Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
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
A fresh piece of research from RBC titled “Crude Storage – Darkest Before Dawn” makes the case that crude oil is in the darkness before the “dawn” (spring refinery runs and summer driving season). Crude oil storage capacity utilization has … Continued
There’s no doubt that the S&P 500 has formed a mature topping pattern during the last ~18 months: S&P 500 (5-year) Below 1820 there isn’t much support for another 80-90 points, with the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the 2011-2015 … Continued
After reaching the lowest levels since 2003 ($27.56) WTI crude oil futures rallied ~26% in 7 trading sessions: WTI Crude Oil (Daily) This week’s rally stopped right at the downtrend drawn from the November peak and previous support from … Continued
U.S. crude oil inventories rose a stunning 8.38 million barrels in the last week to reach 159 million barrels above average for this time of year: Source: Bespoke Ordinarily one would assume that the crude oil price would be … Continued
Via War Tard Word on the ground at the Pentagon is that the Obama Administration’s foreign policy is viewed as so inept, directionless and without clear objective that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff have had to step … Continued
A large institutional trader decided today was a good time to put on a large and slightly complex options trade in the XLE (Energy Select Sector ETF ). This options trade which is called a risk reversal involved buying 30,000 … Continued
Gold and energy equity ETFs formed bullish engulfing candlesticks during today’s trading session after printing bullish hammer reversal candlesticks yesterday: GDX (Daily) OIH (Daily) The backtest results for a bullish engulfing candlestick in OIH are especially impressive … Continued
In his latest webcast investor presentation fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach to illustrate why he can’t be a secular bull on crude oil yet, even at $30/barrel: U.S. crude oil production is still above the level it was at when … Continued
$1.4 trillion in market cap has been erased from global mining equities in the last 5 years: Global equity indices are flashing a relatively rare oversold buy signal: Full-time employee has finally fully recovered from the financial crisis: … Continued