The Bonddad Blog

The Italian (top chart) and Spanish chart (bottom chart) are both in terrible technical shape.  Both are at 6 months lows and below th...

One of the odd things about reading economic reports on a daily basis is you wind up reading about sectors your never thought you would read...

NDD has written extensively about the oil choke collar.  However, does the same hold true for food prices -- and, more specifically, grain p...

  -by New Deal democrat In his 1992 book , Prof. Geoffrey Moore, the founder of ECRI, identified 4 data series that turned more than 1 ye...

The daily charts of the three major ETFs still show a reluctant rally; prices are moving higher, but there is hardly a sense of thi...

  - by New Deal democrat Monthly data reported included very poor June real retail sales, off -0.5%.  Consumer prices were flat, mean...

It's that time of the week.  NDD will be here tomorrow or Sunday with the weekly indicators.  I'll be back on Monday.  Until then.. ...

  - by New Deal democrat With the recent increase in the number of initial jobless claims filed weekly, and the general weakness we have ...

Let's start with the entire US grains complex, which shows prices are now at yearly highs.  All have moved through key resistan...

Over the last few days, Bernanke has spoken to Congress and the Fed has released the Beige Book.  In addition, we've seen a lot of soft ...

- by New Deal democrat As I've noted several times recently, one sign of economic strength or weakness is shown by comparing YoY c...

The US markets are all rebounding and are all back within an upward sloping channel.  All are also above their respective 200 day E...