Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
The recent trend in economic data is, to put it nicely, poor. Factory orders, new home sales, corporate profit margins, and various indicators of global growth are all trending lower with many reaching lows not seen since 2009: Factory orders … Continued
After a rip roaring start to the month of October which saw gold miners (GDX) gain nearly 30%, we have seen a healthy pullback over the last few days: Both the trajectory and volume of the pullback are indicative … Continued
The gold miners (GDX) have rallied a whopping ~35% in the last month. However, we have seen this movie before and watched many rallies quickly fizzle and the goldies slump to fresh all-time lows. In fact, just two months ago we … Continued
The gold miners (GDX) have rallied ~15% in the last three trading sessions and as measured by % above its upper Bollinger Band GDX is just about as short-term overbought as it has ever been: GDX (Daily) What does this mean? … Continued
A notable divergence took place today between gold miners (GDX) and gold itself: GDX rose 2.46% as gold fell 1.1%. This is a large divergence which could be explained by a multitude of factors (month end rebalancing, ~2% rally in … Continued
The GDX made a fresh all-time low this morning and the HUI (Gold Bugs Index) reached levels it hasn’t seen since 2002: However, there were a couple of small glimmers of hope: GDX printed a hammer reversal candlestick after … Continued
“At a market bottom, falling prices eventually force out large numbers of traders, resulting in volatility and increased volume.” ~ Cory Mitchell (Investopedia) This quote on market bottoms perfectly sums up the gold miners (GDX) during the last couple of years: … Continued
Gold mining shares experienced a decade long bull market between 2001 and 2011 which saw the HUI (Gold Bugs Index) rise more than 18x: HUI (Gold Bugs Index) The salad days of 2011 are long gone for the gold mining … Continued
Nobody cares about gold miners anymore. There I said it. The level of overall investor disinterest in this sector must be at an all-time low. Now let’s be clear here, i’m not saying that bearish sentiment is at a record … Continued
After drifting lower on light volume for the last month the goldies (GDX) enjoyed their first strong trading session since early May: A high volume bullish engulfing candlestick with a close at session highs. As illustrated by the blue circles in … Continued