The chart above shows the 10 year yield on French government debt in the past 5 years. Question is: with yields reaching 3.7 levels how long can France keep its AAA rating? If this is a double bottom formation we can expect yields reaching 4.8 in the following weeks.
Symmetrical triangle is one of the common technical chart pattern that we see on almost every time frame on a price chart. It is easy to spot on a price chart and usually followed as a continuation pattern (consolidation before the trend resumes). The two charts above analyze similar symmetrical triangle patterns on Intel and […]
The chart above shows the continuous contract for Light Crude Oil. 200 day moving average and last 6 month’s downward trend (green line) are both strong resistance at $93 level. Light Crude formed a bearish wedge that could give way to another leg of sell-off towards $70-$75 range. Rebound has been weak and choppy which a clear pullback […]
Head and Shoulder is a common technical analysis chart pattern that helps us identify major reversals. An inverted H&S would signal a base formation and should be regarded as a bullish development on the price chart. While H&S top is a bearish chart pattern that signals further weakness in price. Rough Rice which lagged most of the agricultural commodities’ […]
In the last two weeks we have seen sharp sell-off in commodities and equities. Some asset classes were hit harder than the others. I’ve adjusted my trend channel on the commodity index. 200 day moving average is now short/intermediate term resistance at 660 level. On the weekly scale the commodity index rebounded from the lower boundary of […]
Will the unemployment rate in U.S. decline towards 6% in the following years? Here is a quote from Warren Buffett: “The U.S. unemployment rate could fall to as low as 6% within a few years. In an interview on Bloomberg TV, Buffett said the U.S. will come back big time on employment when residential […]
Here is a chart of US 10 Year Treasury Notes. The chart is plotted on a weekly scale and analyzes the past decade. Long term trend lines worked perfect. In the second half of 2007 T-Notes broke out of a four-year long downtrend at 108 level and rallied towards 120 and then towards 130 level. Since the beginning […]
This chart shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average on a weekly scale. I’ve been reading analysis of the US indices forming a possible H&S top or going through a distribution phase that could reverse the uptrend. I believe Dow Jones Industrial Average is forming a sideways consolidation range. Symmetrical triangle or a contracting range should be regarded […]
The chart above shows the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index for the past 5 years. Different from other updates on this post I wanted to show that the uptrend in commodities is still intact and continues in a clear parallel trend channel. In the last few months we have seen commodities pulling back to their 200 day moving averages and finding support. This […]
