Shorts are being covered and new positions are being taken in the consumer segment (discretionary spending, staples and healthcare). Volumes have increased, both on the upside and downside.

Yesterday, the DJIA (+135.16 +1.18% to 11602.5), S&P 500 (+17.0 +1.35% to 1277.0) and NASDAQ Composite (+24.4 +1.07% to 2303.96) closed much higher on a broad rally that climbed the wall of falling oil prices.

Crude Oil ($WTIC dropped -$3.40/bbl to 128.42. Along with the squeeze on commodity prices, $GOLD dropped -$15.20/oz to 948.50. Both are looking lower this morning.

With the lower commodity prices, the Toronto Composite index lost -46 -0.34% to 13643.9 and the Toronto Venture board dropped –24 -1.05% to 2263.66.

In NY, Banks ($BKX +8.9%) and Broker-Dealers ($XBD +8.4%) continued their 5-day super-rally as short-sellers continue to protect earlier gains. XLF (+8.4%) was the leading sector ETF, and is now up over +25% in the past week, despite huge losses and an incredibly challenging operating environment, which continues. The three consumer sectors (XLY, XLP and XLV) were up +2.7%, +1.8% and +1.4% respectively at the close.

The big industry mover was Airlines ($XAL +22.2%), which moved because of the plunging fuel costs as well as by further extreme re-organization measures taken by UAL.

Cara 100 stocks on the move higher were the Indian banks (IBN and HDB =13.1% and +9.8% respectively, Carnival Cruiseline CCL +12.2% on the lower fuel costs, and SWK +7.5%, SBUX +7.4%, OXPS +7.1% and GOL +6.8%. The extreme losers were SNDK -24.0%, MICC -22.6%, TEF -6.1% and GG -5.8%.

Today, traders will be reviewing the earnings reports of three DJIA components, BA, T and PFE, as well as PEP. Spinmasters will be looking closely at the Beige Book.

The 30-year US Bond ($USB) lost -0.34% to 114.16 as yields lifted when the equity rally consumer cash. The US T-Bill yield popped +8.7% to 1.50 for that reason.

Earlier today, the Asia-Pacific markets were strong. Tokyo (+0.97% to 13312.9), India (+5.94% to 14942.3), Australia (+1.69% to 5161.6), Hong Kong (+2.69% to 23134.6) were strong, while Shanghai dropped -0.29% to 2837.9.

In Europe this morning at 7:43am, there is a broad rally based on continued downward pressure on commodity contracts. The UK FTSE is up +1.12% to 5424, the French CAC +1.59% to 4396, and the German DAX +1.07% to 6512.

Crude Oil futures are down -$2.11/bbl to 126.31.

At 7:38am ET, Gold, palladium, platinum and silver spot prices are all down, presently at: 937.15 (up from 932.2 at 7am), 389, 1775, and 17.67 (up from 17.53 at 7am). These are well down from yesterday’s 974.38, 417.5, 1874, and 18.61 respectively at about the same time in the morning.

The Euro is at 1.5713 and the $USD at 0.72785 at 7:15am, whereas 30 min ago, the numbers were 1.5689 and 0.72835, so there is a bit of strengthening to the Euro, and gold/silver has recovered slightly.

DJIA futures are presently up +59 to 11621.

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Comments & Outlook

The public has been getting an earful from the gold bug and silver crazy crowd in the past month and I’m getting sick of it. Look at the 1-month charts for gold and silver and you will clearly see the trend.

The rally in equities is based squarely on falling commodity prices, particularly oil. That is firming the $USD and putting downward pressure on precious metals. This scenario was painted in advance by me, and I alerted broad market short-sellers two weeks ago that they ought to consider taking profits ahead of the summer rally that I figured would be commodity-price based. I warned that the changes to commodity exchange margin requirements would have an impact. I also warned that with the HB&B earnings reports there would be a lot of smoke being blown by desperate executives, which has been the case.

I think you get the picture.

