Dialing back to January of 2013, I am looking for clues about the coming phase for the economy, mostly as an input into whether or not I can think about turning bullish on gold again (here we remind you again of gold’s best investment case, which is counter not procyclical).

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 -0.05%) this morning are down -0.16% and European stocks are down -0.32% after German May industrial production unexpectedly declined for a third straight month.

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 +0.05%) this morning are unchanged and European stocks are down % after a composite gauge of European manufacturing and services activity slowed to its slowest pace in 6 months.

Picking from the multitude of sector mutual funds is a daunting task. In any given sector there may be as many as 213 different mutual funds, and there are at least 607 mutual funds across all sectors.

When prices reach very long term resistance, is it break out or fade time?