There was early weakness in share prices due to very negative economic data, but relief came later after the government announced it will lift cap limits on mortgage holders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There solution to the economic problems was to facilitate an increase in personal debt.

On the economic front, the US Commerce Department reported durable goods orders dropped in January -5.3 pct to a seasonally adjusted $212.80 billion. Single-family home sales in January fell -2.8 pct to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 588,000, which is the lowest number in 13 years.

The European Commission announced it has fined Microsoft (MSFT) EUR899 million for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust ruling.

By day’s end, the DJIA (+0.07 pct to 12694.8), S&P 500 (-0.09 pct to 1380.02) and Nasdaq Composite (+0.37 pct to 2353.78) were flat, and so was the Toronto Exchange (-0.14 pct to 13778.38). Earlier in the day, the FTSE, CAC and DAX of Europe were also flat at -0.18 pct, -0.09 pct, and +0.17 pct, respectively. Before that, the Asia-Pacific markets were quite strong as the Nikkei 225 of Japan was up +1.49 pct, the Shanghai Composite +2.26 pct, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng +3.24 pct and the All Ords of Australia +1.68 pct gained. India’s BSE 30 was flat.

Sectors up were Healthcare (XLV +0.45 pct) and Financials (XLF +0.44 pct), while Utilities (XLU -2.40 pct) dropped.

The Goldminers ($XAU +2.44 pct) rallied, while Nat Gas stocks ($XNG -1.83 pct) dropped.

From the Cara Global 100 companies, Goldman Sachs (GS +4.7 pct), Gerdau (GGB +4.0 pct) and ABB (ABB +4.0 pct) were strong, while Vimpel (VIP -3.0 pct) and Costco (COST -3.0 pct) dropped.

With a larger-than-expected build in inventories, as reported, Crude Oil ($WTIC) dropped to 99.64/bbl from 100.88 the day before.

During the session, gold futures ($GOLD) jumped +12.10/oz to $961.00, which was a catch up of the prior move in spot prices. Prior to this move, spot gold had run to 959.10 and solver to 19.41.

This morning at 8:38am ET, the price of spot gold, silver, palladium and platinum is at: 958.4 (958.8 at 7:00am), 19.23 (19.2188 at 7:00am), 543 (539 at 7:00am), and 2115 (2105.5 at 7:00am), respectively. The USD has weakened in the past 90 minutes.

The March Euro futures is at 151.14 (1.5089 at 7am) ; April Crude is 100.10 (99.725) ; and the March DJIA is 12641 (12659). So, as the USD weakened, so too did the US equity futures as a result of oil and precious metals being pushed higher.

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Comments & Outlook

“Remember, gold is the last dancer off the floor, and then the music stops…” You see, the dance is all about liquidity. When the business cycle (ie, corporations) cannot provide it, the G-7 central banks have to, and they do until they can’t. They are getting close to that point now because without higher personal incomes or an ability to draw down savings, Mom & Pop can no longer fill up the gas tank in the car (as a result of $100 crude oil), pay their house mortgage, etc, and the rest of their bills, including rising food costs. They are tired of getting to the end of the month a dollar short.

In fact Mom & Pop is just plain tired. They are tired of fighting to stay employed and tired of fighting terrorism. So, it’s not surprising they have stopped buying new cars and newer, bigger homes, etc., and that America’s manufacturers and retailers are suffering as a result.

So what can the Treasury Secretary and the Fed Chairman do other than print money (ie, create debt) to facilitate corporate share buy-backs and bigger dividends (to wealthy people) in order to pump share prices and bond prices that make it look like America is prospering when it isn’t.

But Mom & Pop knows better, and they want change. They know that as the Dollar drops in price relative to international currencies, the cost of living increases. Those on fixed incomes know that as bond yields drop, their incomes drop.

The people are getting desperate and they now refuse to listen to politicians and their agents and friends in big business and media who tell them the economy is strong. And when people stop believing, as consumer confidence polls show, they stop providing the liquidity the economy needs.

The banks know this. In fact the bankers know how serious are the problems, but they just don’t want to fess up. So, the bankers have gone to Washington and pleaded for help. They put their CEO Henry Paulson into the Treasury Secretary position in the White House to see they’d get a friendly reception. And Henry has now traveled the world to open the spigots of most of the Sovereign Wealth Funds to help inject capital into his friends’ banks.

But there is not much more that can be done. On Tuesday morning, there was another liquidity injection, which has plunged the $USD to a record low, almost 73 cents to par. A couple hours later, the price of oil and precious metals zoomed. Crude oil zoomed from about 99 to almost 101. A year ago it was 51. Gold zoomed from 934 to 959, silver from 18.10 to 19.41, palladium from 511 to 549.5 and platinum from 2116 to 2149, all within 24 hours. Nobody is fooling anybody any more.

