$GLD, $XAU, $USD Forbes.com recently published 3 reasons why savvy investors need to always own gold in their portfolios. Essentially, you can never play it too safe when it comes to investing. “Holding an overweight position of an unlevered asset with limited supply such as gold will offer one of the few safe havens for […]
$GLD, $XAU, $USD By Jared Dillan There is a lot of strong feelings about gold. Some people think it has no utility. Other people have pretty reasoned arguments about how gold maintains purchasing power across the centuries. It was in a bubble 8 years ago that sucked a lot of people in. There were some sketch-ball […]
$PDMDF, $RIO Shares in Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL, OTCMKT:PDMDF) jumped more than 8% Friday after the miner announced it had dug up a 425.1 carat, D-color, Type II gem quality diamond at its iconic Cullinan mine in South Africa. The discovery comes less than a month after Petra found a 100.83 carat gem-quality white diamond at the […]
$HGC1, $CU FLASH: Managed Money Driving Explosion in Copper (CU) Options in Big Bet on Prices A persistent Copper shortage has spurred a 32X explosion in the COMEX options market over the last 2 years as hedge funds and other speculators move to cash in on rising prices. Copper at the close in Chicago Tuesday: […]
FLASH: World’s Gold miners seek merger opportunities $GLD, $GOLD, $CS A move by the world’s biggest gold miners to get bigger adding new vigor to an industry that failed to inspire investor support in Y 2018. The mega-merger mania now under way for Newmont Mining Corp., Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) and Goldcorp will result in some […]
$GLD, $USD, $GOLD FLASH: The Real Story on Gold is the Gold Miners! A growing chorus of big managed money is turning increasingly bullish on miners as late-cycle angst and industry shifts make conditions ripe for a prolonged rally. Mining shares have gained at more than 2X the pace of the precious Yellow metal this […]
$GLD, $SLV, $USD Gold’s supply/demand prospects have caught the eye of 1 billionaire. “For the 1st time in my life, I bought gold because it is a good hedge,” Sam Zell, the founder of Equity Group Investments, said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “Supply is shrinking and that is going to have a positive impact on […]
$GLD, $SLV, $USD, $AAPL Miners see Gold prices moving higher in 2019 December’s holiday cheer is carrying into Y 2019 for Gold-mining companies. A gauge of mining shares is extending gains after its best December since the financial crisis as investors flee to safe-haven assets amid a slump in the broader equities market and a […]
$BTCUSD , $CME, $CBOE The year long digital-asset slump is scaring off institutional money, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co., suggesting a taste for the cryptocurrency markets is fading way. “Participation by financial institutions in Bitcoin trading appears to be fading,” JPM analysts wrote in a research note dated 14 December. “Key flow metrics have downshifted […]
Dow Jones’ Earnings are at Record Highs Vs the Price of Gold $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $GLD, $SLV The DJIA is seeing action, on Wednesday, the day after the mid-term elections it advanced by 2.13% from its prior day’s closing price, it was the 4th day of extreme volatility since early October. Everyone was happy about […]
Bitcoin (BTC) Falls, Bringing Down the Entire Cryptocurrency Market $BTCUSD For months, the price of Bitcoin has been hanging around the mid-6,000’s mark. But now, the most popular cryptocurrency has plummeted by 12% over the last day, hitting a value just above 5,500. The total market capitalization for Bitcoin now stands at $96-B, the 1st […]
Looking for a Major Bottom in Gold $GLD, $USD Shayne and I do not believe that the weakness in Gold and gold mining stocks is over, the outlook is that another Southside leg getting underway. Should that happen, we are positioned to profit from it. Long-term investors, traders, and speculators should be aware of the […]
A 2019 Bear Market Event May Trigger a DJIA Move to 40,000 $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $MTAFF, $GLGDF, $RGLD, $FNV,$WPM You may recall in January 2016, the DJIA was trading at the 16,000 mark, when Yves Lamoureux, President of macroeconomic research firm Lamoureux & Co., said DIA would top 25,000 within 3-4 years. It did not take […]
Why China is Right to be Wary of Bitcoin (BTC) $BTCUSD China has cracked down on Bitcoin shuttering cryptocurrency exchanges, the Bottom Line The wave of sell orders that hit the US ‘coin’ market on 10 October 10 should not have surprised anyone who watches it carefully, we saw it coming months ago. Bitcoin (BTC) […]
