Something unpleasant may be happening to the USD and Bonds
Let’s get started with our Dow Theory commentary for today.
The SPY, Industrials and Transports closed down today. The primary and secondary trend remains bullish.
Today’s volume was lower than yesterday’s. Since it was a down day, it has a bullish connotation since lower prices were not supported by volume. The overall pattern of volume remains bullish.
Gold (GLD) and silver (SLV) closed up. YesterdayI wrote that the BLV/GLD ratio was turning bearish. Today the ratio has fallen out of bed. See below an updated chart of the BLV/GLD ratio (the red line is the ratio, and the green horizontal line are the last secondary reaction lows of the ratio which were violated yesterday). When I find some free time (always in very short supply), I will write more about the implications of a falling ratio for gold, stocks, bonds themselves and the US dollar. In the meantime, you may get a glimpse of it by reading this post.
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| Bonds are turning bearish. Now turning weaker than an already weak gold |
The primary and secondary trend remains bearish.
SIL closed unchanged. GDX closed down. The miners look unable to rally even in the presence of falling bonds and rising gold.
The primary and secondary trend remains bearish.
Here you have the figures of the markets I monitor for today.
| Data for January 30, 2013 | |||
| DOW THEORY PRIMARY TREND MONITOR SPY | |||
| SPY | |||
| Bull market started | 11/15/2012 | 135.7 | |
| Bull market signaled | 01/02/2013 | 146.06 | |
| Last close | 01/30/2013 | 150.07 | |
| Current stop level: Bear mkt low | 135.7 | ||
| Unrlzd gain % | Tot advance since start bull mkt | Max Pot Loss % | |
| 2.75% | 10.59% | 7.63% | |
| DOW THEORY PRIMARY TREND MONITOR GOLD (GLD) | |||
| GLD | |||
| Bull market started | 05/16/2012 | 149.46 | |
| Bull market signaled | 08/22/2012 | 160.54 | |
| Exit December 20 | 12/20/2012 | 161.16 | |
| Current stop level: Sec React low | 11/02/2012 | 162.6 | |
| Realized Loss % | Tot advance since start bull mkt | ||
| 0.39% | 7.83% | ||
| DOW THEORY PRIMARY TREND MONITOR SILVER (SLV) | |||
| SLV | |||
| Bull market started | 06/28/2012 | 25.63 | |
| Bull market signaled | 08/22/2012 | 28.92 | |
| Exit December 20 | 12/20/2012 | 29 | |
| Current stop level: Sec React low | 11/02/2012 | 29.95 | |
| Realized gain % | Tot advance since start bull mkt | ||
| 0.28% | 13.15% | ||
| DOW THEORY PRIMARY TREND MONITOR ETF SIL | |||
| SIL | |||
| Bull market started | 07/24/2012 | 17.08 | |
| Bull market signaled | 09/04/2012 | 21.83 | |
| Exit January 23 | 01/24/2013 | 21.69 | |
| Current stop level: Sec React low | 11/15/2012 | 21.87 | |
| Realized Loss % | Tot advance since start bull mkt | ||
| -0.64% | 26.99% | ||
| DOW THEORY PRIMARY TREND MONITOR ETF GDX | |||
| GDX | |||
| Bull market started | 05/16/2012 | 39.56 | |
| Bull market signaled | 09/04/2012 | 47.77 | |
| Exit January 23 | 01/24/2013 | 44.56 | |
| Current stop level: Sec React low | 12/05/2012 | 45.35 | |
| Realized Loss % | Tot advance since start bull mkt | ||
| -6.72% | 12.64% | ||
Sincerely,
The Dow Theorist
