Good morning everyone,
and welcome to Friday Morning.. It's Stephen Whiteside here
from theuptrend.com. I'm starting. to record this ahead of the employment
numbers coming out at 8:30, so far. stock index futures and commodities are
all up nicely on Friday morning.. And that of course, could change after
the employment numbers come out.. Let's start off this morning's
presentation looking at the VIX.. And the VIX is looking
very bullish right now.. It made a new low yesterday.. Things would change on Friday if
the VIX were to close above 28.44.. Now I think the reason the VIX is looking
like this is that the selling that we've. seen this week has been
focused in just a few areas.. Technology and commodity related
stocks outside of the energy sector.. That's where the biggest
losers have been this week.. And so it is not a complete
market pullback.. We see the Dowd Diamonds are still. on a buy signal that would change
on Friday with a close below 316.44.. Yesterday we talked about five of the Dow
stocks that are back on sell signals.. Yesterday we saw two more
stocks add to that list.. So we now have seven of 30 Dow
stocks back on sell signals.. And yesterday that was Home Depot and Visa. were added to the list
of stocks on sell signals.. Now the SPY S&P 500 ETF is
on its second day of a sell signal.. The Nasdaq 100 ETF, the Q's,
is on its second day of a sell signal.. And we're getting pretty close to the 52
week low that we made in October.. Now looking at what's broken,
well, it is certainly technology.. It's Communication Services.. We've got Consumer Discretionary
stocks on a Sell signal.. We've got Home Builders on its
second day of a sell signal.. And we've got Metals and Mining.. So out of the major US.. Sectors, those are the only
ones on sell signals right now.. A lot of other ones still on buy
signals have not changed.. Now if we break down the metals and mining
sector, you can pull out the Gold. and Silver index and it happens
to be the biggest loser in the US. over the past five trading days.. So that is also going to have
an impact on the Canadian market.. And looking at the Canadian market,
you've got the TSX, you've got the TSX 60,. you've got the Mid caps
all still on buy signals.. Small caps rolled over yesterday.. They're back on a sell signal,
joining the Venture Exchange.. Now look at the Venture Exchange.. And yes, it did not participate. in the recent rally, but it's not really
participating in any selling this week.. Yes, we're on a sell signal,. but there's no aggressive exit
of microcap stocks this week.. And that could be a bullish
sign going forward.. Now what's working?. Well, the Energy Sector is holding up. the Canadian market and made
a new high yesterday.. So against all of the
negativity out there.. Money is still flowing
into the Energy Sector.. And of course, what's not working well,. the gold and silver sector,
the TSX Global Gold Index got hit hard. this week and it is the biggest loser,
followed by anything to do with mining.. So the Global Mining index,. we've got base metals, we've got
materials all getting hit hard this week.. So anything mining related
has been hit hard.. And then real estate, of course,. higher interest rates is
not good for Real Estate.. And there's the Real Estate
sector back on a sell signal.. Let's finish off today's presentation
with a quick look at commodities.. And we had an inside day
yesterday for crude oil.. All the commodities are trading higher
in the pre market this morning. last time I checked.. Inside day for gasoline up
at the current high this week.. Then we got natural gas treading
water here down a little over 4%.. It's up about that in the Pre
market this morning.. So still not trending anywhere.. Then we've got the GLD having
a nice big reversal day yesterday.. Still trying to hold support
at 150 so far that is holding.. Then we've got palladium
making a new low yesterday.. Platinum back on a cell signal.. And then silver had another wild day.. And we've talked about the fact that
silver is much more volatile than gold.. And there's silver trading through. the lower channel line,
recovering and closing higher on the day.. So no change in trend for the
price of silver on Thursday.. Okay folks, that is all for this
morning's presentation.. Employment numbers have come out.. Stock index features are still above
fair value last time I checked.. And so that's looking pretty bullish
for the stock market on Friday.. Have a great day.
Next time you'll hear my voice. is on Sunday video you..