The banks are cooked; the Fed is cooked. And there was Dr. Ron Paul telling it like it is. I hope you watch the video of his exchange yesterday with Chairman Bernanke. In fact, watch any time this man speaks if you want to know why America is in trouble today.

When the Fed can absolutely not drive the USD down lower without Americans screaming “no mas, no mas!” I think we will be witness to a stock market crash that will go down in history as one of the worst. All the vested interests of global wealth managers, desperate to hold up price levels, will not be able to do the job.

But rather than do the job they should have, which would have been to sell stock for the past year and a half, they will simply turn to Mom & Pop, whose pensions and other wealth they manage, and say, “I’m sorry; I didn’t see this coming.”

In 40 years, I have never seen politicians, bankers and corporate leaders try to change the laws of markets like they have today. It’s an impossible task because we – you and I – are the market and the market is driven by the laws of nature. It’s not going to change.

The word of the day has been "volatility" as in "too much". Soon it will be "liquidity" as in "not enough".

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Links & Charts

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International Economics Review

US Economic Calendar.

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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
PBR	121.75	81.36	68.40	70.48
GG	42.27	79.44	70.93	82.99	Distribution Zone (for 2 days)
SLW	16.97	78.73	59.34	73.96
ABX	50.55	76.77	61.95	59.11
VCP	33.15	75.61	67.03	67.81
ECA	75.17	75.50	73.08	80.91	Distribution Zone (for 1 days)
NOK	38.08	74.40	58.77	70.14
RIO	36.21	74.31	66.97	82.47
ABV	84.40	71.36	72.64	78.22	Distribution Zone (for 1 days)
GGB	33.08	70.71	72.61	91.26	Distribution Zone (for 1 days)
IMO	56.55	70.37	68.41	77.61
MBT	87.03	70.22	50.65	71.64
WMT	51.40	68.89	73.86	72.15
MICC	116.53	67.52	62.19	85.87
BBD	31.64	66.00	63.81	88.31
TEF	88.36	65.07	45.47	71.29
BHP	73.81	64.71	56.35	70.72
RIMM	107.75	64.54	59.97	72.79
NUE	67.91	64.44	73.19	79.49
NTES	20.85	64.28	68.31	81.13
SU	102.84	61.50	57.80	72.97
XOM	89.89	60.36	58.70	75.97
MFC	39.81	59.90	57.95	85.30
RY	51.65	59.60	56.03	70.56
CVX	88.12	59.45	56.61	75.81
AMAT	19.85	57.85	70.20	65.53
ERJ	47.35	56.76	62.15	74.11
PG	67.68	54.69	44.80	70.65
WHR	91.53	54.48	68.76	71.24
DNA	77.50	54.42	67.18	80.91
STO	29.91	54.35	54.56	72.12
TCK	39.03	50.91	57.62	77.32
TS	43.76	48.61	55.62	83.24
CCJ	39.05	46.75	55.47	81.40
WAG	37.75	38.82	59.57	79.37
JCP	50.45	38.76	59.40	71.27
HBC	79.07	35.69	49.60	76.74
KB	66.09	35.64	43.96	71.70

At least one RSI value <30:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
UBS	34.53	13.38	26.72	43.81	Buy alert (trig. 3 days ago [on 2008-02-22 at $33.65, +2.62% chg], after a 5 day AZ)
BC	17.44	15.57	45.16	55.84
SBUX	19.06	16.19	39.30	63.04
SNDK	24.90	23.78	17.03	36.88
DELL	20.48	25.24	34.93	62.51
GOL	18.00	28.67	24.01	39.47
BMY	23.37	29.76	29.15	53.86
BBBY	30.44	29.78	53.23	59.21
GS	172.70	35.00	28.46	30.69
GOOG	464.19	37.49	22.26	18.99
GRMN	61.78	39.30	29.48	33.54

