Alan Posner's  Instablog

Japan has been aggressively printing money since the 1980s and as a result they are familiar with the positive short term benefit associated with inflating asset prices. No real wealth is created because printing money doesn't create wealth however in the short term asset prices such as stocks can rally. This is exactly what has happened but after a huge rally up a sell off to the gap up on 12/18 price returned to that level and bounced which represents a "buy on the dip" opportunity.

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Gold has been in a recent downtrend since its peak in the beginning of October at $1795 level. While there is a huge amount of demand for Gold it would appear recently to have softened. Without a major crisis demand seems to be waning and the selling continues. With the recent retracement of the low and this "gravestone doji" like candle and a sell off the selling has resumed and $1640 will be revisited soon.

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USO needs to close above $33 or the rational behind the trade fails. $33 in USO is roughly analogous to $90 in WTIC.

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http://www.sealionllc.com/2012/12/oil-needs-to-stay-above-90.html