(Bloomberg) — Joseph Granville, a technical analyst who has been publishing the Granville Market Letter from Kansas City, Missouri, for more than 40 years, talks about the outlook for the U.S. stock market. He speaks with Adam Johnson on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.”
Earnings this week (Jan 23)
January 22nd, 2012 
Before You Invest Monday: HAL TXN CSX WDC Tuesday: AAPL BTU MCD COH EMC IGT AMD YHOO JNJ NSC VZWednesday: GLW ABT UTX PX BA COP NFLX CTXS TER SNDK HES OXY Thursday: ETN CAT T CL CNX TWC SBUX JNPR MMM PCPFriday: F HON MO CVX PG
DeMark: S&P 500 May Reach 1,342 by Jan. 24 Before Falling
January 21st, 2012 Before You Invest The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may approach 1,342 by Jan. 24 before retreating, said Tom DeMark.The market may top out on Tue 1/24 at the open or at the closeThe benchmark measure of U.S. equities closed at 1,315.38 today after rallying 4.6 percent in 2012 and 20 percent since Oct. 3.
The S&P list of triple-A rated countries:
January 13th, 2012 Before You Invest Switzerland AAASweden AAASingapore AAALiechtenstein AAALuxembourg AAANetherlands AAANorway AAACanada AAAAustralia AAAFinland AAADenmark AAAGermany AAAHong Kong AAAUnited Kingdom AAA
Chicago : Walgreen goes upscale with new Loop flagship
January 10th, 2012 Before You Invest Walgreen’s new, 27,000-square-foot flagship store on State Street will offer everything from sushi to flu shots.Photo by: Erik UngerWalgreen Co. is about to unveil a new Loop flagship store that company executives are betting will change the way you think about drugstores.On Tuesday, Walgreen will open a 27,000-square-foot, two-story location with an eye-popping array of amenities, from manicure stations to a sushi chef, in the former Loehmann’s department store at State and Randolph streets.
S&P 500 just formed a “golden cross”
January 6th, 2012 Before You Invest The S&P 500 just formed a “golden cross,” implying a trend change for the better. But other indicators still point downward.The Standard & Poor’s 500 just gave a signal that usually indicates a rising trend is in place that typically lasts for months, not just days.The indicator, dubbed the “golden cross,” occurs when the 50-day moving average of the index rises above the 200-day moving average.
NYSE Holidays 2011 and 2012
December 30th, 2011 Before You Invest NYSE Holidays20112012New Year’s DayJanuary 1January 2Martin Luther King, Jr. DayJanuary 17January 16Washington’s Birthday/ Presidents DayFebruary 21February 20Good FridayApril 22April 6Memorial DayMay 30May 28Independence DayJuly 4July 4Labor DaySeptember 5September 3Thanksgiving DayNovember 24November 22Christmas DayDecember 26December 25
Commodities – 2011 Performance – Milk Is Leading the Commodity Pack
December 29th, 2011 Before You Invest Milk Is Leading the Commodity Pack COMMODITIES YTDLastYTD % ChangeMilk17.0524.27%Feeder Cattle150.27521.24%Gas Oil921.2519.95%Brent Crude Oil109.2715.32%Heating Oil2.908514.40%Live Cattle123.213.71%Gold1595.512.25%Crude Oil101.3410.90%RBOB Gasoline2.688810.64%Lean Hogs85.757.52%Source: CNBC Analytics/Thomson Reuters
DeMark : update on his predictions from Dec 9, 2011
December 22nd, 2011 Before You Invest On 12/5/11 DeMark predicted that S&P500 may advance to between 1,330 and 1,345 by December 21.Well, 2.5 weeks later, the index has not advanced much, and in fact is almost in exactly the same place.Today (12/22/11), DeMark was on Bloomberg and said he still thinks the market will go up to about 1,330.** weekly from Dec 9 **
