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Market Timing Brief™: Stocks and Gold Fall as the US Dollar Wedges Precariously Upward

Posted on November 22, 2011 by David Durand

Market Timing Brief™ for 11-21-2011: Bullish Signs and Hopes in a Sea of Red Europe remains a mess and the US is not far behind with lawmakers unable to make any progress on the deficit  The fact that they can … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Seven Signs on the Direction for Stocks, Gold, and the US Dollar

Posted on November 16, 2011 by David Durand

Market Timing Tells on the Markets NOTE ADDED: Friday, 11-18-11 on VIX 1.The SP500 Index (SPX; SPY) is at the lower up trend line of the triangle the SP500 has been in as explained in this week’s video chart.  If … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Tells on Stocks, Gold and the US Dollar

Posted on November 10, 2011 by David Durand

Market Timing Tells on the Markets (with 11-11-11 update at base) 1. Follow the bond market.  The last time the stock market moved down briskly, bonds were rallying hard.  Unfortunately the bond people are off on Veterans Day, so we … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: The Critical Signals to Watch

Posted on November 1, 2011 by David Durand

The Tells on this Market Treasuries have rallied again and are testing the prior market timing consolidations in both the 10 year note and the 30 year bond.  The VIX (“fear index”) moved up in the downtrend.  The market is … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: From Selling the Rallies to Buying the Dips

Posted on October 28, 2011 by David Durand

Market Timing Brief™ for 10-28-2011: Now that Europe is Solved, NOT On 10-26-2011, I told you to sit tight.  I said the markets were retesting in a market timing terms and that the little swoon was not the next wave … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Euro Fever with Stocks Down, Metals Up.

Posted on October 25, 2011 by David Durand

Market Timing Brief™ for 10-25-2011: Euro Fever for Stocks Given the lack of perceived adult behavior on the part of Euro leaders, all stock market indices showed weakness today.  The REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) had what is referred to … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Is the Next Move Up or Down for the SP500 Index?

Posted on October 20, 2011 by David Durand

Market Timing Brief™ for 10-20-2011: Looking Through the Fog It was another up and down day run by a statistic here and a rumor there.  The action was simply noise on the charts.  The reason I said today that the … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Treasuries Did Not Budge. So is this Stock Market Rally for Real?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by David Durand

Market Timing Brief™ for 10-18-2011 Treasuries did not budge today.  If this stock rally is for real, they should have shot up in yield, down in price.  Other sectors were listless.  Why wasn’t biotech rallying today?  The VIX is also … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Update: Buying the SP500 Index, Pros and Cons

Posted on August 29, 2011 by David Durand

UPDATE NOTE on 10-05-2011 – Gold’s Next Move: GLD Gold ETF Market Timing Update UPDATE NOTE: I posted an Update (10-06-2011) on the SP500 Index Here: The Ascending Triangle: Key to Market Timing the Stock Markets Market Timing Brief for … Continue reading →

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Gold Analysis and Market Timing: So you think gold is cheap???

Posted on August 23, 2011 by David Durand

Market Timing Brief for 8-23-2011 I wrote this article last night.  Today gold fell 3.51%.  You should know that high volatility moves in gold are often followed by a further move in the same direction.  Set your stops on trading … Continue reading →

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