DJIA futures are indicating another day of losses, with a possibility of a steeper drop, thanks to more conservative earnings estimates by Nokia Corp (NOK) and Merck (MRK). Merck is guiding 2008 per-share earnings of $3.28 to $3.38, which is lower than the consensus $3.39. But, Nokia is now targeting an operating margin range of 16 to 17 pct within one to two years, up from the 15 pct target the company gave in November 2006.

The ICSC-UBS and Redbook Retail Sales index are to be released today.

December DJIA futures are presently (8:40am ET) down -68 at 13281.

After 3:00 am ET today, the Precious Metals have had a boost. Spot gold has bumped up from 787 to 797, presently about 796. Spot silver has run from 14.00 to 14.29, presently at 14.22.

This run-up started after the $USD became weak, dropping from a high of 76.082 after 3:00 am ET to a low of 75.624, presently at 75.689. Treasury yields are weak.

Taking a stab at it, I’d say the $USD will gain a little strength later today and the PM prices will drop back.

Comments & Outlook

Market conditions may start to change in the next fortnight as the G-7’s economic controllers (Fed, BoE, ECB and Bank of Canada) report their monetary policy decisions. Today at 9:00 am ET, the Bank of Canada kicks off the process. Early Thursday morning Dec 7, the Bank of England (7:00am ET) reports, followed by the European Central Bank at 7:45am ET. Then a week from now at 2:15 pm ET Dec 11 in Washington, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which is the US Federal Reserve Bank’s chief body for monetary policy-making, will take the lead.

I don’t think we will see extreme action in equity markets until these central bankers have their say.

Another important matter seems to be the playing out of the ridiculous Paulson Plan to let so-called disadvantaged US home-owners off the hook by freezing their teaser rates on mortgages, probably for five years. How this will be accepted by home-owners who dutifully completed their mortgage applications honestly and who have struggled to meet their mortgage obligations is simply beyond my comprehension. The whole affair smells of a plan by ex-HB&B Chairman Paulson to use his present position as US Treasury Secretary to rescue the banks at the expense of the public who will surely pay in higher interest rates in the future.

For those who don’t know, the FOMC members include the seven members of the Board of Governors and the 12 Reserve bank presidents. Prof. Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the FOMC, is also the chairman of the Board of Governors.

What happens is this: A senior official of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York discusses developments in the financial and foreign exchange markets, as well as activities of the New York Fed’s domestic and foreign trading desks. Staff from the Board of Governors then present their economic financial forecasts. In addition, the Board’s governors and all 12 Reserve Bank presidents offer their views on the economic outlook. There is then a discussion of the monetary policy options that would best promote US economic growth with stable prices, and then the members vote vote. The voting membership includes the seven governors, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and four of the other Reserve bank presidents, who serve one-year terms on a rotating basis.

Is this a good system? Well, I find it atrocious that after the FOMC last met Oct 30-31, the Minutes were not published until 2:00 pm ET Nov 20. That gave three weeks for backroom politics and deals, and ultimately apple-polishing a sales document. That’s deplorable. The American People deserve better; but it is what it is.

Yesterday, in this space, I opined that Gold would soon be the Buy of the Generation, that the market is being set up by HB&B, led by Goldman Sachs calling for a cycle bottom below $700/oz, perhaps to $600-650.

I believe the cycle bottom will be reached in the $720-740 level, but we have to be watching the price to see the bottom unfold. I do know that at $600-650 gold price, very few miners will be economic. Many will have to shut down. Although supply will drop off, investment demand will continue to increase in order to hedge against depreciating currency values due to the uncurtailed increases in global money supply. As demand outstrips supply, either the central bankers of the world must sell the balance of their gold holdings or the price will escalate. It is only a matter of time. The total amount of available money in the world today far outstrips the total central bank holdings of gold, and inflation is certain to continue, particularly where government, insurance, education, travel, resource development, etc, is involved.

So the price of gold will continue to rise for many years, or it will rise suddenly to a new level and remain there for many years, as currencies, interest rates and prices of goods and services find their new level around which they can stabilize.

Keeping an eye on international economics is an important task for traders today. In that regard, I find that Anne Picker, Chief Economist at Econoday, covers a lot of ground in her Weekly Perspective report (see link below).

