David Gillie: When ever I’m asked about investments, I always always respond the same way… “Whats your time frame?” Read more…

NYSE:DIA, NYSE:SPY

David Gillie: This week’s report comes at a fulcrum of an over extended melt up and a hard selloff. Bernanke’s statements (Fed minutes) of not initiating a QE3 imminently, was devastating news to the Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

David Gillie:  Copper has often been regarded as a measure of economic growth. It is also the driving force of the Base Metals sector.  In the 2nd half of 2010, copper had a significant run up on the Dollar decline from QE2 and China stockpiling copper for anticipated future grown. However, in the August selloff last Read more…

NASDAQ:CU, NYSE:COPX, NYSE:CPER, NYSE:CUPM, NYSE:JJC

David Gillie:  After an unusually large inflow of investors, Mini Bonds tanked. How could they go from most loved to mosthated? After Meredith Whitney called for all the municipal bonds to collapse two years ago, they in fact, didn’t and investors piled in for the rich tax-free dividend. Last week, Ms. Whitney went Read more…

NYSE:MUB

David Gillie:  With the explosion of ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) as trading mechanisms, it’s no wonder that ETFs would develop into the realms of the absurd. Read more…

NYSE:TVIX, NYSE:UVXY, NYSE:VXX

David Gillie:  Traditionally gold has had an inverse relationship to equities as a safe haven against Dollar deflation, inflation and asset decline.  That was, until gold had a fantastic run up after the ’08 crash and was the daily talking point of the financial gurus. Then, it hit the ridiculous from sophisticated Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:GLL, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:UGL

David Gillie:  Mr. Market believes all the bad news until Election Day is behind him. His assumption may not be unfounded. After more than a year of anxiety and headlines about the crisis in Greece, Read more…

NYSE:XLU

David Gillie:  Over the past week, volume has been unusually high in iShares S&P National AMT-Free Muni Bonds (NYSEArca:MUB). We can’t be sure of where the inflow is coming from. If from the sidelines, this is “new” money on confidence in muni bonds. However, if it is flowing out of equities it could be Read more…

NYSE:MUB

David Gillie:  Ya gotta eat, or so goes the theory of consumer staples as a defensive move against a market decline. There’s certainly some logic in that. People don’t stop brushing their teeth or using band aids or give up soap no matter what the market is doing.   Read more…

NYSE:FXG

David Gillie:  The Dow Theory holds that sectors confirm one another as the true sign of economic growth. Primarily, if manufacturing is growing, shipping of raw materials such as coal, steel, etc. will show an increase in transports—especially railroads. Additionally, moving the manufactured goods to the Read more…

NYSE:IYT

David Gillie:  The correlations between currencies and global markets is more complicated than a Hollywood alimony settlement. Let’s try to run through the food chain. Read more…

NYSE:FXE, NYSE:VGK

David Gillie:  Greece survives from media headline to media headline like a fading Hollywood starlet’s career. I quit doing the math when the “pledged” bailouts exceeded their total debt several times over. Read more…

NYSE:EFA, NYSE:GREK, NYSE:IEV, NYSE:VGK

David Gillie:  Solar stocks suffered an eclipse on during last week Friday’s selloff. Solar is highly dependent on oil prices sustaining the $100+/bbl price. Crude has good support around $95.00, Read more…

NYSE:TAN

David Gillie: India, Asia’s third largest economy and the world’s most populous democracy, is at a critical inflection point as it ends the fiscal year in March. Read more…

NYSE:EPI

David Gillie: I started learning about the stock market by building and launching model rockets with my older brother. No matter what the shape and size of the rocket or how big the engine was, we knew it was going to come down. We hoped the parachute would open and it would have a soft landing Read more…

NYSE:DDM, NYSE:DIA, NYSE:DOG, NYSE:DXD