Gold

Gold now building rising triangle pattern on the daily chart

Gold continued to ease higher once again yesterday, with May gold futures on Globex closing at $1613.80 per ounce, up just over $8 per ounce in the session and ending with a narrow spread up candle, supported by average daily volume.

Gold Bars

Gold bugs finally had something to cheer about today as April gold futures finally awoke from their recent slumbers, trading higher in today’s session, and moving to test the $1600 per ounce price level. The catalyst for this modest recovery for gold was from the ECB, with suggestions that inflationary pressure was easing in the Eurozone, but hardly sufficient to spark a reversal in the longer term trend!

Gold Bars

Gold bugs finally had something to cheer about today as April gold futures finally awoke from their recent slumbers, trading higher in today’s session, and moving to test the $1600 per ounce price level

 The eResearch Clarion Letter

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CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

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Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets are coming off a beaten up week with last week Friday the only trading session to see all 3 index in the green.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average loss more than 1,000 points last week with 5 out 6 days to the downside.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

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CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Monday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are suggesting a positive open this morning after Friday’s sharpest one day drop in nearly four months.  Market participants will be starting the week off with no economic data releases putting the focus on earnings and U.S. politics.  Headlines in the Euro Zone will have a stronger impact on U.S. markets as well.

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Welcome to Friday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. equity futures are suggesting lower open on final session of the week, weak Google (GOOG, quote) results dampened investor expectations for the remaining earnings season, especially those names in the tech sector.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

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