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Watch For Gold Volatility Spike & US Election Selloff

Watch For Gold Volatility Spike & US Election Selloff

Image Source: PixabayVince Lanci discusses the potential for increased volatility during the US Presidential Election. He says the next $200 move in Gold could be lower.Many topics are discussed in this long conversation.Video Length: 01:09:370:00 Intro 2:00 GDX, GDXJ & Silver 12:30 Election Risk 20:00 Contrarian Scenario 23:30 How the Banks Pitch Gold to Various Clients […]
Trump’s Second Term Could Be Arriving This Tuesday

Trump’s Second Term Could Be Arriving This Tuesday

Image Source: PexelsThe job report on Friday delivered a big downside surprise with just 12k jobs created in October. Certainly nowhere near my model’s estimates, but then again, given the size of revisions over the past few months, who knows? Between seasonal adjustments and the birth/death model, anything is possible. These reports seem to be a […]
October Jobs Report Was A Dud, But It Doesn’t Tell The Whole Story

October Jobs Report Was A Dud, But It Doesn’t Tell The Whole Story

Image Source: PixabayThe October jobs report landed flat, delivering a disappointing 150,000 new jobs added — a sign of economic cooling. But this report alone doesn’t capture the broader trends developing beneath the surface. While seasonal strikes, a hurricane and hiring slowdowns contributed to the weaker-than-expected number, the real insight emerges when we take a step back and […]
Stocks: What’s Next After Last Week’s “Strategic Withdrawal?”

Stocks: What’s Next After Last Week’s “Strategic Withdrawal?”

Image Source: UnsplashAlthough our (stock market) forces executed a strategic withdrawal across all fronts last week, our supply lines demonstrated remarkable resilience. The tenacity of our supply chain in the face of adversity suggests potential depth for counter-offenses.The theater of operations experienced a reverse echelon retreat, with the infantry units, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM), suffering the heaviest […]
McDonald’s Is Still Gold

McDonald’s Is Still Gold

Image Source: Pexels McDonald’s (MCD) investors got two pieces of news last Sunday that offered them some relief while they waited for this morning’s quarterly results: McDonald’s beef patties are not – I repeat NOT – the source of last week’s E. coli outbreak. The fast-food chain has reapproved Quarter Pounder sales in 900-plus restaurants across Colorado, […]
Buckle Up And Use Volatility To Your Advantage

Buckle Up And Use Volatility To Your Advantage

“It’s better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.”   – Jackie Joyner-Kersee     Market Commentary: Hopefully lots of uncertainty will be resolved after the election. The Advance/decline trend on the NYSE weakened; the NASDAQ iline s outright scary. This week’s 52-week new-high/new-low numbers indicate higher risk as well. There is tremendous […]
The Job Market Is In Big Trouble

The Job Market Is In Big Trouble

Image Source: Pexels This isn’t about October or hurricanes. Government just confirmed jobs market is in big f-ing trouble.Video Length: 00:17:41More By This Author:The Final Straw In The Job Market Is This The Real Cause Of The Shocking GDP Report?! Why Companies Are Suddenly Stopping All Hiring (Is This the New Normal?)
Sell Now Or Later

Sell Now Or Later

Weak NFPs were explained away by weather and and also strike action, making S&P 500 swing higher in line with my expectations – offering both great intraday long and short gains, Market breadth is nothing to write home about – while not outright risk-off, it relied heavily on AMZN, INTC and NVDA, which bucked SMCI dump, and then […]
Super Micro, Once The Hottest AI Stock Of 2024, Has Collapsed

Super Micro, Once The Hottest AI Stock Of 2024, Has Collapsed

Super Micro Computer Inc.(SMCI), once a leading AI tech stock and one of the most recent additions to the S&P 500, has seen a spectacular rise and fall in 2024.Roughly $50 billion in market cap has been wiped out since the company hit an all-time high in March, with the latest blow being the resignation […]
Bitcoin ETFs’ Hot 7-Day Streak Ends, Record $55 Million In Net Outflows

Bitcoin ETFs’ Hot 7-Day Streak Ends, Record $55 Million In Net Outflows

Image Source: Unsplash The spot Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds) in the United States have recorded their first net outflow day in the past seven days. This negative single-day performance ended what was another impressive weekly outing for the crypto investment products. Bitcoin ETFs Shine While Ethereum ETFs Continue To Struggle After a strong performance throughout the month of […]