Don’t you think Merrill Lynch’s shocking SIV/CDO write-downs and 4Q loss was the biggest negative yesterday? Isn’t the issue now that Northern Rock, Countrywide, UBS, Citigroup, Merrill and how many other banks to follow are massively cutting and slashing, which can’t be good for the economy, and that is what concerns wealth managers?

Bernanke was there yesterday trying to tell those who would listen that he was going to help and that he would support legislative efforts for stimulus packages. He also said it would take many months for these changes to work through the economy. Were traders expecting magic?

If banks are going to tighten, what chance is there that energy and metals prices are going to lift? It would be a first for me if that were to happen.

On a very bad day for the Bulls, the three biggest losers were the Financials (XLF -5.08 pct), Basic Materials (XLB -4.94 pct), and Energy (XLE -3.78 pct). The Dow Utilities were down -3.73 pct and XLU -3.86 pct.

At the end of a long day, the DJIA dropped -2.46 pct to 12159, a loss of -307 points. The range was a very volatile 12,125.56 - 12,517.61. The S&P 500 dropped -2.91 pct to 1333.25 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped -1.99 pct to 2346.90. The Russell 2000 small caps dropped -2.76 pct to 680.57.

For industries, it was the Chemicals (-5.8 pct) and Broker-Dealers (-5.5 pct) that led the rout. But the action was widespread. Only the Biotechs, barely, made a gain, and the Retailers (-0.69 pct) looked not too bad.

Merrill Lynch got the day rolling south by reporting $14.6 billion in losses related mostly to sub-prime mortgages, which led to a 4Q net loss of $9.83 billion vs net income of $2.3 billion a year earlier.

Then more bad economic data. Housing starts fell -14.2 pct, to the lowest level in 16 years. The January Philly Fed manufacturing index plunged to -20.9.

Bond yields dropped (-1.55 pct to 4.253 pct for the 30-year) and Bond prices rallied (+0.76 pct to 119.38 for the 30-year US Bond). Crude Oil ($WTIC) closed down 0.79/bbl to 89.57. $GOLD dropped -1.50/oz to 880.50, and even the $USD lost ground, closing down -0.07 to 76.22.

None of the usual market relationships worked out, but then yesterday wasn’t a normal one. Traders were just in the mood to sell.

But every day is a new one. Today, in Asia-Pacific equity markets, except for Australia (-1.0 pct) and India (-3.5 pct), most indexes were up: Nikkei (+0.6 pct), Shanghai (+0.6 pct), Hong Kong (+0.4 pct) and Singapore (+1.1 pct).

In the European bourses, at 6:20am ET, the FTSE (+1.2 pct), DAX (+0.1 pct) and CAC (+0.04 pct) were all positive with positive-looking GE and IBM in their crosshairs.

The March Crude Oil contracts are up +0.325/bbl to 90.325.

The Euro is US$1.46.18, down sharply (-0.34 pct) against the $USD.

Spot gold is down -1.04/oz since midnight at 874.30.

The DJIA March futures are up by double digits (+104) to 12320.

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Comments & Outlook

Options expiry. The President speaking. Two Fed heads speaking. Market over-sold. Cramer whining…

As the day closed yesterday, what did this picture look like? I’d say it was Howdy Doody Time… I mean, it’s rally time.

When I went to bed last night, all the talk was of doom and gloom, but I knew in my bones today would be different. General Electric (GE), whose chairman and CEO sits on the Board of the NY Fed along with his peers from Goldman Sachs and Lehman Bros, would be reporting. When was the last time Jeff Immelt reported a single negative thing? Contrast that of course with GE’s price performance during recent years.

This morning I turned on the Bloomberg, expecting to see an “attitude adjustment” let’s call it, and why am I not shocked that of the first 15 items (I counted !!), ten were positive, one was negative and 4 were neutral news items that I call filler the mainstream media uses so the whole picture looks balanced, ie not so easily noticed that it is not.

So rally it is I figured (and I hadn’t even yet looked at the futures !!). Yes, Friday rally … until maybe 2pm. The final two hours of week will be crucial.