This will be a very busy week on the economics calendar.

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International Economics Review

US Economic Calendar.

Econoday International Perspective.

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International Equity Markets Review

Europe

Here is the latest session data for the bourses of Europe.

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Here is the latest session data for the London stock exchange FTSE.

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Here is the latest session data for the German DAX.

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Here is the latest session data for the French CAC 40.

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Here is the latest session data for the Milan Italy stock exchange MIBTEL.

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Here is the latest session data for the Swiss market index.

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Asia-Pacific

Here is the latest session data for the Asia-Pacific stock exchanges.

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Here is the latest chart for the Japanese Nikkei 225 index.

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Here is the latest chart for the Singapore index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Shanghai Composite index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Hong Kong Hang Seng index .

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Here is the latest chart for the India BSE 30 index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Australian All Ordinaries index .

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US and the Americas

Here is the latest session data for the exchanges of the Americas.

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Here is the latest chart for the Brazilian Bovespa stock exchange in Sao Paulo.

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Here is the latest session data for the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index.

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US Equity Markets Review

DJIA (interactive) chart

NASDAQ Composite (interactive) chart

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Cara 100 Daily RSI-7 Charts

RSI > 70 (7)

RSI < 30 (3)

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International Equity Markets Review

Europe

Here is the latest session data for the bourses of Europe.

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Here is the latest session data for the London stock exchange FTSE.

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Here is the latest session data for the German DAX.

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Here is the latest session data for the French CAC 40.

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Here is the latest session data for the Milan Italy stock exchange MIBTEL.

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Here is the latest session data for the Swiss market index.

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Asia-Pacific

Here is the latest session data for the Asia-Pacific stock exchanges.

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Here is the latest chart for the Japanese Nikkei 225 index.

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Here is the latest chart for the Singapore index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Shanghai Composite index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Hong Kong Hang Seng index .

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Here is the latest chart for the India BSE 30 index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Australian All Ordinaries index .

