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Commodity Weekend Newsletter Dec 2, 2012 - free

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Table of Contents:

1. Introductory Comments/Market, US Dollar

2. Precious Metals: Gold, Silver, GDX Analysis

3. General Commodities: CRB Index, DBA Ag ETF, Copper, Crude Oil, Gasoline, Natural Gas

4. BPENER - Bullish Percent Energy Index and XLE System

5. Long Term Rates 10,30 year Bond Yields

Hello everyone, here's the weekend commodity newsletter, however note that this one is a little longer then most of my newsletters because I also also discuss my thoughts on big picture items i.e. my longer term views on the market, interest rates, retirement etc. So make sure to listen when you have time.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Matthew Frailey

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Week of December 03 - December 07

Date	ET	Release	For	Briefing.com Forecast	Briefing.com Consensus	Prior
Dec 03	10:00	ISM Index	Nov	50.0	51.2	51.7
Dec 03	10:00	Construction Spending	Oct	0.3%	0.4%	0.6%
Dec 03	14:00	Auto Sales	Nov	NA	NA	5.2M
Dec 03	14:00	Truck Sales	Nov	NA	NA	6.0M
Dec 05	07:00	MBA Mortgage Index	12/01	NA	NA	-0.9%
Dec 05	08:15	ADP Employment Change	Nov	125K	125K	158K
Dec 05	08:30	Productivity-Rev.	Q3	2.4%	2.7%	1.9%
Dec 05	08:30	Unit Labor Costs -Rev	Q3	-0.8%	-0.8%	-0.1%
Dec 05	10:00	Factory Orders	Oct	-0.5%	-0.1%	4.8%
Dec 05	10:00	ISM Services	Nov	53.0	53.7	54.2
Dec 05	10:30	Crude Inventories	12/01	NA	NA	-0.347M
Dec 06	07:30	Challenger Job Cuts	Nov	NA	NA	11.6%
Dec 06	08:30	Initial Claims	12/1	385K	382K	393K
Dec 06	08:30	Continuing Claims	11/24	3250K	3275K	3287K
Dec 07	08:30	Nonfarm Payrolls	Nov	80K	90K	171K
Dec 07	08:30	Nonfarm Private Payrolls	Nov	50K	120K	184K
Dec 07	08:30	Unemployment Rate	Nov	8.1%	8.0%	7.9%
Dec 07	08:30	Hourly Earnings	Nov	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
Dec 07	08:30	Average Workweek	Nov	34.4	34.4	34.4
Dec 07	09:55	Mich Sentiment	Dec	82.0	82.4	82.7
Dec 07	15:00	Consumer Credit	Oct	$8.0B	$9.9B	$11.4B