The levitating stock markets continue to seductively entrance traders, powering to new nominal record highs day after day after day. No one believes a meaningful selloff is even possible anymore, ...
Nikkei filled the gap at 15240 last week and topped out here. It is starting to look like we have run out of steam at this stage. We could drift lower tomorrow to support at 14989 possibly 14835. If ...
Kospi hit strong resistance at 260.40 and overran slightly to 261 before dropping back last week. Having failed here we could now drift lower at the start of this week. Our first support at the 200 ...
HSCEI managing to hold 10996/910 support but the outlook is starting to weaken so any longs need stops below 10870 tomorrow. We then look for 10798, possibly 10660/20 for a buying ...
Hang Seng held just above strong support from the 100 day moving average at 22768/645 all of last week. However a break lower looks more likely tomorrow and will significantly weaken the outlook for ...
FTSE China held above 8030/60 and broke 8130/50 as we close in on the 100 day moving average at 8322. We should struggle here but a push higher then targets tough resistance at 8365/75. In fact from ...
Topix broke 1261 but only as far as 1265. It does look like we could be running out of steam at this stage. Below 1237 we retest the low of the last 2 days at 1231/30 then better support at 1221/20. ...
Most obvious is the breakout above the top of a long-term trading range. The breakout is decisive (more than three percent), so the technical assumption is that it is unlikely that prices will fall ...
What a market. Our mantra for months now (and if you follow our stream you will have heard this a number of times) is don’t worry about indices, just trade individual set-ups. As long as there ...
Jurisdiction risk continues to grow as a result of countries attempting to capitalize on higher commodity prices. In this interview for The Gold Report,Thibaut Lepouttre, editor of Caesars Report, a ...
Dividend Investors should have a broad overview of stocks including their upcoming ex-dividend dates. The ex-dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer wouldn’t receive the ...
What’s the trend been lately? Let’s put on our biggest thinking caps and try to figure that one out:I think “Relentlessly Up” would describe it succinctly. May 1 was the only ...
A thoughtful Sloper just emailed me this and gave me permission to share: A different approach to shorting on Synnex Corp. (SNX) As one can see in the graph below, SNX gapped down on lowered guidance...
VIX Index is near historic lows as complacency runs high In recent days, the VIX index, the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index, also known as the fear index, has dipped back into extremely low ...
Record labels have had to change their business model over the years from a cassette tape and compact disc focus to a digital focus in the new millennium. The retail music business has suffered but ...
Stocks close at new record highs after Thompson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index reaches its highest level since 2007. Stocks finished the week Friday with a bang after the ...
Note from dshort: I've updated this commentary in light of a later-than usual adjustment to the closing numbers from my Stockcharts.com source. Pre-market futures pointed higher and the S&P 500 ...
| SPX 500 Futures | 1,663.15 | -0.85 | -0.05% | |||
| NQ 100 Futures | 3,019.60 | +0.10 | +0.00% | |||
| US 30 | 15,332.00 | -18.97 | -0.12% | |||
| DAX | 8,453.30 | +57.83 | +0.69% | |||
| FTSE 100 | 6,753.30 | +32.57 | +0.48% | |||
| Japan 225 | 15,351.50 | -9.31 | -0.06% | |||
| US Dollar Index | 84.07 | +0.16 | +0.19% |
| Gold | 1,386.45 | +2.35 | +0.17% | |||
| Silver | 22.483 | -0.099 | -0.44% | |||
| Copper | 3.344 | -0.011 | -0.31% | |||
| Crude Oil | 96.87 | -0.07 | -0.07% | |||
| Natural Gas | 4.098 | +0.004 | +0.11% | |||
| US Cotton No.2 | 85.70 | -0.12 | -0.13% | |||
| US Coffee C | 135.85 | -1.15 | -0.84% |
| Euro Bund | 144.89 | -0.28 | -0.19% | |||
| Euro BTP | 116.47 | -0.10 | -0.09% | |||
| Euro BOBL | 126.556 | -0.120 | -0.09% | |||
| UK Gilt | 117.58 | -0.11 | -0.09% | |||
| US 2 YR T-Note | 110.26 | +0.01 | +0.01% | |||
| US 10 YR T-Note | 131.82 | +0.03 | +0.02% | |||
| US 30 YR T-Bond | 143.76 | +0.02 | +0.01% |
| Central Banks | Interest Rates | Next Meeting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FED | 0.00%-0.25% | Jun 19, 2013 | |||
| ECB | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| BOE | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| SNB | 0.00% | Jun 20, 2013 | |||
| RBA | 2.75% | Jun 04, 2013 | |||
| BOC | 1.00% | May 29, 2013 | |||
| RBNZ | 2.50% | Jun 12, 2013 | |||
| BOJ | 0.10% | May 22, 2013 | |||