It’s usually important, but this isn’t just any week. The DJIA has fallen -447 points (-3.6 pct) in just four days. The interventionists simply cannot let the public go home for the weekend talking about losses in their retirement plans as well as the falling equity in their homes. After all, this is America, the most desirable… and all that hooey.

That -447 Dow point decline has been hard on Goldilocks. But then again, Goldilocks is a corpse. You knew she died last year. I told you that in WIR #50 Dec 15…

I won’t sugarcoat this: Goldilocks died. Inflation is surging in the US for both producers (PPI) and consumers (CPI), which has brought an end to the 2002-2007 Bull market. The market topped out in October. From that point, global equity markets will experience a series of lower lows and lower highs, which is the definition of a Bear market.

Do you recall? Well, since that week-end in mid-December, the DJIA is down -8.9 pct and the Nasdaq Composite is down -10.9 pct.

So, rally time. In fact, I’ll go further and say that yesterday’s winners (Consumer Staples, Retailers and Healthcare) will be today’s laggards. The losers yesterday (Financials, Oil and Materials, along with Tech) will be today’s winners. The public will be whip-sawed, left bewildered, thinking that trading is so complex they need to rely on their HB&B advisor to help them out… (LOL)

But, let’s see what the Bulls at HB&B have left after they throw all but the kitchen sink at the market this morning, trying to close your shorts. They don’t want you there because that’s the space they want to occupy. After all, a profitable billion here, a billion there… it all adds up.

We’re talking about banks that don’t seem to blink when they write-off a billion here, a billion there. Well maybe ten billion here and there, which is my point… these people have to make it somewhere.

And, they say, if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere !!

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Links & Charts

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International Economics Review

US Economic Calendar.

Today:

US Consumer Sentiment report.

US Leading Economic Indicators report.

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Knobias Cara100 Tables

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Cara 100 Daily RSI-7 Charts

At least one RSI value >70:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
KO	62.04	89.52	52.76	37.38	Sell alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-01-11 at $63.77, -2.71% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
ATVI	26.81	79.78	59.38	38.83
HDB	116.95	76.43	44.37	32.02
AET	56.83	76.39	53.48	43.35
TEF	93.05	75.91	46.28	31.61
ABX	46.52	75.32	61.90	43.96	Sell alert (trig. 3 days ago [on 2008-01-15 at $50.25, -7.42% chg], after a 8 day DZ)
VIP	33.26	75.25	43.42	18.20
MBT	84.95	73.40	42.67	21.55
JNJ	67.83	73.16	62.96	56.24
IBN	62.70	70.79	52.48	38.54	Sell alert (trig. 3 days ago [on 2008-01-15 at $66.03, -5.04% chg], after a 3 day DZ)
PBR	92.56	70.35	42.49	18.50

