What do you see out there? Little flourish right at the end of today, which was encouraging. Most gains in the first half came at end of first quarter. In the S&P, we're reaching a top again that we saw last year. We're either going to break out with the volume, or fall 5-10%. He'll be watching the markets carefully next week.

Meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping. People are feeling confident, because they were buying rather than selling off. We'll see how it goes. They're short-term effects in any event.

The earnings season about to start. Right now, it's a bit of a technical mark because we're at the peak. Instead of looking at the indexes, look at the underlying industries. Bottom up stock picking is more appropriate right now than buying or selling the market.

What do you do with all the Fed headlines? Monetary and fiscal policy affect the markets. There's a lot of momentum in the economy. Not concerned about big interest rate changes one way or the other right now. Canada might be more of a concern because the differential has a bigger impact on our dollar. Our low dollar has really been helping our economy. A fine line to tread in Canada on interest rates. Canada has never faced a housing bubble as they have in the US.

Holding up not badly in a sad industry. Don't buy right now. Rally this past week has pivoted quite a bit and volume is low. Lot of resistance around $17.50. Avoid right now. Looks as though it's headed down. Can probably pick it up in the $16 range. If it stayed sustainably above $17.60, he'd be a buyer.

Impressive run. Looks very nice here. You can draw a straight line up and to the right, and as long as it stays above the 200-day MA, you're good. Use that as a stop for a full exit. Upside is unlimited, but you have to be careful. Good exit points are the 30-day MA or $3.32 for a partial sell.

More volatile than standard gold indexes. Done well on the year. Opportunity to sell. He has a negative bias toward gold in general, even in good markets, based on his past experiences. There's been some technical selling. Big resistance at $54. Be very cautious.

Pretty significant resistance point right now. Difficult to get above. Don't add to it now, but don't sell either. Looks OK in the short or medium term. If it gets above $54, could get to $57. If it gets down to $50, start reducing your position.

From the chart, huge increases on huge volume. Very, very positive. Had quite a tumble since last year. Business direction has changed, and there's lots of hope. $10 is an amazing entry price. He'd add to it, unless you're overweight. But it can move 10-20% one way or the other very quickly.

Close to all-time highs. Has pulled back quite a bit, mostly technically driven. Looks good now. Support around $200, which would be an exit point. Has lots of green signals on the fundamentals. Encouraging if it got above $262. Shouldn't be more than 0.5% of your total portfolio.

(A Top Pick Jul 27/18, Down 13%) There was momentum, but it failed. Took a small loss and moved on. Hold off on buying, or consider selling. Chart doesn't look great. You can't fall in love with these stocks.

(A Top Pick Jul 27/18, Up 16%) Good dividend. Moved his exit point up to $18. Still likes it. Yield is 8.8%.

(A Top Pick Jul 27/18, Up 21%) Quickly hit his target. As long as it holds above $40, he'll hold or buy some more.

Nice looking chart. Looks like it's going to continue going higher. Pause is a re-evaluation to see if people want to buy more, and they do. Another $10 of upside.

These poor stocks. Avoid. No reason to buy. Lots of potential if there's positive news. But volume's been declining, so no buyer support. If it broke above 95 cents, could be interesting as a trade. But 75 cents is more likely.