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It's that time of the week. It's time to think about anything except the markets and the economy. We'll be back on Monday. Unt...

This was a terrific week for past news about the economy, as GDP was reported to have increased 3.5% in the Third Quarter, which ends (reaso...

While I was personally very happy withe the GDP numbers, perhaps the best source of entertainment was the reaction to them. Reaction fell i...

The money shot of yesterday's surprisingly strong GDP print was this, in my opinion: "Motor vehicle output added 1.66 percentage po...

The dollar is still very clearly in a downtrend. However at (A) we have a possible move through the trend line which would send prices high...

A.) Prices gapped higher at the open on strong volume. Prices then found support at the 10 minute EMA and moved higher. B.) Prices hit resi...

Let's look at the GDP report from a different angle -- the percentage increase and what each component of GDP added to GDP growth. First...

The long awaited report is out. I'm going to spend the rest of today (and probably some time tomorrow) on this. The GDP report provid...

A and B.) Notice there are two upward sloping trend lines that emerge from the bottom earlier this year. The first one (A) has now become o...

The market is breaking down technically. Consider the following: A.) The DIAs have broken a long-term uptrend on increasing volume. A.) The...

I'm a big fan of Dow theory. It basically says that markets have to move in tandem. It makes intuitive sense as well. When the econom...

scroll down for the commodities charts Wall St. Journal (posted online Tuesday evening): Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic abou...

-- INVICTUS Those who have followed anything I’ve written over the years over at Blah3 , or more recently here at the Bonddad Blog, know tha...

Click for a larger image Regarding the copper market A.) The 40-41 was a supply area for a month and a half; prices simply could not get ove...

Or more importantly is the rally now in trouble? When looking at the market it's very important to consider a variety of markets; only ...

From the WSJ: One of the biggest clouds on the economic horizon is the vast amount of debt U.S. households took on during the boom years. Th...

From Bloomberg: Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose in August for a third consecutive month, bolstering the case that an economic recovery is...

From the Chicago Federal Reserve: The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index (CFMMI) increased 1.0% in September, to a seasonally adjusted ...

A.) The IEFs are bounded by two trendlines right now. B.) There is a second upward trend that started at the beginning of August. C.) There ...