At least one RSI value <30:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
JCP	39.02	14.02	26.98	51.28	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-01-10 at $37.55, +3.91% chg], after a 5 day AZ)
KSS	39.24	14.24	16.92	34.94	Buy alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-01-16 at $39.57, -0.83% chg], after a 9 day AZ)
SBUX	19.05	14.85	25.52	42.39	Buy alert (trig. 8 days ago [on 2008-01-08 at $19.86, -4.08% chg], after a 4 day AZ)
BC	14.87	15.28	12.83	21.58	Accumulation Zone (for 3 days)
BBBY	26.86	16.03	22.20	47.42	Buy alert (trig. 4 days ago [on 2008-01-14 at $26.66, +0.75% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
WAG	33.34	22.02	26.06	32.21	Buy alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-01-16 at $33.24, +0.30% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
UBS	40.89	22.63	18.35	23.57	Accumulation Zone (for 1 days)
KB	64.31	23.03	30.62	33.52
SNDK	27.43	24.28	13.15	24.98	Accumulation Zone (for 2 days)
LLTC	27.69	26.04	23.66	30.87	Buy alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-01-16 at $28.87, -4.09% chg], after a 3 day AZ)
HBC	73.80	27.41	18.71	9.08	Accumulation Zone (for 2 days)
TM	98.60	27.52	23.82	25.96	Accumulation Zone (for 2 days)
BDK	64.40	28.21	14.84	34.01	Buy alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-01-16 at $65.99, -2.41% chg], after a 9 day AZ)
PAYX	33.03	28.47	17.73	30.53	Buy alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-01-16 at $33.64, -1.81% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
CCL	38.13	28.91	19.02	18.13	Accumulation Zone (for 1 days)
INFY	38.66	29.35	33.61	22.97
YHOO	21.22	29.59	29.31	26.56	Accumulation Zone (for 1 days)
WFMI	35.26	29.64	27.23	31.49
WHR	69.80	29.69	22.09	15.49	Accumulation Zone (for 1 days)
BA	79.52	30.32	23.86	36.29	Buy alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-01-16 at $79.87, -0.44% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
DELL	20.86	30.60	21.82	31.07	Buy alert (trig. 1 days ago [on 2008-01-17 at $20.86, +0.00% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
CTSH	27.08	31.06	26.66	31.97	Buy alert (trig. 2 days ago [on 2008-01-16 at $26.20, +3.36% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
DOW	34.64	31.47	19.50	19.95
DIS	28.77	32.06	22.79	14.18
GOL	19.20	32.43	26.31	11.46
INTC	19.33	33.49	22.02	18.54
DB	115.43	33.52	25.52	20.23
ADBE	35.55	34.35	22.31	12.79
CSCO	24.33	34.42	20.91	21.47
GE	33.21	34.88	20.70	17.35
TS	36.56	35.30	20.98	20.14
TCK	30.41	37.37	28.99	22.16
BMY	24.86	38.26	26.53	24.87
CCJ	34.46	38.50	33.45	22.64
RY	46.60	41.56	21.81	20.42
ERTS	50.60	41.78	32.14	24.56
STO	25.77	42.17	31.84	16.42
ERJ	42.37	42.65	36.58	26.59
GRMN	64.15	42.65	27.04	18.62
DEO	77.46	42.96	17.79	24.88
NUE	50.30	43.21	35.03	28.70
UTX	68.09	43.40	24.31	15.68
MFC	35.57	43.52	20.25	9.09
SU	89.50	49.25	32.72	11.40
PTR	152.06	49.32	34.33	18.38
NKE	55.98	49.89	28.64	16.81
WBK	108.52	49.99	25.30	18.83
BHP	60.68	50.63	28.83	24.64
ABV	64.45	50.93	34.83	25.26
XOM	83.91	51.54	34.95	16.98
CVX	82.75	51.56	33.49	15.23
VCP	25.32	52.41	30.26	19.08
ECA	61.63	53.69	36.85	18.15
ABB	23.50	54.64	32.36	22.72
OXPS	28.21	54.78	40.16	24.28
BBD	26.58	56.08	38.97	18.62
TOT	77.21	56.64	40.83	23.13
IMO	48.35	57.04	39.01	18.04
GGB	25.44	57.22	38.93	26.55
PG	68.07	58.01	31.74	11.93
MICC	93.82	58.17	39.38	23.65
EXC	77.57	58.37	41.70	24.76
RIO	28.29	58.40	35.91	20.55
CEO	147.39	59.23	41.00	23.22
RIMM	87.03	59.34	36.83	23.07
CHL	74.72	59.69	37.51	20.74
NOK	33.06	60.59	32.27	28.76
GOOG	600.79	60.78	37.63	23.23
PDA	43.85	61.75	39.90	27.53
PBR	92.56	70.35	42.49	18.50
MBT	84.95	73.40	42.67	21.55
VIP	33.26	75.25	43.42	18.20

