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Today's Video Update: Stocks Subdued After Record Week

Posted on May 6, 2013May 6, 2013 by The INO.com Team

Hello traders everywhere! Jeremy Lutz here, with your mid-day market update for Monday, the 6th of May.

Stocks are little changed after record week
The stock market cleared new milestones Friday after the government reported that employers added more workers. However, that hasn't translated into a strong Monday open as investors turned more cautious, focusing once again on the problems facing the global economy. Though growth in the U.S. is holding up well, it is slowing in China. The 17 country Eurozone remains in recession and unemployment there has been hitting a series of record highs.

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On Investor's Minds:
United States - homegrown terrorists
North Korea - an agent for China?
Europe - ITALY has a government. YEAH!
The FED - OMG do they know what they are doing?
May 19th – Debt ceiling suspension expire

Every Success,
Jeremy Lutz

Macro Sleight of Hand is Working, for Now

Posted on May 6, 2013 by The INO.com Team

Right in plain site, the Federal Reserve is doing this to the US money supply. It is a hockey stick with the blade pointing up, but will one day turn into a big, bloated chicken and come home to roost. The Fed’s global counterparts continue apace with inflation as well.

Meanwhile, economic data like M2′s velocity would give out of control monetarists free license to provide more of what they say is good for us, because newly printed money is not getting out into the economy to a sufficient degree. ‘If we can just inflate a little more’ think our myopic bureaucrats, ‘maybe that will finally do it. Continue reading "Macro Sleight of Hand is Working, for Now" →

How a Fibonacci Cluster Showed an Important Resistance Level in Gold

Posted on May 4, 2013 by The INO.com Team

Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy shares techniques that helped spot a trading opportunity.

By Elliott Wave International

If you use Elliott in your technical analysis, you may already use Fibonacci ratios to determine targets and retracement levels in your charts.

But have you heard of "Fibonacci Clusters?"

Elliott Wave Junctures editor Jeffrey Kennedy shares
his charts to illustrate this technique, which he recently
used to identify a critical turning point in Gold. The following
lesson is adapted from his March 26 video. Get more lessons
from Jeffrey in the free report, 6 Lessons to Help
You Spot Trading Opportunities in Any Market. Continue reading "How a Fibonacci Cluster Showed an Important Resistance Level in Gold" →

Weekly Futures Recap W/ Mike Seery

Posted on May 3, 2013May 3, 2013 by The INO.com Team

We’ve asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Grain Futures-- The grain futures this week saw extreme volatile trading action with November soybeans up nearly $.16 this Friday to settle around 12.20 a bushel trading right at its 20 day moving average but still below its 100 day moving average after settling last Friday at 12.10 a bushel gaining slightly as floods have entered the Midwest. Soybeans on the daily chart could have a possible double bottom in the November soybeans as prices traded as high as 12.40 in Wednesday’s trading session before retracing only the spring right back as weather conditions in many states are still receiving record snow. December corn futures are lower by 5 cents this Friday afternoon trading above its 20 day moving average but below its 100 day moving average which stands at 5.69 after settling last Friday at 5.24 up around $.35 for the week as massive floods are delaying planting. The Midwest has had the 2nd coldest spring in the history of the United States and has delayed planting significantly which is concerning after last year’s terrible crop. Wheat futures for the July contract have broken out above the 7.20 level which is now at a 4 week high trading above its 20 day moving average but below its 100 day moving average which stands at 7.48 and I do believe that there will be further buy stops which could propel prices even higher. Continue reading "Weekly Futures Recap W/ Mike Seery" →

Today's Video Update: Jobs Report Sends Market To All-Time Highs

Posted on May 3, 2013May 3, 2013 by The INO.com Team

Hello traders everywhere! Jeremy Lutz here, with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 3rd of May.

U.S. Employers Add 165K Jobs
U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than the government first estimated. The job increases helped reduce the unemployment rate from 7.6 percent to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.

The Labor Department report is seen as a reassuring sign that the U.S. job market is improving despite higher taxes and government spending cuts that took effect this year.