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US Equity Markets Review

DJIA (interactive) chart

NASDAQ Composite (interactive) chart

Table: Dow 30 List

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
JPM	45.21	-0.41	-0.90%	11.74%	4.92%	4.77%	-5.95%	1.55%	-12.89%	-1.74%
AXP	58.60	-0.38	-0.64%	9.45%	-0.12%	0.31%	-2.92%	-0.03%	-9.94%	0.09%
MO	77.57	0.01	0.01%	8.58%	6.00%	7.57%	19.49%	11.76%	8.01%	23.05%
AIG	56.90	-1.23	-2.12%	8.26%	0.82%	-3.76%	-21.14%	-13.79%	-21.68%	-18.45%
INTC	26.25	0.17	0.65%	7.71%	2.90%	-2.05%	28.99%	2.10%	17.40%	25.84%
C	33.06	-0.24	-0.72%	7.69%	-2.76%	-12.38%	-40.16%	-29.48%	-39.35%	-33.05%
HON	57.06	0.44	0.78%	7.28%	2.11%	-3.86%	26.52%	1.62%	-2.96%	33.29%
DD	46.86	0.71	1.54%	6.65%	3.42%	-2.29%	-4.45%	-3.88%	-11.75%	0.88%
GM	28.61	-1.22	-4.09%	6.36%	-2.25%	-22.65%	-2.85%	-6.93%	-6.20%	-3.64%
WMT	47.87	-0.03	-0.06%	6.31%	3.30%	8.33%	0.67%	9.72%	-3.23%	4.36%
CAT	72.06	0.16	0.22%	6.24%	3.77%	-3.61%	17.82%	-4.90%	-7.78%	17.76%
DIS	33.04	-0.11	-0.33%	5.76%	1.57%	-2.59%	-3.39%	-1.67%	-6.24%	-0.15%
PFE	23.55	-0.21	-0.88%	5.61%	0.68%	-0.51%	-10.42%	-5.19%	-14.92%	-15.47%
T	38.28	0.07	0.18%	5.31%	-3.21%	-5.29%	9.53%	-3.99%	-5.55%	12.59%
MCD	59.83	1.36	2.33%	5.30%	2.92%	1.37%	36.38%	21.48%	17.43%	42.18%
HPQ	50.44	-0.72	-1.41%	4.73%	-0.61%	-3.74%	21.19%	2.21%	10.11%	27.89%
VZ	43.09	-0.12	-0.28%	4.51%	-1.37%	-2.91%	13.93%	2.89%	0.19%	24.39%
IBM	105.83	0.65	0.62%	3.79%	0.99%	-7.64%	8.80%	-9.31%	-0.67%	15.98%
XOM	88.85	-0.31	-0.35%	3.70%	4.41%	1.05%	19.89%	3.64%	5.50%	15.09%
HD	28.49	-0.07	-0.25%	3.64%	-2.00%	-6.28%	-30.63%	-25.63%	-27.34%	-26.72%
UTX	74.93	0.16	0.21%	3.10%	0.85%	-0.95%	19.30%	0.40%	5.86%	17.33%
BA	91.79	-0.75	-0.81%	2.07%	2.00%	-6.11%	2.94%	-5.08%	-8.05%	2.50%
MRK	58.77	-0.59	-0.99%	2.05%	0.67%	4.87%	33.51%	17.14%	12.72%	30.43%
PG	73.52	-0.48	-0.65%	1.84%	0.45%	5.71%	13.91%	12.57%	15.82%	17.28%
AA	35.49	-0.88	-2.42%	1.75%	-2.26%	-7.96%	21.00%	-2.85%	-14.40%	14.97%
MMM	82.21	-1.05	-1.26%	1.49%	0.78%	-3.16%	5.05%	-9.65%	-7.03%	2.79%
KO	62.20	0.10	0.16%	0.76%	-0.67%	2.79%	28.04%	15.66%	17.80%	33.56%
GE	36.93	-1.36	-3.55%	0.54%	-4.45%	-8.43%	-2.74%	-4.99%	-1.39%	4.68%
JNJ	67.71	-0.03	-0.04%	0.50%	-0.06%	4.52%	1.97%	9.58%	6.78%	2.64%
MSFT	32.92	-0.68	-2.02%	-0.15%	-3.43%	-11.17%	10.25%	14.58%	7.62%	13.13%

You can do this table yourself by entering the following string into the Summaries window at www.billcara2.com and then clicking on the link for Performance.

AA AIG AXP BA C CAT DD DIS GE GM HD HON HPQ IBM INTC JNJ JPM KO MCD MMM MO MRK MSFT PFE PG T UTX VZ WMT XOM

Here are the links to interactive Dow charts from Billcara2.com that I broke into groups of ten, which you can add technical indicators for as well. (list one) (list two) (list three)

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The Americas

Here is the latest session data for the exchanges of the Americas.

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Here is the latest chart for the Brazilian Bovespa stock exchange in Sao Paulo.

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Here is the latest session data for the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index.

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Sector ETF Summary for the US equity market

The tables I show in this section 2007_12_03 are for ten (GICS) Sector Index Funds (ETF’s) only, but they cover the full spectrum of the US equity market.

Table 1: Cara ETF List is sorted by price performance Week over Week (W/W), i.e. 1W%N.

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
XLF	30.75	-0.30	-0.97%	8.70%	1.15%	-3.48%	-16.71%	-8.75%	-19.12%	-13.09%
XLB	41.44	-0.34	-0.81%	7.11%	2.80%	-2.79%	19.73%	5.31%	0.34%	19.35%
XLY	34.47	-0.20	-0.58%	5.48%	1.14%	-3.42%	-10.51%	-7.14%	-14.53%	-8.40%
IYZ	29.22	-0.03	-0.10%	5.22%	-1.58%	-7.53%	-1.48%	-11.96%	-15.40%	2.63%
SMH	32.31	-0.01	-0.03%	3.89%	-1.46%	-5.66%	-3.75%	-14.73%	-12.63%	-5.03%
XLI	39.00	-0.40	-1.02%	3.81%	0.65%	-2.91%	10.70%	-0.79%	-0.71%	11.68%
IYH	72.26	-0.47	-0.65%	3.75%	1.75%	2.21%	8.73%	5.35%	-0.39%	9.45%
XLE	73.75	0.35	0.48%	3.16%	1.86%	-2.47%	30.35%	5.81%	7.01%	21.46%
XLU	43.15	0.42	0.98%	3.11%	3.53%	2.93%	17.19%	11.18%	3.70%	17.51%
XLP	29.08	-0.11	-0.38%	2.94%	1.79%	3.82%	10.65%	7.46%	4.23%	13.91%