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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
WMT	59.06	82.22	60.20	67.51
COST	72.00	79.92	55.59	52.84
TT	46.49	76.65	65.62	56.92
GG	43.46	70.91	52.68	37.20	Sell alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-07-15 at $47.99, -9.44% chg], after a 2 day DZ)
DNA	93.55	70.48	87.99	86.92	Distribution Zone (for 2 days)
NTES	22.87	60.91	56.96	70.79
GSK	48.55	56.87	72.38	69.30
HBC	82.30	52.38	56.79	77.41
CCL	39.73	45.87	58.55	75.82	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-07-15 at $30.25, +31.34% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
HDB	85.97	41.41	48.84	78.02
PAYX	33.69	41.08	52.99	72.90
GRMN	48.70	37.26	53.22	71.73
WHR	68.15	34.97	47.25	70.10
IBN	33.89	33.93	47.98	75.09	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $26.51, +27.84% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
ERJ	30.74	27.85	40.67	70.35
DB	93.00	27.28	42.96	70.40	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $84.60, +9.93% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
TTM	10.51	20.87	33.98	71.03

At least one RSI value <30:

Ticker	Last	RSI-7M	RSI-7W	RSI-7D	Zone
SBUX	15.13	14.91	40.96	57.96	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $14.34, +5.51% chg], after a 5 day AZ)
WFMI	22.15	16.61	27.36	48.38	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $21.89, +1.19% chg], after a 5 day AZ)
GOL	9.71	17.79	28.29	54.76	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $9.19, +5.66% chg], after a 13 day AZ)
JCP	31.49	18.94	34.65	43.76	Buy alert (trig. 4 days ago [on 2008-07-17 at $32.05, -1.75% chg], after a 5 day AZ)
BC	12.03	19.61	41.97	66.52	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-07-15 at $10.02, +20.06% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
UBS	22.42	20.87	41.18	68.63	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $19.83, +13.06% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
TTM	10.51	20.87	33.98	71.03
SNDK	13.62	23.50	15.44	20.30	Accumulation Zone (for 1 days)
KSS	42.91	23.55	48.86	59.09
BDK	58.96	25.45	44.55	61.51	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $55.16, +6.89% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
DB	93.00	27.28	42.96	70.40	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $84.60, +9.93% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
ERJ	30.74	27.85	40.67	70.35
TGT	45.96	28.31	37.88	46.29	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $46.18, -0.48% chg], after a 4 day AZ)
AET	36.16	29.05	25.26	47.23	Buy alert (trig. 1 days ago [on 2008-07-22 at $36.16, +0.00% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
BA	69.26	29.65	39.63	68.41	Buy alert (trig. 6 days ago [on 2008-07-15 at $63.88, +8.42% chg], after a 2 day AZ)
TGP	24.73	32.37	26.08	42.49	Buy alert (trig. 5 days ago [on 2008-07-16 at $24.47, +1.06% chg], after a 1 day AZ)
KO	51.35	36.12	21.41	52.55
MICC	75.48	37.08	18.68	15.12
CTSH	27.79	39.70	32.63	24.88
GOOG	477.11	40.31	33.27	27.69
TEF	76.83	43.65	29.96	24.06
VCP	25.36	44.78	26.38	35.58
NUE	60.11	45.49	27.95	36.54
RIO	29.23	46.82	25.51	28.63
IMO	49.38	47.39	28.32	38.46
CVX	85.63	48.20	24.01	24.36
QCOM	44.10	54.85	43.41	28.96
PBR	57.73	55.75	34.77	28.11
ATVI	30.07	64.63	40.47	24.46

