Category Archives: federal reserve

Market Timing Brief for the GLD Gold ETF Close on 9-20-2013: Smacked Around By the Fed

Posted on September 22, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 9-20-2013 Close published Sunday September 22th, 2013 Please read the prior post on the SP500 and the 10 Year Treasury first and come back to this one.  I give the blow by blow … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for the SP500 Index Close on 9-20-2013: Testing, Testing. QE Reduction Coming Soon!

Posted on September 22, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 9-20-2013 Close published Sunday September 22th, 2013 The SP500 Index is back testing the last breakout after reaching the top of the longer term up channel last week at 1729.44, just below my … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 5-31-2013: One Down. Two Up.

Posted on June 5, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 5-31-2013 Close published Sunday June 2nd, 2013 with updates. UPDATE for 6-13-2013 @ 2:40 pm: Is the sell-off over?  Not likely.  It looks like it could be a Bear trap, but if you … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 5-24-2013: Markets Giving Up Their Stretch As Warned

Posted on June 1, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 5-24-2013 Close published Saturday June 1st, 2013 UPDATE 6-01-2013:  The Bear has reared its head.  The sell-off in the form of the C wave mentioned below is now underway. The so-called C wave … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 5-03-2013: New Highs but Could the Rally Fall Apart?

Posted on May 6, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 5-03-2013 Close published Sunday May 5th, 2013 UPDATE 5-9-2013 @ 2:29 pm ET: The SP500 Index is now above the wedge previously discussed no matter how you draw it.  The Bears need a … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 3-15-2013: Survey Says Watch Out for the Coming Correction

Posted on March 19, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 3-15-2013 Close published Sunday March 17th, 2013 UPDATE for 3-20-2013 @ 10:14 am: The market is bouncing based on aid from Russia to Cyprus of 10 billion dollars.  The chart below shows: 1. … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 3-08-2013: Stocks Make New Highs

Posted on March 11, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 3-08-2013 Close published Sunday March 10th, 2013 UPDATE 3-11-2013 @ 7:12 pm ET: Intel provided a great trading example today.  Some say to forget all intraday moves.  Sometimes that works, but not always.  … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 3-01-2013: Saved by Dr. Ben but Soon a Correction

Posted on March 5, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 3-01-2013 Close published Sunday March 3rd, 2013 UPDATE 3-07-2013 @ 12:10 pm ET: The REITs did in fact break out and are now consolidating (moving sideways) just above the breakout point of 959.48 … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 10-19-2012: The Correction Will Likely Deepen

Posted on October 23, 2012 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 10-19-2012 Close published Monday October 22nd, 2012 UPDATED SP500 Index Chart as of 12:58 pm ET 10-25-2012: The Ten Year Treasure Note (TNX,TLT) is rallying again as of Friday from about the same … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 10-12-2012: : October is Correction Month and Sentiment Has Room to Fall for U.S.

Posted on October 15, 2012 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 10-12-2012 Close published Sunday October 14th, 2012 UPDATE 10-15-2012: The market did in fact bounce from support, but not quite enough to say it will again retop or rally further.  Gold broke down … Continue reading →

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