Comprehensive BPT Newsletter For Feb 18th, 2019 - free

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Table of Contents:

1. Glance at last Week Stats, Upcoming Economic Table, Earnings Release Dates

2. Review of the Major Indexes, Monthly, Weekly, Daily Intra day with focus on S&P 500

3. An In-Depth look at important market indicators: VIX, CPC, NYSI, NASI, and summation indicators,

4. Quick Overview of Bonds via TLT and HYG, Yield Curve, Economic Indicators

5. Examine Sector Charts

6. Commodities: Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Copper, Corn, US Dollar Precious Metals (Gold, Silver, Palladium, GDX, Gold Stocks)

7. 401K System comments and changes

Major Indexes	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Dow Jones	INDU - W	DIA - W	1.74%	3.09%	25,883.25
S&P 500	SPX - W	SPY - W	1.09%	2.50%	2,775.60
Wilshire 5000	WLSH - W		1.09%	2.67%	28,804.29
Nasdaq	COMPQ - W		0.61%	2.39%	7,472.41
NDX 100	NDX - W	QQQ - W	0.47%	2.05%	7,055.18
Russel 2000 (Small Caps)	RUT - W	IWM - W	1.56%	4.17%	1,569.25

Market Sectors	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Transports	TRAN - W	IYT - W	0.29%	3.84%	10,567.69
Banks	BKX - W		2.37%	3.00%	99.40
Financials		XLF - W	2.13%	2.96%	26.43
Brokers	XBD - W		1.52%	2.78%	266.16
XLE (Energy Select)		XLE - W	1.61%	5.05%	66.12
Oil Service Holders		OIH - W	2.45%	6.49%	17.56
Technology		XLK - W	0.80%	2.40%	69.62
Semiconductor	SOX - W	SMH - W	0.53%	3.74%	1,351.18
Communication Services		XLC - W	0.43%	0.98%	46.18
Retail		XRT - W	1.16%	3.23%	45.34
Consumer Staples		XLP - W	0.95%	1.04%	54.35
Consumer Discretionary		XLY - W	0.69%	2.73%	110.06
Industrials		XLI - W	1.34%	3.59%	75.69
Real Estate		IYR - W	0.62%	1.11%	85.05
Homebuilders	HGX - W	XHB - W	0.88%	3.90%	286.15
Materials		XLB - W	1.36%	3.38%	54.48
Metals And Mining		XME - W	0.79%	2.83%	30.55
GDX Gold Miners ETF		GDX - W	1.31%	0.40%	22.43
Biotechnology	BTK - W	XBI - W	1.62%	4.45%	5,000.56
Healthcare		XLV - W	1.51%	3.24%	92.85
Drugs	DRG - W		1.32%	2.54%	587.91
Utilities	UTIL - W	XLU - W	0.42%	-0.18%	738.52

Currencies	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
US Dollar		UUP - W	-0.19%	0.27%	25.79
Euro	XEU - W	FXE - W	-0.04%	-0.52%	112.92
Yen	XJY - W	FXY - W	-0.06%	-0.80%	90.46
Australian	XAD - W	FXA - W	0.50%	0.57%	71.41
British Pound	XBP - W	FXB - W	0.66%	-0.42%	128.89
Chinese Yuan		CYB - W	0.23%	-0.15%	25.83
Canadian Dollar	CDW - W	FXC - W	0.36%	0.25%	75.50
Swiss Franc	XSF - W	FXF - W	-0.05%	-0.48%	99.47

Commodities	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Commodities		DBC - W	1.86%	2.71%	15.91
Crude Oil	WTIC - W	USO - W	2.89%	6.18%	55.98
Gasoline	GASO - W		15.23%	20.17%	1.74
Natural Gas	NATGAS - W	UNG - W	2.02%	1.63%	2.63
Copper	COPPER - W	JJCB - W	0.88%	-0.43%	2.80
Agriculture		DBA - W	0.96%	0.24%	16.87
Corn	CORN - W	CORN - W	0.00%	0.13%	374.75
Wheat	WHEAT - W	WEAT - W	-0.54%	-2.51%	504.25
Coffee		BJO - W	-2.04%	-3.06%	41.78
Sugar		CANE - W	4.71%	2.75%	7.67

Precious Metals	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Gold Metal	GLD - W	0.60%	0.48%	124.80
Silver	SLV - W	1.16%	-0.07%	14.82
Platinum	PPLT - W	2.57%	0.90%	76.52
Palladium	PALL - W	1.14%	2.85%	136.54
GDX Gold Miners ETF	GDX - W	1.31%	0.40%	22.43

Bonds	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
High Yield Corporate Bond		HYG - W	0.32%	0.72%	85.40
TLT 20 Year Bond ETF		TLT - W	0.16%	-0.30%	121.98
10 Year Treasury Yield	TNX - W		0.34%	1.29%	26.66
30 Year Treasury Yield	TYX - W		-0.33%	0.71%	29.97

Week of February 18 - February 22

Date	ET	Release	For	Briefing.com Forecast	Briefing.com Consensus	Prior
Feb 19	10:00	NAHB Housing Market Index	Feb	59	59	58
Feb 20	07:00	MBA Mortgage Applications Index	02/16	NA	NA	-3.7%
Feb 20	14:00	FOMC Minutes	Jan	NA	NA	NA
Feb 21	08:30	Durable Orders	Dec	1.7%	1.3%	0.8%
Feb 21	08:30	Durable Goods ex-transportation	Dec	0.3%	0.2%	-0.3%
Feb 21	08:30	Initial Claims	02/16	231K	225K	239K
Feb 21	08:30	Continuing Claims	02/09	NA	NA	1773K
Feb 21	08:30	Philadelphia Fed Index	Feb	14	12	17.0
Feb 21	10:00	Existing Home Sales	Jan	5.1M	5.05M	4.99M
Feb 21	10:00	Leading Indicators	Jan	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1%
Feb 21	10:30	EIA Natural Gas Inventories	02/16	NA	NA	-78 bcf
Feb 21	11:00	EIA Crude Oil Inventories	02/16	NA	NA	+3.6M