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Market Timing Brief for the 6-12-2015 Close: Weakness in Stocks and Gold. Rates Finally Ease a Bit.

A Market Timing Report based on the 6-12-2015 Close, published Sunday June 14th, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). UPDATE 6-18-2015 11:40 am The Fed held interest rates steady this … Continue reading

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Market Timing Brief for the 6-05-2015 Close: Stay with the Innovators. Dollar Surges Helping Small Caps. Gold Falls As Rates Shoot Up.

A Market Timing Report based on the 6-05-2015 Close, published Sunday June 7th, 2015 I deliver focused comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). The SP500 Index dropped just a bit on Friday after the … Continue reading

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Why the World is Selling US Dollars and Treasuries: The Relativity Game

The US dollar (USDX, EURUSD) has been in decline despite rising interest rates (the dollar is up slightly today, but it looks like a blip compared to 10 Year Treasury yields that are banging UP against major resistance; TNX, TYX, … Continue reading

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When Does Gold Shine and When Does it Decline? The “Secret Formula” for Successful Gold Market Timing.

“What makes gold work as an investment and when does it become a portfolio disaster?” (Written 5-11-2015 and Updated 2-15-2022) When Does Gold DECLINE? Let’s handle the “bad news” first.  I said in my update of last week’s blog post: … Continue reading

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Market Timing Brief for the 5-01-2015 Close with 5-10-2015 UPDATE: Stocks Falter at a High. Gold Loses Some Luster. Rates Rising But Nearing Resistance.

A Market Timing Report based on the 5-01-2015 Close, published Saturday May 2nd, 2015 I deliver extremely FOCUSED comments on the markets.  These are supplemented with “Tweets/StockTwits” (see links below). UPDATE 5-10-2015: Dr. Yellen, our esteemed Fed Chair said U.S. … Continue reading

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Market Timing Brief for the 4-17-2015 Close: Stocks Correct in Their Up Trend. Rates Are Falling. Gold is a Trade and Insurance.

A Market Timing Report based on the 4-17-2015 Close, published Sunday April 19th, 2015 UPDATE for the Big Markets We Follow Published 4-26-2015 (Update 2 on a subscriber email is below these comments…) SP500 Index: stopped at 2117.69 on Friday, … Continue reading

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Market Timing Brief for the 4-02-2015 Close: U.S. Employment Loses Steam. U.S. Stock Futures Fall.

A Market Timing Report based on the 4-02-2015 Close, published Saturday April 4th, 2015 UPDATE 4-13-2015: There will be no publication this weekend.  Celebrating “tax week” with the rest of you and re-accessing future offerings going forward. MY CONCLUSIONS FROM … Continue reading

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Market Timing Brief for the 3-27-2015 Close: Lower U.S. Rates is the Best Bet Around (Updated 5-11-2015))

A Market Timing Report based on the 3-27-2015 Close, published Sunday March 29nd, 2015 I keep my comments reasonably brief to honor both my time and yours.  The rest is on Twitter®/StockTwits®. UPDATE 5-1 1-2015: Just 9 days ago, the … Continue reading

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Market Timing Brief for 3-26-2015: A Possible Scenario for the Fed, Rates (Bonds), Stocks, Gold, and the U.S. Dollar.

A Market Timing Report about Fed FOMC rate changes and how they may move the various markets… Here’s my proposed scenario: 1. The Fed insists, as Fed Gov. Bullard repeated this morning, that it wants to move off “zero interest … Continue reading

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Market Timing Brief for the 3-20-2015 Close: Stocks Will Go Higher In Time. Gold Has A Shot. Rates Will Fall Further.

A Market Timing Report based on the 3-20-2015 Close, published Sunday March 22nd, 2015 I keep my comments reasonably brief to honor both my time and yours.  The rest is on Twitter®/StockTwits®. Let’s see how I did with: CONCLUSIONS FROM … Continue reading

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