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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
BAC	32.35	3.79	13.27%	74.68%	37.43%	25.00%	-20.24%	-12.57%	-13.53%	-33.04%
GM	14.32	1.23	9.40%	45.53%	32.84%	10.92%	-41.34%	-30.18%	-39.48%	-58.99%
C	20.89	1.20	6.09%	43.48%	20.13%	12.61%	-27.77%	-16.84%	-14.42%	-58.82%
AIG	28.14	1.61	6.07%	36.34%	2.70%	-7.13%	-50.02%	-37.84%	-46.36%	-59.24%
JPM	40.86	2.21	5.72%	31.72%	14.23%	10.82%	-3.11%	-10.49%	-0.05%	-14.09%
CAT	74.98	1.75	2.39%	11.84%	7.87%	-6.27%	6.16%	-8.57%	17.39%	-9.88%
HD	23.95	0.83	3.59%	11.60%	3.95%	-4.43%	-8.27%	-16.02%	-15.16%	-39.20%
DD	45.21	1.16	2.63%	9.84%	7.93%	-0.57%	3.36%	-9.87%	6.23%	-14.08%
UTX	65.27	1.22	1.90%	8.64%	5.67%	-5.16%	-13.22%	-8.64%	-3.09%	-14.15%
BA	69.26	1.02	1.49%	8.42%	5.07%	-8.37%	-20.04%	-11.84%	-10.67%	-33.31%
GE	28.50	0.81	2.93%	6.94%	1.57%	4.01%	-22.47%	-11.85%	-16.37%	-28.96%
INTC	22.09	0.00	0.00%	6.66%	5.59%	-1.21%	-12.86%	0.45%	18.57%	-10.02%
IBM	130.00	1.34	1.04%	5.52%	4.94%	5.30%	24.18%	5.12%	28.41%	13.23%
WMT	59.06	1.75	3.05%	5.01%	3.78%	4.98%	25.93%	4.44%	20.04%	22.89%
HPQ	43.53	0.18	0.42%	4.51%	0.18%	-4.35%	-12.61%	-9.63%	2.02%	-10.32%
PFE	18.35	0.26	1.44%	4.38%	0.88%	5.58%	-19.90%	-7.28%	-17.49%	-26.31%
MMM	70.30	1.57	2.28%	3.86%	-1.03%	-3.65%	-15.00%	-13.40%	-6.48%	-22.07%
DIS	30.41	-0.08	-0.26%	3.33%	1.54%	-6.11%	-4.49%	-2.81%	8.22%	-11.44%
MCD	60.12	0.37	0.62%	2.66%	2.73%	5.46%	3.48%	3.03%	14.62%	15.42%
AXP	37.99	-2.91	-7.11%	2.62%	-8.57%	-7.07%	-25.57%	-13.60%	-12.49%	-41.11%
XOM	82.86	-0.12	-0.14%	0.82%	-3.58%	-5.52%	-11.39%	-12.22%	0.50%	-9.88%
JNJ	67.99	0.88	1.31%	0.43%	2.69%	5.76%	3.16%	1.49%	4.10%	10.03%
PG	64.10	0.46	0.72%	-0.39%	0.69%	1.86%	-11.35%	-4.99%	-1.60%	3.14%
T	31.82	-0.01	-0.03%	-0.41%	-3.46%	-7.45%	-22.39%	-15.84%	-11.64%	-18.54%
KO	51.35	1.75	3.53%	-0.85%	-0.23%	-3.59%	-15.94%	-14.26%	-12.63%	-3.50%
VZ	34.68	-0.47	-1.34%	-1.03%	-2.12%	-1.98%	-19.74%	-2.94%	-8.35%	-17.98%
MSFT	25.80	0.16	0.62%	-1.34%	-0.19%	-7.76%	-26.75%	-14.71%	-19.35%	-17.20%
AA	33.88	-0.08	-0.24%	-1.83%	4.79%	-10.16%	-6.23%	-5.10%	17.68%	-21.36%
CVX	85.63	-1.28	-1.47%	-4.24%	-10.61%	-13.56%	-8.38%	-8.93%	5.39%	-7.05%
MRK	31.33	-4.00	-11.32%	-14.35%	-15.26%	-12.56%	-45.39%	-18.64%	-38.99%	-36.09%

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
XLF	21.91	1.18	5.69%	27.53%	6.93%	2.00%	-22.74%	-14.68%	-15.86%	-38.19%
XLY	28.74	0.54	1.91%	7.96%	1.02%	-2.44%	-10.75%	-8.73%	-5.15%	-27.17%
XLI	34.75	0.60	1.76%	6.79%	2.24%	-3.39%	-9.76%	-7.75%	-0.14%	-15.04%
SPY	127.48	1.43	1.13%	5.36%	0.19%	-3.02%	-12.04%	-7.58%	-2.48%	-16.95%
XLB	40.40	-0.05	-0.12%	3.09%	3.01%	-7.55%	-2.18%	-8.04%	9.60%	-5.61%
IYZ	23.33	0.03	0.13%	1.52%	-1.14%	-4.50%	-20.02%	-2.26%	-6.49%	-32.81%
IYH	64.26	0.64	1.01%	1.44%	1.71%	4.35%	-8.33%	2.46%	-4.52%	-7.90%
XLK	22.23	-0.13	-0.58%	0.86%	-2.63%	-5.52%	-14.89%	-6.40%	-1.20%	-17.05%
XLP	27.24	0.19	0.70%	0.78%	-0.07%	0.96%	-4.05%	-2.26%	1.38%	-0.58%
SMH	28.10	-1.33	-4.52%	-0.85%	-2.77%	-8.32%	-10.40%	-6.49%	2.52%	-29.54%
XLU	38.95	-0.37	-0.94%	-2.11%	-3.11%	-5.37%	-7.46%	-3.09%	0.78%	-4.30%
XLE	76.62	-2.53	-3.20%	-2.88%	-6.02%	-14.05%	-3.62%	-9.39%	13.88%	3.54%

