Why is gold failing to rise as stocks around the world fall? I think it may be because there are too many alternatives which are more fun than boring heavy metal: cryptocurrencies, cannabis shares, and even oil stocks. They are roller
October 26, 2018
Panic! Panic! Panic! music selection: “Cradle To The Grave” — Five Finger Death Punch I am getting a lot of panicky emails from readers as the market goes through a normal 10% or so correction. Really, you should be prepared
So much for the typical October strength in equities – a month in which the major US indices historically have gained ground 75% of the time. We’ve seen major index support levels broken while earnings beats have been smaller than
Talking Points: Aggregated fund flows reveal a weekly net-inflow of $2.2 billion Despite the continued sell-off, Wednesday saw the largest single day inflow in a month Poor earnings weighed on equity sentiment and the QQQ ETF What began as a few
As we have noted over the many years of the gold sector’s bear market, the gold miners will not rally for real until the real sector and macro fundamentals come into place. Those fundamentals do not include commonly promoted inflation, China/India “love” trades, a
This morning’s release of the publicly available data from ECRI puts its Weekly Leading Index (WLI) at 147.0, down from the previous week’s 147.4. Year-over-year the four-week moving average of the indicator is now at 1.63%, down from last week.
October is on track to become one of the worst months on Wall Street in nearly a decade. Here is a link to download the S&P 500’s monthly returns going back to the end of 1987 – sorted by
October is on track to become one of the worst months on Wall Street in nearly a decade. Here is a link to download the S&P 500’s monthly returns going back to the end of 1987 – sorted by
It’s one thing if China registers a low ceiling or Brazil. That wasn’t going to be possible this time in the developed world. Europe and the US were finally going to lead. That’s what they said last year, anyway. Markets