China Has the Power to Destroy Bitcoin (BTC) $BTCUSD A damning new study has suggested China holds threatening influence over Bitcoin (BTC), and perhaps even the ability to attack and ultimately destroy the entire Bitcoin network. Academics from Princeton and Florida International Universities have explored how China “threatens the security, stability, and viability of Bitcoin” […]
Institutional Investors are Quietly Adding Cryptocurrencies to Holdings $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD Institutional investors are becoming more involved in the $220-B cryptocurrency market than many observers may realize. Buyers such as hedge funds have replaced HNWIs (high-net-worth individuals) as the biggest buyers of large lots of digital coins worth more than $100-K through private transactions.. The Big […]
Savvy Investors Are Starting To Buy Gold $GLD, $SLV, $USD. $ABX, $GOLD, $FNV Savvy investors will start stocking up now on gold since roaring inflation is poised to soon ravage global economies, Barron’s reports. “Inflation is starting to pick up in the US and in much of the world as central banks shrink their enormous […]
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. […]
Marijuana is the New Gold for Some Canadian Miners $CRON A number of companies that started in the mining or oil and gas sectors that are now part of Canada’s burgeoning marijuana industry has jumped to more than 40. according to an analyst I read Saturday. And almost 50% of the country’s marijuana firms started out […]
Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Barron’s Gold Mining Index $DIA, $GLD A 98 Year Examination Looking at the market at the close last week, apparently the “policy makers” have once again gotten a handle on the financial markets. In the Dow Jones BEV chart below it did correct 10%; but only for one day, […]
The Big Q: What Determines the Price of Bitcoin? $BTCUSD The Big A: Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency based on specifications outlined by Satoshi Nakamoto in Y 2009. Transactions are recorded in a blockchain, which shows the entire transaction history for each unit and is used to prove ownership. Processing transactions requires miners using computers to process blocks of […]
Metalla Royalty and Streaming, Ltd.’s Annual Letter to Shareholders 2017 $MTAFF, $GLD, $SLV It is with great satisfaction that I present to you, our shareholders, the first annual shareholder letter under our new name and business model of acquiring precious metal royalty, streams, and other production based interests. At a time when experts in the […]
Bitcoin Debate Heats Up, Split Coming $BTCUSD at 3,952.73 Wednesday Bitcoin is likely to split again this November, creating a 3rd version of the world’s largest cryptocurrency as miners and developers pursue separate visions to scale up its growing market. Major industry players say consensus between opposing camps looked increasingly unlikely. That opinion was echoed […]
Cryptocurrency Crackdown Sparks a Rush to Gold $BTCUSD, $GLD, $BAC Market guru Mark Mobius said he is sensing danger in the explosive growth of cryptocurrencies. Governments will begin clamping down on digital currencies because of their use in illicit financing, with terrorist groups to drug dealers contributing to their rise, Mr. Mobius, Executive Chairman at […]
Assuming I’m right how much higher can this market go? $DIA, $GLD, $SLV Another Quarter in 2017 has come and gone, and, I have to say that June was for the most part pretty quiet compared to what the stock market saw earlier in the year. In June we saw 7 new BEV Zeros (new […]
A Falling Stock Market, A Easing USD: That Brings Us Back to Gold $GLD, $SLV, $ABX, $GG, $EXCFF, $WPM As the USD falls from the Fed’s continuation of loose money policies, it will lift up Gold prices to unprecedented highs. Plus, recessions are a great environment for Gold During the last 2 recessions, Gold prices […]
Investment Strategist Warns, “Stay away from Bitcoin…” $BTCUSD The price of Bitcoin has risen by 210% since March to over $2,900… and one of the world’s most successful investment strategists is warning investors to stay away. Speaking at the Mauldin Economics’ Strategic Investment Conference, Raoul Pal said Bitcoin’s explosion upward is mania. Bitcoin Is a […]
Gold (NYSEArca:GLD) Spikes on Heavy Volume $GLD, $GDX, $KGC, $SLW, $ABX, $EXCFF, $NEM, $GG Tuesday, the return of the safe haven buyer and a weaker USD combined to lift the precious Yellow metal to its highest mark since the election of Donald Trump on 8 November. Gold futures in New York for delivery in August, […]
US Stock Market Update + Gold & Silver $DIA, $GLD, $SLV, $OIL As expected, the DJIA saw 2 new all-time highs last week on Thursday and Friday. The Big Q: How much higher can the stock market go? The Big A: On a point basis I really don’t know, could be enough to surprise me. […]
