BPT Weekend Newsletter for Sunday February 6th, 2022 - 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/Indicators

3. Examine All Sector Charts

4. Commodities (Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Copper, DBA)

5. Overview of Bonds via TLT/JNK

6. Currencies (US Dollar, Euro) and Bitcoin

7. Precious Metals (Gold/Silver) and GDX/GDXJ

Major Indexes	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Dow Jones	INDU - W	DIA - W	-0.06%	1.05%	35,089.74
S&P 500	SPX - W	SPY - W	0.52%	1.55%	4,500.53
Wilshire 5000	WLSH - W		0.80%	1.90%	45,244.28
Nasdaq	COMPQ - W		1.58%	2.38%	14,098.01
NDX 100	NDX - W	QQQ - W	1.33%	1.66%	14,694.35
Russel 2000 (Small Caps)		IWM - W	0.43%	1.60%	198.38

Market Sectors	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Transports	TRAN - W	IYT - W	-1.65%	1.10%	15,214.31
Banks	BKX - W		2.00%	4.19%	140.05
Financials		XLF - W	1.70%	3.56%	40.10
Brokers	XBD - W		2.41%	5.68%	494.63
XLE (Energy Select)		XLE - W	1.56%	4.98%	68.90
Oil Service Holders		OIH - W	2.04%	3.10%	234.40
Technology		XLK - W	0.40%	1.01%	159.60
Semiconductor	SOX - W	SMH - W	0.60%	4.53%	3,453.07
Communication Services		XLC - W	0.25%	-1.58%	71.17
Retail		XRT - W	0.22%	-0.11%	78.49
Consumer Staples		XLP - W	-1.22%	0.28%	75.89
Consumer Discretionary		XLY - W	2.84%	3.54%	184.40
Industrials		XLI - W	-1.08%	0.41%	100.11
Real Estate		IYR - W	-0.92%	0.14%	105.13
Homebuilders	HGX - W	XHB - W	-3.44%	-2.57%	445.23
Materials		XLB - W	-1.66%	-0.12%	83.12
Metals And Mining		XME - W	1.00%	6.99%	44.26
Biotechnology	BTK - W	XBI - W	1.02%	2.69%	5,083.63
Healthcare		XLV - W	-0.36%	1.39%	132.30
Drugs	DRG - W		-0.79%	-0.24%	795.10
Utilities	UTIL - W	XLU - W	-0.88%	0.12%	942.19

Currencies	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
US Dollar		UUP - W	-0.08%	-1.92%	25.55
Euro	XEU - W	FXE - W	0.09%	2.69%	114.49
Yen	XJY - W	FXY - W	-0.24%	-0.02%	86.77
Australian	XAD - W	FXA - W	-0.92%	1.19%	70.74
British Pound	XBP - W	FXB - W	-0.49%	0.99%	135.32
Chinese Yuan		CYB - W	-0.36%	-0.11%	26.81
Canadian Dollar	CDW - W	FXC - W	-0.58%	0.13%	78.40
Swiss Franc	XSF - W	FXF - W	-0.59%	0.76%	108.04

Cryptocurrencies	Index Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Bitcoin	BTCUSD - W	0.18%	9.91%	41,665.93
Bitcoin Cash	BCHUSD - W	4.95%	10.81%	321.43
Etherium	ETHUSD - W	0.88%	16.15%	3,023.66
Monero	XMRUSD - W	2.72%	14.89%	169.86
Litecoin	LTCUSD - W	0.83%	12.64%	122.37
Ripple	XRPUSD - W	1.89%	11.02%	0.67

Commodities	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Commodities		DBC - W	0.79%	2.19%	22.83
Crude Oil	WTIC - W	USO - W	2.26%	6.32%	92.31
Gasoline	GASO - W		1.35%	5.54%	2.68
Natural Gas	NATGAS - W	UNG - W	-6.46%	-1.44%	4.57
Copper	COPPER - W	JJCB - W	0.37%	4.12%	4.49
Agriculture		DBA - W	0.68%	2.03%	20.59
Corn	CORN - W	CORN - W	0.61%	-2.44%	620.50
Wheat	WHEAT - W	WEAT - W	1.53%	-2.93%	763.25
Coffee		JO - W	-0.18%	2.42%	65.99
Sugar		CANE - W	0.57%	-1.22%	8.87

Precious Metals	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
Gold Metal	GLD - W	0.15%	1.05%	168.86
Silver	SLV - W	0.39%	0.39%	20.79
Platinum	PPLT - W	-0.71%	1.72%	95.59
Palladium	PALL - W	-1.24%	-3.48%	213.02
GDX Gold Miners ETF	GDX - W	0.50%	3.75%	30.40

Bonds	Index Symbol	ETF Symbol	% G / L Day	% G / L Week	Close
High Yield Corporate Bond		HYG - W	-0.39%	-0.72%	83.77
TLT 20 Year Bond ETF		TLT - W	-1.47%	-2.74%	139.01
10 Year Treasury Yield	TNX - W		5.64%	8.31%	19.30
30 Year Treasury Yield	TYX - W		4.10%	7.20%	22.33

Release	ET	For	Trading Impact	Forecast	Consensus	Prior
Feb 07
Consumer Credit	15:00	Dec	Low	$22.0B	$25.0B	$39.9B
Feb 08
Trade Balance	08:30	Dec	Low	-$82.5B	-$79.6B	-$80.2B
Feb 09
MBA Mortgage Applications Index	07:00	02/05	Low	NA	NA	12.0%
Wholesale Inventories	10:00	Dec	Low	2.0%	2.0%	1.4%
EIA Crude Oil Inventories	10:30	02/05	High	NA	NA	-1.05M
Feb 10
Initial Claims	08:30	02/05	High	228K	234K	238K
Continuing Claims	08:30	01/29	High	NA	NA	1.628M
CPI	08:30	Jan	High	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
Core CPI	08:30	Jan	High	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%
EIA Natural Gas Inventories	10:30	02/05	Low	NA	NA	-268 bcf
Treasury Budget	14:00	Jan	Low	NA	NA	-$21.3B
Feb 11
Univ. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment - Prelim	10:00	Feb	High	67.0	67.5	67.2