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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10 (energy: XLE)

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
PTR	135.04	2.18	1.64%	10.30%	5.41%	0.89%	-22.23%	-1.71%	-3.95%	-12.47%
SLB	104.09	-1.99	-1.88%	6.97%	8.21%	-3.99%	3.49%	-1.72%	35.02%	7.66%
RIG	146.68	-1.29	-0.87%	1.33%	0.51%	-5.16%	0.50%	-7.23%	18.06%	33.38%
XOM	82.86	-0.12	-0.14%	0.82%	-3.58%	-5.52%	-11.39%	-12.22%	0.50%	-9.88%
TOT	77.20	0.83	1.09%	0.34%	-4.66%	-6.19%	-7.30%	-6.56%	5.12%	-6.05%
IMO	49.38	-0.33	-0.66%	-2.30%	-1.14%	-11.57%	-10.09%	-17.77%	4.69%	0.33%
CEO	153.45	-2.45	-1.57%	-3.16%	-9.28%	-7.74%	-8.34%	-13.98%	11.43%	24.96%
STO	31.58	-0.97	-2.98%	-3.90%	-8.04%	-13.76%	1.09%	-11.27%	21.37%	-1.59%
CVX	85.63	-1.28	-1.47%	-4.24%	-10.61%	-13.56%	-8.38%	-8.93%	5.39%	-7.05%
PBR	57.73	-1.93	-3.23%	-5.72%	-7.35%	-12.95%	-51.41%	-54.77%	-40.37%	-17.38%
SU	54.36	-1.71	-3.05%	-6.03%	-3.07%	-15.00%	-1.40%	-8.79%	26.71%	13.77%
ECA	76.92	-3.07	-3.84%	-7.30%	-6.32%	-16.08%	10.50%	-9.44%	26.28%	20.75%

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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
DOW	34.51	0.51	1.50%	8.32%	-1.23%	-8.27%	-10.94%	-12.19%	-1.20%	-26.92%
VCP	25.36	-0.42	-1.63%	0.79%	-2.61%	-8.78%	-14.61%	-18.82%	1.68%	-2.27%
PKX	123.20	-0.52	-0.42%	-0.52%	2.76%	-3.81%	-15.88%	6.72%	-4.33%	-16.21%
RTP	410.52	-10.48	-2.49%	-1.25%	-2.40%	-14.04%	-2.19%	-18.35%	23.41%	32.12%
BHP	73.72	-1.10	-1.47%	-1.26%	-2.10%	-14.01%	4.70%	-11.17%	27.50%	9.98%
AA	33.88	-0.08	-0.24%	-1.83%	4.79%	-10.16%	-6.23%	-5.10%	17.68%	-21.36%
GGB	21.46	-0.54	-2.45%	-2.37%	2.00%	-9.87%	-25.23%	-44.17%	-13.61%	-22.64%
TCK	39.83	-0.79	-1.94%	-2.92%	-2.45%	-16.32%	9.91%	-15.61%	36.31%	-20.02%
TS	61.87	-2.08	-3.25%	-5.69%	-5.50%	-8.95%	39.38%	12.78%	68.49%	25.73%
NUE	60.11	-0.92	-1.51%	-5.89%	-4.83%	-21.81%	3.69%	-19.46%	15.00%	-0.74%
RIO	29.23	-0.67	-2.24%	-6.64%	-8.43%	-16.63%	-10.64%	-26.13%	8.82%	-42.65%
MT	79.71	-2.55	-3.10%	-6.72%	-6.25%	-22.43%	4.33%	-9.70%	31.43%	21.42%

