Deal democrat Well, Mish is at it again. This time he suggests that the LEI would probably have been positive throughout the Great...

Gold has been in the news lately so let's take a look at the chart to see what it says. First on the long term chart notice there are tw...

From Bloomberg: President Barack Obama and congressional leaders might extend or expand tax credits and housing aid as they seek to counter...

Click for a larger image A.) Prices continue to move through support and are bouncing lower off the 10 week EMA B.) The EMAs are in a very b...

Click for a larger image A.) Today prices reached the same price level as Sept. 29. B.) There is an uptrend in place that has been going on ...

Click on all images for a larger image The above chart shows a very simple economic truth: you always want a little inflation in the economy...

- by New Deal democrat Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 33,000 to a seasonally adjusted 521,000 in the week ended Oct...

A.) Note that oil prices are in a downward sloping channel. This is in fact a good development. Oil (and other commodities) helped to lead...

What do you see on that chart. Nothing? Well that's about the size of the action. The markets moved sideways. The good news is there...

A quick note in addition to whatever Bonddad posts about today's markets. Today, for the first time since the beginning of the recession...

Last week Calculated Risk posted a summary of a New York Times opinion piece by David Leonhardt in which he argued that: In the job market...

From the NY Times: The idea of a tax credit for companies that create new jobs, something the federal government has not tried since the 197...

Click for a larger image A.) There is a lot of supply in the 40-41 area. B.) Prices have found support at previously established price level...

Click for a larger image A. ) Prices opened higher on good volume. B.) Prices hit resistance where the rounding top should have ended. But ...

Note the index has been increasing since October -- that's almost a years worth of increases. In other words, there is a strong trend t...

Friday's jobs report was a stunner -- and for all the wrong reasons. The consensus was for a decrease of roughly 175,000. This would h...

A.) There is a long term trend line in place that goes back to mid-2007. B.) There are secondary trend lines in place that go back to 2008. ...

Click for a larger image. A.) Prices opened higher on strong volume but couldn't maintain the upward momentum. Prices fell to the 50 mi...