Sunday August 12th, 2018 Newsletter - free

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Table Of Contents:

1. Opening Dialogue, Market Comments

2. General Market Analysis: Major Indexes (SPX, Dow, Nasdaq, Russell 2000)

3. Market Indicators, Bonds/Rates, Yield Curve

4. Market Sector Breakdown

5. World Markets

6. US Dollar, Commodities and Precious Metals

Major Indexes	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Dow Jones	INDU - W	DIA - W	-0.77%	-0.59%	25,313.14
S&P 500	SPX - W	SPY - W	-0.71%	-0.25%	2,833.28
Wilshire 5000	WLSH - W		-0.61%	0.04%	29,566.85
Nasdaq	COMPQ - W		-0.67%	0.35%	7,839.11
NDX 100	NDX - W	QQQ - W	-0.79%	0.17%	7,408.30
Russel 2000 (Small Caps)	RUT - W	IWM - W	-0.24%	0.80%	1,686.80

Market Sectors	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Transports	TRAN - W	IYT - W	-0.45%	-0.06%	11,090.63
Banks	BKX - W		-1.16%	-1.10%	109.12
Financials		XLF - W	-1.17%	-0.53%	27.97
Brokers	XBD - W		-0.52%	-0.09%	273.06
XLE (Energy Select)		XLE - W	0.61%	0.07%	75.29
Oil Service Holders		OIH - W	1.15%	-0.08%	25.48
Technology		XLK - W	-0.80%	0.43%	73.03
Semiconductor	SOX - W	SMH - W	-2.47%	-1.94%	1,354.80
Retail		XRT - W	0.06%	2.00%	50.99
Consumer Staples		XLP - W	-0.37%	-1.93%	53.24
Consumer Discretionary		XLY - W	-0.84%	0.77%	112.72
Industrials		XLI - W	-0.88%	-1.03%	75.07
Telecom		IYZ - W	-0.59%	2.11%	28.51
Real Estate		IYR - W	-0.90%	-1.78%	80.75
Homebuilders	HGX - W	XHB - W	-1.01%	-0.27%	301.76
Materials		XLB - W	-1.44%	-1.03%	58.68
Metals And Mining		XME - W	-0.37%	-2.01%	34.70
GDX Gold Miners ETF		GDX - W	-0.72%	-2.84%	20.56
Biotechnology	BTK - W	XBI - W	-0.21%	1.46%	5,132.76
Healthcare		XLV - W	-0.43%	-0.20%	89.63
Drugs	DRG - W		-0.47%	-0.76%	566.66
Utilities	UTIL - W	XLU - W	-0.54%	-0.73%	723.51

Currencies	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
US Dollar		UUP - W	0.71%	1.23%	25.48
Euro	XEU - W	FXE - W	-0.99%	-1.39%	114.15
Yen	XJY - W	FXY - W	0.21%	0.37%	90.21
Australian	XAD - W	FXA - W	-0.67%	-1.01%	73.23
British Pound	XBP - W	FXB - W	-0.46%	-1.79%	127.69
South African Rand	ZAR - W		-3.16%	-5.62%	0.07
Canadian Dollar	CDW - W	FXC - W	-0.74%	-1.07%	76.08
Swiss Franc	XSF - W	FXF - W	-0.17%	-0.07%	100.49

Commodities	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
CRB Commodities (17 Components)	CRB - W	DBC - W	-0.38%	-0.80%	191.69
Crude Oil	WTIC - W	USO - W	1.23%	-1.26%	67.63
Gasoline	GASO - W		1.97%	-1.27%	2.04
Natural Gas	NATGAS - W	UNG - W	-0.37%	3.19%	2.94
Copper	COPPER - W		-0.83%	-0.76%	2.74
Agriculture		DBA - W	-1.60%	-1.71%	17.21
Corn	CORN - W	CORN - W	-2.87%	-3.25%	371.75
Wheat	WHEAT - W	WEAT - W	-3.14%	-1.71%	546.75
Coffee	COFFEE - W	BJO - W	-0.23%	2.78%	1.11
Sugar	SUGAR - W		0.28%	-0.09%	0.11

Precious Metals	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Gold Metal	GLD - W	-0.04%	-0.20%	114.69
Silver	SLV - W	-0.76%	-0.62%	14.41
Platinum	PPLT - W	-0.51%	-0.39%	78.75
Palladium	PALL - W	0.65%	-0.31%	86.41
GDX Gold Miners ETF	GDX - W	-0.72%	-2.84%	20.56

Bonds	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
TLT 20 Year Bond ETF		TLT - W	0.73%	1.21%	120.66
10 Year Treasury Yield	TNX - W		-2.66%	-3.25%	28.57
30 Year Treasury Yield	TYX - W		-2.14%	-2.49%	30.16

Week of August 13 - August 17

Date	ET	Release	For	Briefing.com Forecast	Briefing.com Consensus	Prior
Aug 14	06:00	NFIB Small Business Optimism Index	Jul	NA	NA	107.2
Aug 14	08:30	Import Prices	Jul	NA	NA	-0.4%
Aug 14	08:30	Import Prices ex-oil	Jul	NA	NA	-0.3%
Aug 14	08:30	Export Prices	Jul	NA	NA	0.3%
Aug 14	08:30	Export Prices ex-ag.	Jul	NA	NA	0.4%
Aug 15	07:00	MBA Mortgage Applications Index	08/11	NA	NA	-3.0%
Aug 15	08:30	Retail Sales	Jul	0.2%	0.1%	0.5%
Aug 15	08:30	Retail Sales ex-auto	Jul	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%
Aug 15	08:30	Productivity-Prel	Q2	2.2%	2.0%	0.4%
Aug 15	08:30	Unit Labor Costs - Prelim	Q2	0.7%	0.5%	2.9%
Aug 15	08:30	Empire Manufacturing	Aug	21.5	20.0	22.6
Aug 15	09:15	Industrial Production	Jul	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%
Aug 15	09:15	Capacity Utilization	Jul	78.3%	78.3%	78.0%
Aug 15	10:00	Business Inventories	Jun	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%
Aug 15	10:00	NAHB Housing Market Index	Aug	66	67	68
Aug 15	10:30	Crude Inventories	08/11	NA	NA	-1.4M
Aug 15	16:00	Net Long-Term TIC Flows	Jun	NA	NA	$45.6B
Aug 16	08:30	Housing Starts	Jul	1275K	1256K	1173K
Aug 16	08:30	Building Permits	Jul	1320K	1316K	1273K
Aug 16	08:30	Initial Claims	08/11	215K	217K	213K
Aug 16	08:30	Continuing Claims	08/04	NA	NA	1755K
Aug 16	08:30	Philadelphia Fed	Aug	22.0	23.0	25.7
Aug 16	10:30	Natural Gas Inventories	08/11	NA	NA	+46 bcf
Aug 17	10:00	Leading Indicators	Jul	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
Aug 17	10:00	Univ. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment - prelim	Aug	98.5	97.8	97.9