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Market Timing Brief™ for the 03-19-2021 Close: “What Can You Do if the Stock Market Weakens Further? Any Help for Gold? Will the Ramp in Interest Rates Slow Down?”

Posted on March 22, 2021 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the March 19, 2021 close… What’s the Market Timing Set-up Now? The Tech Sector became grossly overvalued (numerous stocks with massive Price/Sales ratios), and some of that is being corrected.  However, new lows in … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™ for the 01-29-2021 Close: “Is the U.S. Stock Market Done Giving Back Gains? Gold with Losses for 2021 and Interest Rates Still Climbing.”

Posted on January 31, 2021 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the January 29, 2021 close… What’s the Market Timing Set-up for February? We had an initial decent start to the year, and then things got a bit crazy with stocks like Gamestop and AMC … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™ for the 12-24-2020 Close: “The Risks to 2021 Stock Market Setup. Two Risks are Solved, One Fake and Three Real! P.S. Gold Is Sliding.”

Posted on December 28, 2020 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the December 24, 2020 close… First some orientation to what you’ll see here going forward in terms of market timing.  I’m going to reduce my view of the markets to short simple statements.  There … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™ for the 10-16-2020 Close (with 10-25-20 COVID-19 Update): “The Markets Pre-Election 2020: U.S. Stocks In Uptrend but with a Lower High and Persistent Volatility. Gold on Pause. Rates Under Fed Control.”

Posted on October 19, 2020 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the October 16th, 2020 close… The context for the market timing charts are addressed on social media during the week (links below), so be sure to read those posts as well, or you’ll miss … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™ for the 09-18-2020 Close: “U.S. Stocks Tipping Over? Gold Pause. Rates Range Bound.”

Posted on September 21, 2020 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the September 18th, 2020 close… The context for the market timing charts are addressed on social media during the week (links below), so be sure to read those posts as well, or you’ll miss … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™ for the 08-21-2020 Close: “Which Equity Markets Are You In? Gold Still In Bull Trend. Rates Falling Again.”

Posted on August 22, 2020 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the August 21st, 2020 close… The context for the market timing charts are addressed on social media during the week (links below), so be sure to read those posts as well, or you’ll miss … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™ for the 07-17-2020 Close: “U.S. Markets Bullish, but Stretched Again. Gold Bull Run Has More Upside. Rates Languish Near Key Lows.”

Posted on July 19, 2020 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the July 17, 2020 close… The context for the market timing charts are addressed on social media during the week, so be sure to read those posts as well, or you’ll miss at least … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™ for the 6-25-2020 Close: “Individual Investors Negative for 18 Weeks Straight! What Does Sentiment History Say? Plus: Is this a Bull Market or Bear Market? It’s BOTH. It’s a “V with a Weight On It.”

Posted on June 25, 2020 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the June 25, 2020 Close… No charts today…  Just straight talk about the markets and what I believe is hugely important in determining what lies ahead… First the data on sentiment… Survey Says! Bulls … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Brief™ on 5-21-2020 (Updated Charts 6-07-2020): “It Can Start All Over Again, Just the Way It Began in the First Place.”

Posted on May 21, 2020 by David Durand

6-07-2020 Coronavirus Update: The daily increase in active cases has ticked up as shown below.  Our market timing may hinge on the development of this chart alone.  The virus has NOT been defeated.  If people have that impression, they need … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™ for the 05-15-2020 Close (5-31-20 BMHS Update): “Is it Over Yet? Are U.S. Stocks Done Going Up? Gold Breaks Out. Will Yields Crash with Stocks?”

Posted on May 16, 2020 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the May 15, 2020 close… The context for the charts will be addressed on social media during the week…be sure to read those posts as well, or you’ll miss at least half of the … Continue reading →

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