The Bonddad Blog

- by New Deal democrat In the rear view mirror, 3Q GDP increased 2.5%. The primary difference from the last two poor quarters was that go...

This is incredibly funny.  From the party that says government doesn't create jobs and that government spending doesn't help the eco...

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

Over the last few weeks, I've been hesitant about the risk on trade.  No more.  Yesterday we say a strong break-out in equities in conju...

Indian food inflation increases South Korean growth slows, but still decent Turkey ends its low interest rate policy State tax revenue j...

From the Beige Book: All twelve Districts reported that real estate and construction activity was little changed on balance from the pr...

From the NY Times European leaders, in a significant step toward resolving the euro zone financial crisis, early Thursday morning obtai...

I just wanted to take a quick look at Q3 2011 GDP , which I think is actually a bit better (the internals) than what the headline shows. Th...

The SPYs rally continues.  Notice there are now two price clusters (see arrows) where -- after rising -- prices have consolidated their g...

From the Beige Book: Financial activity was reported to have weakened some since the last report. Dallas noted that the improvement in fi...

- by New Deal democrat Yesterday the Conference Board reported the lowest level of consumer confidence since March 2009 . This mirrors what ...

Yesterday, we say the equity markets retreat a bit.  The 5-minute charts shows prices retreating to the technically important level of...

India hikes rates 25 BP Europe starts to settle on a plan China acknowledges need for more corn (and wheat) imports More jobs for machin...

From the Treasury Department: If regulation was a significant drag on business today, we would expect to see profits constrained after ...

From the Beige Book: Reports regarding nonfinancial services were mixed in September. Richmond noted slower overall activity, and St. Lou...

The above 10-day, 5 minute chart shows prices consolidating between 119 and 123; followed by their break-out on Friday and their contin...

From the Washington Post: This sort of a program is in many ways vastly superior to the spending increases and tax cuts we saw in the A...

From the Beige Book: Contacts indicated that manufacturing and transportation activity increased since the last report in most Districts....

Equities: The SPYs and DIAs have broken out.  The QQQs are in a downward sloping pennant pattern and the IWMs are on the verge. Bonds: The...

- by New Deal democrat In monthly reports, September's Leading Indicators were reported up 0.2. Despite the fact that this index has ...