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Hmmmm.......... I'll have to think about this one. You like it, eh?!
My income didn't rise by .5% in August. But my EIGH rose from .051 to as high as .44, CDCH rose from .056 to .122 while MDMN moved from .0252 to .035 since August. Does that add up to more than .5%. I can't math up anymore.
U.S. personal incomes rise 0.5% in August, while spending increases 0.2%
10/01/2010 08:31:12 AM
Gold Contract update from last night
Here's an updated chart to the IHS formation I played a couple times yesterday. The target (measured move) is still 1322. I was happy with 1318.30 which was a point short of the high so far. Nice little flag forming here now on this 15 minute chart. Maybe we'll hit that target yet?
This weekend I'll be posting some charts from my portfolio/watch list along with any requests.
CL (Light Crude Oil) Futures Chart
Oil is making a move higher on increased volume. On the weekly chart it's moving off of the lower channel trend line. Resistance looks to be in the $85 area.
On the daily time frame, CL is breaking up out of a 5 month-in-the-making triangle formation. Nice volume as well. If it stays strong into the $83 price it's got a shot into resistance at $85/$86.
ES (S&P 500 e-mini futures) Charts
The weekly candle shows quite a battle going on between the bulls & bears, although with lethargic volume. The 1148.00 level is proving to be a tough one to get through thus far. There was a nice little move higher overnight which is now selling off.
The daily chart shows support on the 10ma (pink) with the moving averages getting more bullish as the 10ma and 20ema have crossed the 200ma. At this rate it looks like a golden cross, (50ma crossing above the 200ma), could occur in around a month, but I suspect price will have moved out of this range, one direction or another, to alter that time frame a little.
Helicopter Ben is speaking again this morning, so hold onto your hats! Eco numbers for today below. The ISM numbers at 10am should have the most influence out of all of them, although consumer sentiment has been creating some volatility as well.
Good trading!
Personal Income and Outlays
8:30 AM ET
Consumer Sentiment
9:55 AM ET
ISM Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET
Construction Spending
10:00 AM ET
Gold Futures Charts
The rise continues with a new high overnight of 1319.30. The first chart is a weekly interval showing the rising wedge with price almost hitting the upper trend line. Will gold break to the upside, have a sizable retracement, or just keep grinding higher as it has been? I suspect we'll have a retracement at least to the support trend line of the wedge, but it wouldn't surprise me for it to go lower. Once (If!) it shows signs of a reversal I'll post some charts showing some areas of support below where it might bounce.
Weekly chart
Daily chart
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/commodity-rally-spills-into-asian-resource-shares-2010-09-30?siteid=nbsh
Commodity rally spills into Asian resource shares
TOKYO (MarketWatch) — A rally in commodity prices has fueled gains in Asia’s resource stocks, but those stocks have yet to fully reflect investors’ craving to pile money into commodities.
Investor interest in the commodities market has helped lift gold prices to record levels, silver near a 30-year high, and oil to its strongest levels in weeks in New York. Copper and tin trade around two-year peaks in London. Read the latest Metals Stocks column.
“Investors are focused on the short term, and that is just the short-term hot money which is driving precious metals and base metals higher,” said Chintan Karnani, chief analyst at Insignia Consultants in New Delhi.
With commodity prices rising, some resource stocks saw impressive gains last month, but those gains pale in comparison to those seen in physical commodity prices.
Divided Koreas meet for talks
North and South Korea hold their first working-level military talks in two years to discuss a range of security issues. Video courtesy of Reuters.
“Retail investor participation in stock markets is not very high at the moment,” said Karnani. “Once retail investor participation in [the] stock market increases, commodity-related stocks will catch up with commodities.”
On Friday, commodity-related shares mostly higher in late morning trading. Shares Inpex Corp. (JP:1605 393,000, -15,000, -3.68%) (IPXHF 0.00, 0.00, 0.00%) climbed 1.5% in Tokyo, as the Nikkei Stock Average (JP:NI225 9,453, +83.79, +0.89%) added 0.9%. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. (JP:5713 1,275, -28.00, -2.15%) (STMNF 15.30, +0.30, +2.00%) fell 0.2%, but for the month of September, its shares rose nearly 19%, while Inpex has climbed over 3%.
In Sydney, Newcrest Mining Ltd. (AU:NCM 39.99, +0.32, +0.81%) (NCMGF 37.85, -0.75, -1.94%) rose 0.9%, and BHP Billiton Ltd. (AU:BHP 39.43, +0.52, +1.34%) (BHP 76.41, +0.09, +0.12%) was 1.4% higher, with the S&P/ASX 200 (AU:XAT 4,588, +3.42, +0.08%) up 0.2%. For September, Newcrest gained over 6%, while BHP rose 5%.