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	65.20	-2.72	-4.00%	-0.50%	6.66%	8.54%	7.10%	-5.74%	7.06%	49.92%
AU	34.54	-0.20	-0.58%	-1.62%	6.70%	17.05%	-24.68%	-5.68%	-22.01%	-23.24%
NEM	49.12	-0.55	-1.11%	-3.36%	2.31%	-1.09%	-6.24%	10.01%	-7.69%	14.23%
GFI	12.62	-0.27	-2.09%	-3.74%	6.23%	13.80%	-18.05%	-11.44%	-21.81%	-29.93%
ABX	47.63	-0.65	-1.35%	-4.11%	7.18%	16.11%	3.50%	11.52%	-3.93%	38.06%
EGO	7.940	-0.140	-1.73%	-4.57%	1.40%	-2.34%	28.06%	8.77%	26.84%	60.08%
LIHR	29.46	-1.19	-3.88%	-5.03%	3.26%	1.52%	-11.18%	-1.01%	-1.67%	5.03%
KGC	22.55	-1.03	-4.37%	-5.29%	2.41%	12.13%	11.91%	0.67%	4.59%	58.80%
HMY	11.40	-0.57	-4.76%	-7.69%	0.44%	5.85%	6.05%	-7.77%	-0.35%	-24.10%
GG	43.46	-2.66	-5.77%	-9.44%	-0.91%	3.87%	18.61%	7.84%	20.69%	57.29%
AUY	13.77	-0.66	-4.57%	-10.06%	-7.89%	-7.46%	-0.72%	-1.15%	-11.16%	9.11%
AEM	67.92	-3.60	-5.03%	-10.24%	-3.52%	4.12%	20.17%	-0.89%	16.32%	50.53%

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20 (industrial: XLI)

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
ERJ	30.74	1.67	5.74%	12.77%	10.54%	3.22%	-31.89%	-27.04%	-25.86%	-36.09%
CAT	74.98	1.75	2.39%	11.84%	7.87%	-6.27%	6.16%	-8.57%	17.39%	-9.88%
FDX	80.48	2.67	3.43%	10.23%	3.86%	0.44%	-6.59%	-13.99%	-4.46%	-30.42%
UPS	62.11	2.65	4.46%	10.05%	2.83%	-6.26%	-10.19%	-13.62%	-8.03%	-17.20%
HON	52.32	2.48	4.98%	9.36%	1.65%	-4.86%	-12.65%	-11.90%	-3.04%	-14.17%
UTX	65.27	1.22	1.90%	8.64%	5.67%	-5.16%	-13.22%	-8.64%	-3.09%	-14.15%
BA	69.26	1.02	1.49%	8.42%	5.07%	-8.37%	-20.04%	-11.84%	-10.67%	-33.31%
ABB	28.69	0.19	0.67%	7.01%	4.33%	-6.03%	0.17%	2.35%	23.24%	19.10%
GE	28.50	0.81	2.93%	6.94%	1.57%	4.01%	-22.47%	-11.85%	-16.37%	-28.96%
MMM	70.30	1.57	2.28%	3.86%	-1.03%	-3.65%	-15.00%	-13.40%	-6.48%	-22.07%
FLR	87.08	-1.52	-1.72%	1.49%	2.76%	-11.72%	20.61%	8.86%	47.04%	44.51%
TXT	41.91	1.75	4.36%	-3.17%	-14.24%	-19.25%	-37.27%	-30.10%	-21.04%	-31.52%

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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
CCL	39.73	4.31	12.17%	31.34%	15.97%	15.49%	-9.00%	-1.46%	-0.20%	-15.22%
BC	12.03	0.47	4.07%	20.06%	9.96%	5.53%	-28.90%	-21.37%	-21.48%	-60.32%
TTM	10.51	0.46	4.58%	12.89%	16.39%	-7.48%	-45.96%	-32.67%	-40.89%	-43.71%
WHR	68.15	0.03	0.04%	11.47%	9.09%	3.26%	-14.68%	-15.70%	-8.63%	-38.29%
BDK	58.96	2.29	4.04%	11.43%	1.22%	1.34%	-15.69%	-12.78%	-12.76%	-37.24%
JCP	31.49	0.72	2.34%	10.88%	-16.76%	-15.69%	-24.39%	-21.00%	-27.49%	-57.99%
BBBY	29.25	0.29	1.00%	6.91%	-0.20%	4.13%	3.14%	-6.73%	-0.03%	-20.58%
TM	92.87	3.60	4.03%	5.26%	0.03%	-5.09%	-12.77%	-7.65%	-3.92%	-24.44%
TGT	45.96	0.30	0.66%	5.22%	-5.57%	-5.70%	-7.17%	-12.67%	-14.49%	-31.84%
DIS	30.41	-0.08	-0.26%	3.33%	1.54%	-6.11%	-4.49%	-2.81%	8.22%	-11.44%
NKE	58.67	1.16	2.02%	1.79%	0.60%	-12.30%	-7.29%	-13.76%	2.34%	0.26%
EBAY	25.04	0.98	4.07%	-6.88%	-12.60%	-9.70%	-22.93%	-18.94%	-7.70%	-25.32%