You can do this table yourself by entering the following string into the Summary window at Billcara2.com and then clicking on the link for Performance. XLE XLB XLI XLY XLP IYH XLF SMH IYZ XLU . You can also add more ETF’s – up to 30 in total.

For a list of components to any ETF, go to the AMEX.com web site, and click on ETF’s.

10 (energy: XLE)

15 (basic materials: XLB)

20 (industrial: XLI)

25 (consumer discretionary: XLY)

30 (consumer staples: XLP)

35 (healthcare: IYH)

40 (financial: XLF)

45 (technology, semiconductor: SMH)

50 (telecom: IYZ)

55 (utilities: XLU)

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International Equity Market USD-denominated ETF Review

Table 13: International equities via the USD-denominated ETF perspective

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
IFN	61.60	0.65	1.07%	12.47%	3.39%	-2.76%	35.86%	32.62%	42.26%	29.58%
EWZ	80.90	0.19	0.24%	11.59%	-3.90%	-2.65%	73.23%	31.78%	32.19%	84.20%
FXI	182.50	-5.00	-2.67%	8.76%	2.32%	-12.36%	56.79%	21.46%	59.36%	93.84%
TRF	69.81	0.91	1.32%	6.27%	1.91%	-4.15%	-21.16%	11.11%	5.06%	-11.92%
SPY	147.68	-0.97	-0.65%	4.77%	1.30%	-2.36%	4.46%	0.14%	-4.15%	5.32%
EWU	25.47	-0.15	-0.59%	4.17%	1.07%	-5.07%	8.15%	2.95%	-0.55%	8.29%
QQQQ	50.88	-0.43	-0.84%	3.88%	1.19%	-6.50%	17.67%	4.11%	7.25%	16.99%
IEV	120.02	-0.39	-0.32%	3.60%	1.20%	-1.95%	13.66%	5.95%	1.33%	15.94%
EWJ	14.09	0.03	0.21%	3.30%	4.45%	-0.42%	-0.77%	0.28%	-4.02%	1.88%
EWC	31.21	-0.80	-2.50%	-6.16%	-12.21%	-7.72%	26.36%	8.41%	4.70%	22.68%

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Japanese equity market ETF: EWJ

Here is the Japanese (EWJ) equity market ETF Daily data charts:

Interactive EWJ Daily data:

Interactive EWJ Weekly data:

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U.K. equity market ETF

Here is the United Kingdom (EWU) equity market ETF Daily data charts:

Interactive EWU Daily data:

EWU Daily data:

Interactive EWU Weekly data:

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Canada’s equity market

Here is the Canadian (EWC) equity market ETF Daily data charts:

Interactive EWC Daily data:

Interactive EWC Weekly data:

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Bonds & Yields Review

Table 10: US Treasury Yields

US Treasury Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
3 Month	2.86	3.05	2.99	3.45
6 Month	3.11	3.23	3.14	3.61
2 Year	2.85	3.01	2.88	3.68
3 Year	2.83	2.96	2.81	3.65
5 Year	3.24	3.39	3.20	3.95
10 Year	3.85	3.94	3.83	4.32
30 Year	4.32	4.38	4.29	4.61

Municipal Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	3.18	3.19	3.15	3.29
2yr AAA	3.20	3.26	3.22	3.30
2yr A	3.32	3.38	3.34	3.32
5yr AAA	3.34	3.35	3.29	3.42
5yr AA	3.37	3.35	3.24	3.42
5yr A	3.45	3.46	3.40	3.53
10yr AAA	3.74	3.71	3.78	3.79
10yr AA	3.54	3.56	3.75	3.69
10yr A	3.97	3.93	4.01	4.02
20yr AAA	4.40	4.41	4.39	4.39
20yr AA	4.19	4.20	4.79	4.58
20yr A	4.76	4.83	4.70	4.39

