Merrill over Matter

My current mega huge conglomerate bank finally pissed me for the last time. I just got back from setting up my own personal checking account...

Late last year I mentioned the relative thrashing muni bonds had experienced.  Fast forward to today and the mass defaults as predicted by ...

Initial unemployment claims are starting to creep back upwards on an absolute and year over year basis.  The standard seasonally adjusted 4 ...

Yesterday President Obama announced new measures to increase drilling.  From Reuters   U.S. President Barack Obama, under pressure from Rep...

It's been a few months since I last highlighted total bank lending but not much has changed since late October. Just to make sure you d...

The broadest money supply figures available (M2 + institutional money market funds) turned positive a few months ago but is only growing slo...

Here's an update on inflation expectations as expressed by the bond market.   While much is being said right now about inflation expecta...