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Stocks, the Dollar and Gold: Market Timing a Turn in the Markets

Posted on March 21, 2011 by David Durand

Please scroll down for the latest update.  Thanks. The SP500 is nearly back to the breakdown point of 1294.26 and if it fails to make it over, this will have been a prime opportunity to sell.  If you’ve sold nothing, … Continue reading →

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Market Timing the US Dollar Index and Gold (GLD,IAU,USDX): Last Stop Before Hell for the US Dollar

Posted on March 18, 2011 by David Durand

All aboard! Ninety five percent of Americans are riding the dollar train and are asleep. If the Nov. 2010 low of the US dollar index of 75.63 – 75.73 is taken out, the 2009 low (mini-hell) of 74.23 is next … Continue reading →

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Market Timing the SP500 Index, Gold and the US Dollar

Posted on March 15, 2011 by David Durand

The dollar has failed to begin its bounce, while the stock market is likely to sustain the first important breakdown today on the close (see below!).  But there are false starts. The last time we had a great US dollar … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Gold: You Can’t Go Both Ways

Posted on March 7, 2011 by David Durand

Nope. Either gold miners go up with gold or gold (GLD, IAU) cannot continue to go up. That correlation can fail over short periods of time, but not over long periods of time and it’s a good idea to look … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Gold: Will the Sell Signal Be Voided?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by David Durand

Gold (GLD) is attempting to recover from the SELL signal generated when it closed below the GLD high of 139.54. What I’ve described multiple times is that it’s important to pay attention when markets “play” with a particular number.  This … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Gold: Reversal at a Top or Not?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by David Durand

Gold (GLD, IAU) is down hard today from an attempt at a new high. This does not guarantee it will fail, so you may want to average out instead of selling everything at once, but it does increase the risk … Continue reading →

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Market Timing the US Dollar Index: Watch this line

Posted on February 24, 2011 by David Durand

The US dollar index has dropped just below a major up trend line this morning that is formed by the Nov. 2010 and early Feb. 2011 lows. A breach of this line at around 77.19 would cause the dollar to … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Signal: The US Dollar Failed A Test and Your Federal Credit Rating Just Declined!

Posted on February 23, 2011 by David Durand

The US dollar has been considered the reserve currency of the world. That means that when the you-know-what hits the international fan, the dollar is SUPPOSED to rally. It barely moved yesterday! Gold did move up significantly. This amounts to … Continue reading →

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Gold Stocks (HUI index; GDX) Run Ahead of Gold (GLD,IAU)

Posted on January 26, 2011 by David Durand

The GLD ETF is only up 0.02% while the gold stock ETF (GDX) is up 2.00%. Quite a difference. A market timing perspective and a fundamental perspective would BOTH be suspicious of the gold stock move. You might want to … Continue reading →

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China’s Currency Threats: Take them Seriously

Posted on January 19, 2011 by David Durand

President Hu said the US is printing too much money and is the cause of global inflation. Global food inflation is at 25% for the year. Imagine how that effects those who barely get by. Our Fed is hurting those … Continue reading →

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