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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
HD	26.25	-0.09	-0.34%	3.84%	1.67%	-0.83%	0.54%	-17.40%	-34.62%	-34.85%
IBM	101.10	-0.53	-0.52%	1.18%	-3.62%	-4.90%	-3.43%	-12.68%	-8.73%	1.08%
JNJ	67.83	-0.48	-0.70%	-0.12%	2.88%	0.18%	2.91%	4.60%	8.11%	1.44%
WMT	47.48	-0.01	-0.02%	-1.90%	2.37%	-1.58%	1.24%	3.24%	-1.80%	-1.49%
MO	76.80	-1.11	-1.42%	-2.56%	1.55%	1.15%	2.50%	8.20%	7.74%	15.54%
JPM	40.04	-1.39	-3.36%	-3.12%	-4.39%	-8.79%	-5.05%	-13.65%	-19.79%	-17.32%
BA	79.52	-0.35	-0.44%	-3.45%	-8.58%	-8.78%	-8.20%	-16.81%	-22.08%	-10.48%
GM	22.84	-0.01	-0.04%	-3.55%	-4.52%	-15.19%	-6.43%	-40.95%	-36.80%	-26.01%
MSFT	33.11	-0.12	-0.36%	-3.55%	-6.39%	-4.69%	-5.99%	6.53%	7.57%	6.43%
HON	55.57	-1.96	-3.41%	-3.89%	-7.69%	-8.29%	-7.23%	-8.45%	-8.66%	22.02%
PFE	22.96	-0.44	-1.88%	-4.65%	-0.95%	-1.75%	0.22%	-6.48%	-11.56%	-14.62%
HPQ	43.00	-1.34	-3.02%	-5.16%	-13.39%	-15.72%	-13.67%	-18.16%	-9.49%	1.20%
T	37.30	-0.57	-1.51%	-5.33%	-9.88%	-8.13%	-9.02%	-11.04%	-6.38%	8.15%
KO	62.04	-0.61	-0.97%	-5.37%	0.50%	-0.29%	1.56%	4.99%	16.68%	27.65%
DD	42.80	-1.50	-3.39%	-5.48%	-2.90%	-0.88%	-2.15%	-11.41%	-19.70%	-15.62%
VZ	40.91	-1.41	-3.33%	-5.85%	-5.76%	-6.62%	-5.32%	-9.61%	-3.19%	10.93%
UTX	68.09	-2.95	-4.15%	-5.94%	-10.74%	-10.31%	-9.47%	-11.34%	-11.39%	5.04%
PG	68.07	-0.77	-1.12%	-6.08%	-5.86%	-6.55%	-5.86%	-3.57%	8.60%	4.15%
AIG	54.27	-3.64	-6.29%	-6.12%	-3.86%	-4.29%	-3.61%	-17.52%	-22.09%	-24.00%
DIS	28.77	-1.06	-3.55%	-6.19%	-9.44%	-12.87%	-9.64%	-18.68%	-17.04%	-18.38%
MMM	74.96	-2.34	-3.03%	-6.55%	-9.36%	-12.68%	-9.37%	-20.48%	-17.70%	-5.01%
CAT	62.47	-1.80	-2.80%	-7.33%	-11.24%	-12.08%	-11.55%	-19.01%	-27.76%	4.27%
GE	33.21	-1.35	-3.91%	-7.54%	-9.76%	-9.76%	-9.66%	-19.00%	-18.42%	-12.56%
AA	28.79	-1.84	-6.01%	-8.43%	-20.45%	-16.31%	-20.32%	-24.18%	-38.23%	-5.70%
XOM	83.91	-2.62	-3.03%	-8.46%	-10.57%	-8.21%	-10.27%	-11.49%	-5.81%	15.80%
MRK	54.87	-3.48	-5.96%	-9.26%	-4.27%	-8.15%	-4.36%	2.71%	9.15%	21.91%
MCD	51.98	-0.43	-0.82%	-10.64%	-10.27%	-13.12%	-10.53%	-8.74%	-0.35%	15.87%
C	24.96	-1.28	-4.88%	-11.21%	-13.72%	-17.84%	-13.69%	-44.11%	-52.42%	-54.11%
AXP	42.67	-1.57	-3.55%	-12.78%	-15.35%	-17.59%	-16.40%	-28.98%	-34.09%	-27.95%
INTC	19.33	-0.55	-2.77%	-14.24%	-21.65%	-25.40%	-23.75%	-27.66%	-26.59%	-8.13%

