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Gold-Silver Ratio May Be Setting Up Favorably

Gold-Silver Ratio May Be Setting Up Favorably

For some downtrodden items, that is. A downturn in the GSR and its fellow horseman the USD could provide some relief for the markets that have done the most poorly since Uncle Buck’s up turn over the summer. In other words, the deflation story may need to take a  rest for a while if GSR […]
Marin Katusa: Winter Is Coming—How Investors Can Win In The ‘Colder War’

Marin Katusa: Winter Is Coming—How Investors Can Win In The ‘Colder War’

Are you ready for the next Cold War? Casey Research energy strategist Marin Katusa cautions that Russia and China have forged an alliance with the goal of world supremacy through control of the energy market and Vladimir Putin is winning. Katusa recently penned the book “The Colder War,” and in this interview with The Energy Report, he […]
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Reports Third Quarter Of Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Reports Third Quarter Of Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL), a global leader in integrated silicon solutions, today reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2015, ended November 1, 2014. Key Third Quarter of Fiscal 2015 Financial Highlights Revenue: Q3 FY 2015, $930 Million GAAP Net Income: Q3 FY […]
SP 500 And NDX Futures Daily Charts – Saving Private Equity

SP 500 And NDX Futures Daily Charts – Saving Private Equity

There was an astonishingly high Philly Fed number this morning. It certainly helped to bring stocks out of their early slump. I suspect that there was some misapplied seasonality in there somewhere, since the unemployment number and the rest of the bigger picture certainly does not support it. I decided to say positive things to […]
Kamikaze Finance

Kamikaze Finance

Source: Wikimedia Dear Diary, Not much market action yesterday. So, let us turn to what is bound to be the funniest… and scariest… story in the financial world. Once again, our hat is off to the stalwart, intrepid and half-mad Japanese. They are going where no respectable economist would go… no responsible public policy should go… […]
2 Vanguard ETFs For Steady Retirement Income

2 Vanguard ETFs For Steady Retirement Income

When most investors begin planning for a steady income stream in retirement, they tend to gravitate towards fixed-income as a predominant asset class. The low volatility and reliable dividends from bonds offer an attractive combination for replacing career earnings. However, it’s important to remember that these assets can be susceptible to swings in price due […]
The Global Economy’s Slowdown Weighs On US Manufacturing

The Global Economy’s Slowdown Weighs On US Manufacturing

The first hint that the global economy’s recent weakness is creeping into the US arrived in today’s preliminary November update of the Markit US Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI). This survey of business conditions in the manufacturing sector reflected slower growth for this month’s flash estimate. Dipping to 54.7, the PMI’s slide — the third […]
HUI Vs. SPX

HUI Vs. SPX

This is an updated view of a chart that was created so long ago I can’t even remember it. I just found it rummaging through a chart list. Anyway, it is untouched from its original creation, which was long before HUI lost the first support level at the green dotted line. Look where it sits […]
Roger Babson’s Ten Commandments For Investing

Roger Babson’s Ten Commandments For Investing

Some friends and I were discussing Roger Babson earlier today. As you may recall he was an MIT trained engineer who became a famous stock market analyst and financial theorist. I have acknowledged in the past that my own particular style of charting was in part inspired by his approaches to force and resistance. He never really […]
Don’t Wait For Gold’s Official Bottom To Buy

Don’t Wait For Gold’s Official Bottom To Buy

Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog interviewed Peter Schiff last week about the new highs in the stock market and what the positive financial news really portends for the United States economy. Peter also shares his thoughts about a bottom in the gold price. Here are some highlights from the interview: They don’t actually understand the fundamentals. The big […]