Market Volatility in Precious Metals $DIA, $GLD, $SLV Since its last all-time high seen on March 1st, the Dow has yet to break lower than -3.5% from it, or make a new all-time high. It has been a boring market. Something in me wants to see some excitement on Wall Street and Wednesday I got […]
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 […]
World War 3: Bullish on Gold (NYSEArca:GLD) $GLD, $SLW, In times of War or other upheaval, people turn to Gold (NYSEArca:GLD). When economies wobble and governments fall, Gold has always been seen as the best way to preserve wealth. The Y-Y change in the consumer price index has already risen from 0 to 2.5%. When […]
Central Banks are Monetizing Stocks and Bonds $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $GLD, $SLV Following this market is an exercise in frustration. Last week, DJIA (DOW) appeared ready to roll over. I expected the Dow to be closer to its -5% line than its -2.5% line at the close of this week. But, as you can see […]
Precious Metals Miners are Coming Off of the Floor $SLW, $TAHO, $TECK, $EXCFF, $GLD, $SLV Industry analysts are maintained prior price targets with upside of 20% – 45% in their Outperform ratings. Note: Wall Street analysts often assign Northside runs of 8% to 15% when it comes to well-established companies being given new or updated […]
Bullish Gold: A Case Study for Gold’s Price Run to $2,500 oz $GLD, $GDX, $SLW, $EXCFF Those who read this column know that I have been Bullish Gold for several months after noting the end of the Bear cycle in the precious Yellow metal and new forces that will contribute to an even stronger advance […]
Gold Miners “Magic” Triggers $24-B Exploration Race $GLD, $EXCFF, $RIO, $BHP $SLW The sector is coming off of the bottom of the Bear Market cycle A rebound in exploration by global miners could see spending hit C$24-B by Y 2025 with China the front runner in the search for a new generation of giant discoveries. […]
President Trump Declares a “New Era” Markets Respond, Yes! $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX US President declared “the start of a new era” in energy production with the signing an executive order Tuesday that he said would revive the coal industry and create jobs. The move makes good on his campaign vow to unwind and shred former […]
Gold’s Price Rise Triggers Mining Stocks’ Rally $GDX, $SBLG, $GFI, $NEM, $EXCFF Just about a week ago it looked like Gold’s Y 2017 rally was running out of steam, and in danger of losing sight of the psych mark at 1,200 oz. A number of major Gold stocks which had outperformed the precious Yellow metal […]
They Call it “Monetary Policy” $DIA, $SPY, $GLD, $SLV The Dow Jones made its last all-time high on March 1st, and since then its valuation has been slowly deflating. It closed this week only nine Dow Points away from breaking below its BEV -2.50% line in the chart below. After the amazing 32 new daily […]
Economic Electrical Power (EP) Consumption… US Historical Review: 1929-2017 $DIA, $SPY, $GLD, $SLV Last Friday promised some excitement for this week; what with the much anticipated interest rate increase by the FOMC and the Federal Government hitting its debt ceiling on Wednesday the 15th. Friday evening, it was all much to do about nothing, with […]
The World Diamond Industry 2017 $RIO, $BHO, $NGLOY, $LUCRF, $GMDMF, $BID, $TIF As the diamond industry enters Y 2017, Q-1 demand for rough has been stronger relative to Q-4 2016 and also relative to a year ago. The US is the largest diamond jewelry market in the world representing 45% of global demand. Christmas season Y […]
The Gold Miners Problem, the More They Mine, the Less There Is $ABX, $FNV, $SLW, $EXCFF, $CN.MTA There is a problem in the Gold mining business, and even the biggest mining companies cannot escape it. The more Gold they mine, the closer they are to running out. When that happens, companies scramble, do risky deals, […]
Gold’s Price at 1-Month Low = More Pain for Mining Stocks $GLD, $ABX, $NEM, $AU, $GG, $NCMGY, $GFI, $AEM, $GOLD After its worst week since November, Gold was drifting lower again Thursday with the metal coming under pressure from a stronger US and an interest rate hike likely ahead in the US, just the 3rd […]
A Positive Look at 3 Key Players in Metals & Mining Industries $CS, $AEM, $SLW, $TECK A new Credit Suisse report takes a positive stance on some Key players in the metal and mining industries. Overall the CS analysts see improving apparent demand trends, accelerating global growth, positive earnings revisions and debt reduction as Key […]
Let’s Take a Look at Gold & Silver Bullion and Mining Shares in 2016 $GLD, $SLV I wasn’t going to write anything until next week, but reporting on the annual performance for gold and silver in the 1st week of the year feels appropriate and timely. Publishing the following table has been an annual event […]
