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Friday, June 11, 2010, 8:41 AM The decline in retail sales was the biggest, and the first, since Sept. 2009 when sales fell 2.2%. Sales remain +7.4% from a year ago - but much of that is due to the jump in gasoline prices. 4 Comments
Friday, June 11, 2010, 8:36 AM Futures knee-jerk lower following an unexpected dip in retail sales, which will reawaken doubts of the consumer's ability to fuel a lasting U.S. recovery. S&P -0.5% to 1074. 30-year Tsy up 0.69% to 123-12. Euro -0.22% to $1.2099. Crude -1.5% to $74.31. Comment!
Friday, June 11, 2010, 8:24 AM Retail sales likely notched an eighth straight month of gains in May as consumers took comfort in a gradually improving job market. Sales seen +0.2%, following a 0.4% rise in April; a drop in gas prices likely put pressure on the headline number. Sales due out at 8:30. 1 Comment
Friday, June 11, 2010, 12:00 AM Friday's economic calendar:
8:20 Fed's Plosser: Economic Outlook
8:30 Retail Sales
9:55 Reuters/UofM Consumer Sentiment
10:00 Business Inventories
10:30 ECRI Leading Index
12:55 PM Fed's Kocherlakota: 'Entrepreneurship and The Economy' Comment!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 2:07 PM Fed's Beige Book: Economic activity continued to improve since the last report across all 12 Federal Reserve districts, although many districts described the pace of growth as "modest." Consumer and business spending picked up, the job market improved slightly, and inflation remained in check. Financial activity was little changed since the last report, published in April. 1 Comment
Friday, January 8, 2010, 10:37 AM Sector ETF strength: Solar– TAN +1.8%. Transports– IYT +1.3%. Regional Banks– KRE +1.1%. Oil Services– OIH +1.1%. Steel– SLX +1.1%.
Sector ETF weakness: Telecom– IYZ -0.9%. Gold Miners– GDX -0.9%. Retailers– RTH -0.8%. Utilities– XLU -0.7%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY -0.5%. Real Estate– IYR -0.5%. Comment!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 3:20 PM Sector ETF strength: Gasoline– UGA +1.5%. Semis– SMH +1.4%. Oil– USO +0.7%. Solar– KWT +0.5%.
Sector ETF weakness: Silver– SLV -1.7%. Gold Miners– GDX -1.4%. Regional Banks– KRE -1.1%. Retailers– XRT -1%. Internet– HHH -0.9%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY -0.9%. Telecom– IYZ -0.8%. Comment!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 10:34 AM Sector ETF strength: Semis– SMH +1.1%. Oil– USO +0.6%. Gasoline– UGA +0.6%. Heating Oil– UHN +0.4%.
Weakness: Silver– SLV -1.7%. Gold Miners– GDX -1%. Oil Services– OIH -0.7%. Healthcare Providers– IHF -0.6%. Retailers– XRT -0.6%. Gold– GLD -0.6%. Solar– TAN -0.6%. Steel– SLX -0.6%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY -0.6%. Comment!
Friday, December 18, 2009, 10:19 AM Sector ETF strength early on: Gasoline– UGA +2.5%. Oil– USO +2.3%. Heating Oil– UHN +2.3%. Gold Miners– GDX +1.6%. Commodities– GSG +1.5%.
Sector ETF weakness: Retailers– XRT -1.3%. Homebuilders– XHB -0.6%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY -0.3%. Real Estate– IYR -0.3%. Industrials– XLI -0.3%. Comment!
Friday, December 11, 2009, 10:34 AM Sector ETF strength after one hour: Steel– SLX +1.4%. Retailers– XRT +1.3%. Utilities– XLU +1%. Homebuilders– XHB +0.9%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY +0.9%. Agribusiness– MOO +0.9%.
Sector ETF weakness: Silver– SLV -1%. Gold– GLD -0.9%. Gold Miners– GDX -0.5%. Oil– USO -0.5%. Regional Banks– RKH -0.3%. Comment!
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 1:22 PM Sector ETF strength: Internet– HHH +1.5%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY +1.5%. Retailers– RTH +1.35. Healthcare Providers– IHF +1.3%. Coal– KOL +1.1%. Utilities– XLU +1.1%.
Sector ETF weakness: Gasoline– UGA -2.2%. Silver– SLV -1.8%. Oil– USO -1.4%. Commodities– DBC -1%. Solar– KWT -0.8%. Gold Miners– GDX -0.8%. Comment!
