The Consumerism Commentary Podcast
It looks like The Personal Finance Hour, my weekly podcast with Jim from Bargaineering, is on permanent hiatus. Both Jim and I have other work that has consumed our attention over the past few months.

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Another Day of Gains as Volume Ends Mixed
The Dow Jones Industrial average lags as the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 continue their dominance. Lagging the NASDAQ and Russell 2000, the Dow Jones Industrial average continues to be a weak spot in the market. Today was no exception, but volume on the NYSE jumped. Pushed by trading in Citigroup and AIG volume rose on [...]
Another Day of Gains as Volume Ends Mixed

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NASDAQ Continues Higher as Dow Jones and S&P 500 end Flat
Just another day in this uptrend where price action remains strong. The last hour of trading would leaves a bit to be desired, but overall the action remains very positive. This market continues to defy the odds as “overbought” indicators are signalling this market should pull back. Regardless of a pullback we had plenty of [...]
NASDAQ Continues Higher as Dow Jones and S&P 500 end Flat

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Citigroup Inc (C) Shares Surge
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Fibonacci Retracement Reference Levels on the US Indexes
Today’s post at the Green Faucet’s Technican’s Edge Column serves as a reference for the current dominant Fibonacci Retracement levels to monitor.
I’ll re-copy some of the charts here, but the full commentary is at the column.
Traders and investors monitor Fibonacci Retracement Levels for the following reasons:

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Foreign Creditors are going to want Higher Returns
My friends tell there are huge monies sitting in cash, awaiting some divine signal.
It’s a weird world. All logic suggests interest rates should much, much higher.

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TODAY'S OPEN: DOWN
Stock futures edge lower on anniversary of rebound-

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New 52-Week Lows? Only Short ETFs and Palm Inc (PALM)
BGZ Direxion Daily Large Cap Bear 3x Shares
FAZ Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares
GAZ iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN
MWN Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bear 3x Shares
MYY ProShares Short MidCap 400 Fund
MZZ ProShares Ultra Short Mid Cap400
PSQ ProShares Short QQQ Fund
QID ProShares Ultra Short QQQ
RFN Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Financial ETF
RSW Rydex Inverse 2x S&P 500 ETF
RWM Short Russell 2000 Fund

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Stocks Moving To Print New Highs?
The emini Dow is moving within an upward channel. The force index indicator is positive in the 60 minute time frame. Slight negative divergence of the %b indicator, which has left the oversold level.

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Pre-Market Open News and Links for Friday
Chart of The Day: "For some long-term perspective, today's chart illustrates the Dow adjusted for inflation since 1925. There are several points of interest. For one, when adjusted for inflation, the bear market that concluded in the early 1980s was almost as severe as the one that concluded in the early 1930s.

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