This will be a brief report, as we’re focused on releasing our Outlook 2016 Report which is over 8,000 words of our assessment of the gold, silver, currency, and credit markets. Also, this was a holiday-shortened week (Monday was Martin
January 24, 2016
Intermediate-term rallies in the gold-mining sector can happen during general equity bull markets and general equity bear markets, but on a long-term basis the gold-mining sector trends in the opposite direction to the broad stock market. An implication is that
This is a timely repost from last year. Sharp downturns are always a good reminder that our financial theories might not always align with our financial reality. As I like to say, if you don’t get your risk profile right
Gold: Having remained weak and continued to trade within its range, Gold threatens additional downside pressure on bearishness. On the downside, support comes in at the 1090.00 level where a break will turn attention to the 1080.00 level. Further down,
When even that bastion of statist group think and legacy conventional wisdom accuses China of fabricating its most important economic number, then surely some violently volatile event is in the immediate future as China’s goal seeked cognitive dissonance is forced
I wanted to take a quick look at some of data points that really stand out. Enjoy! The key theme of the new highs list: yield. I wrote about the long term breakout in dividend stocks relative to the S&P 500 during the
Assets in actively managed ETFs climbed 3.3% to $22.9 billion in December, while assets in ETNs dropped 4.5% to $21.5 billion. This is a significant milestone for actively managed ETFs, marking the first time that their asset levels have surpassed
Last June, we observed developing weakness in the historic stock market bubble that suggested the bull market from 2009 had become susceptible to a long-term reversal. Following a long-term breakdown in August, the S&P 500 index rebounded violently and approached
Want to buy some metals. Which one? The ratio to GOLD and SILVER tells you which one is cheaper at this point in time. Gold has performed best over 2015, thus making the SILVER cheaper relatively. Therefore buying silver is
We’re another week into the fourth quarter earnings reporting season, and it looks like Wall Street is really unsure about what’s going to happen. Analysts are expecting a second consecutive quarterly year over year earnings decline, and at this point, there’s