Corporate Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	4.12	4.22	4.05	4.54
2yr A	4.30	4.35	4.30	4.71
5yr AAA	4.47	4.53	4.38	4.72
5yr AA	4.61	4.70	4.61	5.01
5yr A	4.56	4.59	4.42	5.00
10yr AAA	4.99	5.03	4.91	5.17
10yr AA	5.24	5.32	5.36	5.60
10yr A	5.45	5.39	5.52	5.79
20yr AAA	5.58	5.65	5.40	5.02
20yr AA	5.68	5.75	5.59	5.86
20yr A	6.03	6.11	5.86	6.05

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Here is the $USB 30-year Treasury Bond chart.

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US Bond Funds -- Interactive Daily Data Charts

SHY Daily data series chart:

IEF Daily data series chart:

TLT Daily data series chart:

AGG Daily data series chart:

LQD Daily data series chart:

TIP Daily data series chart:

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Table 11: Interest-sensitive securities

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance.

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
FRE	33.53	-1.54	-4.39%	36.86%	-17.66%	-30.62%	-50.61%	-45.58%	-50.02%	-49.90%
FNM	36.25	-2.17	-5.65%	25.35%	-10.91%	-31.10%	-39.44%	-44.75%	-43.68%	-36.21%
CFC	10.68	-0.14	-1.29%	23.61%	-11.52%	-25.57%	-74.64%	-46.20%	-72.54%	-73.28%
AGG	102.13	0.13	0.13%	-0.04%	1.13%	1.57%	2.22%	2.31%	3.55%	1.26%
SHY	82.41	-0.09	-0.11%	-0.27%	0.51%	1.28%	2.96%	1.59%	3.35%	2.61%
IEF	87.63	0.05	0.06%	-0.53%	1.78%	2.99%	5.99%	4.15%	8.03%	4.40%
TLT	94.75	0.37	0.39%	-0.87%	2.53%	4.08%	6.38%	6.60%	10.70%	3.64%
TIP	106.63	-0.07	-0.07%	-1.18%	1.44%	2.54%	7.46%	5.39%	7.87%	5.11%

Consumer Finance -USA -- Interactive Daily Data Charts

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Commodities Review

$CRB Index

Open Futures Contracts

Interactive Chart of Daily CRB Commodities Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly CRB Commodities Index:

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Oil Review

Here is the e-miNY Jan-08 Crude Oil chart.

Interactive Chart of Daily Crude Oil:

Interactive Chart of Weekly Crude Oil:

Table 2: Senior oil & gas equities

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
CEO	180.71	-3.86	-2.09%	5.77%	10.69%	-12.70%	91.69%	47.04%	86.95%	106.48%
CVX	87.84	0.07	0.08%	4.83%	2.16%	-0.72%	23.77%	0.09%	6.82%	20.15%
XOM	88.85	-0.31	-0.35%	3.70%	4.41%	1.05%	19.89%	3.64%	5.50%	15.09%
PBR	96.99	0.69	0.72%	2.63%	-8.30%	3.95%	94.64%	56.84%	74.44%	106.58%
STO	32.60	0.28	0.87%	1.56%	5.60%	-2.48%	26.90%	13.27%	15.68%	16.80%
TOT	80.74	-0.18	-0.22%	1.01%	0.94%	1.92%	13.77%	7.52%	6.15%	14.38%
SU	98.32	2.56	2.67%	-2.07%	-3.86%	-9.42%	33.03%	9.99%	10.90%	24.39%
ECA	65.24	-0.01	-0.02%	-3.32%	-4.12%	-9.99%	43.89%	11.52%	4.60%	23.21%
IMO	49.34	0.31	0.63%	-4.88%	-6.75%	-10.32%	38.36%	12.57%	3.79%	30.94%

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Gold & Precious Metals Review

Spot gold chart for the week

Interactive Chart of Daily Gold EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly Gold EOD Continuous Contract Index:

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Spot silver chart for the week

Interactive daily data

Interactive Chart of Daily Silver EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive chart of the Silver Bullion index.

