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Gold Chart of The Week

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Each Week Longleaftrading.com will be providing us a chart of the week as analyzed by a member of their team. We hope that you enjoy and learn from this new feature.

Weekly Gold Report (March 4th through March 8th)

I don’t know about all of you, but if I never hear the term “sequester” for as long as I live, I will not complain!

As expected, the US Government did a fine job of hyping the event and waiting until the eleventh hour to make a decision. And as usual, no compromises were made and stock indexes barely flinched. In fact, most global markets seemed to be following scheduled news as if the “sequester” debate was not even an issue. Continue reading "Gold Chart of The Week" →

Poll: Is sequestration here to stay?

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For the last few weeks, everyone was focused on the impending sequester on March 1st. However once that day came, it seemed like a non-event. There hasn't been much public outcry from what I've seen and both sides seem to be OK with it.

Take a moment to vote on our poll and leave a comment with your thoughts.

Is sequestration here to stay?

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Cash Alternatives: Making Money Work for You

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Just what are "cash" and "cash options?" Some of us take those terms for granted, but after a recent article on sector allocation, one of our subscribers wrote in asking for clarification. Money Forever recommends holding approximately one-third of your portfolio in cash or cash options, but what does that really mean?

To clear up any confusion, "cash options" are not publicly traded options. "Cash alternative" is probably a more appropriate phrase.

I had a pleasant surprise over the holidays, as my own baby-boomer children struck up several kitchen-table discussions. They are wrestling with how to fund their children's college followed by their own sprint to the retirement finish line.

My daughter Dawn said it best: Continue reading "Cash Alternatives: Making Money Work for You" →

Weekly Futures Recap W/Mike Seery

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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 market continues its bearish momentum this week with wheat trading below its 20 and 100 day moving average settling last Friday at 7.19 a bushel hitting 8 month lows this week and at one point actually cracked $7 a bushel currently trading right around 7.13 up slightly this Friday afternoon and as I’ve stated in many previous blogs I am extremely bearish and I think prices will head sharply lower from these levels possibly hitting the $6 level where they were before the drought took place last year with excellent crops around the world and renewed moisture in the Great Plains in the last week with heavy snow and rains. Continue reading "Weekly Futures Recap W/Mike Seery" →

Chart to Watch - SPY

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We've asked our friend Jim Robinson of profittrading.com to provide his expert analysis of charts to our readers. Each week he'll be be analyzing a different chart using the Trade Triangles and his experience.

Today he is going to take a look at the technical picture of the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY).

I hope you are having a GREAT week !

The all time high for the SPY is 157.52.The current rally high was made on 02/19/13 and was 153.27. Continue reading "Chart to Watch - SPY" →