Energy Stocks Catch Fire
Energy stocks have been on a tear in recent weeks. So much so that the XLE is nearly back to flat for the year after falling nearly 20% in the first few weeks of 2016: XLE (Daily) In the … Continued
Copper Moves Into The Green For The Year; Poised To Advance Further
This week’s copper performance certainly isn’t in agreement with the theory that economic growth is stalling. In fact, during Wednesday’s session copper broke out from a multi-month head & shoulders bottom pattern: Copper (Daily) The breakout from this pattern … Continued
Bearish Factors Outweigh Golden Cross in Gold Miners
While GDX is on the verge of experiencing a ‘golden cross’ (50-day SMA crossing above 200-day SMA) today’s large bodied bearish engulfing candlestick combined with a bearish MACD cross offers a distinctly bearish flavor: GDX (Daily) Both the bearish … Continued
The Dumb Money is Suddenly Dangerously Long Gold Futures
Despite a ~$70/ounce pullback since trading up to $1263.90 a couple of weeks ago gold futures speculators continued to pile on bullish bets, reaching the highest levels of net speculative length since last October: Large & small speculators combined … Continued
A Flashing Warning Light For Gold & Gold Miners
Everyone has been watching the pennant pattern in gold this week and today it appeared that gold was breaking out to the upside and headed to ~$1300: Gold (Daily) The key word is “appeared”. After trading as high as … Continued
This Company Has A Head Start In Providing Affordable High Speed Broadband Services in British Columbia
Urbanfibre Delivers Disruptive Internet, Voice, and Broadband Application Products Over its 200km High Speed Fibre-Optic Network Over the Next 12 months in Metro Vancouver and Victoria In October 2015 Telus announced plans to roll out a $1 billion fibre optic … Continued
Gold Price Action Remains Strong While Equities Poised To Tumble
There are plenty of reasons to turn bearish on gold (huge increase in speculative long interest, bearish seasonality, etc.) after a nearly $200/ounce advance in the space of one month. However, the price action is undeniably strong and the relatively … Continued
These Mining Stocks Have More Than Doubled During 2016 – What’s Next?
Just one month ago shares of Freeport-McMoran (FCX) and Teck Resources (TCK) were plumbing new depths near all-time low levels. What a difference a month makes: TCK has nearly tripled from its January 13th low at $2.56 and FCX has … Continued
Sabina Breaks Out
A few weeks ago we highlighted Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB.TO) as a gold explorer that was set to outperform in 2016. SBB has strong fundamentals (including substantial recent insider buying and ownership, including by CEO Bruce McLeod) and SBB … Continued
The Gold Boat is Filling Up Fast
Gold spent last week consolidating the gains of the previous weeks within a pennant pattern: Gold (Daily) It is likely that we will have another few days of consolidation ahead before gold’s next large directional move takes place. While … Continued