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• Global Stock Market Update
  June 17, 2013 4:25PM PT
  by Clare White, CMT, Optionetics.com
  Recent peaks in global stock markets were accompanied by varying degrees of relative strength when compared to the advances in US stocks. With the exception of China, retracements have maintained long-term uptrends.
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  Kaeppel's Corner: It Doesn't Have to be Rocket Science - Example 267
  June 17, 2013 6:24AM PT
  by Jay Kaeppel, Optionetics.com
  This week Jay details his HYT Method for using junk bonds to time the stock market.
• GLD Update - Advances in GLD & XAU Lackluster for Now
  June 10, 2013 1:14PM PT
  by Clare White, CMT,Optionetics.com
  A quick view of GLD displays a lackluster advance for the ETF, as well as its leading index, XAU. However, leading relative strength for the latter may be a good sign.
• Estimating Stock Market Impact from the Federal Reserve Bank's Policies, Part 2 - A Qualitative View
  June 10, 2013 12:09PM PT
  by Clare White, CMT, Optionetics.com
  To what extent are market participants tracking Fed speeches and QE comments? Google Trends may offer some insight.
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  Kaeppel's Corner: Trading In Junk
  June 10, 2013 10:17AM PT
  by Jay Kaeppel, Optionetics.com
  This week Jay goes "off the beaten path" to discuss short-term trading in junk bonds.
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  Kaeppel's Corner: What to do When Bonds Go 'Moo'
  June 3, 2013 6:00AM PT
  by Jay Kaeppel, Optionetics.com
  What do t-bonds and cows have in common? Not a lot. Turns out that's a good thing as Jay explains this week.
• Estimating Stock Market Impact from the Federal Reserve Bank's Policies, Part 1 - Credit Easing
  May 29, 2013 2:49PM PT
  by Clare White, CMT, Optionetics.com
  Although the stock market is influenced by many economic factors, the Fed's recent activities and statements are weighing more heavily than usual on both long-term and short-term trends.
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  Kaeppel's Corner: Not So Hot Time, Summer in the Market
  May 28, 2013 3:19PM PT
  by Jay Kaeppel, Optionetics.com
  The summer months are almost upon us. This week Jay previews the, ahem, "excitement" that might lie ahead (or not).
• GLD Short-Term Volatility Rising Again
  May 22, 2013 3:52PM PT
  by Clare White, CMT, Optionetics.com
  Since my post last Tuesday, short-term sideways action in gold has given way to quick declines and advances making volatility a renewed theme.
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  Kaeppel's Corner: The Sell In May(be) Strategy
  May 20, 2013 11:13AM PT
  by Jay Kaeppel, Optionetics.com
  Now that some of the "Sell In May and Go Away" furor has abated, Jay feels its a little safer to wade in to the debate.
• GLD Bearish Pattern: Short-Term Reversal Lacks Conviction
  May 14, 2013 10:25AM PT
  by Clare White, CMT, Optionetics.com
  The bounce in GLD after a strong decline in April may be losing steam, but low volume on Monday shows a lack of conviction on the part of the bears ... for now.
• Kaeppel's Corner: Reflections on Important Influences
  May 13, 2013 9:20AM PT
  by Jay Kaeppel, Optionetics.com
  This week Jay pays tribute to some from whom he (and millions of others) has learned a lot.
• Changing Up the View: Broad Markets & Oil, Part 4
  May 7, 2013 2:19PM PT
  by Clare White, CMT, Optionetics.com
  While gold has broken down certain global equity indices have broken out to the upside, while others appear in a holding. For now, oil is also trending sideways, but a symmetrical triangle may be forming here as well.
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  Kaeppel's Corner: Improving the Odds with the Modified Butterfly Spread
  May 7, 2013 3:43AM PT
  by Jay Kaeppel, Optionetics.com
  Sometimes going beyond the "textbook" version of a strategy can pay dividends. This week Jay looks at one example usng the Modified Butterfly spread.
• GLD Pattern Update, Move Back to Pattern Underway
  May 4, 2013 10:10AM PT
  by Clare White, CMT, Optionetics.com
  GLD's break below long-term support occurred quickly, making it difficult to establish new strategies for the bearish move. A bounce currently underway may provide a second opportunity.