The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index™ (PCI) is an interesting indicator that correlates well with the movements of the stock market. Comparing the PCI with…
An analysis of the actual, not seasonally manipulated and massaged unemployment claims data shows some deterioration in employment, week to week. Weakening employment data has…
The following paragraphs are free excerpts from today’s Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition Treasury update. The subscriber link to the complete report is below. As…
Today’s report on factory orders is just another example of why all media reported data must be taken with a grain of salt. Here’s how…
Poster Jimbo at Capitalstool.com had an interesting take on Bernanke’s ruminations at Jackson Hole. He says that they created a synthetic QE3. This is a…
A couple of data points reported today marked a tick and a tock on the housing market clock. The Mortgage Bankers Association Mortgage Applications Index release…
“Durable Goods Orders Rise 4%,” blared the headlines this morning. There was just one minor problem with that. It was not true. It represented the…
Housing data for this month suggests that the usual seasonal uptick in prices has come to an end at a lower high than last year.…
This article was originally sent as a Wall Street Examiner Email Bulletin, yesterday. The economic news has been better in recent days, that is if…
CME just boosted margins on Treasuries and gold, big increases. Changes will take effect after the close tomorrow, but markets should react immediately. The impact…
