Category: Daily update

Dow Theory update for May 20: Gold and silver’s colossal outside reversal bar

posted on: May 20, 2013

Stocks’ rally stalls Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary for today. Stocks The SPY, Industrials and Transports closed down. The primary and secondary trend is bullish. Volume was lower than Friday’s, which, once again, has a bullish connotation. Gold and Silver Gold and silver closed up. They didn’t only close up, but they […]

Dow Theory Update for May 17: Primary bear market re-confirmed for gold and silver

posted on: May 17, 2013

Evaluating the unrealized gains hitherto made in SPY by the current primary bull market signal. It is time to make a small recap about the current primary bull market signal and the unrealized profit hitherto made by those following the Dow Theory. It is also time to take a closer look at our stop […]

Dow Theory Update for May 16: Gold and silver still flirting with danger

posted on: May 16, 2013

Stocks closed down. Let’s get started with our Dow Theory analysis for today. Stocks The SPY, Industrials and Transports closed down. The primary and secondary trend remains bullish. Today’s volume was lower than yesterday’s, which makes it a bullish volume day as declining prices were no joined by expanding volume. The overall patter of volume […]

Dow Theory Update for May 15: Gold and silver close to reconfirming primary bear market

posted on: May 15, 2013

Stocks make higher highs Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary for today. Stocks The SPY, Industrials and Transports made higher highs. The primary and secondary tend is bullish. Today’s volume was higher than yesterday, which is bullish as higher prices were met by expanding volume. Gold and silver GLD and SLV closed down. […]

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 […]