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MARKET SNAPSHOT: UP NEXT: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: GBP/CAD: Battle of the GDP's GDP data is out for both UK and Canada tonight so volatility can be expected. Yesterday's bias turned out well and...

Yet another central bank has announced a warning about the perils of deflation. Please consider China Central Bank Calls for Vigilance on Deflation.China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan warned...

It is becoming harder and harder to ignore the fact that central banking policy isn’t exactly working out for the real economy. More wealth has been funneled toward an increasingly small and...

“If conditions do evolve in the manner that most of my [Fed] colleagues and I anticipate, I would expect the level of the federal funds rate to be normalized only gradually, reflecting the...

I have a hierarchy of four macroeconomic cycles that I’ve developed over the years.I developed my first cycle in 1988, when my research culminated in the Generational spending wave, a very...

It is no secret that the hedge-fund industry is viewed negatively by a large portion of the general public, but should it be? Such a perception is driven primarily by the fact that most hedge funds...

The Personal Income and Outlays report for February was published this morning by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The latest Headline PCE price index year-over-year (YoY) rate is 0.33%, up...

With the release of today's report on February Personal Incomes and Outlays we can now take a closer look at "Real" Disposable Personal Income Per Capita. The first chart shows both the nominal per...

Note from dshort: The charts below have been updated with the latest Personal Consumption Expenditures price index from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The annualized rate of change is calculated to...

Note from dshort: The NYSE has released new data for margin debt, now available through February. I've updated the charts in this commentary to include the latest numbers. The New York Stock Exchange...

So what is inflation doing? February’s inflation data released in yesterday’s personal income report show that the core PCED remains stuck about half a point below the Fed’s 2%...

Today, we are going to present Elliott Wave Analysis of the Real Estate sector and see how it’s been performing in comparison with rest of the World Indices. We can hardly spot any differences...

A Tale Of Two ShocksDuring the first quarter of 2015, US stock markets were buffeted by two substantial shocks. The buffeting continues into the second quarter. The first shock involved the Energy...

Each quarter the Bureau of Economic Analysis releases an update on corporate profits after tax and including inventory adjustments and capital consumption expenditures. According to the latest...