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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 14: 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
AIG	52.25	0.83	1.61%	9.08%	13.24%	-7.90%	-7.19%	-4.11%	-22.07%	-21.75%
IBM	116.46	2.08	1.82%	7.98%	9.32%	9.76%	11.24%	12.16%	2.66%	23.95%
AA	39.02	0.52	1.35%	5.95%	16.51%	19.47%	8.00%	11.36%	5.52%	15.48%
HD	28.91	0.08	0.28%	4.29%	1.87%	-2.69%	10.72%	6.48%	-17.99%	-27.40%
CAT	74.22	0.92	1.26%	4.17%	6.03%	7.58%	5.08%	7.85%	-2.34%	14.48%
WMT	51.43	0.03	0.06%	3.48%	2.35%	4.94%	9.66%	12.22%	17.37%	6.70%
VZ	36.39	-0.42	-1.14%	3.26%	-3.12%	-5.99%	-15.78%	-12.23%	-14.56%	-0.66%
HPQ	48.94	-0.26	-0.53%	3.16%	14.13%	12.82%	-1.75%	0.47%	2.41%	25.75%
KO	60.05	0.53	0.89%	3.05%	0.22%	2.56%	-1.70%	-4.65%	11.18%	29.45%
JPM	44.41	0.69	1.58%	2.92%	2.54%	-6.41%	5.31%	4.86%	-1.11%	-9.77%
DD	47.61	0.31	0.66%	2.48%	1.04%	5.45%	8.85%	6.77%	-2.50%	-7.19%
T	35.20	-0.37	-1.04%	2.44%	-6.16%	-7.10%	-14.15%	-4.17%	-12.22%	-2.63%
CVX	88.22	0.10	0.11%	2.18%	8.75%	6.80%	-5.61%	4.64%	1.40%	28.64%
INTC	20.77	0.08	0.39%	1.91%	-0.62%	1.32%	-18.07%	-17.28%	-15.05%	3.69%
AXP	46.07	0.26	0.57%	1.70%	2.20%	-3.62%	-9.74%	-17.17%	-23.17%	-17.13%
DIS	33.10	0.21	0.64%	1.60%	3.34%	14.93%	3.96%	4.35%	-2.19%	0.00%
PG	67.21	-0.47	-0.69%	1.57%	0.07%	3.91%	-7.05%	-8.10%	3.04%	9.73%
XOM	89.39	-0.50	-0.56%	1.46%	5.94%	5.07%	-4.41%	3.48%	5.02%	24.45%
PFE	22.75	-0.08	-0.35%	1.25%	0.31%	-1.86%	-0.70%	-0.57%	-8.12%	-9.51%
UTX	72.93	-0.36	-0.49%	1.22%	0.15%	-0.34%	-3.03%	-1.45%	-1.07%	11.41%
C	25.72	0.77	3.09%	0.90%	-1.87%	-7.85%	-11.07%	-15.17%	-46.18%	-49.17%
MMM	80.48	-0.81	-1.00%	0.68%	1.74%	3.15%	-2.70%	-2.00%	-9.27%	8.03%
MSFT	28.26	-0.12	-0.42%	0.14%	-0.28%	-13.31%	-19.76%	-14.52%	-0.81%	1.40%
BA	83.95	-0.62	-0.73%	-0.06%	0.47%	3.69%	-3.08%	-8.48%	-14.81%	-3.73%
BAC	42.88	0.16	0.37%	-0.21%	0.14%	2.24%	5.72%	-0.14%	-15.71%	-15.59%
JNJ	63.04	-0.68	-1.07%	-0.30%	0.11%	0.11%	-4.35%	-6.92%	2.34%	-0.02%
GE	34.02	0.08	0.24%	-0.99%	-1.02%	-2.13%	-7.45%	-9.16%	-12.77%	-1.85%
MCD	55.33	-1.12	-1.98%	-1.55%	-1.84%	9.02%	-4.77%	-3.71%	11.85%	24.45%
GM	24.82	0.24	0.98%	-2.82%	-6.69%	-8.78%	1.68%	-8.58%	-18.14%	-22.82%
MRK	45.44	-0.95	-2.05%	-3.36%	-2.34%	-5.35%	-20.79%	-22.90%	-9.34%	5.23%

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

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
SMH	29.87	0.35	1.19%	3.54%	4.08%	4.62%	-4.75%	-5.41%	-19.77%	-13.29%
XLB	42.43	0.09	0.21%	1.87%	4.66%	7.72%	2.74%	8.79%	8.66%	14.12%
XLY	32.80	-0.17	-0.52%	1.83%	2.63%	4.23%	1.86%	-1.06%	-10.24%	-14.02%
XLF	27.56	0.12	0.44%	1.70%	2.26%	-3.40%	-2.82%	-4.44%	-19.27%	-21.93%
SPY	138.22	-0.14	-0.10%	1.69%	2.39%	1.70%	-4.63%	-3.05%	-5.94%	-0.92%
XLE	77.33	-0.92	-1.18%	1.55%	7.99%	8.84%	-2.73%	9.38%	13.06%	36.50%
XLP	27.80	-0.08	-0.29%	1.53%	1.42%	3.00%	-2.08%	-2.63%	2.96%	6.11%
XLK	22.88	0.04	0.18%	1.46%	0.62%	-1.17%	-12.40%	-10.63%	-10.69%	-0.52%
XLI	37.49	0.02	0.05%	1.13%	2.01%	2.46%	-2.65%	-2.11%	-4.14%	6.20%
IYH	67.08	-0.47	-0.70%	0.43%	0.16%	0.16%	-4.31%	-5.32%	-1.94%	0.55%
IYZ	24.33	-0.25	-1.02%	-0.69%	-4.77%	-6.78%	-16.59%	-12.73%	-26.67%	-18.93%
XLU	39.10	-0.74	-1.86%	-0.94%	-2.13%	0.51%	-7.10%	-6.97%	1.30%	2.49%

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 XLK SPY . 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.

