Gold Miners – 65% Chance A Rally Takes Place Due To This
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Gold Miners ETF GDX looks to have created a bullish falling wedge pattern, which results in higher prices around 65% of the time. Another potential positive for GDX is that this pattern is taking place at the bottom of this multi-year falling channel with momentum oversold. Bullish wicks have […]
Burning The Fuel Of Economic Growth
Last week when the relatively soft consumer credit data was released by the Fed, I recalled a rather humorous post in Forbes Credit Gets You a TV, Not Economic Growth which concluded …. Maybe credit really does drive growth. Maybe excess credit really does force a boom to turn into a bust. But no one has yet […]
EC Sprinting Up A Mountain: Can Markets Catch Their Breath?
Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:16 — 6.1MB) DOW – 18 = 17634 SPX + 0.49 = 2039.82 NAS + 8 = 4688 10 YR YLD – .02 = 2.32% OIL + 1.74 = 75.95 GOLD + 26.40 = 1189.30 SILV + .64 = 16.41 The recent rally in the S&P 500 has […]
E Is Gold On A Path Towards An Inevitable Rise?
With low cost producers being brought down along with the high cost marginal producers, many such as Gold Resource Corp (GORO), Yamana Gold (AUY), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Gold Corp (GG), and Silver Wheaton (SLW) look very attractive. As the video discusses, mining is a boring and ugly and expensive business which prevents many young investors […]
Stockbroker Charged With Fraud For Spending Investor Money
from the Securities and Exchange Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the owner of a Maryland-based real estate company with conducting an offering fraud and spending investor money on such personal expenses as his mortgage, country club dues, and season tickets to the Baltimore Ravens. The agency also charged a former stockbroker for […]
How Long Could This Stock Rally Last?
After you click play, use the button in the lower-right corner of the video player to view in full-screen mode. Hit Esc to exit full-screen mode. Running length 18:03
E Liberty, Fraternity, Inequality
Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century won the 2014 Financial Times Book of the Year Award. The FT reviewer found many data problems but economists and businessmen agree with the French economist that inequality today is close to that of the era of Robber Barons. The top 3%, or 1%, or 0.1% or even […]
4 Steps To Mastering Momentum Stocks
Legend has it that the notorious gangster Willie Sutton was once asked why he robbed banks. His answer was seemingly obvious, yet remarkably poignant: “Because that’s where the money is.” So when investors ask me why I prefer momentum stocks, I can’t help thinking about this same quote. To me, it’s obvious and I strongly […]
