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Category Archives: XLF

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, XME, OIH, XLF, INX2, GS, AIG, RIG, BP, GOOG, AMZN, PCLN, NFLX, CME, ICE

Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, how the market does on Monday will be very important.  On Sunday, Euro partners agreed to a $145 billion bailout plan for Greece.  We’ll have to see how the market reacts to that piece of news.  But, there are potentially more negative news [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, XLF, OIH, XME, GS, WLT, CLF, BTU, ANR, MEE, X, NUE, BP, NE, RIG, DO

Last Weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, it certainly looks like the upwards momentum is still with the market.  Nevertheless, the market is getting toppier every week.  Besides more earnings to come, we also have a FOMC meeting on Wednesday and GDP report on Friday.  Most analysts agree that the [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, XLF, OIH, XME, GS, WLT, CLF, BTU, ANR, MEE, X, NUE, BP, NE, RIG, DO

Last Weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, it certainly looks like the upwards momentum is still with the market.  Nevertheless, the market is getting toppier every week.  Besides more earnings to come, we also have a FOMC meeting on Wednesday and GDP report on Friday.  Most analysts agree that the [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, XLF, OIH, XME, GS, WLT, CLF, BTU, ANR, MEE, X, NUE, BP, NE, RIG, DO

Last Weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, it certainly looks like the upwards momentum is still with the market.  Nevertheless, the market is getting toppier every week.  Besides more earnings to come, we also have a FOMC meeting on Wednesday and GDP report on Friday.  Most analysts agree that the [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, XME, XLF, INX2, QCOM, AMGN, EBAY, FFIV, SNDK, MEE, EMC, FCX, BA, MCD, AAPL, IBM, BTU, AMZN, MSFT, MDC, PCX

Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, the help that eurozone governments have committed to Greece should inspire the market to a strong start.  We could easily see SPX 1200 tested.  Nasdaq can rise to test 2480.  We’ll also see the beginning of the earnings season, with AA reporting after [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, USO, XME, XLF, CLF, WLT, X, GS, BHP

Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, the market will need to push higher to catch the daily upper BB soon if this rally were to continue.  SPX and Nasdaq spent the last 4 trading sessions hovering around their respective key levels.  The daily upper BBs are closing in; so, [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, UUP, XLE, FXI, APA, HES, UPL, CEO, PTR, SNP, LFC, FMCN, BIDU

Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, the passage of the historic health bill may inspire more profit-taking, as now, there are more uncertainties.  Besides what affect the new health legislation will have on the health care and insurance industry, some analysts are also paying more attention to the on-going discussions on financial [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, UUP, GLD, XME, MOO, CLF, WLT, X, MEE, POT, CF, TRA, MOS, AGU

Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, both SPX and Nasdaq are showing a new bullish formation in their respective daily MAs.  Nasdaq is basically at the resistance set back in January, 2325.  SPX’s next resistance is at 1150.  Above these resistance level, the market could break out to a [...]

Weekly Wrap + Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, XLF, GLD, USO, XME, MEE, BTU, WLT, CNX, ACI, PCX, AKS, GS, BAC

Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I wrote: "For the new week, the market certainly has room to rise.  But, it’ll have to break above SPX 1120 to go higher.  The market is very "emotional" right now, and, the weekly jobless claims reports seem to keep the market on its toes.  (What they really should [...]

Market Forecast + Sector Watch: SPX, Nasdaq, UUP, GLD, XLF, BTK, AIG, AET, UNH, SLXP, NUVA, CELG, AMGN, OSIP, GENZ, PRU

Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I said, "For the new week, as mentioned last weekend, SPX 1120 will be the nearest resistance.  The market has rallied quite far.  Unless, there are really positive news to help push the market higher, SPX 1130 could be a tough resistance beyond the 1120.  So, if SPX 1130 cannot [...]