Archive for June, 2011

A Greek Lesson

Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators (6/30/11): DJ30 – 12,413   up 151 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 3.16%    up 0.05% USDEUR  -  1.4515 Gold – $1501     down $9 Oil – $95.04    up $0.27 The financial world continues to evolve – as the major driver this past week is the chaos in [...]

Understanding GDP

Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,044   up 109 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 2.93%    up 0.06% USDEUR  -  1.4281 Gold – $1497     down $6 Oil – $90.91    up $0.06 Bond interest rates are hitting new lows (higher bond values) as the “risk trade” continues to flow into US [...]

Bernanke Isn’t Sure

Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,057   down 53 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 2.91%    down 0.08% USDEUR  -  1.4251 Gold – $1522     down $25 Oil – $91.82    down $3.59 Stocks tumbled from the FED Chief words of yesterday.  Oil fell dramatically after oil reserves were freed up “just [...]

Two BIG Things Could Happen

Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,108   down 80 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 2.99%    up 0.01% USDEUR  -  1.4350 Gold – $1547     up $1 Oil – $94.66    up $0.49 Stocks were up all day until Bernanke talked about how poorly the economy is doing – then stocks tanked. [...]

The Inflation Setup

Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,004   up 43 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 2.94%    up 0.04% USDEUR  -  1.4307 Gold – $1540     up $11 Oil – $92.91    down $2.04 Stocks continue to move sideways in the trading gap defined by the S&P 500 between 1250 and 1350 – [...]

Truth Behind Numbers

Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,076   up 123 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 3.10%    up 0.02% USDEUR  -  1.4465 Gold – $1522     up $11 Oil – $99.64    up $2.34 The Whole Debt Story…….. So far when I have talked about the US Federal Government [...]

Is The Stock Market Safe?

Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 11.952   down 172 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 2.97%    down 0.03% USDEUR  -  1.4347 Gold – $1532     down $10 Oil – $99.13    down $2.80 Oil prices tumbles today as the Saudi’s said they were increasing production 500,000 bpd to a total of 10,000,000 [...]

FED Speaks

Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,080   down 18 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 3.01%    up 0.01% USDEUR  -  1.4688 Gold – $1544     up $1 Oil – $99.70    up $0.81 Stocks are definitely now on the downslide.  Bernanke’s speech killed all gains made today.   The S&P500 is trading below [...]

Double Dip Coming?

Here are the closing statistics for our key indicators: DJ30 – 12,290   down 280 US Treasury 10 Year Bond – 2.97%    down 0.08% USDEUR  -  1.4328 Gold – $1541     up $5 Oil – $99.72    down $0.52 Stocks were trashed today. The Great Car Trip…… Is going well.  I have a strong hint for anyone who [...]