Category: Daily update

Dow Theory Update for September 16: Gold and Silver set up for primary bull market signal

posted on: September 16, 2013

Secondary reaction for GDX and SIL signaled today Well, today there relevant events under Dow Theory for the precious metals universe. Let’s get started. US Stocks The SPY, the Industrials and Transports closed up. However, and while not strictly Dow Theory, I saw today many stocks failing to follow the bullish indices. I’d say that […]

Dow Theory Update for September 13: Precious metals arrest their decline

posted on: September 13, 2013

Trends unchanged for stocks and precious metals Chinese stock market Yesterday I posted that, according to the Dow Theory, a primary bull market had been signaled for Chinese stocks. During this weekend I plan to post more details about such primary bull market signal. US Stocks The SPY, the Industrials and Transports closed up. The […]

Dow Theory Update for September 12: Primary bull market for Chinese stocks signaled

posted on: September 12, 2013

Precious metals deflating In a past post, I dealt with Chinese stocks and the then ongoing primary bear market. My blog stats show me that I get a noticeable number of visitors from China. Thus, I think I should devote some more time to following the Chinese stock market. As I wrote in this post, […]

Dow Theory Update for September 10: Setup for primary bear market in stocks even clearer today

posted on: September 10, 2013

Precious metals fall out of bed Dorsey Wright debunks buy and hold The blog of Dorsey Wright money management has posted a brilliant article highlighting the risks of buy and hold. The basic argument runs as follows: · 1. The US and UK are the only countries that had the privilege of not seeing their […]

Dow Theory Update for September 9: Second step for primary bear market signal completed today

posted on: September 9, 2013

However, until proven otherwise, stocks remain in a primary bull market Last Friday I posted a new episode of the saga “Face off: Schannep versus classical Dow Theory,” which you can find here. Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary for today. Stocks The SPY, the Industrials and Transports closed up. The primary trend […]

Dow Theory Update for September 6: Indecisive day. No changes in trends

posted on: September 6, 2013

Precious metals modestly up. Is a secular bull or bear market? Doug Short has penned on Seeking Alpha a great article concerning secular bull and bear markets. You can find it here Another great article by Doug Short concerning the current state of overvaluation of the stock market can be read here on Seeking Alpha: […]

Dow Theory Update for September 5: Gold and silver miners ETFs weak

posted on: September 5, 2013

Stocks closed up, once again. This is going to be a short post, since there are no big Dow Theory relevant events. Stocks The SPY, Transports, and Industrials closed up. Last Friday, the Transports made a lower low unconfirmed by the SPY and Industrials. The longer non-confirmation persists, the higher the odds for the end […]

Dow Theory Update for September 4: Trends unchanged in spite of stock’s surge

posted on: September 4, 2013

Gold and silver: consolidation or running out of steam? New “page” dedicated to the saga “Face-off: Schannep versus classical Dow Theory” Readers of this Dow Theory blog know that I have been writing several posts concerning Schannep’s superiority versus the “Rhea/classical” Dow Theory (which in itself is also very good, as was demonstrated here, here […]

Dow Theory Update for September 3: Precious metals closed up but remain beneath last recorded highs

posted on: September 3, 2013

Stocks still caught in secondary reaction Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary for today on this blog. The SPY, Transports, and Industrials closed up. Last Friday, the Transports made a lower low unconfirmed by the SPY and Industrials. The longer non-confirmation persists, the higher the odds for the end of the secondary reaction. […]

Dow Theory Update for August 30: Trends unchanged

posted on: August 30, 2013

Gold and silver back off Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary for today on this blog. Stocks The SPY, Transports, and Industrials closed down. The Transports made a lower low unconfirmed by the SPY and Industrials. The longer non-confirmation persists, the higher the odds for the end of the secondary reaction. The primary […]

Dow Theory Update for August 29: Stocks consolidating. Secondary reaction unchanged

posted on: August 29, 2013

Gold and silver miners modestly up Stocks The SPY, Transports, and Industrials closed up. The primary trend is bullish, as explained here, and more in-depth here. The secondary is bearish, which implies an ongoing secondary reaction against the primary bullish trend, as explained here. The chart below displays the current state of the secondary reaction […]

Dow Theory Update for August 28: Gold refuses to flash primary bull market signal

posted on: August 28, 2013

Stocks continue trapped in secondary reaction Stocks The SPY and Industrials closed up. The Transports closed down. The primary trend is bullish, as explained here, and more in-depth here. The secondary is bearish, which implies an ongoing secondary reaction against the primary bullish trend, as explained here. Today’s volume was lower than yesterday’s. Since stocks […]