Market Overview

It should be a quiet day, with focus largely shifting to next week’s data from Europe and the US. The day will therefore be dominated by Chinese data on the real economy in July. After the shock...

Living in Southern California is extraordinary, but just like anything else, there are always tradeoffs, including traffic. Living in the United States is extraordinary too, but one of the detrimental...

The marginal economic strength that was described in the most recent GDP release from Washington has caused many to double down on their belief that the Federal Reserve will begin tapering...

This is an overview of various charts that I am hoping will provide insight into the inflation/deflation debate. The interpretation of these charts should provide another gauge of inflation, and will...

It has been a busy two weeks. The Leen’s Lodge gathering added an intense interlude of high-powered conversation and analysis. The Yellen-Summers headlines now have two added mystery names per...

Since the Jobs Report at the beginning of the month, pundits have been spewing over the inordinate employment gains of part-time workers – robbing the economy of the benefits of full-time...

There, I got your attention. I find that when I start an article with the word “demographics,” eyes glaze over. But when I start the same article with “sex,” the reader snaps...

This morning, a kind Sloper emailed me a link that Dutch has been kind enough (there’s a lot of kindness on Slope…….) to post in the comments section. I appreciate this, because I...

Asian markets were mostly on the rise today as the slew of data coming out of the world’s second largest economy, China, impresses and calmed investor’s nerves. Inflation steadied in China...

The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) is at 131.8, essentially unchanged from last week's 131.7 (a downward revision from 131.8). The WLI annualized growth...

The Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report was released Friday morning for last week. However, the 333,000 new claims number was a 5,000 increase from the previous week's 328,000 (an upward...

Filings for unemployment benefits inched higher last week, and the new five-and-a-half-year low in the previous report evaporated with a modest upward revision. As it turns out, claims for the week...

Signals are automatically generated by integrating electronic weekly statistics with proprietary algorithms. GOLD The August gold futures contract closed 1314. The market closing above the 9 day MA...