Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
One month into the new year the gold miners (GDX) are the 2nd best performing equity sector of 2016 (utilities are the top performing sector) with a 3.6% gain. However, considerably more impressive is the 18.15% rally in the two … Continued
Gold in US dollar terms is making fresh 3-month highs this morning as it looks increasingly like a rounding bottom pattern was completed between November and January: Meanwhile, the gold miners (GDX) are rising for the 5th consecutive session … Continued
The correlation between gold stocks and the metal which they extract from the earth has been getting more unhinged recently and today reached an extreme with gold basically flat on the day while gold mining shares (GDX) were down 4.7%: … Continued
A great deal transpired across markets last week and after sifting through a few dozen charts this morning it’s clear that a major transition may be underway. My friend J.C. Parets (@allstarcharts) has been bullish on the USD/CAD currency pair … 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
It now seems like eons ago but at the end of last year I published a post titled “6 Big Surprises for 2015” in which I laid out a series of seemingly unlikely market events which I felt were much likelier to occur … Continued