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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
ECA	75.09	-0.08	-0.11%	5.78%	8.29%	15.75%	7.87%	14.90%	29.18%	55.50%
IMO	56.50	-0.05	-0.09%	4.94%	9.33%	15.24%	2.88%	16.21%	30.88%	55.01%
PBR	125.01	3.26	2.68%	3.71%	9.90%	15.18%	5.22%	32.01%	109.54%	178.79%
SU	102.84	0.00	0.00%	3.63%	6.97%	13.06%	-6.74%	5.97%	18.13%	44.03%
TOT	76.79	0.55	0.72%	3.41%	7.73%	4.55%	-7.79%	-4.05%	3.92%	13.58%
CEO	173.86	3.13	1.83%	3.40%	17.60%	16.84%	3.85%	-1.81%	39.95%	122.38%
STO	30.80	0.89	2.98%	3.11%	15.44%	14.84%	-1.41%	-3.33%	9.73%	20.83%
SLB	88.25	-0.85	-0.95%	2.54%	8.30%	12.15%	-12.26%	-1.03%	-5.25%	40.53%
CVX	88.22	0.10	0.11%	2.18%	8.75%	6.80%	-5.61%	4.64%	1.40%	28.64%
RIG	141.69	-2.07	-1.44%	2.13%	12.44%	12.03%	-2.92%	4.38%	38.40%	84.54%
XOM	89.39	-0.50	-0.56%	1.46%	5.94%	5.07%	-4.41%	3.48%	5.02%	24.45%
PTR	154.32	4.36	2.91%	-0.06%	7.12%	4.79%	-11.13%	-16.74%	3.07%	35.07%

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Table 3: Senior metals and steel 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
GGB	34.41	1.33	4.02%	13.71%	22.02%	33.17%	19.90%	34.57%	48.64%	103.49%
TS	44.00	0.24	0.55%	12.22%	15.12%	5.87%	-0.88%	-4.91%	-6.06%	-1.03%
TCK	39.95	0.92	2.36%	11.75%	21.91%	20.73%	10.24%	14.34%	-6.48%	-43.41%
PKX	146.13	2.15	1.49%	7.13%	10.54%	9.40%	-0.23%	-5.59%	2.82%	58.98%
MT	79.81	0.71	0.90%	6.60%	14.19%	24.04%	4.46%	16.04%	23.95%	62.45%
AA	39.02	0.52	1.35%	5.95%	16.51%	19.47%	8.00%	11.36%	5.52%	15.48%
RIO	36.65	0.44	1.22%	4.56%	14.53%	27.66%	12.05%	17.47%	-24.15%	11.03%
BHP	75.01	1.20	1.63%	3.59%	10.63%	15.12%	6.53%	3.42%	20.96%	72.60%
NUE	68.09	0.18	0.27%	3.18%	13.22%	21.61%	17.46%	30.72%	27.34%	13.43%
VCP	34.00	0.85	2.56%	2.75%	8.49%	19.72%	14.48%	9.78%	48.54%	91.01%
RTP	461.96	3.96	0.86%	2.32%	7.89%	22.47%	10.07%	8.25%	69.84%	114.74%
DOW	39.17	0.17	0.44%	0.54%	1.19%	3.24%	1.08%	-1.76%	-9.29%	-10.28%

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
GG	43.40	1.13	2.67%	10.97%	21.81%	15.06%	18.45%	28.82%	89.27%	63.34%
AUY	18.21	0.64	3.64%	9.96%	21.81%	11.72%	31.29%	36.92%	78.53%	29.61%
HMY	12.93	0.50	4.02%	9.21%	35.11%	25.05%	20.28%	30.34%	44.31%	-3.36%
LIHR	37.85	1.95	5.43%	6.89%	16.82%	14.01%	14.11%	7.04%	50.20%	49.84%
EGO	6.300	0.230	3.79%	5.00%	8.43%	-1.72%	1.61%	9.57%	26.51%	4.48%
KGC	24.62	0.21	0.86%	4.19%	13.14%	12.06%	22.18%	40.28%	115.21%	82.64%
AEM	69.11	1.72	2.55%	3.50%	10.12%	10.17%	22.28%	44.40%	64.86%	77.02%
ABX	51.45	0.90	1.78%	2.35%	6.85%	-3.34%	11.80%	24.82%	60.13%	71.44%
BVN	74.53	1.99	2.74%	2.10%	8.55%	13.94%	22.42%	37.08%	96.34%	168.87%
NEM	51.39	0.94	1.86%	0.47%	5.98%	-5.86%	-1.91%	1.60%	27.05%	16.00%
AU	35.48	0.31	0.88%	-0.11%	2.25%	-16.38%	-22.63%	-20.57%	-4.98%	-18.62%
GFI	14.32	0.49	3.54%	-0.28%	7.75%	-4.66%	-7.01%	-15.76%	-1.65%	-16.50%