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 11:02 AM Sector ETF strength: Internet– HHH +1.9%. Coal– KOL +1.7%. Retailers– XRT +1.6%. Healthcare Providers– IHF +1.6%. Oil Services– OIH +1.5%. Retailers– RTH +1.4%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY +1.3%. Energy– XLE +1.2%.
Weakness: Silver– SLV -1.2%. Gasoline– UGA -1.1%. Livestock– COW -0.7%. Comment!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 1:18 PM Sector ETF strength: Regional Banks– KRE +1.6%. Gasoline– UGA +1.5%. Heating Oil– UHN +1.15. Livestock– COW +1%. Commodities– GSG +0.8%. Commercial Banks– KBE +0.8%.
Sector ETF weakness: Retailers– XRT -1.8%. Solar– TAN -1.7%.Cons. Discretionary– XLY -1.3%. Homebuilders– XHB -1.3%. Gold Miners– GDX -1%. Comment!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 10:37 AM Sector ETF strength after one hour: Heating Oil– UHN +0.5%. Gasoline– UGA +0.5%. Regional Banks– KRE +0.4%.
Weakness: Gold Miners– GDX -1.5%. Clean Energy– PBW -1.3%. Solar– TAN -1.3%. Oil Services– OIH -1.1%. Homebuilders– XHB -1%. Agribusiness– MOO -1%. Retailers– RTH -1%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY -0.9%. Semis– SMH -0.8%. Comment!
Friday, November 13, 2009, 3:20 PM Sector ETF strength: Solar– KWT +2.7%. Gold Miners– GDX +2.3%. Clean Energy– PBW +1.6%. Steel– SLX +1.5%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY +1.3%.
Sector ETF weakness: Regional Banks– RKH -1.8%. Gasoline– UGA -1%. Heating Oil– UHN -0.8%. Commodities– GSG -0.8%. Broker/Dealers– IAI -0.8%. Commercial Banks– KBE -0.8%. Comment!
Friday, November 13, 2009, 10:17 AM Sector ETF strength early on: Solar– TAN +1.1%. Clean Energy– PBW +1%. Healthcare Providers– IHF +0.8%. Cons. Discretionary– XLY +0.7%. Coal– KOL +0.6%. Gold Miners– GDX +0.4%.
Sector ETF weakness: Oil– USO -1.3%. Heating Oil– UHN -1.2%. Gasoline– UGA -1.2%. Commodities– GSG -1.2%. Regional Banks– RKH -0.5%. Comment!

Jeff D. Hamann
Today's 10.0% L1A weights: SHY 24% IEF 11% AGG 15% SLV 5% JKG 2% SDS 17% QLD 7% XLE 10% XLY 3% SMH 5%: STDDEV 4.4% for last 200 days.
1/18/11
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Today's 15.0% L1A weights: IEF 21% AGG 7% SLV 10% JKG 6% SDS 24% QLD 11% XLE 12% XLY 5% SMH 4%: STDDEV 4.1% for last 200 days.
1/11/11
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Today's 10.0% L1A weights: SHY 27% IEF 10% AGG 9% SLV 6% JKG 3% SDS 18% DDM 1% QLD 7% XLE 9% XLY 6% SMH 3%: STDDEV 2.7% for last 200 days.
1/11/11
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Today's 15.0% L1A weights: SHY 46% IEF 8% AGG 13% SLV 15% SDS 6% QLD 4% XLE 2% XLY 6% SMH 0%: STDDEV 4.9% for last 200 days.
1/6/11
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Today's 10.0% L1A weights: SHY 59% IEF 2% AGG 9% SLV 9% JKG 2% SDS 7% QLD 3% XLE 2% XLY 6%: STDDEV 3.1% for last 200 days.
1/6/11
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Today's 10.0% L1B weights: SHY 65% SLV 10% SDS 10% QLD 7% XLY 8%: STDDEV 3.1% for last 200 days.
1/6/11
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Today's 15.0% L1B weights: AGG 46% SLV 12% SDS 17% QLD 10% XLY 15%: STDDEV 4.2% for last 200 days.
1/4/11
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Today's 15.0% L1A weights: IEF 8% AGG 26% SLV 11% JKG 4% SDS 21% DDM 4% QLD 8% XLE 5% XLY 9% SMH 4%: STDDEV 4.2% for last 200 days.
1/4/11
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Today's 15.0% L1A: IEF 14% AGG 13% SLV 13% JKG 4% SDS 24% DDM 9% QLD 8% XLE 3% XLY 10% SMH 3%: STDDEV 4.4% for 200 days of data.
12/30/10
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Today's 15.0% L1B target return portfolio weights: AGG 44% SLV 13% SDS 17% QLD 9% XLY 17%: STDDEV 4.4% for previous 200 days of data.
12/30/10
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