Category Archives: gold etf

Market Timing Brief for 2-08-2013: Bull Run Version 2.0

Posted on February 11, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 2-08-2013 Close published Sunday February 10th, 2012 UPDATE 2-13-2013 @ 10:15 pm: This is an update of my 2013 prediction on banking stocks.  They’ve continued to do well.  Biotechs (BTK) and drug stocks … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 2-01-2013: Stocks are In and Bonds are Out! The Next Target for the SP500 Index

Posted on February 4, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 2-01-2013 Close published Sunday February 3rd, 2012 UPDATE 2-6-2013 after the close: The VIX volatility index is straddling a critical support level of 13.30, which tells you the market is not quite sure … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 1-25-2013: A Few Bad Apples Don’t Spoil the Market

Posted on January 28, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 1-25-2013 Close published Sunday January 27th, 2012 UPDATE 1-28-2013 @ 9:49 pm ET: The VIX failed to maintain its fall below support at 13.30 today, but is barely above it as this chart … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 1-18-2013: The Bulls Have the Ball for Now

Posted on January 22, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 1-18-2013 Close published Monday January 21st, 2012 UPDATE 1-24-2013 @ 2:51 AM ET: The Bulls may have just dropped the Big Tech Ball.  The QQQ’s (NASDAQ 100 Index) took an afterhours hit due … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 1-11-2013: Will Earnings be Enough? And What the 2013 Stars Could Be.

Posted on January 14, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 1-11-2013 Close published Sunday January 13th, 2012 UPDATE 1-14-2012 @ Close: The SP500 Index pulled back a bit before the President’s speech and then recovered to about flat.  The overhead resistance shown in … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 1-04-2013: After the Fiscal Cliff. Now what?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 1-04-2013 Close published Sunday January 6th, 2012 UPDATE 1-07-2013 after the close: Today’s little pullback was “noise.”  The market stayed within the market timing price range of the prior two days as shown … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 12-28-2012: Throw Out the Rule Book for the Fiscal Cliff Correction

Posted on January 2, 2013 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 12-28-2012 Close published Sunday December 30th, 2012 UPDATE 1-3-2013 @ 3:00 pm: GLD (see chart below) fell back due to the Fed news that several members believe QE3 will end in 2013.  That … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 12-21-2012: The November SP500 Index High Two vs. the Bulls Zero.

Posted on December 25, 2012 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 12-21-2012 Close published Sunday December 23rd, 2012 UPDATE 12-27-2012: The SP500 Index in market timing terms is just above the two nearby support levels of the 12-14-2012 low of 1411.88 and the 50 … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief for 12-14-2012: Why the U.S. Markets are Vulnerable Now

Posted on December 17, 2012 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 12-14-2012 Close published Sunday December 16th, 2012 UPDATE 12-19-2012: Two charts explain why the QQQ (NASDAQ 100 “Big Tech” index is now a trading buy and probably also an intermediate term buy (see … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Tip: There’s Gold in the Gold Miner vs. Gold Chart

Posted on December 13, 2012 by David Durand

There is true gold to be found in the chart below.  If you look at the market timing rally in gold stocks last summer that began on August 6th, you’ll see that the miners (GDX) ran ahead of the gold … Continue reading →

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