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Market Timing Brief™: Spain Pain Drops and Futures Rally (then fade!)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by David Durand

Based on the 6-8-2012 Close published Sunday, 6-10-2012. UPDATE 10:15 AM ET ON 6-12-2012:  The VIX (VXX) has in fact jumped UP, not fallen down. That was on Monday.  The market got to the market timing resistance levels I said … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Without Central Bank Intervention the Summer 2011 Lows Are in Sight

Posted on June 4, 2012 by David Durand

Based on the 6-1-2012 Close published Sunday, 6-3-2012. A pivot point it was!  And did the markets ever pivot down this week with the volatility index (VIX) exploding.  I continued to exit in steps as we just don’t know when … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Pivot Point

Posted on May 30, 2012 by David Durand

From this week’s market timing report on 5-28-2012 with updates in blue:  For more, please see the free subscription link below. Update 5-30-12:  The gold and silver ETFs (GLD and SLV) are both back testing support and must hold around … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Did the Markets Fall Enough? Are There Enough Bears Finally?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by David Durand

Market Timing Update at 5-21-2012 near the open and at close: There was indeed a bounce and I’ve begun re-entering certain markets as reported on Twitter (see feed to the right).  Whether the market will bounce to the nearest resistance … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Will the Markets Find Support Soon?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by David Durand

5-13-2012 Brief with Updates 5-17-2012: The markets have broken down badly as I said they would if they did not hold April support levels.   They then cut through the March support level based on acceleratingly bad European bank news.   It … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: They Went Away in April

Posted on May 7, 2012 by David Durand

5-6-2012: (Update at 5-7-2012 close and again on 5-10-2012) 5-10-2012 UPDATE: Yesterday the SP500 Index closed just below support, which was at the April low. If the pop this morning holds on the close today , we can rise to … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Retest Time

Posted on May 1, 2012 by David Durand

5-01-2012 3:29 pm Update:  The SP500 Index (SPX, SPY) is indeed getting very close to doing a complete  retest of the prior high on April 2nd, so this weekend’s analysis is coming to pass.  In fact, the Dow is now … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief: Pausing or Teetering?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by David Durand

3-25-2012 The volatility index (VIX) is now above the 2011 low and has been consolidating, NOT blasting off to the upside.  I believe breaking the 2011 low will indicate the next big rally if that happens.  Moving above the Feb. … Continue reading →

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Market Timing Brief™: Stocks are “In the Middle,” gold is edging up, and the Dollar is Slipping

Posted on December 3, 2011 by David Durand

Read Latest Market Timing Feed Market Timing Brief™ for 12-02-2011: Monkey in the Middle 1. Multiple markets are now in the middle of runs.  It makes it harder to add to positions that are in the middle.  You can do … Continue reading →

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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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