With the Atlanta Fed cutting its GDPNow estimate to just 0.2% yesterday...... there were big worries that today the BEA could reveal a shocker of a number, one far below the rapidly falling consensus estimate of 2.6%. Well, the Q3 GDP number just came out and it was bad, but not nearly as bad as it could have been: at 2.0%, it did indeed miss the 2.6% consensus by a lot but it could have been far...Read More
Having slipped back to COVID-crisis lows, the final print for UMich sentiment was very modestly higher than the preliminary October data but Current Conditions dipped further as Expectations rose a smidge from early October but are down from September.Current Conditions are actually at their weakest since the crisis lows in April 2020.Source: Bloomberg"The positive impact of higher income expectat...Read More
Markit's US Manufacturing PMI tumbled in October, from 60.70 in September to 59.2 in preliminary October data to a final print of 58.4, tracking the dismal disappointing slide in actual US macroeconomic data.ISM's US Manufacturing survey also slipped lower in October (from 61.1 to 60.8) but printed better than the expected 60.5.Source: BloombergThat is the lowest Manufacturing PMI since...Read More
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,Market Back To Extreme OverboughtWith earnings season in full swing, stocks continued to push higher this week. Even disappointing earnings from Starbucks, Apple, and Amazon couldn't keep the bulls down much. So far, the earnings season has pretty much aligned with expectations. As noted by FactSet:"Overall, 56% of the companies in the S&P...Read More
Last week may have seen the peak of earnings season with the GAMMA companies (fka as FAAMG) reporting earnings that left quite a bit to be desired, but it gets even busier this week with the Fed's Wednesday taper announcement, Friday's nonfarm payrolls report and a slew of other events taking place in the coming five days.In addition to two very closely watched meetings from the RBA (Tue...Read More
Silver continues to be a singularly neglected and unloved investment, and has been for years now, but as we will proceed to see, this is not a situation that is likely to continue for much longer. On its 10-year chart we can see that silver has basically been moving sideways marking out a low base pattern since late 2014 - late 2015, following a severe bearmarket from its 2011 highs. For a while...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:stewart@gutrader.comNovember 6, 2018 1.US elections are here!2. Please click here now.Double-click to enlarge this big picture chart for gold. 3.From both a technical and fundamental perspective, gold looks solid. 4.This chart suggests that whatever happens in the US election, it's going to be positive for g...Read More
Even though interest in precious metals has fallen over the past few years, investment demand is still the largest growth sector in the silver market. Yes, it may be hard to believe, but physical silver investment has grown the most since the 2008 financial crisis compared to the other sectors. And while industrial users consume the highest amount of silver in the overall market annual...Read More
The silver price trended lower last week after hitting a high of nearly $16 the prior week. So, what's in store for silver and the broader markets this week? If we look at the moving averages and what is taking place in the broader markets, we may find some clues. It seems as if the silver price over the past two weeks has been moving in the opposite direction of the Dow Jon...Read More
McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Feb 28, 2019February 21, 2019Gold prices recently swooped up to a rather spiky looking top, and on Feb. 21 a big drop started the work of unwinding that blowoff.It was a good looking spike upward as far as gold itself was concerned.But it did not come with confirmation from other prices which tend to move in sympathy with gold. This week’s chart co...Read More