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Table 4: Senior capital goods makers and transportation

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
ABB	25.98	1.00	4.00%	10.60%	5.70%	2.61%	-9.29%	-4.49%	8.93%	58.61%
HON	59.63	0.47	0.79%	5.82%	3.65%	2.04%	-0.45%	10.32%	4.80%	29.18%
FLR	132.07	-2.48	-1.84%	5.68%	12.93%	6.39%	-8.54%	-3.04%	5.63%	57.41%
ERJ	47.40	0.05	0.11%	4.54%	3.65%	13.13%	5.03%	8.64%	14.05%	5.33%
CAT	74.22	0.92	1.26%	4.17%	6.03%	7.58%	5.08%	7.85%	-2.34%	14.48%
TXT	57.30	-0.96	-1.65%	2.16%	1.60%	4.41%	-14.23%	-12.97%	0.33%	26.16%
UTX	72.93	-0.36	-0.49%	1.22%	0.15%	-0.34%	-3.03%	-1.45%	-1.07%	11.41%
FDX	90.83	-0.14	-0.15%	0.99%	3.10%	-2.15%	5.42%	-2.55%	-17.83%	-20.13%
MMM	80.48	-0.81	-1.00%	0.68%	1.74%	3.15%	-2.70%	-2.00%	-9.27%	8.03%
BA	83.95	-0.62	-0.73%	-0.06%	0.47%	3.69%	-3.08%	-8.48%	-14.81%	-3.73%
UPS	72.31	-0.22	-0.30%	-0.45%	-0.22%	1.96%	4.55%	1.22%	-5.38%	2.96%
GE	34.02	0.08	0.24%	-0.99%	-1.02%	-2.13%	-7.45%	-9.16%	-12.77%	-1.85%

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25 (consumer discretionary: XLY)

Table 5: Senior consumer discretionary 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
WHR	93.90	2.37	2.59%	5.72%	2.80%	13.83%	17.55%	20.93%	-4.39%	4.39%
BBBY	30.52	0.08	0.26%	4.70%	-0.65%	-2.27%	7.62%	3.00%	-11.87%	-24.83%
BDK	71.28	-0.36	-0.50%	4.52%	5.38%	2.13%	1.93%	-11.63%	-17.97%	-15.31%
BC	17.74	0.30	1.72%	3.74%	-0.62%	-0.95%	4.85%	-8.84%	-28.58%	-44.94%
JCP	49.61	-0.84	-1.67%	3.46%	2.97%	10.27%	19.11%	21.92%	-25.30%	-38.20%
TGT	54.83	-0.06	-0.11%	2.68%	1.71%	3.84%	10.75%	-3.81%	-11.92%	-7.69%
NKE	62.38	-0.23	-0.37%	1.93%	1.65%	8.77%	-1.42%	-1.61%	15.78%	19.98%
CCL	42.35	-0.15	-0.35%	1.61%	-0.02%	1.41%	-3.00%	-3.13%	-7.33%	-8.39%
DIS	33.10	0.21	0.64%	1.60%	3.34%	14.93%	3.96%	4.35%	-2.19%	0.00%
EBAY	27.60	0.09	0.33%	1.32%	-0.40%	5.67%	-15.05%	-15.13%	-17.71%	-13.75%
GOL	18.15	0.15	0.83%	0.89%	-8.75%	-8.33%	-24.34%	-25.40%	-19.12%	-36.07%
TM	112.87	0.73	0.65%	-0.34%	0.64%	8.72%	6.02%	0.68%	-2.01%	-15.12%

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30 (consumer staples: XLP)