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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
SBUX	15.13	1.04	7.38%	11.41%	-1.37%	-7.18%	-21.65%	-14.52%	-18.96%	-45.38%
WFMI	22.15	-0.02	-0.09%	7.06%	-4.77%	-13.27%	-44.29%	-31.21%	-37.48%	-43.67%
WAG	34.39	0.55	1.63%	6.37%	8.49%	-1.94%	-7.90%	-2.50%	0.85%	-24.40%
WMT	59.06	1.75	3.05%	5.01%	3.78%	4.98%	25.93%	4.44%	20.04%	22.89%
DEO	72.77	0.18	0.25%	3.47%	2.77%	-1.94%	-14.45%	-11.98%	-5.16%	-14.57%
KR	28.84	0.52	1.84%	1.16%	-3.09%	10.92%	12.35%	17.09%	13.28%	1.76%
PDA	52.88	-0.79	-1.47%	1.03%	11.58%	-7.02%	9.87%	0.28%	28.76%	33.54%
BUD	67.25	-0.12	-0.18%	0.98%	8.89%	10.43%	30.25%	41.88%	39.29%	35.50%
PEP	66.19	1.74	2.70%	0.95%	0.55%	2.41%	-12.09%	-4.21%	-4.61%	2.35%
PG	64.10	0.46	0.72%	-0.39%	0.69%	1.86%	-11.35%	-4.99%	-1.60%	3.14%
KO	51.35	1.75	3.53%	-0.85%	-0.23%	-3.59%	-15.94%	-14.26%	-12.63%	-3.50%
ABV	58.75	-1.65	-2.73%	-4.63%	-0.74%	-10.58%	-18.94%	-21.82%	-11.07%	-21.76%

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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	93.55	-0.33	-0.35%	18.04%	20.07%	26.11%	38.80%	26.27%	36.73%	24.48%
UNH	26.21	2.38	9.99%	17.38%	12.59%	-0.68%	-53.75%	-23.25%	-48.99%	-48.93%
WLP	48.75	3.09	6.77%	9.80%	6.44%	0.93%	-43.97%	4.73%	-38.14%	-39.96%
PFE	18.35	0.26	1.44%	4.38%	0.88%	5.58%	-19.90%	-7.28%	-17.49%	-26.31%
AET	36.16	1.71	4.96%	3.73%	-3.73%	-12.06%	-36.16%	-10.45%	-32.20%	-27.20%
AMGN	54.60	1.44	2.71%	3.68%	8.38%	18.98%	17.17%	29.69%	20.13%	-2.81%
MDT	54.41	1.11	2.08%	3.58%	3.46%	6.27%	9.92%	10.48%	17.62%	4.82%
NVS	58.47	0.77	1.33%	3.12%	1.46%	13.34%	7.15%	19.06%	13.05%	6.33%
GSK	48.55	0.16	0.33%	2.75%	1.65%	10.59%	-3.23%	11.02%	-0.45%	-7.77%
JNJ	67.99	0.88	1.31%	0.43%	2.69%	5.76%	3.16%	1.49%	4.10%	10.03%
BMY	21.68	-0.15	-0.69%	0.09%	0.14%	10.05%	-17.03%	1.69%	-5.37%	-31.26%
NVO	62.73	0.08	0.13%	-0.03%	-0.85%	-0.87%	-1.68%	-7.07%	8.21%	-42.94%

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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
LEH	20.20	1.88	10.26%	52.80%	-9.30%	-11.40%	-67.52%	-54.68%	-63.31%	-70.42%
C	20.89	1.20	6.09%	43.48%	20.13%	12.61%	-27.77%	-16.84%	-14.42%	-58.82%
IBN	33.89	3.93	13.12%	38.78%	16.94%	2.32%	-45.47%	-22.29%	-45.14%	-35.35%
MER	34.18	3.60	11.77%	38.44%	4.30%	-1.04%	-35.22%	-26.49%	-37.25%	-57.30%
JPM	40.86	2.21	5.72%	31.72%	14.23%	10.82%	-3.11%	-10.49%	-0.05%	-14.09%
UBS	22.42	0.83	3.84%	24.83%	11.27%	8.83%	-51.04%	-36.63%	-44.64%	-61.43%
MS	38.67	2.21	6.06%	24.74%	5.97%	3.23%	-24.10%	-18.05%	-20.32%	-42.77%
CS	47.08	2.25	5.02%	20.35%	11.27%	5.04%	-21.11%	-10.93%	-6.99%	-32.71%
GS	188.04	7.26	4.02%	19.16%	7.51%	5.29%	-9.42%	4.61%	-1.32%	-8.69%
DB	93.00	2.90	3.22%	16.89%	7.76%	4.27%	-27.94%	-22.80%	-16.75%	-34.99%
HBC	82.30	1.50	1.86%	14.42%	8.35%	4.12%	-0.17%	-2.43%	12.79%	-10.71%
BBD	21.79	0.03	0.14%	11.92%	8.35%	2.88%	-28.39%	-0.23%	-15.74%	-22.84%

