The Fed is starting to play catch-up with inflation signals from the bond market as evidenced by the Fed Funds Rate finally being pulled upward by the implications of the rising 3 month T-bill yield, among other more obvious signals like the long since rising 2yr...
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June 6, 2022
Gold advanced as investors assessed developments in the Federal Reserve’s path to monetary tightening as inflation and rising volatility weigh on economic prospects. Concerns that central bank rate hikes may induce a recession are keeping investors guessing about...
There's no relief in sight for gas prices that seem headed to at least $10 per gallon. The chart above suggests July crude will likely hit $128 this week or early next, a whopping 7.5% gain over last week's high.
A price jump on a given day doesn’t necessarily mean you should give up your short position or go long. Let’s look at the context by examining what happened in the junior mining stocks.
June 5, 2022
Last week's trading saw Gold holding weaker into mid-week, here dropping down to a Wednesday low of 1830.20. From there, however, a sharp rally was seen into late-week, with the metal hitting an early-Friday high of 1878.60 - before backing off the same to end the...
Its price more wandering than trending, Gold nonetheless just sported a three-week high (1879) under the umbrella of the otherwise declining parabolic Short trend, as we begin with the weekly bars from one year ago-to-date:
It’s been 104 NYSE trading sessions since the Dow Jones had seen its last BEV Zero in its BEV chart below (04 January 2022). Since then, the Dow Jones broke below its BEV -15% line on the 19th & 20th of May. Then, in the past week it broke above its BEV -10%...
June 4, 2022
Gold sector is on long term BUY signal, suggesting that the correction since 2020 has been completed.
An analysis of any profit potential in gold requires an understanding of gold and its fundamentals. The problem is that most folks do not understand gold or its fundamentals.
Here are today's videos and charts. The videos are viewable on mobile phones as well as computers.
June 3, 2022
Initiated by monetarists, the debate between an outlook for inflation versus recession intensifies. We appear to be moving on from the stagflation story into outright fears of the consequences of monetary tightening and of interest rate overkill.
The gold miners’ stocks collapsed into mid-May, exasperating contrarian traders. Plunging gold stocks were amplifying a sharp gold selloff, which was driven by heavy gold-futures selling fueled by a monster US-dollar rally. That anomalous carnage gutted sentiment...
June 2, 2022
Practically nothing changed on the technical side of things in the precious metals market yesterday or in today’s pre-market trading, so everything that I wrote yesterday remains up-to-date. In particular, the USD Index rallied from my previous downside target area...
After briefly reaching highs above $2,000, gold has fallen to $1,785 (-14%) following the deep selling in the U.S. major indexes throughout most of April and May 2022.
Architect of a school of economic thought regarded by many as just a notch above quackery, John Maynard Keynes of Britain once called the gold standard a “barbarous relic.” An honest and time-honored medium of exchange such as gold (or paper money redeemable in gold...
June 1, 2022
Talk of “peak inflation” is helping to drive investor inflows back into stock and bond markets. As the narrative goes, inflation readings have hit their highs for the year. The Federal Reserve will hike rates until monetary policy “normalizes,” then declare victory...
May 31, 2022
The best performing precious metal for the week was palladium, up 6.34%, despite hedge funds increasing their bearish weighting on palladium to an 18-week high. The first U.S. Bitcoin-futures backed exchange-traded fund (ETF) is turning into a target for crypto...
Another week in the 2021-2025 war cycle is underway, and for investors properly positioned, it’s been a cakewalk… with lots of golden icing on the cake.
We have reason to believe that bitcoin and cryptocurrency investors are about to shift their investment strategy toward the precious metals, and that change should cause a notable influx of capital into the gold and silver sectors.
Jim Rogers joins us to discuss the current market conditions, the bear market, silver & gold and his strategy for right now.
May 30, 2022
With Governor Bill Lee’s signature on Friday, Tennessee has officially become the 42nd state in the U.S. to remove sales taxes from constitutional sound money (i.e., gold and silver).
As inflation signals cool, various markets get relief Whether a bounce or something more extended, a bear market rally was bound to get off the ground sooner or later. It was a matter of time, with stock market sentiment this over-bearish.
As the bear market runs its course in the months or perhaps years ahead, it will be punctuated by sharp and sometimes spectacular rallies to convince investors the worst is over.
As we did a week ago -- since they're still all the rage -- let's start with stocks, "up first on our schtage", [thank you, Ed Sullivan].
May 29, 2022
Last week's trading saw Gold forming its high in Tuesday's session, here doing so with the spike up to the 1875.30 figure. From there, a downside consolidation was seen into Thursday's session, with the metal dropping down to a low of 1842.50 - before bouncing off...
I have been writing about this for over five years. For Gold to perform well, it has to outperform the stock market. In recent years, that has happened but only occasionally and not consistently.
May 28, 2022
Our proprietary cycle indicator is down, but bottoming.
May 27, 2022
Here are today's videos and charts. The videos are viewable on mobile phones as well as computers.
The medium-term outlook for the precious metals is profoundly bearish – and it’s about time to abandon the short-term bullish ship. To find out why, let’s take a look at what happened in junior mining stocks.
So … Will we have a rerun of the great depression or are we re-living the inflationary nightmare of the 70s? I have heard arguments on both sides and I am led to believe that we are likely to have the worst of both worlds where many assets see their value DEFLATING...