Is Gold About to Takeoff?
The market was down again today with the DJIA down 78.6 points and the SPX down 6.5 points. The DJIA was down about 250 points at one point this morning but clawed its way back. One interesting development is the move up in gold.
In tonight’s Weekday Market Wrap video I look at the overall corrective waves of GLD from both a weekly and daily view. Also tonight I look at 4 trade idea stocks that hit their second targets today, CAT, FEYE, BABA and SCTY. CAT announced layoffs and revised down their revenue forecast. Continue reading
China’s PMI Manufacturing reading came out overnight and was the lowest reading since March 2009. So the world’s 2nd largest economy is struggling and that is weighing on the global economy, commodities and markets. 
After the pause day yesterday, the sell-off resumed with a vengeance today. At one point the DJIA was down nearly 300 points. Declining stocks led advancing stock on the NYSE by 4:1 and the number of 52 week new lows on the NYSE was the highest since Aug. 26th. In today’s Weekday Market Wrap video (below) I look at all the action.
On Thursday the DJIA and S&P 500 (SPX) put in reversal bars. We got the follow-thru on Friday with the DJIA down nearly 300 points and the SPX down 32 points…the biggest down day since Sept. 1st. Now we have a similar reversal bar for the week.