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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
SAP	55.99	0.04	0.07%	8.28%	7.08%	8.07%	10.37%	9.63%	20.41%	1.39%
RIMM	113.53	-1.50	-1.30%	7.26%	-6.97%	-20.64%	-0.16%	-6.43%	26.03%	47.75%
INTC	22.09	0.00	0.00%	6.66%	5.59%	-1.21%	-12.86%	0.45%	18.57%	-10.02%
ORCL	21.59	0.50	2.37%	6.62%	0.05%	-2.22%	-4.00%	-0.87%	6.78%	4.75%
INFY	39.24	1.76	4.70%	6.00%	-8.77%	-12.80%	-11.68%	-5.06%	3.07%	-26.94%
CSCO	21.90	0.06	0.27%	4.09%	-4.28%	-10.79%	-17.48%	-12.12%	-6.49%	-25.99%
ADBE	40.30	-0.86	-2.09%	1.18%	1.66%	-0.17%	-3.38%	11.42%	18.53%	-3.22%
CTSH	27.79	-0.21	-0.75%	0.29%	-11.36%	-20.87%	-13.78%	-7.67%	9.63%	-35.25%
AAPL	162.02	-4.27	-2.57%	-4.49%	-9.76%	-6.43%	-16.84%	1.14%	4.10%	12.71%
QCOM	44.10	-1.18	-2.61%	-5.97%	-7.26%	-7.76%	14.87%	6.14%	19.45%	2.56%
GOOG	477.11	8.31	1.77%	-7.55%	-13.96%	-12.49%	-30.37%	-14.03%	-18.35%	-8.27%
SNDK	13.62	-4.31	-24.04%	-17.85%	-23.61%	-34.46%	-58.94%	-49.80%	-49.50%	-76.09%

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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
IFN	39.40	2.68	7.30%	18.32%	10.67%	-1.40%	-36.35%	-18.26%	-26.77%	-15.32%
GXC	70.86	1.13	1.62%	8.46%	4.87%	2.80%	-20.29%	-6.79%	-6.02%	-2.65%
EWH	16.99	0.23	1.37%	7.33%	1.43%	-3.90%	-22.03%	-9.82%	-11.97%	-6.44%
EWQ	32.08	0.16	0.50%	6.93%	2.07%	-4.92%	-15.45%	-11.72%	-4.07%	-17.43%
EWA	26.22	0.00	0.00%	5.01%	2.94%	-1.91%	-8.90%	-5.89%	5.47%	-12.98%
EWG	29.65	0.09	0.30%	4.96%	2.10%	-4.85%	-16.22%	-9.19%	-1.82%	-11.62%
EWU	20.14	0.03	0.15%	4.24%	-0.05%	-5.93%	-15.66%	-11.63%	-6.54%	-22.81%
EWJ	12.22	0.16	1.33%	2.95%	-0.16%	-3.55%	-7.63%	-4.61%	1.50%	-16.36%
EWC	31.86	-0.27	-0.84%	2.25%	-0.25%	-6.46%	-1.67%	-4.70%	12.34%	-0.19%
TRF	51.52	-0.53	-1.04%	-0.41%	-5.08%	-13.57%	-29.90%	-13.35%	-11.39%	-28.94%
EWZ	81.43	-1.16	-1.40%	-1.25%	-0.40%	-8.66%	0.59%	-8.72%	17.25%	19.33%

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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	1.48	1.35	1.25	1.79
6 Month	1.87	1.78	1.82	2.16
2 Year	2.71	2.59	2.36	2.88
3 Year	2.63	2.52	2.30	2.88
5 Year	3.47	3.36	3.09	3.59
10 Year	4.11	4.04	3.82	4.17
30 Year	4.66	4.62	4.46	4.72

