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Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – What’s Cooking, Doc?

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – What’s Cooking, Doc?

This will be a holiday shortened week in the US markets for the national holiday of Thanksgiving on November 23.  Trading will be light this week, especially after noon tomorrow. Plenty of room for the usual trading hijinks and shenanigans. Gold and silver were smacked down this morning in light trade, the dollar rallied, and […]
Natural Gas Stumbles Out Of The Gate Again

Natural Gas Stumbles Out Of The Gate Again

December contract natural gas prices are now down five out of the last six trading sessions as cold to end November and bring in December has been rather unimpressive. We continue to watch the gap below that bulls have thus far been able to defend, but a new short-term low today seemed to put it […]
XNET – Sky Rocket Or Pump And Dump?

XNET – Sky Rocket Or Pump And Dump?

The Chart of the Day belongs to Xunlei (XNET). I found the Chinese Internet software stock by using Barchart to sort today’s Top Stocks to Own list first for the highest Weighted Alpha, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 10/16 the stock has gained 298.12%. Xunlei […]
EUR/GBP – Headed Below 88 Cents?

EUR/GBP – Headed Below 88 Cents?

  The worst performing currency today was the euro, which fell sharply against all of the major currencies. Chancellor Merkel failed to secure a coalition after weeks of contentious negotiations and the talks collapsed over the weekend when the Free Democrats walked out. Investors interpreted the political uncertainty as euro negative and rightfully so because […]
Why Traders Are Watching Bonds

Why Traders Are Watching Bonds

Video length: 00:11:39 Stocks quiet in holiday trading. In this video update we took the time to analyze the yield curve. Watch this video to find out what we discovered. This may shock you and have implications for the coming months…
Market Talk – Monday, November 20

Market Talk – Monday, November 20

Asia closed mixed in a fairly quiet session but ahead of what could be a wild week. The Nikkei’s decline was very much reflected in the Yen’s strength. Financials again weighed on the index but this is a reflection of both low volume of shares traded and the shape of the yield curve (2’s – […]
German Government Crisis Sends Stocks Soaring, Gold Down Most In 4 Months

German Government Crisis Sends Stocks Soaring, Gold Down Most In 4 Months

Following Friday’s best day in 6 months, gold tumbled most in 4 months today as the German Government crisis sent investors fleeing any source of safe haven!!?? Sell bonds, sell gold, sell protection… Seriously… Video Length: 00:00:04   Before we get to the farce in US equities, let’s look at German stocks… Which is odd because […]
October 2017 Consumers Report Fewer Credit Application Rejections

October 2017 Consumers Report Fewer Credit Application Rejections

From the New York Fed The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released results from its October 2017 Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) Credit Access Survey, which is fielded every four months. Consumers’ recent experiences were positive, with declines in both rejection rates for credit applications over the past 12 months […]
5 ETFs Behind Vanguard’s Success In 2017

5 ETFs Behind Vanguard’s Success In 2017

The ETF industry is growing rapidly with the three largest providers, BlackRock (BLK – Free Report), Vanguard and State Street, dominating the United States market. In particular, Vanguard has become extremely bigger than what it was eight years ago. This is especially true as Vanguard’s total assets under management more than quadrupled to $4.8 trillion from $1.1 […]
Bullish Watch List For The Most Bullish Of Weeks

Bullish Watch List For The Most Bullish Of Weeks

S&P 500 is off to a respectable start on the most bullish week of the trading year.  Historically, Thanksgiving tends to be a good week for traders. Low volume, but by-and-large, it tends to perform most consistently to the upside than any other trading week of the year. This list then, should come in handy […]