Quantitative easing, or QE2, is coming to a head. What we will see depends upon whom you ask, and the verdict seems to depend on the direction of the wind each day. …
Tuesday’s drop in gold may be a culmination of many things and Wednesday’s attempt at a recovery needs to be watched closely. Profit taking, China rate hike, currency extremes with reversal, and…
Earlier this week we wanted to look for some sort of implied value in shares of gold stocks that had either underperformed the sector and those which were actually at substantial discounts…
Exchange traded funds cover almost every strategy that the retail investor can imagine. If you can’t find an ETF, there may be a futures contract out there to trade an instrument. As…
Gold ETFs just keep growing. Investors are going to the shiny yellow stuff in droves despite that new highs keep getting hit. As central banks race to zero on devaluing their currencies,…
Gold is a currency on fire. Currencies are losing their value against hard assets as it seems most nations are devaluing in a race to zero. Gold is now above $1,300.00 per…
After seeing headlines “The Yen at Multi-Year Highs Against the Dollar” for days, we finally saw a sudden change. Japan intervened on its currency to prop up the US Dollar. This may…
There are many stocks on the move this morning for active traders and investors. Stocks on the move are ARM Holdings, plc (NASDAQ: ARMH), Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA), Best Buy Co.Inc.(NYSE:…
The relationship between gold and platinum has been a tenuous one. When things got really bad in 2008 platinum lost its longstanding premium to the shiny yellow stuff. The market is far…
Jon C. Ogg There are many issues on deck for The Unusual Suspects that are carryover issues from Friday or which have events on the schedule. This week’s Unusual Suspects for the week ahead covers…
While many remain bullish on gold, the recent trading activity has been impossible to ignore. Our technical analysis affiliate, Adam Hewison of INO, has a quick yet detailed audio-visual interactive chart analysis…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Maybe the markets felt directionless for most of Friday ahead of earnings season, but the trading action of this week might make some wonder if a Double-Dip Recession is less likely. The…
The gold trade is becoming too concentrated. For a nearly free-market mentality, this almost hurts to say. The SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) has just become too large. The company’s website now…
There is always one interesting notion when there is a day that the market has fallen out of bed. There are almost always some stocks which rally because of news or developments,…
