$XAU, $XAG Special Report: Gold, How To… With gold prices up about 20% YTD signs of a global growth slowdown and geopolitical tensions, precious metals are getting a close look from investors seeking insurance for their individual retirement accounts. That is real, physical gold and silver coins or bars, not the precious-metals ETF’s or mining-company […]
$RING, $GDX, $GLD, $SLV Investing in gold and silver miners paid off this month for investors in equity ETF (exchange-traded funds). BlackRock Inc.’s iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF, known as RING returned almost 14% in August, more than any other unleveraged stock fund in the US. Close behind, with gains approaching 13%, are 2 […]
$GOLD, $NEM, $XAU, $GDX, $NUGT, $GLD, $USD FLASH: Gold prices are up, Bullion and Miners are in favor, here is why. Gold prices hit their highest marks since Y 2013 this past week, an indication that investors increasingly view the precious Yellow metal as a good alternative to paper money and government bonds at a […]
$GOLD, $NEM, $XAU, $GDX, $NUGT, $GLD, $USD FLASH: Gold prices have reversed to the Northside in the last several weeks. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) gained 8.0% in June, higher than the gainers of 6.4% and 7.1%, respectively, in the S&P 500 and the DJIA. The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) amplified the […]
$XAU, $XAG, $GLD, $SLV, $GOLD, $MTAFF For millennia man has looked at gold as a store is value. And now when the economy is questionable and when the stock market is volatile, many investors turn to gold as a safe-haven and portfolio insurance. So, if gold is on your mind now, check your goals and long-term […]
$SPY, $RUTX, $DJIA, $QQQ, $VXX Last Wednesday, the US stock market reversed to the Southside in reaction to comments made during Fed Chairman Powell’s afternoon PC. After the sharp April gainers, many traders were looking for a reason to trade the Southside of the market. But, the selling did not last long, as the S&P […]
$BTC FLASH: President Trump focusing on dark regulation at SEC The Trump Administration issued a memorandum strongly discouraging regulatory dark matter/s. The memo instructs federal agencies to submit all policy-making rules to Congress to be vetted under the Congressional Review Act, even if these rules come in the form of informal guidance. The Trump Memo […]
$SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: Investor get excited by higher prices for financial assets. If prices of stocks 2X, it is likely that investors will want them more, and the more they go up, the more investors tend to want them, this is known as “fear or missing out,” or FOMO. So, that is why […]
Let’s Consider Silver’s Very Low Numbers $SLV, $GLD The Devils Metal will bounce right back up in symmetrical proportionally when the short covering begins to happen. Let’s consider silver’s numbers. The 52-wk low in specs’ silver-futures shorts was 41.5-K contracts in mid-September 2017. Getting back there would require an astounding 78.6-K contracts of short-covering buying. […]
The SEC Continues to Disapprove Bitcoin ETF Proposals $BTCUSD Again, the SEC has disapproved more proposals for Bitcoin ETF. The latest rejection has seen 8 bids turned down by the authorities; 2 from Proshares that would have tracked Bitcoin futures, another from GraniteShares and 5 more from Direxion. The SEC said that Bitcoin ETF markets […]
Bitcoin (BTC) Recovers, Key SKorean Exchange Back Online $BTCUSD Bitcoin is rallying this week after the 5th largest crypto exchange in the world, Bithumb, reopened. It had temporarily shut down new account registrations after a $30-M hack in June. All of this buying is coming from Asia, the biggest news in the market now is […]
Dutch ‘Speed Trader’ Jumps in Cryptocurrencies $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD The EU’s largest trader of ETFs has moved into cryptocurrencies, ignoring regulator’s cautioning consumers and institutions not to buy or sell digital currencies. The Amsterdam-based speed trader Flow Traders NV is making markets in the 1st exchange-traded notes based on Bitcoin and Ether. XBT Provider, an issuer of […]
Investors are Pouring Money into Stock Funds $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Investors poured money into US ETFs (stock exchange-traded funds) during the latest week, restoring a Key pillar of support for markets, data from the Investment Company Institute showed. US-based equity ETFs collected $11.2-B during the week through 16 May, according to the ICI trade group, the […]
Trading in Volatility ETFs Halted at Fidelity $SVXY, $XIV, $ZIV Just 3 days after the collapse of an exchange-traded note betting on low volatility, Fidelity Investments said it moved to protect client/investors from these highly leveraged products. The fund giant is halting customer purchases of 3 volatility-focused ETFs (exchange traded funds) a company spokesman, said […]
Retail Investors Undeterred by Volatile US Stock Market $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Financial advisers across the US say that the volatility in the US stock market has not yet curtailed the appetite by small participants to put money in the stock market. Approximately 52% of Americans own stocks either directly or through a mutual fund, […]
Bitcoin, How to Get to Yes Safely… $BTCUSD This week a Top division chief at the SEC outlined the commission’s concerns about the volatile-trading for cryptocurrency investments in a letter to 2 trade groups representing fund managers who have proffered a wide range of proposals for funds holding Bitcoin or related assets. The SEC’s division […]
Bitcoin, the Angst, the Allure $BTCUSD, $CME, $CBOE, $GBTC CME,(NASDAQ:CME) the world’s largest exchange owner reversed course Tuesday and said it plans to introduce Bitcoin futures by the end of Y 2017, just a month after dismissing an earlier plan. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, which has risen 6X YTD, spiked to a fresh record high […]
Stock Trades Will Soon Settle 1-Day Sooner The time frame between when you buy or sell a security and when the trade is settled is about to shrink. Currently, the US operates on a 3-day settlement cycle. Effective Tuesday, 5 September 2017, the US will switch to a 2-day settlement cycle, know as T+2, which […]
Gold Now and Where Some Analysts See the Precious Yellow Metal Going $GLD Gold has just seen 2 months of lower pricing. That is normal for this time in the year for the metal. What that means is that the best part of the year, the Gold buying season is arriving. There are a number […]
Investors Putting Record Amounts of Cash into ETFs $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Mom & Pop, aka retail investors are start buying shares, and with passive investing strategies becoming more popular than active fund management, ETFs (exchange-traded funds) are seeing record inflows of cash from people seeking to join in on the rally since Donald Trump won […]
Home on The Street, Retail Investors Come Off of the Sidelines $SPY Retail investors plowed more cash into the markets last week, delivering US-based taxable-bond and international stock funds their 14th week running of inflows, the data showed Wednesday. Stock mutual funds and ETF’s (exchange-traded funds) netted $9.1-B during the week ended 8 March 8, […]
The World’s Central Bankers are Buying Gold $GLD Friday, Gold regained the 1,300 oz mark on concerns about the outcome of the US elections and the NFPs data that could set the pace of Fed interest rate hikes in the US. YTD Gold is up more than 20% in price, thanks mainly to investors in […]
Cash is an Asset, the Bulls are Hoarding It $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Stocks are stuck in a trading range, and active funds are hemorrhaging assets. To The Bulls, a stock market that is suddenly making distinctions between Winners and Losers is just the thing to draw in cash that by some measures is the […]
Fed Goes Slow, Gold Price Goes Up $GLD Gold is set to advance by as much as 15% before the end of Y 2017 as the Fed goes slow on increasing interest rates and the USD remains subdued, buoying bullion demand, according to Templeton Emerging Markets Group. “The Fed is going to increase the rates […]
Money Managers “Dumping” US Treasuries For Equities $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Money managers are dumping Treasury ETFs (exchange-traded funds) as a revival in equity and commodity prices curbs demand for the somewhat safer US debt. Treasury ETF net redemption’s have reached $2.9-B so far in April, on top of $4.8-B pulled out in March, according […]
