Big movers today are in the metals futures, the energy futures and in Ag futures .. the only down tick is in Rice. Gold is the big mover, up $22 at $1,405, with oil at $91.40 and Silver again above $30 at $30.28. Big moves also in Wheat, Corn and Sugar. Surprise is that the dollar remains strong, at 80.37. Bond are weak again with the long bond again moving near 4.5%.
The equities markets are mostly quiet, with the Dow and SPX up a couple of ticks, while Transports, Q's and Financials off a little. Our concern today again is our Proprietary Momentum Change Indicators are again getting close to flipping.. but not just yet. We will post a special update prior to the close if it looks like it will flip. This is the 3rd trading day we have had concern about direction.
From today's headlines, the Case Shiller housing index declines for the 4th month in a row, and Confidence Board Consumer Confidence indexes prints a big miss.. at 52.5 vs consensus of 56.3 and Novembers 54.3. Hard to figure out how all those wonderful retail sales numbers were generated with this level of consumer confidence.
More this afternoon.
Best to Your Trading!
Bill
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