Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
People Are Going Backwards Here – The Jobs Report
Audio Length: 00:12:15 Gold is down on the week, and so is Bitcoin. But the big news this morning is the US jobs report, which shows—on the surface—strong growth. But Eric Sprott says, once again, things aren’t as rosy as they seem. “By far, the majority of the jobs are part-time. Who knows what part-time […]
The Amazing Amount Of Gold The U.S. Exported Since 2000
The U.S. exported a stunning amount of gold since the turn of the century. As the price of gold surged along with the massive increase in U.S. debt, gold exports jumped to record highs. In 2012 alone, the United States exported nearly 700 metric tons of gold. The total amount of U.S. net gold exports […]
Netflix Rises On Report Obamas May Produce Series Of Shows
Shares of Netflix (NFLX) are rising following a report that said the company is in “advanced negotiations” with former U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama to produce a series of shows. POTENTIAL OBAMA DEAL: Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are nearing a deal with Netflix to produce a series […]
Corn Exports Jumps On South American Crop Changes, But Beans Don’t
Market Analysis The USDA continued its recent trend of unexpected changes on their monthly reports. This time it was a dramatic jump in US corn demand of 225 million bu. after the Ag Department upped corn’s demand by 125 million last month. This year’s La Nina induced drought in Argentina has prompted the USDA to […]
Cheap Gold Stocks Basing
The small contrarian gold-mining sector remains deeply out of favor, universally ignored. Thus the gold stocks are largely drifting listlessly, totally devoid of excitement. But that’s the best time to buy low, when few others care. The gold stocks continue to form strong technical bases, paving the way for massive mean-reversion uplegs. And they remain […]
Stock Markets For Friday, March 9
Today, I perform a technical analysis of the charts using candlestick charting. Indicators used are the relative strength indicator as well as the stochastic. A review of stocks, ETFs and stock market indexes. Video Length: 00:18:18
My Favorite Option Strategy For ETF Directional Trend Moves
As a CBOE Market Maker, I bought and sold millions of dollars of options during the Internet Bubble era. I made quite a bit of profits from the time premium decay in options I sold. So I learned NOT to buy a lot of time premium when I buy Calls and Puts on ETFs. My […]
E How We Trade After U.S. NFP?
This week, EUR/USD was subjected to increased volatility, with initial gains (a high of 1.2446) giving way to losses toward the end of the week. The weakness appears to have coincided with the ECB meeting and press conference, something which we find somewhat surprising. Aside from the dropping of the easing bias (and the generally […]
Riding The Current Wave In Bitcoin
In a move surprising to some, the SEC has announced that a number of cryptocurrency exchanges must register with the agency. Without naming names, the race has begun to determine if a specific platform meets the definitions put forward by the SEC. As our readers are aware, this is actually not surprising at all. In […]
36 Firms Going Ex-Dividend Next Week, Including Kohl’s, Public Storage And Merck
There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following four Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Kohl’s, Public Storage, BCE Inc. and Merck. Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be eligible to receive its next dividend. Any stock ranked by our […]
