WEEKLY WRAP-UP
May 11, 2012.

Sorry. A technical problem is still preventing the upload of this week's market closes.  The closes shown below are from 7 weeks ago.

It was another negative week for sure, with the Dow closing down 1.7% at 12,820. Gold plunged another $62 an ounce for the week, and we're still on the gold sell signal.

NOTE: This week's closes will upload correctly on Saturday's blog. So please go to it to see them tomorrow at www.streetsmartpost.com

NEXT WEEK'S
Economic Calendar

* Potential market movers.

• Monday, May 14:
  • T'Bill auctions 11:30 a.m.
  Tuesday, May 15:
  • * Consmr Price Indx 8:30am.
  • * Retail Sales
  • * NY Mfg Index 8:30am
  • *Housing Mrkt Indx 10am
  Wednesday, May 16:
  • * Housing Starts 8:30 a.m.
  • * Indstrl Production 9:15am
  • * FOMC minutes 2:00pm
   Thursday, May 17:
  • *Unmplmnt Claims 8:30am
  • * Phila Fed Indx 10am
  • * Leadng Econ Indictrs 10am
  Friday, May 18:
  • TBD

 

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