Is Silver's long bear market over? If so, it would be exciting news for bulls who have suffered through a hellacious, 72% correction since the metal peaked in 2011 just beneath $50. The monthly chart (see inset) provides reason for cautious optimism, implying as it does that Comex futures could be bottoming slightly above $15. If a powerful and sustained upturn lies in the offing, the September co...Read More
Drop in gold prices props up physical buying in Asia Gold edged higher on Monday as investors found the metal attractive after prices fell to a 19-month low last week, while a rising dollar weighed on the market ahead of planned US-China trade talks.The precious metal shed 2.2 per cent last week in its sixth straight weekly decline and worst weekly performance since December."Though the metal look...Read More
Technical observations of RossClark@shaw.caBob HoyeInstitutional AdvisorsPosted Sep 18, 2018(Click on image to enlarge)###Bob HoyeInstitutional Advisorsemail: bobhoye@institutionaladvisors.comwebsite: www.institutionaladvisors.com321goldLtdRead More
Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Keith Dicker back to MacroVoices. Erik and Keith discuss the government bond bubble, artificially suppressed interest rates and rethinking bonds for portfolio allocations. They discuss what impact that a bond market route could have on equities and if the bond bear market has started. They conclude with their outlook on equities and gold.Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1318.20+$15.00Silver$17.17+$0.23XAU88.14+3.36%HUI198.60+3.27%GDM666.00+2.30%JSE Gold1317.36+13.77USD91.86-0.44Euro120.65+0.62Yen89.12+0.31Oil$60.37-$0.0510-Year2.458%+0.047T-Bond151.84375-1.15625Dow24824.01+0.42%Nasdaq7006.90+1.50%S&P2695.79+0.83% The Metals: Gold gained $11.20 to $1314.40 in midmorning New York trade before it pared back heading into...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1314.90-$3.30Silver$17.14-$0.03XAU87.08-1.19%HUI197.35-0.63%GDM660.98-0.75%JSE Gold1338.73+21.37USD92.18+0.32Euro120.12-0.53Yen88.97-0.15Oil$61.63+$1.2610-Year2.440%-0.018T-Bond152.28125+0.53125Dow24922.68+0.40%Nasdaq7065.53+0.84%S&P2713.06+0.64% The Metals: Gold dropped $6.40 to $1311.80 in Asia before it rallied to $1317.80 in London and then fell ba...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1321.90+$7.00Silver$17.20+$0.06XAU87.79+0.81%HUI198.76+0.72%GDM663.40+0.37%JSE Gold1305.19-33.54USD91.87-0.31Euro120.68+0.56Yen88.70-0.27Oil$62.01+$0.3810-Year2.452%+0.012T-Bond152.34375+0.03125Dow25075.13+0.61%Nasdaq7077.92+0.18%S&P2723.99+0.40% The Metals: Gold fell $9 to $1305.90 in Asia, but it then climbed to as high as $1325.80 in New York and en...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1320.50-$1.40+1.33%Silver$17.20UNCH+1.53%XAU87.39-0.45%+2.49%HUI198.13-0.32%+3.03%GDM661.89-0.20%+1.73%JSE Gold1322.71+17.52+1.47%USD91.97+0.10-0.36%Euro120.42-0.26+0.32%Yen88.43-0.27-0.43%Oil$61.44-$0.57+1.69%10-Year2.477%+0.025+2.74%Bond151.9375-0.375-0.63%Dow25295.87+0.88%+2.33%Nasdaq7136.56+0.83%+3.38%S&P2743.15+0.70%+2.60% The Metals: Gold...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1320.00-$0.50Silver$17.12-$0.08XAU86.29-1.26%HUI194.89-1.64%GDM656.05-0.87%JSE Gold1319.12-3.59USD92.34+0.37Euro119.67-0.75Yen88.47+0.04Oil$61.73+$0.2910-Year2.479%+0.002T-Bond151.8125UNCHDow25283.00-0.05%Nasdaq7157.39+0.29%S&P2747.71+0.17% The Metals: Gold fell $5.70 to $1314.80 in Asia before it bounced back to $1321.00 in London and then drifted bac...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1314.00-$6.00Silver$17.00-$0.12XAU84.95-1.55%HUI192.30-1.33%GDM647.49-1.30%JSE Gold1286.67-32.45USD92.51+0.17Euro119.39-0.28Yen88.88+0.41Oil$62.96+$1.2310-Year2.548%+0.069T-Bond150.21875-1.50Dow25385.80+0.41%Nasdaq7163.58+0.09%S&P2751.29+0.13% The Metals: Gold fell $11 to $1309 in midmorning New York trade before it bounced back higher into the close,...Read More