Table 6: Senior consumer staples 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
ABV	85.50	1.10	1.30%	9.40%	8.82%	21.00%	17.96%	23.04%	29.37%	76.91%
SBUX	19.04	-0.02	-0.10%	4.27%	1.76%	-4.66%	-1.40%	-15.79%	-30.43%	-38.08%
DEO	84.84	0.49	0.58%	3.97%	2.18%	6.85%	-0.26%	-4.14%	2.39%	6.44%
WAG	37.41	-0.34	-0.90%	3.92%	3.23%	7.75%	0.19%	-2.30%	-15.72%	-16.16%
WMT	51.43	0.03	0.06%	3.48%	2.35%	4.94%	9.66%	12.22%	17.37%	6.70%
KO	60.05	0.53	0.89%	3.05%	0.22%	2.56%	-1.70%	-4.65%	11.18%	29.45%
PG	67.21	-0.47	-0.69%	1.57%	0.07%	3.91%	-7.05%	-8.10%	3.04%	9.73%
PDA	49.40	1.45	3.02%	0.43%	4.51%	13.25%	2.64%	16.76%	30.10%	109.32%
PEP	71.20	-0.13	-0.18%	0.11%	-1.06%	3.74%	-5.43%	-6.22%	4.55%	13.45%
BUD	47.51	0.09	0.19%	-1.12%	-0.77%	0.47%	-7.98%	-6.18%	-2.24%	-3.04%
KR	25.46	-0.48	-1.85%	-3.19%	-1.24%	0.71%	-0.82%	-8.55%	-4.32%	1.96%
WFMI	36.29	-0.75	-2.02%	-3.61%	-12.83%	-3.20%	-8.73%	-11.66%	-20.68%	-24.40%

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35 (healthcare: IYH)

Table 7: Senior healthcare 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
DNA	76.66	-0.84	-1.08%	5.93%	9.64%	10.25%	13.74%	0.86%	5.03%	-8.95%
NVO	68.60	-0.14	-0.20%	3.17%	6.55%	15.78%	7.52%	-45.12%	-39.22%	-17.98%
GSK	45.47	-0.38	-0.83%	2.62%	3.15%	-4.35%	-9.37%	-9.69%	-12.84%	-18.37%
UNH	49.17	0.24	0.49%	2.22%	1.86%	-3.17%	-13.23%	-9.43%	-0.04%	-4.91%
MDT	50.32	0.33	0.66%	1.84%	4.18%	7.73%	1.66%	0.82%	-6.28%	0.76%
PFE	22.75	-0.08	-0.35%	1.25%	0.31%	-1.86%	-0.70%	-0.57%	-8.12%	-9.51%
BMY	23.20	-0.17	-0.73%	0.61%	0.04%	-1.74%	-11.21%	-17.50%	-21.09%	-11.99%
NVS	49.92	-0.27	-0.54%	0.54%	0.77%	-0.83%	-8.52%	-11.88%	-5.85%	-9.76%
JNJ	63.04	-0.68	-1.07%	-0.30%	0.11%	0.11%	-4.35%	-6.92%	2.34%	-0.02%
AET	51.91	-0.35	-0.67%	-0.42%	2.63%	-3.89%	-8.35%	-6.50%	3.82%	17.23%
AMGN	46.60	-1.22	-2.55%	-1.58%	0.13%	-2.92%	0.00%	-13.74%	-6.65%	-27.55%
WLP	73.75	-0.72	-0.97%	-1.65%	-2.81%	-3.57%	-15.23%	-11.81%	-5.56%	-5.33%

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40 (financial: XLF)

Table 8: Senior financial company 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
BBD	32.25	0.61	1.93%	12.96%	19.80%	18.78%	5.98%	13.12%	31.74%	76.81%
HBC	78.92	-0.15	-0.19%	7.70%	8.54%	3.23%	-4.27%	-4.93%	-12.72%	-8.63%
MS	45.88	0.95	2.11%	5.35%	7.42%	-7.24%	-9.95%	-7.87%	-28.01%	-38.11%
MER	54.21	-0.09	-0.17%	4.57%	5.30%	-5.67%	2.75%	2.15%	-27.61%	-35.02%
DB	116.29	0.41	0.35%	4.39%	4.79%	1.38%	-9.89%	-7.89%	-6.89%	-11.37%
LEH	57.46	0.62	1.09%	3.74%	2.13%	-8.11%	-7.61%	-4.07%	-0.50%	-22.55%
CS	51.10	0.56	1.11%	3.69%	-0.89%	-8.82%	-14.38%	-11.81%	-23.27%	-26.82%
UBS	34.85	0.32	0.93%	3.23%	-5.35%	-19.05%	-23.89%	-25.31%	-34.34%	-39.99%
JPM	44.41	0.69	1.58%	2.92%	2.54%	-6.41%	5.31%	4.86%	-1.11%	-9.77%
GS	180.80	8.10	4.69%	2.00%	0.08%	-7.78%	-12.91%	-15.25%	1.60%	-9.49%
C	25.72	0.77	3.09%	0.90%	-1.87%	-7.85%	-11.07%	-15.17%	-46.18%	-49.17%
IBN	55.74	-0.57	-1.01%	-4.42%	-1.10%	-10.47%	-10.31%	-5.35%	26.74%	52.55%

