Tuesday, April 3, 2012

March payrolls: expect ~250,000 gain, 8.2% unemployment

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- by New Deal democrat When all is said and done, employment and income are the two most important measures of the economy. If there are ...

Morning Market Analysis: BRIC Weakness

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The Brazilan market ETF hit the 70 price level at the beginning of March, but has been moving lower since.  Prices are now in the 65.5 ar...
Monday, April 2, 2012

Bondad Linkfest

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UK manufacturing increases (FT) Ireland tax protest gaining steam (FT) Japan's Tankan survey is negative (FT) Stocks enjoy best 1Q i...

Republican Economic Talking Points Are Baseless and Devoid of Fact

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First, I want to apologize in advance for this overtly political post.  I hate politics and frankly, have a fair amount of disdain for both ...

Morning Market Analysis

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To review my view of the market: I am concerned about the rally at this point for the following reasons.  The Chinese market is dropping; ...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Weekly Indicators: springtime getaway edition

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- by New Deal democrat This is a slightly truncated version of Weekly Indicators, as I'm preparing it before leaving on a weekend trip, ...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Weekend Weimar, Beagle and Pit Bull

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It's that time of the week again.  It's time to think about anything except the economy or the markets.  NDD will do an abbreviated ...

ECRI's got some more 'splainin to do

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- by New Deal democrat I feel kind of bad continuing to pick on ECRI. Their 2009 end-of-recession call was a once in a generation bullseye. ...

No, Really, Austerity is A Really Stupid Idea That Hurts Growth

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Now that we've gotten the final revision to 4Q GDP, let's take a look at the data for the last two years  to see where we're gro...

Morning Market Analysis

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The 30 minute QQQ chart shows that this week's price action -- at least so far -- has been a total wash.  Prices rallied on Monday ...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Bonddad Linkfest

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UK Treasury didn't see crisis and needs reform (FT) Rousseff again criticizes western economies for "currency war." (FT) Bu...

So, why are right-wingers on the blog list?

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- by New Deal democrat Some months ago another progressive blogger took a shot at us because some very un-progressive bloggers are on ou...

Can the US Markets Continue Rallying With the Weekly BRiC Charts Showing Weakness?

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The weekly Brazilan chart shows a market in the middle of a correction.  After rallying to the 70 price level, prices have retreated to...

Morning Market Analysis

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Today I want to focus on the Asian and Australian market to show how "China-centric" these regions equity markets have become.  Ov...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Bonddad Linkfest

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OECD urges EU overall (FT) \ Springtime for US Housing (Marketwatch) Pending home sales, starts and completions (Big Picture) The yen...

Yen At Critical Support Levels; Japan's Economy May Be In the Balance

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Consider the following chart: The above chart is a 10 year chart of the yen.  For the last four years, it has been in an upward trend...

ECRI unintentionally undercuts its own recession prediction

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- by New Deal democrat Several data series used in economic indicators may have special issues rendering thier signals misleading. Two impo...