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 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
IYH	70.51	-1.41	-1.96%	-3.12%	0.01%	-0.93%	0.58%	-1.07%	-0.47%	2.92%
XLY	29.66	-0.50	-1.66%	-4.32%	-6.85%	-10.80%	-7.89%	-20.01%	-25.72%	-24.72%
XLP	27.55	-0.20	-0.72%	-4.41%	-2.44%	-3.97%	-2.96%	-1.82%	0.33%	3.53%
SMH	27.53	-0.38	-1.36%	-4.48%	-10.65%	-14.77%	-12.21%	-25.19%	-32.85%	-20.06%
XLF	25.80	-1.38	-5.08%	-5.77%	-8.45%	-11.22%	-9.03%	-24.23%	-29.64%	-30.27%
IYZ	26.43	-0.69	-2.54%	-6.04%	-8.86%	-9.58%	-9.39%	-20.49%	-24.59%	-10.10%
XLI	34.75	-0.95	-2.66%	-6.23%	-9.83%	-10.58%	-9.76%	-15.10%	-15.70%	-2.93%
XLU	40.63	-1.63	-3.86%	-6.68%	-3.33%	-5.86%	-3.47%	-0.42%	1.07%	12.67%
XLB	36.93	-1.92	-4.94%	-8.57%	-12.18%	-9.75%	-10.58%	-12.61%	-13.94%	4.20%
XLE	68.75	-2.70	-3.78%	-10.17%	-14.53%	-9.30%	-13.52%	-11.35%	-4.58%	23.92%

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
QQQQ	45.41	-0.64	-1.39%	-5.38%	-10.29%	-8.98%	-9.99%	-15.20%	-9.60%	1.11%
SPY	133.43	-3.55	-2.59%	-5.56%	-7.89%	-8.53%	-7.93%	-13.51%	-13.78%	-6.71%
EWJ	12.18	-0.17	-1.38%	-6.31%	-8.28%	-8.14%	-7.94%	-13.68%	-16.97%	-13.62%
EWU	21.55	-0.31	-1.42%	-6.67%	-10.32%	-12.82%	-9.76%	-18.77%	-18.03%	-8.18%
IEV	104.18	-1.51	-1.43%	-6.68%	-8.80%	-10.11%	-8.64%	-14.30%	-13.87%	-0.44%
EWC	28.56	-0.85	-2.89%	-8.75%	-12.23%	-7.87%	-11.85%	-15.50%	-9.62%	15.44%
IFN	53.70	-3.04	-5.36%	-13.80%	-9.14%	-16.16%	-13.25%	-3.30%	14.13%	17.45%
EWZ	69.75	-3.03	-4.16%	-14.10%	-13.47%	-10.74%	-13.84%	-11.27%	2.24%	55.07%
TRF	59.22	-4.80	-7.50%	-15.39%	-18.34%	-23.37%	-19.42%	-16.36%	-18.69%	-22.16%
FXI	149.02	-2.63	-1.73%	-16.07%	-10.66%	-12.53%	-11.27%	-31.79%	7.22%	40.25%

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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	2.90	3.03	3.11	2.93
6 Month	2.86	2.93	3.08	3.23
2 Year	2.40	2.51	2.69	3.19
3 Year	2.33	2.43	2.61	3.13
5 Year	2.87	3.00	3.15	3.51
10 Year	3.62	3.73	3.89	4.12
30 Year	4.25	4.34	4.45	4.53

Municipal Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	2.57	2.53	2.73	3.05
2yr AAA	2.66	2.66	2.78	3.07
2yr A	2.77	2.77	3.11	3.55
5yr AAA	2.84	2.87	2.95	3.34
5yr AA	2.77	2.82	2.92	3.39
5yr A	3.13	3.15	3.23	3.44
10yr AAA	3.39	3.42	3.47	3.81
10yr AA	3.53	3.37	3.42	3.55
10yr A	3.61	3.65	3.70	4.04
20yr AAA	4.15	4.15	4.18	4.42
20yr AA	4.29	4.29	4.32	4.21
20yr A	4.10	4.10	4.13	4.62

Corporate Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	3.72	3.79	3.98	4.41
2yr A	4.02	4.08	4.21	4.61
5yr AAA	4.24	4.34	4.37	4.70
5yr AA	4.38	4.49	4.57	4.93
5yr A	4.51	4.55	4.46	4.90
10yr AAA	4.90	4.98	5.07	5.19
10yr AA	5.26	5.35	5.26	5.49
10yr A	5.43	5.54	5.43	5.80
20yr AAA	5.25	5.34	5.45	5.49
20yr AA	5.64	5.72	5.76	5.82
20yr A	5.98	6.04	6.10	6.26

