Table Of Contents:
1. CRB Commodities Index, US Dollar
2. Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Copper, Coffee
3. Precious Metals: Chinese Yuan, Japanese Yen, Gold, Silver, Palladium
4. GDX and individual precious metal stocks. We really had some nice trade ideas in this sector, and going forward we want to continue paying attention to this sector. For those of you looking for swing trades, this may be an area to focus on, and some of these stocks you could enter long with a stop (suggested on the charts).
Major Indexes | Index Symbol | ETF Symbol | % G / L Day | % G / L Week | Close |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dow Jones | INDU - W | DIA - W | 0.75% | 0.12% | 24,737.20 |
S&P 500 | SPX - W | SPY - W | 0.85% | -0.22% | 2,664.76 |
Wilshire 5000 | WLSH - W | 0.94% | -0.13% | 27,580.24 | |
Nasdaq | COMPQ - W | 1.29% | 0.11% | 7,164.86 | |
NDX 100 | NDX - W | QQQ - W | 1.27% | 0.04% | 6,787.37 |
Russel 2000 (Small Caps) | RUT - W | IWM - W | 1.26% | 0.02% | 1,482.85 |
Market Sectors | Index Symbol | ETF Symbol | % G / L Day | % G / L Week | Close |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transports | TRAN - W | IYT - W | 0.81% | -0.90% | 9,921.78 |
Banks | BKX - W | 0.97% | 0.68% | 98.21 | |
Financials | XLF - W | 0.81% | 0.00% | 26.00 | |
Brokers | XBD - W | 0.64% | -1.49% | 259.58 | |
XLE (Energy Select) | XLE - W | 1.27% | -1.43% | 62.93 | |
Oil Service Holders | OIH - W | 3.18% | -0.23% | 17.20 | |
Technology | XLK - W | 1.42% | 0.89% | 65.93 | |
Semiconductor | SOX - W | SMH - W | 2.17% | 4.30% | 1,281.16 |
Communication Services | XLC - W | 1.27% | -0.82% | 44.60 | |
Retail | XRT - W | 1.62% | -0.42% | 44.67 | |
Consumer Staples | XLP - W | -0.40% | -1.37% | 51.73 | |
Consumer Discretionary | XLY - W | 1.11% | 0.21% | 107.03 | |
Industrials | XLI - W | 1.27% | -0.17% | 70.07 | |
Real Estate | IYR - W | 1.17% | 1.23% | 80.64 | |
Homebuilders | HGX - W | XHB - W | 0.22% | 0.41% | 266.68 |
Materials | XLB - W | 1.90% | -0.73% | 53.12 | |
Metals And Mining | XME - W | 3.59% | 0.96% | 29.44 | |
GDX Gold Miners ETF | GDX - W | 3.32% | 4.28% | 21.18 | |
Biotechnology | BTK - W | XBI - W | 1.83% | -0.58% | 4,871.00 |
Healthcare | XLV - W | 0.12% | -1.29% | 88.92 | |
Drugs | DRG - W | -0.22% | -2.72% | 557.14 | |
Utilities | UTIL - W | XLU - W | -1.36% | 0.22% | 708.20 |
Currencies | Index Symbol | ETF Symbol | % G / L Day | % G / L Week | Close |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Dollar | UUP - W | -0.82% | -0.47% | 25.44 | |
Euro | XEU - W | FXE - W | 0.57% | 0.00% | 113.70 |
Yen | XJY - W | FXY - W | 0.06% | 0.21% | 91.28 |
Australian | XAD - W | FXA - W | 1.25% | 0.20% | 71.81 |
British Pound | XBP - W | FXB - W | 1.01% | 2.51% | 131.97 |
Chinese Yuan | CYB - W | 0.66% | 0.97% | 25.91 | |
Canadian Dollar | CDW - W | FXC - W | 1.01% | 0.34% | 75.66 |
Swiss Franc | XSF - W | FXF - W | 0.44% | 0.37% | 100.80 |
Commodities | Index Symbol | ETF Symbol | % G / L Day | % G / L Week | Close |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commodities | DBC - W | 0.52% | -0.06% | 15.55 | |
Crude Oil | WTIC - W | USO - W | 1.05% | -0.65% | 53.69 |
Gasoline | GASO - W | 0.13% | -4.36% | 1.39 | |