Trading was closed for holidays in Shanghai and Hong Kong, but for the month of September, Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (HK:2600 7.32, -0.32, -4.19%) (ACH 23.53, -0.28, -1.16%) , also known as Chalco, added 18% and Cnooc Ltd. (HK:883 15.04, -0.04, -0.27%) (CEO 194.28, -0.02, -0.01%) was up 12%.
In wider Asian trading, Seoul’s Kopsi (XX:KS11 1,873, +6.36, +0.34%) rose 0.4%, and Taiwan’s Taiex was nearly flat.
Retail interest in the stock market will “climb once the third quarter growth numbers are out and they show that growth will continue in [the] fourth quarter also,” said Karnani.
Pure plays
The real gains so far in commodity-related shares have been seen in “pure plays,” which are more sensitive to risk that has been abundant in the market, said Chris Weston, an institutional dealer at IG Markets in Melbourne.
Among those are Sundance Resources Ltd. (AU:SDL 0.25, -0.01, -2.00%) (SUDCF 0.21, +0.08, +61.54%) , which was up over 70% for the month of September, Lynas Corp. (AU:LYC 1.36, -0.01, -0.37%) (LYSCF 1.33, +0.01, +0.76%) , Oz Minerals Ltd. [s: (AU:OZL 1.48, +0.03, +1.72%) (OZMLF 1.35, -0.04, -2.88%) and Murchison Metals (AU:MMX 1.69, +0.03, +1.51%) (MUMTF 1.55, -0.15, -8.82%) .
Some of the pure plays have had “sizeable outperformance versus underlying commodit[ies] and there is a lot of speculation about future earnings being priced into these names,” said Weston.
‘Resource stocks are still a good place to invest.’
Chris Weston, IG Markets
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Keep an eye on the rare earth stocks tomorrow... I suspect they'll move big again
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=55035525
MCP, REE, QSURD, MLLOF, ARAFF, LYSCF, TASXF, AVARF, to name those I'm aware of.
We don't like monster moves against us!
Yeah, but you have to be careful because there isn't a lot of liquidity. I tend not to trade off hours, although one gold contract isn't bad since it's in such a strong bull market. Problem is, if it pulls back it can be a monster.
I guess that is one advantage of those markets. You can trade 24 hours a day!
Took my money @ 1309.80. Gonna work on posting some charts now
Not at all! Still working on adding to it. LOL
Nice profit! Not a bad day at the office.
Stopped out @ 1308.40. Oh well.
OH, I'm sure you could have been more descriptive. But then Ihub would probably ban you for life! LOL
Yessiree! And now I get to leave the trade on and go to the beach! Have a great evening everyone.
I'll update the gold trade with a chart as soon as I'm back at my computer and the price hits either 1321.40 or 1308.40.
You write so eloquently my friend! LOL Couldn't have said it better myself!
Sounds good to me. No risk now and all profit.
More so common sense and not listening to the criminal factions working over virtually every stock in this penny arena. A lot of trash out there that deserves to be bashed, but a blanket nss on almost every small company is going to give the shorts a headache once in awhile. They've picked on the wrong stocks with C/M and will soon have a huge problem on their hands. Couldn't happen to a lower class of human trash. Gotta love it!
It's because of the comfort you provide whilst holding everyone's hands!
Ishlub draggin ass today...n e way... REE running again!
Thanks RW... moved my stop limit order up to 1308.40 now...locked in 2 pts ($200) worse case, for $1000.00 total on the trade.
That's the way we like to play!
Friends reporting in to me that they've added over 220k CDCH today. Nice. MDMN holding very well also.
I like the way you swing!
Gold Futures trade...
About 20 minutes ago I bought 5 gold contracts at 1306.40. I sold 4 of them at 1308.40 just moments ago and intend to hold one possibly overnight.
As you can see, this 5 minute chart is clearly showing a very pretty IHS formation (inverted head & shoulders). I moved my stop up on the contract to break even so I've got no risk except commissions on this play. You can see that I drew two necklines on the chart; one traditional neckline that is in white, and one in blue that is a horizontal resistance line. I'm choosing the more conservative neckline to determine my target price to sell this last contract. The target price is 1322.00 which, as fate would have it, will also tag that top uptrend line on the daily chart which I'll repost below. Now since I want to make sure I get out of this trade, I'm setting my limit sell order at a neat 1321.40. I'll update the chart when I either stop out or hit my target price.
Gold getting ready to roll past $1,310.....
Hmmmmm...... that might be debatable to a few on the MDMN board. LMAO!
I don't think she could have done better!
Well, she sure seemed to do well in raising you to be just that! LOL
My momma always told me, "Rich, if you're gonna be an ass, be a smart one!"
Well, you know what they say!
A smart ass is better than no ass!
Stocks extend gains after unexpected climb in Chicago PMI data
09/30/2010 09:55:39 AM
Unexpected???
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