Category: Daily update

Dow Theory Update for May 14: Stocks make higher highs

posted on: May 14, 2013

Gold and silver at crossroads Stocks The SPY, Industrials and Transports made higher highs (see chart below). Such higher highs re-confirm the primary bull market in stocks. The primary and secondary trend remains bullish. Be it QE, be it inflation ahead, be it who knows what…higher highs confirm the primary bull market Today’s volume was […]

Dow Theory Update for May 13: SPY makes higher high unconfirmed

posted on: May 13, 2013

Gold and silver complete set up for primary bull market signal Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary in this blog. More on paper gold woes Jeff Nielson, of The Street.com seems to get it right concerning paper gold woes. People are not deserting gold, but “paper gold” which is quite a different beast. […]

Dow Theory update for May 10: SPY and Industrials make higher highs

posted on: May 10, 2013

Gold makes lower low unconfirmed by silver What lies behind gold’s decline? One Bad Adder is another follower of FOFOA’s blog whose comments, in my opinion, deserve to be heard. In this comment (posted on May 10 at 12:00 AM), he summarily explains the real cause behind gold’s decline. Contrary to conventional wisdom, gold went […]

Dow Theory Update for May 9: Stocks close with minor declines

posted on: May 9, 2013

No change in trends Where is the gold going? It seems that GLD is not the only one gold investment avenue afflicted by inventory losses. Zero Hedge reports that JPM eligible vault gold has just dropped to a new record low as you can read here. Maybe this link provides you with the answer. Stocks […]

Dow Theory Update for May 8: Bullish parade. Stocks make higher confirmed highs

posted on: May 8, 2013

Precious metals closed up Russell is cautiously bullish. Richard Russell, of the Dow Theory Letters, agrees that technically the primary trend of the market is bullish. So thinks Russell’s new associate Jon Strebler. However, Russell doesn’t like a market levitated by QE, and, accordingly, he prefers to be out of the market sitting tight on […]

Dow Theory Update for May 7: Stocks make once again higher highs

posted on: May 7, 2013

Precious metals meandering Stocks are “in the clear” I am happy that in the last few days, there have been several events that are technically relevant. In the absence of such days, writing a daily commentary becomes an exacting job, as days go by without anything noteworthy to be said (unless, one is willing to […]

Dow Theory Update for May 6: Transports confirm higher highs and with it primary bull market

posted on: May 6, 2013

Stocks dodge, once again, a secondary reaction. Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary in this blog. Today was a day laden with Dow Theory and technical relevant events. Stocks Last Friday May 3rd, the Industrials broke above the last recorded primary bull swing closing highs (04/10/2013). By doing this, the Industrials confirmed the […]

Dow Theory Update for May 3: No changes in trends

posted on: May 3, 2013

Today’s Dow Theory commentary is being written some 45’ minutes before the close. As far as I can see in the charts, there are no changes of trends. Therefore, the primary and secondary trend for stocks remains bullish. As to gold and silver, GLD and SLV, the primary trend is bearish and the secondary trend […]

Dow Theory Update for May 2: SPY makes higher highs. Once again, Industrials and Transports refuse to confirm

posted on: May 2, 2013

Gold and silver up. Let’s see what the Dow Theory has in store for us in this blog today. Stocks The SPY, Industrials and Transports closed up. Once again, the SPY has made a higher high whereas the Industrials, and the Transports are unable to confirm. According to the Dow Theory, the longer the lack […]

Dow Theory Update: Stocks fail to make higher highs

posted on: May 1, 2013

Gold and silver down. Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary in this blog. Stocks The SPY, Industrials and Transports closed down. The higher high made by the SPY two and three days ago, remain unconfirmed, which suggests weakness and increases the odds for a secondary reaction, unless either the SPY or the Industrials […]

Dow Theory Update for April 30: SPY makes new unconfirmed higher highs

posted on: April 30, 2013

Gold stronger than silver Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary for today in this blog. Alternative explanation to GLD “pukes.” Here and hereyou can find two views on GLD inventory drain. According to them, nothing nasty is about to happen to GLD or paper gold. Since Bron Suchecki, who works at the Perth […]

Dow Theory Update for April 29: Gold and silver setting up for a primary bull market

posted on: April 29, 2013

SPY makes unconfirmed higher highs. Secondary trend of gold and silver turns bullish Today has been a day rich in Dow Theory events. We shall deal with them accordingly in this Dow Theory blog. Stocks The SPY, Industrials and Transports closed up. The SPY managed to make a higher high on a closing basis. However, […]