Is the January Effect dead? Is it now the February Effect? After Tesla nearly hit $1000 per share, it's now fallen almost 20 percent. Global trade contracted in 2019. Perhaps the world economy was already declining and this is just the final chapter of the stock market's long extended bull market. Passive investing is the dominant form of investing, whatever happened to stock pickers? And the debt...Read More
"I wish, again, to express my closeness to those who are ill with coronavirus and to health care workers who are caring for them." Continue...Read More
The market is now demanding almost 4 rate-cuts this year - a stunning example of the desperation for monetary policy mavens to save the world through easy money... and maintain the 'buy the dip' strategy that a generation of money managers has become conditioned to.Continue...Read More
A great many systems that are assumed to be robust are actually fragile. Exhibit #1 is the global financial system, of course, but Exhibit #2 may well be the healthcare system globally and in the U.S.Continue...Read More
Gold is being slammed lower despite a massive stock market sell-off.Continue...Read More
In short, the baby is being thrown out with the bath water. Continue...Read More
In this Critical Investor guest post, Resource Maven Gwen Preston discusses developments with the company and its Quebec project. This article by Gwen Preston was originally published December 12, 2019, at Resource Maven.All pictures are company material, unless stated otherwise.Genesis Metals Corp. (GIS:TSX.V; GGISF:OTC) has been around for a decade. Over that time, it worked and dropped a few p...Read More
LONDON, 29 February 2020 - Gold price data from BullionVault is quoted today in the Money section of The Times, Britain's best-selling 'quality' paper, as it looks at the virus-led turmoil in financial markets.Amid this week's panic, the price of physical gold in US Dollars "rose to a 7-year high of $1686 an ounce," says The Times, naming online bullion dealer BullionVault as the source of that fi...Read More
LONDON, 29 February 2020 - BullionVault features today in a report on 2020's surging gold price from the Financial Times' award-winning personal finance team at FT Money."The sudden panic at the weekend over coronavirus spreading worldwide has hit the stock market," the full-page article quotes Adrian Ash, director of research at BullionVault, "and money managers are clearly buying gold to hedge a...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 389,33953,47490,728176,619552,240656,686696,442 Change from Prior Reporting Period -19,010-1,22624,1221,100-8,8916,21214,005 Traders 24163775857332172 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 76,23136,475732,917 11,3883,59517,600 non reportable positionsC...Read More
By: Gary Savage I have to laugh at two things:Perma-bears are calling for the end of the bull market. But it is not the end, not yet!Other people are trying to take credit for the crash.The Fed prevented the market from correcting in December and now look..https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
By: Ira EpsteinCovid19 is causing panic, but do not panic! Gold, you would think, would be up more, but it is not. $1626.6 is key to short-term to watch as a support zone, but if it goes below then what?Read More
Rick Ackerman, Rick's PicksThe stock market at its most violent this week has been an easy read, just as it was when the tech sector imploded 20 years ago and during the financial collapse of 2007-08. On the eve of today's memorable carnage the short-term charts practically glowed with warnings of the Dow's imminent, record-breaking plunge. I'd predicted as much in commentary sent out the ni...Read More
Fed Chair Powell noted the central bank will take action if neededIn a historic week for the market, stocks once again found no footing amid worries over the coronavirus and its global economic impact. The blue-chip index briefly breached the 25,000 level and found itself more than 1,000 points in the hole at its session lows. This seventh straight loss for the Dow caps off a 3,583.26-point loss i...Read More
The coronavirus outbreak is nearing pandemic statusThere's only so many ways to describe the bloodbath that occurred on Wall Street this week. The coronavirus outbreak, nearing pandemic status, sent the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all into correction territory and headed for their worst weekly losses since October 2008. The Dow twice logged single-day losses of 1,000 points or more,while the 10-year...Read More
Wayfair stock is heading toward its sixth straight lossWayfair Inc (NASDAQ:W) reported its quarterly earnings this morning and the results aren't pretty. The furniture company reported an adjusted loss of $2.80 per share, larger than the anticipated $2.65 loss. And while Wayfair increased fourth quarter sales profits, fourth-quarter revenue also missed its mark.In response, W stock dropped 24.2% o...Read More
NVAX is still enjoying tailwinds after the vaccine announcementShares of Novavax Inc (NYSE:NVAX) are soaring today, up 12.3%, earlier peaking at $17.71, and last seen at $13.87. The clinical-stage vaccine company earlier in the week announced a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which they hope to put into phase 1 clinical trial late this spring. NVAX is planning to utilize its proprietary Matrix-M adjuv...Read More
The Dow is looking at its worst weekly loss since the financial crisis The Dow Jones Industrial Average's (DJI) steep sell-off continues, as the blue chip index eyes its worst week since the financial crisis of 2008, on track for a roughly 13% weekly drop. Trade bellwether Boeing (BA) is leading the index's sell-off, while Apple (AAPL) is also suffering notable losses midday. The S&P 500 Index (SP...Read More
Stocks are set to get rocked againDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are pointing to another day of substantial losses for stocks. More countries have reported their first cases of the coronavirus, and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned the virus could spread all across the globe. Meanwhile, more businesses are lowering their yearly outlooks because of the outbreak, pushing traders...Read More
By John R. Ing, President and CEOMaison Placements Canada Inc.In his State of the Union victory lap, the president crowed that the "great American comeback" entered this decade with the longest bull run in American history. Unsaid is that in dancing to all time highs, the bond and stock markets are priced for perfection. In normal times, this would not be as dangerous as it is today.Early in his t...Read More