Monday, January 14, 2013

Monday Morning Chartology


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The Morning Call

1/14/13

The Market
           
    Technical

            Monday Morning Chartology

            The S&P is in both a short term and intermediate term uptrend.  However, you can see that it is very close to resistance offered by the former 1474 high.





            Small Investor Bullish Sentiment Index rises (short):

            GLD remains in a short term downtrend.  I continue to want to own more GLD; but I am unwilling to Buy until the chart looks better.







            Outlook for precious metals in 2013 (medium):

            This longer term chart puts the current VIX level in perspective, i.e. it is near historic lows.



            And this (must read):

            Update on ‘the best stock market indicator ever’:

    Fundamental
    
            How Pimco is currently positioned (short):

       News on Stocks in Our Portfolios
 
Economics

   This Week’s Data

   Other

            Citigroup’s Economic Surprise Index drops (short):

            It also thinks that the US could experience ‘a technical default for a few days’ (medium):

            The real interest rate risk (medium):

Politics

  Domestic

Jonah Goldberg on gun control (medium):

The social security system is already broke (medium):

  International War Against Radical Islam










Steve Cook received his education in investments from Harvard, where he earned an MBA, New York University, where he did post graduate work in economics and financial analysis and the CFA Institute, where he earned the Chartered Financial Analysts designation in 1973. His 40 years of investment experience includes institutional portfolio management at Scudder, Stevens and Clark and Bear Stearns. Steve's goal at Strategic Stock Investments is to help other investors build wealth and benefit from the investing lessons he learned the hard way.

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