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45 (technology, semiconductor: SMH)

Table 9: Senior technology 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
RIMM	111.50	3.75	3.48%	13.88%	21.86%	22.33%	-1.94%	-3.61%	37.47%	141.19%
CSCO	24.95	0.88	3.66%	7.54%	6.49%	3.70%	-5.99%	-9.24%	-19.77%	-2.96%
INTC	20.77	0.08	0.39%	1.91%	-0.62%	1.32%	-18.07%	-17.28%	-15.05%	3.69%
INFY	42.00	-0.41	-0.97%	1.84%	0.31%	4.45%	-5.47%	5.93%	-10.01%	-21.44%
SAP	49.23	0.23	0.47%	1.46%	2.03%	3.47%	-2.96%	-3.26%	-6.39%	9.01%
ADBE	35.46	-0.41	-1.14%	1.17%	3.14%	-0.23%	-14.98%	-13.66%	-13.11%	-8.89%
QCOM	43.79	0.15	0.34%	0.97%	6.96%	8.66%	14.07%	9.97%	13.50%	8.80%
AAPL	122.96	3.81	3.20%	-0.68%	-1.52%	-6.52%	-36.89%	-29.66%	-7.02%	46.50%
CTSH	32.77	0.07	0.21%	-0.82%	-1.83%	16.16%	1.68%	7.69%	-9.97%	-25.99%
SNDK	25.22	0.32	1.29%	-1.06%	-2.74%	-0.32%	-23.97%	-32.30%	-51.37%	-31.67%
ORCL	19.19	-0.02	-0.10%	-1.24%	-1.13%	-4.38%	-14.67%	-3.52%	-3.37%	17.80%
ADSK	32.99	-6.11	-15.63%	-14.07%	-14.27%	-19.10%	-31.61%	-28.08%	-27.45%	-19.02%

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50 (telecom: IYZ)

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International Equity Market USD-denominated ETF Review

Table 13: International equities 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
EWA	28.22	0.27	0.97%	6.41%	5.53%	5.10%	-1.95%	-6.53%	2.06%	16.18%
EWZ	88.23	1.66	1.92%	5.98%	12.11%	17.80%	8.99%	18.59%	47.25%	96.02%
EWQ	35.28	0.22	0.63%	5.03%	7.14%	3.37%	-7.01%	-7.38%	-2.05%	4.78%
EWC	32.53	0.00	0.00%	4.83%	7.40%	7.54%	0.40%	3.53%	10.27%	27.62%
EWJ	12.82	-0.05	-0.39%	3.97%	4.57%	1.67%	-3.10%	-7.57%	-7.50%	-13.26%
EWU	22.62	-0.12	-0.53%	3.05%	4.97%	2.82%	-5.28%	-8.83%	-6.91%	-1.65%
EWG	32.15	0.27	0.85%	3.01%	4.79%	3.74%	-9.16%	-6.46%	2.10%	16.99%
TRF	64.11	0.91	1.44%	2.54%	4.07%	6.74%	-12.76%	-3.58%	2.99%	-7.09%
EWS	12.71	-0.11	-0.86%	1.76%	5.74%	3.33%	-5.78%	-8.69%	-4.44%	10.14%
EWH	19.24	0.28	1.48%	0.26%	1.69%	-3.80%	-11.70%	-9.25%	5.83%	24.45%
IFN	52.40	1.16	2.26%	-0.15%	1.49%	-1.84%	-15.35%	-6.43%	14.76%	39.29%

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Japanese equity market ETF: EWJ

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U.K. equity market ETF

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Canada's equity market

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Bonds & Yields Review

Table 10: Yahoo Finance U.S. Treasury Debt, Municipal and Corporate Bond Yields

US Treasury Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
3 Month	1.89	2.03	2.15	2.17
6 Month	1.94	1.98	2.08	2.25
2 Year	1.99	2.00	2.13	2.18
3 Year	1.98	1.98	2.14	2.13
5 Year	2.89	2.87	2.98	2.78
10 Year	3.85	3.86	3.89	3.58
30 Year	4.65	4.65	4.61	4.28

