Forum: Bart's Comments

<center>The Great Depression tight parallels... busted</center> <center>by bart</center> <center>June 20, 2009 (r) </center> The...

Self explanatory: http://www.nowandfutures.com/images/m3b_long_term1870.png

Former Federal Reserve governor, Robert Heller, had this to say in the Wall Street Journal on October 27, 1989: "The stock market is certainly not...

Hi Bart, I was wondering if I can beg for a new chart from. I would like, if it is not too much to ask, for a true M1 money multiplier, where the...

As of March 23, 2006, the M3 money supply is no longer published by the US central bank. So Americans can’t get a full view of what government is...

<center>Elements of and predictive monitor for a financial crisis </center> <center>Warning: quite complex, we recommend a significant economics...

Moved from another thread - open season on futures market questions as time is available in this thread... with the warning yet again that new...

been gone for over a month.

Dollar index comparisons with the '30s and '70s, for what its worth: http://www.nowandfutures.com/images/usdx_1929_vs_2000.png

Most Austrians get it wrong about money, per Hayek himself "There can be no doubt that besides the regular types of the circulating medium, such...

Unconscious Conspiracies I’ve been meaning to write about this idea for a while, but a recent posting on Boing Boing reminded me...

Various charts to help determine when and whether the official recession is over. This is far from a complete list. ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports both initial unemployment claims and continuing claims on a weekly basis, and it looks like this since 2000. ...

<center>The Great Depression parallels... busted</center> The following monthly charts compare a few important data series during the periods...

Thanks bart for invitation I'll start with a definition: The Federal Reserve System is the Third Central Bank of the United States (the previous...

<center>Withholding & income tax receipts </center> <center> http://www.nowandfutures.com/images/withholding_indiv.png </center> ...

Three new charts showing various bear markets and their percentage drops, displayed as nominal, CPI adjusted and CPI without lies adjusted. One...

The chart says it all - the CRB Commodity Index correlates with and leads the CPI, especially during hard asset cycles. ...

A unique set of charts that I created & invented showing paper vs. tangible assets, and its cycle since 1800. It basically extends the Dow/gold...

A selection of most of the quarterly delinquency data from the Fed. Having both residential & commercial rates be tracking so closely is a bit...

The BIS (Bank for International Settlements) just released an update today, and total derivatives are down for period ending 12/1/2008. ...

Many ways to look at where we've been and where we're going. http://www.nowandfutures.com/images/median_family_home_income.png

Confidence & sentiment measures <center>Aaa, Baa & TNote ratios </center> <center>...

A chart based on the Fed's quarterly survey of senior loan officers, which shows both certain loan type demand rates and also if credit is tightening...

U.S. households, asset mix and positions The results of some recent efforts with the Fed's quarterly Z1 publication. I was somewhat surprised by...

Herewith, some key charts in both the velocity and multiplier areas. They're hot links so will update every week. Unfortunately, I've found no way...

S&P 500 average monthly returns during various time periods Very different pictures, depending on whether its a bull or bear or a combination....