Current Odds for: 1. Romney to be nominee: 93.1% 2. Obama to be re-elected: 60% 3.  Marco Rubio to be Republican VP (highest odds): 31.2% 4. Chris Christie to be Republican VP: 11.3% Bottom Line: Intrade odds are currently predicting … read more >

The annual growth in commercial and industrial loans at large U.S. commercial banks has been trending upward since early 2010, and has been above 16% for the last seven weeks starting in late January, see chart above.  The last time … read more >