German chancellor in waiting quits, Fedspeak comments, Repo thoughts, and economic bullishness

Today is a bit of a potpourri because I have three different unrelated topics to discuss and one review item. But I'll make it (relatively) short. I have the most to say about Germany.

Bullish on the US economy

Let me start off with my 'bullish' economic commentary. For the past several months, I have been saying that there are basically no signs that nea…