Category: Equity Leaders Weekly

The cautious turn in sentiment highlighted in last week’s edition of the Equity Leaders Weekly has accelerated in the last week with capital fleeing from equities and commodities and moving back into defensive havens including US bonds, the Japanese Yen, and gold. In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at the state of the oil market amid recent volatility and at renewed interest in US bonds.

The tone of equity market trading over the last week or so has shifted from enthusiasm to caution. Part of this may be due to the usual US Thanksgiving week slowdown in trading activity but other factors appear to be at work as well. In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we preview Canadian bank earnings week and what the price of platinum may be telling us about the future of the auto sector.

Broader equity market momentum has slowed in the last few days but a look beneath the hood indicates significant strength in several sectors. In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we take a closer look at sector action in the marketplace, particularly US homebuilding and Canadian junior gold stocks.

In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at major breakouts for Gold and other precious metals, and take a monthly look at what the sector scopes are telling us about equity market sentiment and capital flows.

The turn of the calendar into November has brought equity markets into the most seasonally favorable time of the year, which runs more or less through April. In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at the Russell 2000 Index and the retailing sector as indicators of increasing market breadth, and accelerating accumulation.

In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at the implications of central bank decisions on the US Dollar / Canadian Dollar Exchange rate and provide an update on our discussion of Dow Theory from two weeks ago.

Equities are coming off of a better week which saw major indices in the US and Canada bounce back. In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we take a look at the forces driving recent gains in the S&P/TSX Composite Index and the price of Platinum, along with the implications of these moves.

In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we take our monthly look at what the Sector Scopes are telling us about the market and at key levels for the transportation sector heading into a key week for earnings from the group.

It has been another rough week for equity markets around the world with big daily and even intraday swings in both directions. That being said, so far indices have held above key support levels, such as 2,100 for the Russell 2000, suggesting that we are currently in a downswing within a broader sideways trend. In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at recent strength in the natural gas price and at renewed interest in US Financials as the start of earnings season approaches.

While much of the media focus in the last trading week of the quarter has been on the seasonal selloff across world stock markets, this trading action comes as part of a wider shift in capital flows and investment thinking. In this issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we look at crude oil approaching a key technical turning point and at the implications of rising US traded interest rates.