Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
The S&P 500 exchange-traded fund SPY printed another ‘doji’ candlestick today. However, today’s doji was quite different from yesterday’s in terms of both context and direction: Today’s break lower from the bearish flag targets a move down to at … Continued
From @AgsPlayers on Twitter: This is significant activity that totals nearly a billion dollars. Someone was putting money to work today, or at the very least, covering short positions. The S&P GSCI Agricultural Index rose 1.21% and the … Continued
Can you name a company that is committed to making women’s derrières look great and whose stock currently has more than 20% of its share float sold short? Yes that’s right, Lululemon (LULU). Short sellers have been feasting on LULU in … Continued
Gold finished the week strong with a nearly $40 rally between Wednesday morning and Friday’s close on the back of the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates on hold. The CFTC Commitments of Traders Report helps to explain the … Continued
The yield on the 30-year Treasury Bond has rallied more than 35 basis points since late-August: However, there is good reason to believe there isn’t much risk of more upside in bond yields regardless of what the Federal Reserve … Continued
Shares of copper & gold mining behemoth Freeport-McMoran (FCX) have seen impressive insider buying in the last month: 3 different board members have purchased a total of more than $32 million worth of FCX stock since August 18th. All … Continued
Largely due to China’s one-child policy the world’s largest country and 2nd largest economy is facing the specter of a shrinking labor force beginning in two years and lasting for more than two decades: This phenomenon along with many … Continued
If we could only look at one chart it would have to be the following one: US Dollar Index (Weekly) After peaking in March the US Dollar Index has spent the last 6 months consolidating between roughly 93 … Continued
Deep in the heart of Brazil’s agricultural region a company called Cancana is committed to exploring for, and finding large scale high purity, high-grade manganese. Brazil is the world’s #1 net agricultural supplier and high-grade, high purity manganese is a … Continued
An insightful graphic from Goldman Sachs Investment Research which highlights the recent evolution of the global crude oil supply-demand balance and where it’s projected to go over the next 15 months: The market is currently oversupplied by nearly 2 … Continued