Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note has surged 50 basis points in the past few weeks and in turn gold has fallen nearly $100/oz. The negative correlation between yields and gold has been strong for the last 6 years … Continued
What began as a garden variety pullback after a white hot ~25% rally in the first 3 weeks of the year has turned into a full blown double-digit correction with a retest of crucial support/resistance currently underway: The ~$20 … Continued
Gold briefly breached the key psychological $1200 level before finding support at a likely spot: The 61.8% retracement of the entire November-January rally happens to also coincide with the uptrend drawn through the December and January lows and the lower … Continued
Some market commentators like to post bold headlines that make outrageous claims such as “Stock Set to Double in 3 Months” etc. While I do expect the junior resource sector to trade at multiples of current levels over the coming … Continued
After a $90/oz decline since late-January gold in US dollar terms is at a critical juncture: Gold has retraced 50% of the entire rally from the November low – the lower 2-standard deviation Bollinger Band on the daily chart also … Continued
Regardless of how one would like to look at things, the eurozone and ECB are driving the global markets bus for the time being. The ECB took the bold step of launching a $1 trillion+ quantitative easing program last month … Continued
Scott Armstrong (Co-founder of Energy and Gold.com) and I had the opportunity to sit down with legendary precious metals blogger and founder of 321gold, Bob Moriarty. The interview was wide ranging and Bob was his usual self, cutting right to … Continued
Better than expected jobs growth during January and a strengthening trend in non-farm payrolls sent gold futures tumbling lower this morning: The warning signs for gold have been mounting in recent days. First it was the large spike in speculative long … Continued
Mickey Fulp, The Mercenary Geologist, has come out with a tour de force post on the real cost of mining gold. Frankly, this post is long overdue and Mickey does an admirable job of delving into a wonkish and challenging … Continued
Everyone is talking about oil this morning, meanwhile Tommy Humphreys has an insightful piece on the future of small public offerings in Canada… Marketwatch: 3 reasons for oil’s crazy bounce Bloomberg: Greeks Spooked by Debt Clashes Put Cash Under Bathroom Tiles CEO: TSXV vs … Continued