Editor’s Note: Today’s Report on Business includes a column by Shirley Won entitled, “ETF leverages ‘period of seasonal strength’ “. Following is a link to the column: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/number-cruncher/etf-leverages-period-of-seasonal-strength/article1962179/ Pre-opening comments for Wednesday March 30th U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures gained 6 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are following [...]

  October 7th S&P/TSX Global Gold Index ($sptgd 345.24) News event: Analysts note that some gold stocks have yet to match bullion’s high. Source: FP Trading Desk Link: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/tradingdesk/archive/2009/10/07/some-gold-stocks-yet-to-match-bullion-s-high.aspx# Technical comment: Gold equity indices on both sides of the border (including the Philadelphia Gold and Precious Index and the AMEX Gold Bug Index have been [...]

By The Numbers Everyone keep your hands, arms and legs inside at all times because we’re about to go for a ride.   Out of the 557 analyzed in the S&P 500 and TSE 60, only 25 advanced, 531 declined and 1 remained indifferent.   Looking back to Monday when 472 (or 85%) of the stocks were [...]