Existing home sales in July fell 16.6% from a year prior but new home sales are up 31.5% 

Government bond yields have been mostly driven by increases in real yields. What does that even mean?

What's the difference? The monthly job reports are a good example. 

Most people think business cycles are actual cycles, but they're more like a rollercoaster.

Is the Chinese economy a "ticking timebomb"? Annex Wealth Management's Chief Economist Brian Jacobsen takes a look.

The most visible 20% of spending is moving higher. 

Yesterday, Moody’s Investor Services helped trigger a bout of pessimism when it downgraded some banks. Not much actually has changed. 

The default rate is headed the wrong way, rising to 3.7% in June. 

People don’t think about diversification until it doesn’t work. 

Fitch, a credit rating agency, downgraded US government debt from triple-A. Does it matter?