Donald Trump in 2017, Different Than Ronald Reagan in 1981 $DIA, $GLD, $SLV Since the November 8th Presidential election, the NYSE has seen 17 trading sessions, with the DJIA closing at new all-time highs in 9 of them. I cannot argue with success, but seeing the stock market do so well after an election does nothing […]
Lithium Miners are Setting Out to Tap New Reserves $TSLA The Electric Vehicle (EV) is here, there is no going back now As I have said in the pas Lithium is the new fuel, but the reserves the miners are currently tapping into are finite, and investors can take to the bank. The Big Q: […]
Gold Wins No Matter Who Is Elected US President $GLD, $NUGT With the Y 2016 Presidential election on 8 November, many Americans are concerned about the fate of the nation. The Big Q’s” What will happen to the economy under the new administration, to Crude Oil prices, property values, the stock market, +++? There is […]
Gold Miners, the Clam before the Calm before the Storm. $GLD, $SLV, $NUGT, $DB The sooner the US Presidential election is over the better for all of us as the uncertainty will have been removed and we can get back to business as usual. Whatever the result both candidates are big spenders and so we […]
Market Update for the 2nd Week of October $DIA, $SPY, $GLD, $SLV, $GDX The box in the BEV chart below contains the Dow Jones since the first week of September. With the presidential election so near, it’s not surprising the market hasn’t done much of anything as our “regulated” markets are being managed for the […]
QE to Infinity: Central Banking’s Manifest Destiny $GLD, $SLV, $GDX I’m not surprised; the week following my article illustrating why I believed the gold and silver miners are “historic buys at today’s prices”; gold, silver and their miners get whacked to their lows of the current, so far 8th week correction. But last week I also […]
Stronger USD Pushing Platinum (NYSEArca:PPLT) Down $PPLT, $IMPUF, $GLD, $SLV Platinum futures trading on the NYMEX market in New York declined for a 4th day running Tuesday to 996.80, pushed down by a stronger USD, weakness across the precious metals complex, and the signing of a wage deal in Key producer South Africa. YTD Platinum’s price is up more […]
The Bull Market in the Gold Mining Shares Has “Only Just Begun” $GLD, $SLV, $DB, $DIA, $DXY Tedious, that’s how I’d describe the stock market for the past 6 weeks. Everything is on hold until Janet Yellen finds the courage to euthanize the bulls on Wall Street with a few rate hikes. It will be a […]
Gold Bull Sees Price Up 44% By Year’s End $GLD, $SLV, $GG, $MUX Gold Bull Robert McEwen seeing Gold’s price up as much as 44% by the end of the year as confidence in the US economy fades. The precious Yellow metal could trade in a range of 1,700 – 1,900 by the end of […]
The Black Swan Matters $DB, $GLD, $SLV Almost 10 years in the making the fate of one of Europe’s most important financial institutions may be sealed. After a sequence of scandals, poor decisions, and unfortunate events, Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) shares are now down -48% on the year to 12.60, which is a record-setting low. […]
This Fed Policy Stuff is Way Past its Expiration Date $GLD, $SLV, $NUGT, $GDXJ, $GGGG As expected, the FOMC passed up another opportunity to raise their Fed Funds Rate this week. With 2016 being an election year, and late September just a few weeks from the November election, how anyone could believe the Yellen Fed would […]
Gold & Silver’s Run Forecasts a Coming Bust in Stock, Bonds, Credit Markets $GLS, $SLV, $UGLD, $GDX, $CEF, $PHYS In the coming years as investors are forced to seek safe-havens expect Gold to rise to record highs as asset bubbles burst in everything from stocks, bonds and credit. The precious Yellow metal is at the beginning […]
Ways to Invest in Gold, the Precious Yellow Metal $GLD, $UGLD, $GDX, $CEF, $PHYS When it comes to investing in Gold, there is more than one way to do it, and there is no best way to do it. You can buy Gold futures You can buy a Gold-linked ETF’s You can buy Gold Bars […]
Gold Up, in Anticipation of US Fed Standing ‘Pat’ $GLD, $GDX, $JDST Gold is valued as unequalled material for jewelry, storing wealth and growing industrial uses. Gold prices rose Monday, as the USD slipped Vs a basket of currencies, as the market awaits clues on timing of an increase in US interest rates. Spot Gold was up […]
Extreme Volatility and Market Breadth Seen in Coming Days $DIA, $GLD, $SLV There was some excitement Tuesday, as the Dow Jones was down 1.41% and the NYSE saw a day of extreme breadth. But the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) recovered from its early week losses, and ended the week higher than last Friday’s close. The […]