Interactive Chart of Weekly Silver EOD Continuous Contract Index:

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Spot platinum chart for the past three days

Interactive Chart of Daily Platinum EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly Platinum EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive chart of the Platinum metal index.

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Spot palladium chart for the week

Interactive Chart of Daily Palladium EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly Palladium EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive chart of the Palladium metal index.

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Interactive Chart of Weekly Copper EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive Chart of Daily Copper EOD Continuous Contract Index:

Interactive chart of the Copper metal index.

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Table 12: Senior gold equities

Sorted by 1-Week Price Performance

Symbol	Close	1Day Change	1Day %Change	1W %Change	2W %Change	4W %Change	YTD %Change	3M %Change	6M %Change	12M %Change
BVN	55.88	0.05	0.09%	2.61%	-0.21%	-3.25%	102.39%	46.17%	62.44%	97.60%
KGC	17.90	0.55	3.17%	-0.06%	2.64%	-12.21%	56.74%	46.48%	31.14%	44.24%
NEM	50.00	0.31	0.62%	-0.87%	0.62%	-3.12%	13.12%	18.32%	20.16%	6.75%
ABX	41.08	0.57	1.41%	-1.51%	0.15%	-9.95%	37.71%	26.32%	39.59%	31.67%
AEM	48.34	0.22	0.46%	-1.81%	-5.03%	-15.78%	24.20%	8.75%	27.61%	11.28%
GFI	16.52	0.07	0.43%	-2.36%	-6.88%	-6.98%	-9.87%	8.97%	-5.55%	-13.19%
GG	32.58	0.17	0.52%	-2.69%	1.15%	-8.79%	19.17%	38.23%	32.60%	6.26%
MDG	35.77	-0.04	-0.11%	-3.22%	-4.87%	-12.61%	36.06%	28.81%	34.02%	18.09%
AUY	12.89	0.03	0.23%	-3.95%	-1.45%	-13.95%	4.54%	16.55%	-8.06%	0.31%

To watch the moves in precious metal miners, you will have to monitor the individual stock charts, preferably in real-time, as follows:

NEM ABX AU GFI GG HMY AUY KGC BVN
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MDG LIHRY AEM BGO IAG EGO RGLD GOLD CDE GRS
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CBJ SSRI SIL NG KRY UXG GRZ TSE_HRG TSE_GUY TSE_AGI
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NXG GSS MNG DROOY MFN RNO RANGY MRB CLG
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Here are the key Silver miners and the SLV ETF:

SLV SIL CDE HL PAAS SSRI SLW MGN

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Here are the Weekly and Daily Data charts of the indexes:

Interactive Chart of Daily U.S. Goldminers Index:

Weekly U.S. Goldminers Index:

Interactive Chart of Weekly U.S. Goldminers Index:

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The U.S. goldminer share trust ETF trades under the ticker symbol GDX.

Here are the U.S. Goldminer ETF (GDX) index Weekly and Daily data charts:

GDX Daily data:

GDX Weekly data:

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The Toronto Exchange-listed goldminer iUnits S&P/TSX Capped Gold Index ETF trades under the ticker symbol TSE:XGD. Yes, just like GDX on the AMEX, you can trade XGD on Toronto.

Here are the Weekly and Daily data charts for the TSX Goldshares (XGD) index:

Interactive Chart of XGD Daily data:

Interactive Chart of XGD Weekly data:

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Here is the chart of the week’s trading in the $USD.

Interactive Chart of Daily U.S. Dollar Index:

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Interactive Chart of Daily Euro Dollar Index, priced in USD:

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Daily British Pound Index:

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Daily Japanese Yen Index:

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Daily Canadian Dollar Index:

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Wrap up:

There are a lot of cross-currents in the market today, but that is expected as central bankers are meeting to discuss how to get out of the mess that HB&B has placed the economies of North America and Europe.

After the dust has settled, I do believe that we all will see that this period is just one of long-term trend reversal, a natural process of moving from Bull to Bear.

In the near future, with respect to this website/blog, the first level changes and additions will be made, and I would appreciate constructive criticism so that we can stay on a roll, improving it by the week.

Thanks and have a great day.

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