Category Archives: trading

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 Brief for 12-07-2012: Emerging Markets Power Ahead

Posted on December 10, 2012 by David Durand

A Market Timing Report based on the 12-07-2012 Close published Sunday December 9th, 2012 UPDATE 12-11-2012 @ 9:41 am: We’ll get back to the emerging markets below.  For now, take a look at the US dollar vs. the metals to … Continue reading →

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