Author Archives: David Durand

Market Timing Brief for the 7-24-2015 Close: Stocks Reach First Support. Gold Has A Good Day After a Bad Break. Rates Fall.

Posted on July 26, 2015 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 7-24-2015 Close, published Sunday July 26th, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). 1. The Current SP500 Index Chart (SPX, SPX; click to enlarge): … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for the 7-17-2015 Close: It’s the Same This Time. Small Caps Hesitate with Large Caps On the Line. Gold Breaks. Rates Fall.

Posted on July 19, 2015 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 7-17-2015 Close, published Sunday July 19th, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). 1. The SP500 Index has rallied from the recent low on … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for the 7-10-2015 Close: Stocks Slip And Face Earnings Reports. Gold Holds An Important Low. Rates Bounce Despite A Later Lift-off Date.

Posted on July 12, 2015 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 7-10-2015 Close, published Sunday July 12th, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). 1. The Greece “resolution” looks messy, meaning billions of dollars messy … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for the 7-02-2015 Close: U.S. Stock Markets On Pause. Gold On Its Knees As Rates Peak.

Posted on July 5, 2015 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 7-02-2015 Close, published Sunday July 5th, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). 1. The Greek default (that already happened this week with the … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for the 6-19-2015 Close with UPDATE: SP500 Fails At Resistance, but Small Caps Hold Up. Gold and Treasuries Like the Fed Comments.

Posted on June 21, 2015 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 6-19-2015 Close, published Sunday June 21st, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). UPDATE 6-28-2015 (10:58 p.m.):  The U.S. future markets are down 1.23% … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for the 6-12-2015 Close: Weakness in Stocks and Gold. Rates Finally Ease a Bit.

Posted on June 14, 2015 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 6-12-2015 Close, published Sunday June 14th, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). UPDATE 6-18-2015 11:40 am The Fed held interest rates steady this … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for the 6-05-2015 Close: Stay with the Innovators. Dollar Surges Helping Small Caps. Gold Falls As Rates Shoot Up.

Posted on June 7, 2015 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 6-05-2015 Close, published Sunday June 7th, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). The SP500 Index dropped just a bit on Friday after the … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for the 5-29-2015 Close: SP500 and Small Caps Correcting. Gold in Range. Rates Falling.

Posted on May 31, 2015 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 5-29-2015 Close, published Sunday May 31st, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). 6-03-2015 MARKET UPDATE: Rates UP-Dollar DOWN-Gold DOWN-Stocks UP says to me … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for the 5-15-2015 Close: SP500 Testing Above a Top. Small Caps Weaker. Gold Testing Above a Top. Interest Rates Fail a Breakout.

Posted on May 17, 2015 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 5-15-2015 Close, published Sunday May 17th, 2015 I deliver extremely focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). SP500 Index: Testing just above a prior important top.  Frankly, … Continue reading →

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Why the World is Selling US Dollars and Treasuries: The Relativity Game

Posted on May 11, 2015 by David Durand

The US dollar (USDX, EURUSD) has been in decline despite rising interest rates (the dollar is up slightly today, but it looks like a blip compared to 10 Year Treasury yields that are banging UP against major resistance; TNX, TYX, … Continue reading →

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