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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	29.08	-2.27	-7.24%	4.30%	-9.69%	-12.46%	-11.18%	-48.27%	-52.69%	-55.23%
TLT	96.15	1.23	1.30%	2.87%	2.02%	4.56%	1.88%	8.47%	13.29%	9.31%
IEF	89.74	0.72	0.81%	1.97%	2.20%	3.87%	2.41%	6.99%	11.19%	9.15%
TIP	108.40	0.78	0.72%	1.81%	1.31%	3.04%	1.65%	6.48%	10.04%	10.39%
AGG	103.27	0.62	0.60%	1.18%	1.32%	2.19%	1.59%	3.29%	5.46%	3.54%
SHY	83.00	-0.02	-0.02%	0.46%	0.64%	1.13%	0.80%	2.33%	3.81%	3.79%
FNM	35.00	-2.30	-6.17%	0.43%	-2.56%	-3.85%	-6.57%	-43.72%	-46.84%	-38.86%
CFC	5.480	-0.460	-7.74%	-29.29%	-37.51%	-40.31%	-39.11%	-68.41%	-84.32%	-86.57%

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 Feb-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
XOM	83.91	-2.62	-3.03%	-8.46%	-10.57%	-8.21%	-10.27%	-11.49%	-5.81%	15.80%
IMO	48.35	-1.30	-2.62%	-8.77%	-11.99%	-6.84%	-11.96%	-2.52%	-0.88%	47.23%
ECA	61.63	-1.74	-2.75%	-9.27%	-13.48%	-7.67%	-11.46%	-6.48%	-1.44%	32.08%
TOT	77.21	-2.31	-2.90%	-9.86%	-9.27%	-1.61%	-7.29%	-4.82%	-8.44%	15.31%
CVX	82.75	-3.50	-4.06%	-9.96%	-12.54%	-9.26%	-11.46%	-11.27%	-9.17%	16.85%
STO	25.77	-1.22	-4.52%	-13.84%	-18.86%	-11.17%	-17.51%	-24.16%	-20.27%	6.18%
SU	89.50	-4.72	-5.01%	-15.14%	-20.75%	-13.32%	-18.84%	-13.25%	-4.06%	23.31%
PBR	92.56	-5.53	-5.64%	-18.86%	-20.73%	-11.29%	-22.09%	8.68%	33.68%	100.39%
CEO	147.39	-7.45	-4.81%	-19.62%	-13.22%	-4.17%	-11.96%	-24.31%	20.32%	70.26%

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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
MDG	35.50	-0.58	-1.61%	1.69%	1.46%	-0.87%	35.03%	11.60%	26.83%	35.03%
NEM	52.89	-1.03	-1.91%	-1.91%	-1.71%	10.90%	0.95%	16.68%	28.97%	23.63%
ABX	46.52	-0.79	-1.67%	-6.12%	-4.50%	22.04%	1.09%	14.27%	45.10%	61.08%
BVN	60.66	-2.60	-4.11%	-6.33%	-4.05%	16.43%	-0.36%	18.02%	46.91%	126.26%
GFI	16.31	-0.26	-1.57%	-7.38%	0.49%	12.79%	5.91%	-8.78%	-5.78%	-4.06%
KGC	20.82	-0.79	-3.66%	-8.08%	0.05%	26.41%	3.33%	28.28%	57.61%	67.23%
AUY	14.80	-0.20	-1.33%	-9.20%	-0.34%	20.52%	6.71%	7.95%	22.92%	20.92%
GG	33.93	-0.58	-1.68%	-10.38%	-10.45%	9.98%	-7.40%	6.83%	31.26%	30.55%
AEM	53.54	-1.46	-2.65%	-13.14%	-8.48%	12.20%	-5.27%	-0.50%	27.93%	41.34%

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
Interactive Daily data
Interactive Weekly data

MDG LIHRY AEM BGO IAG EGO RGLD GOLD CDE GRS
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Interactive Weekly data

CBJ SSRI SIL NG KRY UXG GRZ TSE_HRG TSE_GUY TSE_AGI
Interactive Daily data
Interactive Weekly data

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

Interactive Daily data
Interactive Weekly data

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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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Forex Review

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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