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- by New Deal democrat Monthly data was mixed this week. Existing home sales came in higher than expected; new home sales tanked (which may ...

- by New Deal democrat The BLS reported that for the week ending December 19, seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell to 452,000, do...

My father gets in town later today, so the family festivities will be cranking up. I'll be back on Monday. To all the readers of this b...

From the BEA: Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States --...

For the DBBs, note the overall trend is up. There has been consolidation along the way in the form of consolidation rectangles and flags, b...

Click for a larger image Anyone see any pattern? Anyone? The answer is there is one. This is the primary reason the market has me concern...

Actually, I'm playing hooky right now with family members. We're seeing the IMAX version fo Avatar. I'll print this in the AM.

Because we are approaching the end of the year, it is appropriate to take a look back at the economy for the last year to see how we're ...

From Marketwatch: Still high on the sugar provided by ultra-low interest rates and the massive amounts of liquidity provided by central bank...

From the WSJ: A closely watched bond-market measure of investor optimism hit a record Monday, amid signs the U.S. economy's recovery is ...

Click for a larger image The big news for the Treasury market was the trading range it was in for the last several months. This area was bo...

Consider this chart of the Russell 2000 Click for a larger image A.) Prices formed a double top in September and October. B.) Prices have no...

At the End of August I wrote and article titled "A Fits and Starts Expansion." In that article I wrote the following: There'...

- by New Deal democrat Back in September, I published a six-part series, "When will the economy start to add jobs?" . The resea...

It seems appropriate to take a look at the SPYs for the year. A.) The market bottomed in March on extremely high volume indicating a selling...

It's that time of the week. We'll be back Monday for a Holiday shortened week. Until then ....

- by New Deal democrat Virtually all of the monthly and weekly data points reported this week indicated continued economic expansion. Both t...

The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's Manufacturing survey increased this from from 16.7 to 20.4. Here's a chart of the data: Click for...

From the BLS: Regional and state unemployment rates were generally lower in November. Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia recorde...

Click for a larger image. A.) Prices have retreated from their high. They are currently standing at the 50 day EMA and important Fibonacci ...