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October 04, 2024

Deficits Are Horrible, But They Are Bullish

The final stats are in for fiscal year 2024, and the federal debt in the U.S. grew by $2.297 trillion versus a year earlier, and as of Sep. 30, 2024, the total debt stood at $35.465 trillion.  Those who are fans of the fine print will note that on the very next day, Oct. 1, 2024, the total debt jumped by another $204 billion, or 8.9% of last year's debt increase, as the folks at the Treasury Department unleashed a bunch of bill payments that they held back to make FY2024 look better.  If you are interested in tracking these numbers… more

 

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Sep 26, 2024

small chart The Great Unwinding of Stock Listings

Sep 19, 2024

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Sep 12, 2024

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Sep 06, 2024

small chart Wheat & Gold: The Long Cycle
 

Aug 28, 2024

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Aug 22, 2024

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Aug 16, 2024

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Aug 09, 2024

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Aug 01, 2024

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Jul 25, 2024

small chart Sunspot Cycle Shows a Big Upturn for Unemployment

Jul 18, 2024

small chart Russell 2000 Relative Strength Going Too Far

Jul 11, 2024

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Jun 25, 2024

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Jun 20, 2024

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Jun 13, 2024

small chart Gold Shows a Type 2 Rainbow Convergence

Jun 07, 2024

small chart A-D Line Divergence Shows Bull Market Starting To Crack
 

May 31, 2024

small chart Uranium Blowoff Being Echoed by Gold

May 24, 2024

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May 17, 2024

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May 09, 2024

small chart Gold Shows an Oil Price Bottom Ahead
 

May 03, 2024

small chart Cattle Prices Have Outrun Grain Prices

Apr 26, 2024

small chart Inflation Rising Right On Schedule

Apr 18, 2024

small chart Total Number of Stocks Is Shrinking

Apr 11, 2024

small chart Doctor Copper Has A Message On Inflation
 

Apr 05, 2024

small chart Bitcoin Matching Gold’s Footsteps

Mar 22, 2024

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Mar 14, 2024

small chart Election Years Are Different

Mar 06, 2024

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Feb 22, 2024

small chart Crude Oil Says Stocks Heading for Unpleasant Time

Feb 14, 2024

small chart Taxes Will Bite the Stock Market

Feb 01, 2024

small chart HY Bond A-D Line Rehabilitates a Divergence

Jan 25, 2024

small chart Manheim Used Vehicle Index and M2
 

Jan 18, 2024

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Jan 11, 2024

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Jan 04, 2024

small chart Seasonality Shows A January Dip

Dec 28, 2023

small chart IWM Shares Outstanding Rises With Small Cap Interest
 

Dec 21, 2023

small chart Plenty of Strength in HY Bond A-D Line

Dec 14, 2023

small chart HYG Shares Outstanding Showing Excessive Enthusiasm

Dec 08, 2023

small chart 1960s Analog Sees Inversion in 2023

Nov 30, 2023

small chart Weird Wednesdays for Put/Call Ratio
 

Nov 16, 2023

small chart Californians Caused Late October Dip (and Rebound)

Nov 09, 2023

small chart McClellan Oscillator for Investment Grade Bonds

Nov 04, 2023

small chart Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Spike

Oct 27, 2023

small chart McClellan Oscillator Bullish Divergence
 

Oct 18, 2023

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Oct 13, 2023

small chart McClellan Oscillator Leaves a Simple Structure Above Zero

Oct 05, 2023

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Sep 28, 2023

small chart Crude Oil Disagreeing with the Canadian Dollar
 

Sep 21, 2023

small chart What Bitcoin Is, And How That Has Changed

Sep 13, 2023

small chart Unemployment to Rise into 2024

Sep 07, 2023

small chart Fishhooks

Sep 01, 2023

small chart Gold Starting New 13-1/2 Month Cycle
 

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