Monthly Archives: January 2011

monday update

SHORT TERM: market rebounds, DOW +68 Overnight the Asian markets were mostly lower. Europe opened lower and closed -0.35%. US index futures opened sharply lower overnight but turned higher nearing the open. At 8:30 Personal income was reported positive: +0.4% … Continue reading

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Germany’s DAX

Today we review Germany’s stock market, the DAX composite. The DAX is one of the five European stock indices we track on a regular basis: DAX, IBEX, FTSE, SMI and STOX50. Overall, the IBEX continues to look bearish, the SMI appears … Continue reading

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Swiss Franc … CHFUSD

We have been tracking on stockcharts eight currencies now for a few years: AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, JPY, USD and the ZAR. The charts we offer are all in relation to the USD, and we track the DXY index for the USD. … Continue reading

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weekend update

REVIEW During the past six trading days the market had cleared the Ops-Ex and the FOMC potential obstacles, but on friday ran into serious trouble with a lower than expected Q4 GDP. Just after the open on friday the SPX … Continue reading

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friday update

SHORT TERM: new uptrend high then market declines, DOW -166 Overnight the Asian markets were mostly lower. Europe opened lower and closed -1.05%. US index futures were lower, then higher overnight. At 8:30 Q4 GDP was reported lower than expected: … Continue reading

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