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January 10, 2016

The warning signs were there, back in December, several of our critical and proprietary stock market forecast indicators warned a significant and perhaps unprecedented decline was fast approaching.

Since the first day of the New Year the stock market has had a difficult time. Why? Maybe a better question would be; how did the Dow Jones, my proxy for the general stock market, recovered to new all-time highs so soon after its March 2009 bottom?

Off to a rather quaint start for New Year, what? As 2016's first trading session got underway, one of the more revered FinMedia outlets ran with this piece: "So Long, Farewell: Markets Hope to Shake Off 2015". Oops. And for pity's sake, please don't blame China, let...

January 9, 2016

When the globalist’s central bankers are in control, primarily the US/UK, they are proving their ability to supersede the natural forces of supply and demand with impunity. When they have the ability to “print” unlimited amounts of fake fiat, no other country can...

Gold sector is on major sell signal. Cycle is up. A recovery is in progress but upside should be limited.Silver is on a long-term sell signal and investors should be in cash or short. Short term is on buy signal. Nimble traders can play for a bounce.

The good news is: At the rate of decline for the year so far, the end must be near. The negatives: The major indices were down 6% - 8% last week. There is not much more I can say.

In my daily trip around the latest opinions and analyses of the precious metals markets, there was one phrase that seems to recur again and again. That phrase is “gold is undervalued”. One article I read pronounced on this matter by stating that the gold market was...

January 8, 2016

It has been a strong start to 2016 in precious metals, today notwithstanding. Gold was able to break above daily resistance at $1080 to $1090 while miners climbed higher until Friday’s reversal. Rather than focus on the nominal gains, I want to turn our attention to...

If we look around the majority of the market today, not much is up besides gold and silver. Not only is the Dow Jones down big time, so are the S&P500 and NASDAQ. Hell, even oil is lower by more than 2%. What we have here is gold and silver floating up nicely...

Stocks are rallying into the open. However, the technical damage of the last week has been severe. The S&P500 crashed through its trendline (blue line). It also crashed through critical support established by the bounces in September and October (green line).

The world’s financial markets changed dramatically entering this young new year, led by sharp stock selloffs and a mounting gold rally. These are major reversals from recent years’ action. The immediate catalysts were China’s plummeting stocks and ongoing yuan...

In the final part of this series we will look at the potential causes of rising metal prices, the presidential cycle correlation, and what to expect from gold prices in 2016. Click here to see Part 1 and Part 2.

Technical Analysis Of The Markets Via Videos

The S&P500 has peaked about every seven years and the peak in May 2015 probably marked the end of this seven year cycle. The next big move in the S&P500 will probably be down, based on cycles, the 30 year charts and the five year charts.

As Presented to the Empire Club of Canada Annual Investment Outlook Luncheon: Making Money in 2016 from Domestic and International Financial Markets. The market outlook for 2016 presents significant challenges and opportunities that we have not seen for 40 years.

Gold performed its traditional role as hedge against currency depreciation again in 2015. Many currencies saw sharp losses and concurrent gold price gains. This trend has continued in the first week of 2016, with gold up by more than 4% in most currencies.

The Chinese stock market (the SSEC Index) has tanked out of the block in 2016 -- and has investment professionals across the globe running around like headless chickens. So, let's take a deep breath and check out the charts. We'll take it from the top beginning with...

Gold dips from a 2-month top as the Chinese stock market stabilizes today after another panic selloff yesterday. Does it mean that the yellow metal is now traded on news about China?

January 7, 2016

One of the (many) fascinating things about this latest global financial crisis is that there's no single catalyst. Unlike 2008 when the carnage could be traced back to US subprime housing, or 2000 when Tech stocks crashed and pulled down everything else, this time...

Today felt like an inflection point in gold and the DOW INDU with both breaking important trendlines. As there is a lot of ground to cover tonight let’s get right to the charts starting with the daily look at the DOW INDU.

If you don't have a magical crystal ball to see the future, then a good history book will do the job. Understanding the past offers a full color panorama to the dangers and opportunities facing you in 2016.

Advance signs of a global slump in economic activity emerged in 2015. Furthermore, the dollar’s strength, coupled with widening credit spreads confirms a global tendency for dollar-denominated debt to contract. These developments typically precede an economic and...

Even a cursory review of US stock market indices over the past year shows sharp differences in the character of the first half of last year and the latter half. A clear discontinuity occurred in the path of that market. That a Part A and a Part B existed cannot be...

Gold bulls have suffered years of disappointment, having seen their favorite metal’s price lose more than 40 percent from its all-time historic high of $1,924 an ounce in early September 2011.

The S&P500 has been bending over the last three trading sessions (first three trading days of this New Year) but refused to break down. Overnight however, that has changed, at least during Asian trade and very early European trade.

Markets have a funny way of providing us with the exact opposite of what the masses believe will be seen. This is why contrarians often outperform the masses. And, the metals market is not immune to this phenomena.

In a dynamite interview, Richard Fisher, former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, gave what may be the biggest confession of recent financial history: the Federal Reserve knowingly engineered the US stock market recovery and created a huge...

Yesterday, the minutes of the Federal Reserve's December meeting were released. What do they say about the Fed’s stance and what do they mean for the gold market?

January 6, 2016

Axel Merk is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Merk Investments and Directing Manager of the Merk Funds. He is a globally recognized expert pundit on macro trends as well as an innovator in gold and currency investing. Axel is a sought-after speaker,...

Once every decade or so investor credulity reaches a point where even seasoned money managers buy into the notion of "one decision" stocks -- that is, shares of companies so insanely great that they're virtually guaranteed to keep going up. Valuation is irrelevant,...

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