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The Market Just Got Serious – Here’s What To Do

The Market Just Got Serious – Here’s What To Do

Image Source: UnsplashThe S&P 500 has taken a big downside hit, lower by almost 1.7% toward the close. We saw an intense concentration of liquidity and volume – more on that in a few.It’s clear that a lot of deadwood has been cleared out. If you weren’t prepared for this, you’re in serious trouble. (I’m sure […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – From The Wilderness

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – From The Wilderness

Image Source: PixabayThe numbers for the Non-Farm Payrolls report were remarkably in-line with expectations.But the revisions lower in the prior months cast a pall on the outlook.Still, its just a question of the magnitude of the Fed’s next interest rate decision not the direction, which is lower.Stocks sold off hard, and went out near the lows.Gold […]
Gold’s Demand Comeback

Gold’s Demand Comeback

Image Source: PixabayThis gold bull’s latest upleg has proven mighty, surging to many new nominal record highs. Amazingly gold’s massive gains have accrued despite no demand from one of its primary drivers. That’s differential gold-ETF-share buying by American stock investors. Enthralled by the AI stock bubble, those guys have been missing-in-action. When they finally return, gold’s […]
AskSlim Market Week – Friday, Sept 6

AskSlim Market Week – Friday, Sept 6

Image Source: PixabayIn this video, trading pro Steve Miller and his team share unique analysis and commentary on the financial markets.Video Length: 01:32:43More By This Author:AskSlim Market Week – Friday, Aug. 23AskSlim Market Week – Friday, Aug. 9AskSlim Market Week – Friday, July 19
A Silver Tea Cup! This Epic 45-Year Silver Pattern Should Have Traders Drooling

A Silver Tea Cup! This Epic 45-Year Silver Pattern Should Have Traders Drooling

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals ExchangeGold has been on quite a bull run this year, but silver has lagged. The wide gold-silver ratio tells us that silver is historically underpriced compared to gold, and it’s clear that the white metal isn’t priced for the supply and demand dynamics.What gives?In 1981, Roy Jastram wrote a book titled […]
Gold Ratios: Proper Gold Mining Macro Takes A Big Step Forward

Gold Ratios: Proper Gold Mining Macro Takes A Big Step Forward

Image Source: UnsplashWithout digging up too much theory and analysis from the past, let’s simply note that gold has more counter-cyclical character than most any other asset other than Treasury bonds and the US dollar. That is because when economic stress increases (and little about today’s August Payrolls report indicates otherwise) and cyclical, risk ‘on’ markets start to […]
Key Recession Indicator Gives Stronger Recession Signal In August

Key Recession Indicator Gives Stronger Recession Signal In August

Image Source: PixabayA modified McKelvey recession indicator with no false positives or false negatives since 1953 suggests we are in recession now.100 percent of the time, with no false positives or negatives, under current conditions, the economy has been in recession.What is the McKelvey Recession Indicator?Take the current value of the 3-month unemployment rate average, subtract […]
Break Up Google

Break Up Google

Image Source: PixabayAugust was a busy news month. The most impactful story for all of our lives is that the federal government won its landmark case against Google, with a district court declaring the company a monopoly. We don’t know yet what the court will order Google to do, nor how Google plans to fight the ruling […]
Navigate The September Swoon With These Low Volatility ETFs

Navigate The September Swoon With These Low Volatility ETFs

Image Source: PixabayThe U.S. stock market started September on a dismal note as weak data raised fresh concerns about the economy’s health. The weak trend is likely to continue, given that September is one of the market’s historically worst months, resulting in higher demand for low-volatility products.We have highlighted five ETFs from the space that are […]
The Mistake Many Could Make With Gold Stocks

The Mistake Many Could Make With Gold Stocks

Image Source: PixabayThe Sahm Rule recession indicator has been triggered. The yield curve (2s and 10s) has finally un-inverted, which, if it steepens aggressively, is a sure-fire recession signal.Out come the tweets and subscriber emails about buying gold stocks after the downturn.After all, the precious metals sector has performed poorly during the last three bear markets […]