Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
While the casual market observer might look at Friday’s 1.18% rally in gold, closing modestly back above the $1200/oz level, as nothing to write home about. Friday’s session offers some subtle bullish signs that should not go ignored: Many … Continued
Yesterday my good friend and noted market technician J.C. Parets made a major shift in his position on Treasury Bonds and the potential future direction of interest rates: While it is just a trade with highly attractive potential reward relative … Continued
In the last 6 months WTI crude oil has fallen 5% or more on a single day on 4 different occasions and on each of these occasions it has risen the following day (including gains of 5.03% on December 1st, … Continued
After suffering through what have arguably been the most challenging few years in the company’s history, Barrick (ABX) investors may finally be ready to profit from a sustainable turnaround in the company’s fortunes. ABX has right sized its cost structure … Continued
Daily commodity chart wrap 4/7/2015… WTI Crude Oil (Daily) WTI tested the $54 resistance level today. While this is at least the 3rd time this level has been tested during 2015, it is the first time since February so … Continued
There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about when the Fed will begin to raise interest rates. We have remained of the opinion that while the Fed may initiate a one-off symbolic rate hike at some point … Continued
Gold managed to close above its 50-day simple moving average for the first time since February, however, the shooting star candlestick outside the upper Bollinger Band should serve to give bulls some pause: The rally stopped just short of … Continued
Non-GAAP earnings per share or “adjusted” EPS is the number that companies would like investors to focus on because it excludes so called “non-recurring” items such as restructuring charges, stock based compensation, and goodwill impairments etc. As a rule non-GAAP … Continued
The Dow Transports led the equity market breakout in January 2013 and this sector has undoubtedly been one of the primary leaders of the rally since; nearly doubling in the 2 years between November 2012 and November 2014. However, since posting … Continued
With the release of the March non-farm payrolls report it has become plainly evident that the US economy has not reached ‘escape velocity’ regardless of what the perma-bulls might lead us to believe. Equity futures responded by spilling nearly 1% … Continued