Image by Adam Fagen By Joe DeauxForget frankincense or myrrh - chaos in global markets makes gold the holiday asset hedge funds are getting behind.Money managers are the most bullish they've been on bullion in half a year amid a multitude of threats that could slow economic growth and deepen the plunge for equities.As financial anxieties heighten, investors have poured about $1.56 billion into exc...Read More
Tesla short sellers have been hitting the exits latelyThe shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) are down 2.6% in electronic trading today, after it was reported the company had cut the price of its Model 3 vehicle in China. This is the third time in the past two months Tesla has reduced the price of the vehicle. Tesla stock started December off strong in the wake of a big bull note. Last week, howev...Read More
Rumors surfaced late Friday Trump was considering firing the Fed chairIt's an abbreviated session on Wall Street today, with the stock market closing at 1 p.m. ET for the Christmas holiday, and shuttered all day tomorrow. Traders are less than cheerful, with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures trading well below fair value this morning. Futures on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Inde...Read More
Could the action in stocks be foreshadowing a recession?"The SPX closed below its 80-week moving average on Friday, currently situated at 2,660... breaks of the 80-week moving average have usually preceded tests of the 160-week moving average, which approximates a roughly three-year moving average. With the 160-week moving average currently situated around 2,400, bulls run the risk of at least ano...Read More
Published 22 Hours AgoUpdated6 Hours AgoReuters show chapters Gold options activity explodes 9 Hours Ago |07:01 Gold scaled a six-month peak on Monday as sliding stock markets and concerns about a global economic slowdown sapped risk sentiment, driving investors to seek safety in the precious metal.Spot gold gained 1 percent to $1,268.38 per ounce at 1:40 p.m. EST in thin trade...Read More
B.C.'s mining industry is an essential part of the economic and social foundation of the province. A vibrant, competitive, growing industry provides benefits to British Columbians in all corners of the province.However, the rapid pace of change seen both in industry and in broader society requires bold and innovative solutions to ensure that the B.C. mining sector is fiscally competitive with juri...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesDec 24, 2018On January 26th of this year I wrote that sentiment indicators derived from the DSI put out by Jake Bernstein indicated that an even dozen commodities/markets were about to turn. All twelve did. There was not a bit of magic or voodoo involved. I just used information that anyone could have read and come to the same conclusion. That’s why I wrote Nobody Knows...Read More
Please note: US markets are closed tomorrow for Christmas. CloseGain/LossGold $1269.00+$13.50Silver$14.77+$0.15XAU70.55+2.74%HUI161.79+3.40%GDM586.16+2.58%JSE Gold1359.59+42.78USD96.49-0.54Euro114.21+0.58Yen90.68+0.66Oil$42.53-$3.0610-Year2.734%-0.049T-Bond145.40625+0.59375Dow21792.20-2.91%Nasdaq6192.92-2.21%S&P2351.10-2.71% The Metals: Gold gained nearly $10 in Asia before it halved its...Read More
Wall Street didn't take well to the Federal Reserve's latest rate hike and projection for two more to come in 2019.Neither did the White House.President Donald Trump slammed Fed chairman Jerome Powell yet again and reportedly asked advisors within his inner circle whether he has the legal authority to fire Powell.It would be unprecedented for a President to fire a Fed chairman before his term is...Read More
By Frank HolmesSummary:Anticipating trouble ahead, fund managers make a historic rotation out of equities into bonds.Gold and gold mining stocks have been the one bright spot this quarter.Tax reform turns one year old. Has it achieved what was expected?Disregarding strong opposition from the likes of DoubleLine Capital founder Jeffrey Gundlach, legendary hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller,...Read More
By David HaggithMake no mistake about it, there's real fear and panic out there as markets are dislocating to the downside.... But note that on many charts we are showing 2008/2009 like conditions, something that is entirely inconsistent with the earnings and economic data we're still seeing: It's almost as if markets are pricing in a financial crisis that has yet to occur.... I see slowing grow...Read More
Featured GuestsGerald Celente & David MorganHappy Holidays - Merry Xmas!Show HighlightsPart II with Trends Research Institute and Globalnomic(R) Trend Forecaster, Gerald Celente includes 4 key trends.Higher interest rates, oil prices, social unrest and war rate high on the watchlist.The economic recession in the Crimea region could ignite conflict between two powerful former allies, Ukraine and...Read More
By Frank Holmes StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was gold, up 1.39 percent. Gold traders continue to be bullish on the yellow metal amid concerns about economic growth, as measured by the weekly Bloomberg survey. ETFs backed by gold saw holdings increase for 10 days straight, bringing this year's net purchases to 1.47 million ounces, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Gold sto...Read More
By Keith WeinerWe could also have entitled this essay How to Measure Your Own Capital Destruction. But this headline would not have set expectations correctly. As always, when looking at the phenomenon of a credit-fueled boom, the destruction does not occur when prices crash. It occurs while they're rising. But people don't realize it, then, because rising prices are a lot of fun. They don't rea...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.comTwitter: @Davcha12December 24, 2018"At the end of each year I make a list of my mistakes, and it's pretty friggin long" Dean Lombardi (ice hockey executive, GM San Jose Sharks 1996-2003, GM Los Angeles Kings 2006-2017 "I made no resolutions for the new year. The...Read More
By John MauldinPowell and the New FedLate in the CycleBond BoomPriced to SellA Little NostalgiaWe have reached the best time of year, when we can look to the future with hope. We can stop wondering what will happen in 2018 and look forward to 2019. The investment industry always does this enthusiastically, as you will see in forecasts everywhere the next few weeks.Not wanting to be left out, or...Read More
A Monday Morning Musing from Mickey the Mercenary Geologist Non-renewable natural resources (e.g., industrial metals, precious metals, agricultural minerals, industrial minerals and rocks, energy fluids, and energy solids) are extracted from Earth's surface and its depths. Exploitation of these resources naturally leads to depletion and more must constantly be found, developed, and mined. In ou...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Interviewed Friday by Chris Marcus of Arcadia Economics (https://arcadiaeconomics.com), your secretary/treasurer discussed recent developments in gold and silver market rigging by the U.S. government, its agents, and others. Among them:-- The confession by former JPMorganChase trader John Edmonds; whether he will incriminate the bank's former commodities desk chief,...Read More
By Avi Gilburt I would not have had to invest or work at all if I had $100 for every time I heard an analyst tell me that the market is just not trading upon fundamentals at this time. In fact, when the market seems to disconnect from the fundamentals, analysts view it as the market being wrong. But, isn't it my responsibility as an investor to align my investment account with the market ra...Read More
By David HaggithThis ain't no ballgame. This bear has shown up for blood, not sport. The Nasdaq intraday hit the 20% down mark that is widely regarded as qualifying for a change from a bull market to a bear market. A close at that level would have made it as official as a declaration of a bear market gets.As can be expected, the major index whose stocks played the largest role in forming the bul...Read More