What is going to happen with the debt?

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Hello fellow traders everywhere. Adam Hewison here co-founder of MarketClub with your weekend trading update for the week ending on 7/29/11.

Out of the six markets we track every trading day, five markets were in negative territory for the week. The only market that did not end up in the minus column was gold which moved up 1.40%.

The percentage loser for the week was S&P500 which moved down 3.69% and is on the verge of breaking out to the downside. The markets continue to wait and  wait and wait to see what is going to happen with the debt.

Let's take a look at the charts, because unlike politicians, they tell you what is really going on in the world.

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Just Four More Days To The Debt Deadline

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Hello traders everywhere!  Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your 1 p.m. market update for Friday, the 29th of July.

Just four more days to the debt deadline.  I'm guessing that it is an artificial deadline made up for political reasons.  I am positive that this is just an arbitrary date that some policy wonk came up with to get everyone up in arms about doing something with the debt.

I believe Warren Buffett had the best idea on how to end our debt problems.  Here is what Warren had to say:

"I could end the deficit in five minutes.  You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election."

Way to go Warren!!!

Well, we have made it to the last day of the trading week and the last day of the trading month.  The equity markets are, as of this writing, sharply lower for the week and also the month.  Gold and Silver on the other hand, are sharply higher for the week and the month.

As we have been indicating, we felt the equity markets were rolling over to the downside.  Technically we are getting closer to pulling the trigger on our major monthly Trade Triangle which sets the trend for the equity markets.

Now let's take a look at what the markets are telling us and the direction they're taking on this last trading day of the month.

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Will The Market Rally Today?

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Hello traders everywhere!  Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your 1 p.m. market update for Thursday, the 28th of July.

Let us not overlook the the importance of the dramatic fall in equity prices yesterday.  We do not believe that it was a one day event.  Certainly a move of over 2% in one day to the downside cannot be seen as a positive in anyone's book.

I could go on and on about the debt ceiling crisis or the lack of resolve, but it seems pointless.  I think the market is just going to generally roll over to the downside.  I do not see any strong rally today.  I think even when they come out with a resolution it's going to be viewed as negative and not enough and we will see the market once again be on the defensive.

The pressure on Silver and Gold earlier today is the first sign of profit taking that we have seen.  However, both markets remain in an upward trend.  Crude Oil continues to be trapped in the broad trading range that we discussed in previous broadcasts.

Let's go to the Markets!

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Where Will The Markets Close This Week?

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your 1 p.m. market update for Wednesday, the 27th of July.

It really upsets me when we export US jobs overseas. Case in point: General Electric just shipped a ton of jobs out of Wisconsin to China. I can understand some things, but the person who is in charge of creating jobs for the President of the United States is Jeffrey Immelt, who just so happens to be the president of General Electric. So here we have someone who is “The Official Job Creating Czar" shipping good American jobs overseas to China. Does that make any sense to anyone? Oh, and I might also point out that General Electric paid zero taxes in the U.S. last year.

How much did you pay in taxes?

How are the markets reacting with just 2 days left before the end of the month? The equity markets are remarkably flat so far for July. It's a different story for Gold and Silver which had the biggest gains last month with a 9% move up in Silver, and a positive gain over 7% for Gold. Crude Oil was up 2.47% in July, which closely mirrored the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Commodity Index which managed to move up 2.67%

Let's go right to the markets!

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ETFs to Profit From a Possible Debt Solution

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Today's Guest Post comes from the ETF Corner at InvestorAlley.com (click here to visit original post). In this post, their "Guest Insights" contributor, John Nyaradi of Wall Street Sector Selector gives a fresh perspective on how select financial vehicles could benefit from the August 3rd debt solution deadline. Learn more about InvestorAlley and access a complimentary report, "Do Not Buy These 6 Stocks."
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Investors, pundits and journalists alike have spent hours of research, television time and column inches speculating about the ramifications of a U.S. default or contagion from Greece spreading throughout the European Union.

Last week the EU was apparently successful in again kicking the can a bit farther down the road while the debate between Congress and the White House over deficit reduction goes way past the 11th hour for meeting the August 2nd deadline.

Everyone expects and assumes that the European Union will be able to save Greece and that our politicians will not take the United States and the world over the financial cliff of destruction. However, that still could very well happen which is why in previous columns we have discussed ETFs and strategies for that possibility. Continue reading "ETFs to Profit From a Possible Debt Solution" →