Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
During January the GLD exchange traded fund experienced the largest monthly increase in its gold holdings since summer 2012: The August/September 2012 GLD inflows had a lot to do with the Federal Reserve’s ‘QE3’ announcement which occurred on September 13th, 2012. … Continued
From a 2009 paper entitled “Value and Momentum Everywhere” by Asness, Moskowitz, and Pedersen: “Studying the interaction between value and momentum is also more powerful than examining each in isolation. The negative correlation between value and momentum strategies and their … Continued
This chart speaks volumes: A striking chart which seemingly shows the effectiveness of the FED’s extraordinary stimulus measures which began in early 2009 as opposed to the ineffectiveness of the ECB’s behind-the-curve monetary policy. While there are many other significant … Continued
An interesting timeline of the 2014-2015 Brent crude oil crash via Bloomberg Briefs:
From Mark Hulbert: The Dow Transports haven’t gone anywhere during the past couple of months even as crude oil has fallen a further 20%+ in the same time period. This is a very interesting phenomenon given that one would think … Continued
The Canadian dollar (loonie) has completely fallen apart during the month of January, moving from 1.16CAD to the USD to over 1.27CAD to the USD this morning. By currency market standards this is an ENORMOUS move which has deep ripple … Continued
Bears come out to play as Gold, Silver, Platinum and Gas among other commodities get mauled MarketWatch: Gold post biggest drop in the past 14 months!!! Mining.com: Potash Corp profit rips 77% on record sales CNNMoney: Obama’s Boom Town… check that, Obama’s … Continued
We have hand picked the 5 most promising charts in the junior resource space – presented in reverse order: 5. Red Eagle Mining (RD.V) After a blistering 60%+ rally during the past several weeks, shares of RD.V have cooled off a … Continued
At the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference last week, CEO.ca was pleased to catch up with Andre Gaumond, CEO of Virginia Mines (VGQ.T). Virginia is in the process of merging with Osisko Gold Royalties (OR.T) to create the next mining royalty … Continued
US crude inventories are at record highs and production is at the highest levels in several decades. Meanwhile, refinery outages (both planned and unplanned) are helping to put a crimp in near term demand – from Bloomberg Briefs: This market … Continued