Market Overview

With the necessary steps for the conclusion of the Greece bailout falling into place (kicking the can down the road for three years, it appears), attention turns to the prospects for other Eurozone...

Never has so much been made about so little. In stark contrast to the famous quote used by Churchill to describe the accomplishments of the Royal Air Force in defending England from Nazi Germany in...

Market Movers: Weekly Technical OutlookTechnical Developments to Watch:EUR/USD testing support in the 1.0850-80 zone GBP/USD back above its 20-day EMA on rate hike expectations USD/JPY bias has turned...

You really have to be paying attention to see what’s truly going on these days. The keepers of the system, that is the banking elites, now openly control everything -- though you'd never know...

Most of the talking heads on TV are constantly focused on the federal government’s debt - which currently stands at a stunning $17 trillion. But what about assets? Who is talking about the...

Charlie Munger is Warren Buffett’s right-hand-man. Munger is known for his quotable investing wisdom. The above quote talks about not doing anything until a great opportunity presents...

The S&P 500 is a standard bearer for global equity markets while the US dollar is the world’s most liquid currency. Though they both represent the US financial system, they frequently take...

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have now published their findings for June new residential housing starts.The latest reading of 1.174M was fractionally above...

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have now published their findings for June new residential building permits.The latest reading of 1.343M was well above the...

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) released Friday morning puts the year-over-year inflation rate at 0.12%. It is substantially below the 3.83% average since the end of the Second...

Note: The charts in this commentary have been updated to include Friday's Consumer Price Index news release.Back in 2010 the Fed justified its aggressive monetary policy "to promote a stronger pace of...

Here is a table showing the annualized change in Headline and Core CPI, not seasonally adjusted, for each of the past six months. Also included are the eight components of Headline CPI and a separate...

Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably vague about the specific indicators on which they base their decisions. This...

Friday's release of the publicly available data from ECRI (Economic Cycle Research Institute) puts its Weekly Leading Index (WLI) at 132.6, down from 133.5 the previous week. The WLI annualized growth...