Municipal Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	2.21	2.20	2.40	2.57
2yr AAA	2.21	2.20	2.26	2.45
2yr A	2.71	2.57	2.32	2.86
5yr AAA	2.94	2.87	2.53	3.29
5yr AA	3.02	2.91	2.83	3.32
5yr A	3.19	3.07	3.03	3.37
10yr AAA	3.71	3.66	3.55	3.90
10yr AA	3.66	3.64	3.57	3.89
10yr A	3.73	3.71	3.64	3.98
20yr AAA	4.88	4.77	4.74	4.70
20yr AA	4.82	4.81	4.60	4.69
20yr A	4.77	4.75	4.66	4.54

Corporate Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	4.59	4.47	4.27	4.39
2yr A	5.10	5.20	4.77	4.60
5yr AAA	5.34	5.32	4.83	5.11
5yr AA	5.86	5.74	5.29	5.45
5yr A	6.38	6.29	6.69	5.74
10yr AAA	5.55	5.54	5.29	5.76
10yr AA	6.31	6.29	6.08	6.33
10yr A	6.33	6.33	6.06	6.04
20yr AAA	6.61	6.92	6.47	6.33
20yr AA	6.41	6.72	6.87	6.31
20yr A	6.87	7.17	6.73	6.59

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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
FNM	13.41	-0.72	-5.10%	89.67%	-23.89%	-39.97%	-64.20%	-50.57%	-58.19%	-79.11%
FRE	9.700	0.950	10.86%	84.41%	-27.93%	-51.48%	-70.37%	-62.09%	-66.18%	-83.83%
DRE	25.02	1.06	4.42%	16.59%	7.75%	12.40%	-2.34%	6.97%	14.51%	-30.15%
EQR	43.17	1.41	3.38%	14.81%	4.99%	9.96%	18.50%	4.48%	26.90%	-5.70%
AVB	95.76	2.68	2.88%	12.86%	4.30%	5.59%	4.83%	-4.98%	10.34%	-18.01%
NLY	15.62	0.62	4.13%	8.47%	-2.56%	-1.95%	-13.70%	-8.23%	-21.35%	11.17%
SHY	82.66	-0.07	-0.08%	-0.46%	-0.24%	0.38%	0.39%	-0.79%	-1.10%	3.08%
AGG	99.16	-0.22	-0.22%	-1.60%	-1.16%	-0.57%	-2.45%	-2.94%	-4.11%	0.77%
IEF	87.12	-0.30	-0.34%	-1.84%	-1.38%	0.64%	-0.58%	-2.64%	-3.75%	7.08%
TIP	106.11	-0.51	-0.48%	-2.06%	-1.72%	0.48%	-0.50%	-1.69%	-2.94%	6.76%
TLT	90.35	-0.45	-0.50%	-2.79%	-2.94%	0.39%	-4.27%	-3.33%	-6.34%	5.22%

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Commodities Review

$CRB Index

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Gold & Precious Metals Review

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Spot palladium chart for the week

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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	65.20	-2.72	-4.00%	-0.50%	6.66%	8.54%	7.10%	-5.74%	7.06%	49.92%
AU	34.54	-0.20	-0.58%	-1.62%	6.70%	17.05%	-24.68%	-5.68%	-22.01%	-23.24%
NEM	49.12	-0.55	-1.11%	-3.36%	2.31%	-1.09%	-6.24%	10.01%	-7.69%	14.23%
GFI	12.62	-0.27	-2.09%	-3.74%	6.23%	13.80%	-18.05%	-11.44%	-21.81%	-29.93%
ABX	47.63	-0.65	-1.35%	-4.11%	7.18%	16.11%	3.50%	11.52%	-3.93%	38.06%
EGO	7.940	-0.140	-1.73%	-4.57%	1.40%	-2.34%	28.06%	8.77%	26.84%	60.08%
LIHR	29.46	-1.19	-3.88%	-5.03%	3.26%	1.52%	-11.18%	-1.01%	-1.67%	5.03%
KGC	22.55	-1.03	-4.37%	-5.29%	2.41%	12.13%	11.91%	0.67%	4.59%	58.80%
HMY	11.40	-0.57	-4.76%	-7.69%	0.44%	5.85%	6.05%	-7.77%	-0.35%	-24.10%
GG	43.46	-2.66	-5.77%	-9.44%	-0.91%	3.87%	18.61%	7.84%	20.69%	57.29%
AUY	13.77	-0.66	-4.57%	-10.06%	-7.89%	-7.46%	-0.72%	-1.15%	-11.16%	9.11%
AEM	67.92	-3.60	-5.03%	-10.24%	-3.52%	4.12%	20.17%	-0.89%	16.32%	50.53%

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