Supply Deficit in Platinum Rising, the Metal is +22% YTD $PPLT, $ANGPY, $IMPUF, $LNMIY Platinum futures trading on the NYMEX market in New York contracted a bit last week, but at 1,065 oz YTD platinum is up more than 22% thanks to predictions of another annual market deficit and the threat of labor action in […]
Market Update for Early September 2016 $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX, $GLD, $SLV For the past two months, excitement in the stock market has been hard to come by. On August 15th the Dow Jones saw its last all-time high, and it made seven new all-time highs in a row in mid-July. But these new highs […]
But Those Were the Bad-Old Days, Things are Different Today $GLD, $SLV, $XAU Last Thursday, the DJIA made a new all-time high, its 8th since July 12th. Looking at the Dow Jones with its 52Wk High and Low lines below, we see its 52Wk High Line (Green plot) has been pushed above 18,500. And it’s not […]
The World of Investing is Risky Today $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The biggest risk is an economy that is and has been barely expanding for the past 7+ years, and threatening to fall into a recession. The US Census Bureau recently reported that the US economy grew at a 1.2% annualized pace in Q-2 of […]
US Stock Market Update for Early August $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX, $GLD, $SLV, $XAU The last all-time high for the DJIA (BEV Zero in the chart below) was a few weeks ago on July 20th. As per the table on the chart, the Dow Jones ended the week not far from making another. It could […]
Demand for Gold Rising, Fear is in the Market $GLD A Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election in November would probably lift Gold prices, according to the Mint that refines almost all the bullion output from one of the world’s biggest producers. “If someone like Donald Trump does get elected, it will stimulate […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $ABX, $HD, $KR, $NEM, $SCTY Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and […]
2016, The Bull Market for “Gold Bugs” $ABX, $GOLD, $KGC Y 2016 has turned out to be a strong Bull Market for Gold Bugs that was not expected by most at the end of Y 2015. YTD we have seen many of the world’s top Gold miner and Gold producer stocks rise 100%, 200% +. Analysts in […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $ABX, $CDE, $PG, $SO, $WYNN Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, […]
Bitcoin ‘Mining” Outlook Uncertain Simpley put, all Bitcoin transactions are recorded on a blockchain, a public, decentralized, permissionless ledger. The transactions are recorded in bundles, called “blocks,” by “miners” who receive a small reward in kind for mining. The process creates new Bitcoins. Miners currently earn 25 Bitcoins per block that is 16.175. The beginning […]
Barron’s Gold Mining Index (BGMI): A 96 Year Study $GLD, $SLV What does “real money” mean to you? To many of my readers, I suspect real money would be gold and silver coinage backing the paper money in circulation. But to politicians and economists, it means something completely different: “A billion here, a billion there, and […]
Market Update: Brexit + One Week What a week for the DJIA, last Monday it closed almost 6.5% from its last all-time high. By Friday the Dow Jones Industrial Average recouped almost all of its losses taken after the Brexit vote over a week ago. Of course trading volume for the Dow Jones increased, as […]
The Gold Step Sum Indicator Giving Strong Buy Signal I have not published this Bear’s Eye View (BEV) chart for the Dow Jones since last February; time for a review. Here is the frequency distribution for the below BEV series (left table) with a frequency distribution of the same data going back to 2 January […]
Gold & Gold Miners Boosted By NFPs $GLD, $NUGT The precious Yellow metal had its biggest gainer in 11 weeks after the US added the fewest workers in almost 6 years, weakening the case for the Fed to raise interest rates anytime soon. Last week, before the jobs report, a gauge of volatility in bullion […]
Gold and Silver in a Stock Market Correction $DIA, $GLD, $SLV When I last published this Bear’s Eye View of the DJIA a few weeks ago it appeared the US benchmark index would be making a new all-time high sometime in early May. On April 20th it was only 1.18% from last May’s BEV Zero, […]
Mark J. Lundeen on “The Relationship Between the Stock and Precious Metals Markets” $DIA, $SPY, $GLD, $SLV I intended taking a few weeks off from stock and metals markets’s vigilance. However as the DJIA closed the week up only 1.69%, just 300 pts from making a new all-time high, I was motivated to make a […]