Category Archives: gold etf

Market Timing the US Dollar: Hanging In There

Posted on April 4, 2011 by David Durand

How is the US dollar index doing in market timing terms? It is weak but still clinging to a ledge just above 75.63, which will be the critical break point if this rally is washed down the ravine into oblivion.  … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Gold and Gold ETFs (GLD;IAU)

Posted on March 21, 2011 by David Durand

Please scroll down for the latest update.  Thanks. The premarket attempted to take out the 139.54 resistance point and failed as of now. A failure to close over this point will bring gold down again.  Watch to see whether the … Continue reading →

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Stocks, the Dollar and Gold: Market Timing a Turn in the Markets

Posted on March 21, 2011 by David Durand

Please scroll down for the latest update.  Thanks. The SP500 is nearly back to the breakdown point of 1294.26 and if it fails to make it over, this will have been a prime opportunity to sell.  If you’ve sold nothing, … Continue reading →

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Market Timing the SP500 Index, Gold and the US Dollar

Posted on March 15, 2011 by David Durand

The dollar has failed to begin its bounce, while the stock market is likely to sustain the first important breakdown today on the close (see below!).  But there are false starts. The last time we had a great US dollar … Continue reading →

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Market Timing the US Dollar Index, Gold and Stocks: New Trend?

Posted on March 11, 2011 by David Durand

The dollar looks like it is starting a rally. Yesterday I tweeted via DavidBDurandMD on Twitter that I had gone long the US dollar.  Today I went short the Euro.  There are ETF’s you can use to do this if … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Gold: You Can’t Go Both Ways

Posted on March 7, 2011 by David Durand

Nope. Either gold miners go up with gold or gold (GLD, IAU) cannot continue to go up. That correlation can fail over short periods of time, but not over long periods of time and it’s a good idea to look … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Gold: Will the Sell Signal Be Voided?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by David Durand

Gold (GLD) is attempting to recover from the SELL signal generated when it closed below the GLD high of 139.54. What I’ve described multiple times is that it’s important to pay attention when markets “play” with a particular number.  This … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Gold: Reversal at a Top or Not?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by David Durand

Gold (GLD, IAU) is down hard today from an attempt at a new high. This does not guarantee it will fail, so you may want to average out instead of selling everything at once, but it does increase the risk … Continue reading →

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Market Timing the US Dollar Index: Watch this line

Posted on February 24, 2011 by David Durand

The US dollar index has dropped just below a major up trend line this morning that is formed by the Nov. 2010 and early Feb. 2011 lows. A breach of this line at around 77.19 would cause the dollar to … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Signal: The US Dollar Failed A Test and Your Federal Credit Rating Just Declined!

Posted on February 23, 2011 by David Durand

The US dollar has been considered the reserve currency of the world. That means that when the you-know-what hits the international fan, the dollar is SUPPOSED to rally. It barely moved yesterday! Gold did move up significantly. This amounts to … Continue reading →

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