The Bonddad Blog

- by New Deal democrat In a post at the beginning of the summer, I identified 7 harbingers of the second half stall . With Euro Crisis two ...

- by New Deal democrat For the last few years, predicting the economy has been like predicting an out of control roller coaster on quantum e...

I am now thoroughly convinced there is a place in Washington DC where all politicians go to have a lobotomy. It doesn't matter what par...

Let's start with a look at the IEFS -- the 7-10 year Treasury ETF. Yesterday, prices broke through support (a) on a big gap down (b). ...

From Bloomberg: Small businesses are bouncing back as access to lending eases and consumers ramp up purchases. This would be welcome news fo...

According to the Census Bureau, retail sales increase 1.2% last month, Let's take a closer look at the data. First, auto sales were up 5...

Neither NDD nor I liked the report issued by the deficit reduction committee. I commented that it was premised on a faulty idea : tax simpl...

The first big move last week occurred on Tuesday, when prices moved lower for the entire day (a). Prices rebounded on Wednesday, but hit re...

It's that time of the week. Don't think about anything related to the economy or the markets until Monday. Until then ...

- by New Deal democrat And so, at long last, in the last 10 days Barack Obama, who soared into office on the most brilliant intellect since ...

From the WSJ: The German economy's transformation from spluttering Trabant to purring Mercedes is complete. Although third-quarter gros...

There has been a fair amount of ink, stating that several countries have jumped on the Fed's back about QEII. Consider the following: G...

As I noted a few days ago, prices for the SPY's moved lower after breaking through resistance and are now testing the 10 day EMA for te...

From the WSJ: Copper prices hit a record, as the seemingly relentless pace of Chinese demand and a potential supply shock from Chile bring ...

From Marketwatch: Crude-oil futures settled at their highest in more than two years Wednesday, defying a rising dollar as a U.S. governmen...

From the Economist: YOU can’t watch the circus that America calls its budget process without suspecting it plays some role in the country...

Prices dropped at the open (a), but then formed a strong rally for the rest of the day (b). Notice that prices consolidated in a triangle r...

This is interesting. The deficit reduction commission has released their plan, which is available here. Here's what I find most interes...

From the World Bank: What might such an approach look like today? First, to focus on fundamentals, a key group of G20 countries should ...

There is understandably a great deal of concern about the current unemployment rate -- what caused it, and especially how long it will take ...