Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
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
GDX is up nearly 6% this week. Is this rally for real? From all indications the answer is a resounding YES! Here’s why: The chart pattern breakout from the multi-week ascending triangle is the real deal and targets a move … Continued
Gold marginally broke below support on Friday, breaking down from a small H&S top pattern: The breakdown from this pattern targets a test of the March lows ($1140-$1150). However, the “break” was not as clear or as powerful as we … Continued
The recent outperformance of the gold miners (GDX) relative to gold itself has been quite striking: My primary takeaways/interpretations of this recent outperformance are as follows: Investors are betting that gold is at the end of a cyclical bear … Continued
Weekend Commodity Chart Wrap 4/18/2015… Gold with realized volatility (top) and implied volatility (bottom) Both realized and implied gold volatility have been in decline since the beginning of the year. The GVZ (CBOE Gold Volatility Index) is currently pricing … Continued
GDX is on the brink of one of most anticipated “breakouts” we’ve seen in quite a while: There is a lot going on in the above chart and the situation is by no means clear. Here is some of … Continued
While the casual market observer might look at Friday’s 1.18% rally in gold, closing modestly back above the $1200/oz level, as nothing to write home about. Friday’s session offers some subtle bullish signs that should not go ignored: Many … Continued
There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about when the Fed will begin to raise interest rates. We have remained of the opinion that while the Fed may initiate a one-off symbolic rate hike at some point … Continued
Gold managed to close above its 50-day simple moving average for the first time since February, however, the shooting star candlestick outside the upper Bollinger Band should serve to give bulls some pause: The rally stopped just short of … Continued
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