Natural Gas | NATGAS - W | UNG - W | 2.47% | -11.77% | 3.07 |
Copper | COPPER - W | JJCB - W | 3.20% | 0.37% | 2.73 |
Agriculture | DBA - W | -0.64% | -1.16% | 17.08 | |
Corn | CORN - W | CORN - W | 0.86% | -0.39% | 380.25 |
Wheat | WHEAT - W | WEAT - W | -0.29% | 0.43% | 520.00 |
Coffee | BJO - W | -2.04% | -3.06% | 41.78 | |
Sugar | CANE - W | -3.53% | -3.66% | 7.38 |
Precious Metals | Index Symbol | ETF Symbol | % G / L Day | % G / L Week | Close |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold Metal | GLD - W | 1.46% | 1.52% | 122.86 | |
Silver | SLV - W | 2.65% | 2.57% | 14.74 | |
Platinum | PPLT - W | 1.93% | 2.45% | 77.49 | |
Palladium | PALL - W | 2.77% | -1.32% | 128.98 | |
GDX Gold Miners ETF | GDX - W | 3.32% | 4.28% | 21.18 |
Bonds | Index Symbol | ETF Symbol | % G / L Day | % G / L Week | Close |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
High Yield Corporate Bond | HYG - W | 0.25% | -0.11% | 84.41 | |
TLT 20 Year Bond ETF | TLT - W | -0.48% | 0.81% | 120.53 | |
10 Year Treasury Yield | TNX - W | 1.51% | -1.11% | 27.53 | |
30 Year Treasury Yield | TYX - W | 0.96% | -1.16% | 30.62 |
Date | ET | Release | For | Actual | Briefing.com Forecast | Briefing.com Consensus | Prior | Revised From |
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Jan 29 | 08:00 | S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index | Nov | 4.8% | 4.9% | 5.0% | ||
Jan 29 | 10:00 | Consumer Confidence | Jan | 125.0 | 126.1 | 128.1 | ||
Jan 30 | 07:00 | MBA Mortgage Applications Index | 01/26 | NA | NA | -2.7% | ||
Jan 30 | 08:15 | ADP Employment Change | Jan | 180K | 170K | 271K | ||
Jan 30 | 08:30 | Pending Home Sales | Dec | 0.5% | 0.7% | -0.7% | ||
Jan 30 | 10:30 | EIA Crude Oil Inventories | 01/26 | NA | NA | +8.0M | ||
Jan 30 | 14:00 | FOMC Rate Decision | Jan | 2.375% | 2.375% | 2.375% | ||
Jan 31 | 08:30 | Personal Income | Dec | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | ||
Jan 31 | 08:30 | Personal Spending | Dec | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | ||
Jan 31 | 08:30 | Core PCE Price Index | Dec | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | ||
Jan 31 | 08:30 | PCE Price Index | Dec | NA | NA | 0.1% | ||
Jan 31 | 08:30 | Employment Cost Index | Q4 | 0.8% | 0.8% | NA | ||
Jan 31 | 08:30 | Initial Claims | 01/26 | 212K | 220K | 199K | ||
Jan 31 | 08:30 | Continuing Claims | 01/19 | NA | NA | 1713K | ||
Jan 31 | 09:45 | Chicago PMI | Jan | 60.0 | 58.0 | 65.4 | ||
Jan 31 | 10:30 | EIA Natural Gas Inventories | 01/26 | NA | NA | -163 bcf | ||
Feb 01 | 08:30 | Nonfarm Payrolls | Jan | 180K | 160K | 312K | ||
Feb 01 | 08:30 | Nonfarm Private Payrolls | Jan | 170K | 160K | 301K | ||
Feb 01 | 08:30 | Average Hourly Earnings | Jan | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | ||
Feb 01 | 08:30 | Unemployment Rate | Jan | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.9% | ||
Feb 01 | 08:30 | Average Workweek | Jan | 34.5 | 34.4 | 34.5 | ||
Feb 01 | 10:00 | ISM Manufacturing Index | Jan | 55.0 | 53.6 | 54.1 | ||
Feb 01 | 10:00 | Univ. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment - Final | Jan | 90.9 | 90.7 | 90.7 |
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