Municipal Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	2.67	2.59	2.40	2.28
2yr AAA	2.55	2.45	2.38	2.36
2yr A	2.80	2.66	2.49	2.79
5yr AAA	3.08	2.96	2.84	2.70
5yr AA	3.19	3.07	2.83	2.69
5yr A	3.22	3.13	3.03	2.98
10yr AAA	3.84	3.81	3.50	3.40
10yr AA	3.70	3.69	3.63	3.34
10yr A	3.86	3.89	3.89	3.63
20yr AAA	4.76	4.70	4.41	4.27
20yr AA	4.80	4.75	4.43	4.41
20yr A	4.99	4.98	4.93	4.30

Corporate Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	3.48	3.49	3.55	3.54
2yr A	3.41	3.43	3.36	3.64
5yr AAA	4.18	4.14	4.14	4.17
5yr AA	4.24	4.32	4.40	4.29
5yr A	4.67	4.66	4.76	4.29
10yr AAA	5.31	5.34	5.38	5.00
10yr AA	5.46	5.50	5.55	5.20
10yr A	5.95	5.73	5.90	5.27
20yr AAA	5.82	5.86	5.78	5.34
20yr AA	6.44	6.25	6.40	5.68
20yr A	6.40	6.44	6.36	6.01

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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
DRE	24.10	-0.20	-0.82%	2.90%	3.17%	-5.23%	-5.93%	-5.19%	-27.10%	-45.60%
NLY	20.77	-0.10	-0.48%	2.62%	0.34%	6.24%	14.75%	26.03%	48.36%	49.75%
AVB	97.98	-1.12	-1.13%	2.51%	4.57%	2.67%	7.26%	3.32%	-12.85%	-27.36%
TIP	108.02	0.21	0.19%	0.73%	-0.53%	-0.93%	1.29%	1.02%	7.06%	6.79%
AGG	101.93	0.21	0.21%	0.62%	-0.93%	-0.94%	0.28%	0.18%	2.60%	1.00%
IEF	88.76	0.21	0.24%	0.51%	-0.99%	-0.84%	1.29%	1.70%	6.18%	5.96%
EQR	40.04	-0.37	-0.92%	0.40%	3.76%	6.04%	9.91%	15.26%	0.05%	-19.68%
CFC	6.980	0.050	0.72%	0.29%	1.16%	10.62%	-22.44%	-22.19%	-65.10%	-81.43%
SHY	83.70	0.14	0.17%	0.28%	-0.06%	0.35%	1.65%	1.60%	3.41%	4.07%
TLT	91.31	0.20	0.22%	-0.25%	-2.36%	-3.82%	-3.25%	-3.55%	3.40%	0.83%
FNM	27.27	0.30	1.11%	-8.58%	-10.44%	-17.14%	-27.20%	-7.24%	-58.98%	-52.01%
FRE	25.09	-0.12	-0.48%	-12.73%	-13.93%	-13.93%	-23.37%	-2.49%	-59.91%	-60.61%

Consumer Finance -USA -- Interactive Daily Data Charts

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Commodities Review

$CRB Index

Open Futures Contracts

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Oil Review

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Gold & Precious Metals Review

Spot gold chart for the week

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Spot silver chart for the week

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Spot platinum chart for the past three days

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Spot palladium chart for the week

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Interactive Chart of Weekly Copper EOD Continuous Contract 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
GG	43.40	1.13	2.67%	10.97%	21.81%	15.06%	18.45%	28.82%	89.27%	63.34%
AUY	18.21	0.64	3.64%	9.96%	21.81%	11.72%	31.29%	36.92%	78.53%	29.61%
HMY	12.93	0.50	4.02%	9.21%	35.11%	25.05%	20.28%	30.34%	44.31%	-3.36%
LIHR	37.85	1.95	5.43%	6.89%	16.82%	14.01%	14.11%	7.04%	50.20%	49.84%
EGO	6.300	0.230	3.79%	5.00%	8.43%	-1.72%	1.61%	9.57%	26.51%	4.48%
KGC	24.62	0.21	0.86%	4.19%	13.14%	12.06%	22.18%	40.28%	115.21%	82.64%
AEM	69.11	1.72	2.55%	3.50%	10.12%	10.17%	22.28%	44.40%	64.86%	77.02%
ABX	51.45	0.90	1.78%	2.35%	6.85%	-3.34%	11.80%	24.82%	60.13%	71.44%
BVN	74.53	1.99	2.74%	2.10%	8.55%	13.94%	22.42%	37.08%	96.34%	168.87%
NEM	51.39	0.94	1.86%	0.47%	5.98%	-5.86%	-1.91%	1.60%	27.05%	16.00%
AU	35.48	0.31	0.88%	-0.11%	2.25%	-16.38%	-22.63%	-20.57%	-4.98%	-18.62%
GFI	14.32	0.49	3.54%	-0.28%	7.75%	-4.66%	-7.01%	-15.76%	-1.65%	-16.50%

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
Interactive Daily data
Interactive Weekly data

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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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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