Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
This afternoon, as I watched the GDXJ (the GDXJ is technically called the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF although VanEck Mid-Tier Gold Miners ETF would be a more appropriate name) drift lower in light volume trading for the 6th consecutive … Continued
321gold founder and editor Bob Moriarty is always candid and tells it like he sees it. However, my latest conversation with Bob reached a new level of authenticity and insight; Bob takes no prisoners while dropping several market knowledge bombs throughout what … Continued
Yesterday we saw the GDXJ close lower for the 5th consecutive trading session, while also closing below its lower Bollinger Band for the 2nd straight trading session: GDXJ (Daily) Yesterday’s trading session also formed an ‘inside day’ (higher low and … Continued
While gold futures ended the week near $1290, barely $1 off its highs and up ~2.5% for the week, the gold miners told a slightly different story. The GDXJ fell 3.52% on Thursday and only managed to gain 38 basis points … Continued
According to RBC mining share valuations have flipped considerably in the span of less than two months: After reaching a roughly 15% premium to net asset value (NAV) at the February peak the recent underperformance in mining shares relative … Continued
Heading into today’s trading session the market was clearly worried about a hawkish statement from the Fed with the potential for a faster series of rate hikes than previously expected. As it turned out the Fed statement was fairly neutral … Continued
After running into resistance in early February the gold miners have been correcting for the last month. The correction has been deeper than a ‘garden variety’ sort of pullback with the GDX declining 17.5% from its peak on February 8th … Continued
The gold miners are back to where they were a month ago, but the way they got there today leaves ample cause for concern and has precious metals mining investors scratching their heads. With gold still holding above $1,250/oz and … Continued
The following quote from the most recent RBC “Commodity Comment” sums up the current gold market environment quite well: “The proliferation of unknowns, inherently difficult to hedge, remains a key reason why we recommend gold allocations and underpins our positive … Continued
The 2016 gold bull market is on life support as I write this. While gold is still up more than 7% year-to-date and the GDX is up nearly 45% it certainly doesn’t feel that way after the downtrend of the … Continued