The lion has lost its roar.Stocks have officially suffered a "correction."After yesterday's soaking, both the Dow Jones and S&P fell 10% from their recent highs.And like a moony love affair gone suddenly wrong... last month's euphoria has succumbed to this week's disillusionment."Disillusionment" seems just the right word, too.This week's events have left many investors disillusioned…Van...Read More
It was another rough day for the markets.The major averages fell off a cliff yesterday afternoon to finish the trading day at the lows. The Dow Jones Industrial Average coughed up another 1,000 points to post a 4% drop. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite weren't far behind.Aside from a couple positive earnings surprises, few stocks were safe from Thursday's drop. This morning, the selling is con...Read More
As the dust settles from Monday’s flash crash, we’re starting to get a better picture of what actually happened.It turns out the carnage can be traced back to a kind of financial “weapon of mass destruction” - or WMD. Traders regularly use these instruments to siphon cash out of the market. But one wrong move, and BOOM! - as we saw firsthand earlier in the week.So today, we...Read More
From the technical point of view, the VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is primed for a big move.The share price of GDXJ is strongly correlated with the gold price.If the support at $30 is broken, things may get ugly.If the $30 support level holds and the broader stock market stabilizes, the triangle trading pattern may be broken to the upside.The VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (...Read More
US Stock MarketWe will update global markets as well as the macro situation in NFTRH 486, but for this article I'd like to focus on the US stock market.Let's cut to the chase; the markets have finally fallen in line for those of us who manage markets, as opposed to dollar cost average into them through a money manager and then go about life, blissfully unaware. Much like during the 2015-2016 perio...Read More
Our proprietary cycle indicator is down.To public readers of our updates, our cycle indicator is one of the most effective timing tool for traders and investors. It is not perfect, because periodically the market can be more volatile and can result in short term whipsaws. But overall, the cycle indicator provides us with a clear direction how we should be speculating.InvestorsDuring a major buy si...Read More
- Hussman warns 'the S&P500 to lose approximately two-thirds of its value over the completion of this cycle'- 'The market has lost value, even since 2009, when overvalued, overbought, over-bullish conditions were joined by divergent internals'- Believes the market is going to learn lessons about the crash 'the hard way'In an almost prophetic blog post from John Hussman last week, we are warned a...Read More
Summary And Conclusion30% to 45% assuming consumers remain rational and assuming commercial banks are able to cope with a possible increase in their levels of non-performing loans.***********The era of Artificial Intelligence will facilitate easier and lower cost ways of conducting existing activities but will not necessarily add to conventionally measured Gross Domestic Product. (GDP)Flowing from...Read More
Bix Weir has 30 years' experience in the financial industry with various fortune 500 companies. He is the creator of the "Road to Roota Theory" and his commentary is published at www.RoadtoRoota.com. Bix has dedicated his efforts over the last 15 years to exposing the long term manipulation of the gold and silver markets. He has worked closely with the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee helping to p...Read More
"I have been on record saying that the next bear market goes down to 5,000. If you are in stocks, I say you could lose everything if the DOW goes to 5,000. This is the price target I have had for a couple of years."Charles Nenner founded, and is president of, the Charles Nenner Research Center. Mr. Nenner has provided his independent market research to the following entities all over the world: he...Read More
Max interviews Mish Shedlock of MishTalk.com about this take on the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow forecast of 5.4% and the Bank of Japan's wacky offer to spend 'unlimited amounts' buying 10-year bonds.Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presents a weekly show about finance and markets on London's Resonance FM, and writes for...Read More
To understand the risk of contagion, you can think of the marlin in Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea. The marlin started out as a prize catch lashed to the side of the Continue...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1314.80-$2.40-1.28%Silver$16.32-$0.06-1.69%XAU78.35-1.90%-6.59%HUI174.55-2.15%-7.17%GDM596.91-1.61%-7.11%JSE Gold1131.89-10.58-7.89%USD90.43+0.10+1.42%Euro122.38-0.09-1.77%Yen92.09+0.14+1.36%Oil$59.20-$1.95-9.55%10-Year2.855%+0.026+0.60%Bond143.71875-0.75-0.88%Dow24190.90+1.38%-5.21%Nasdaq6874.49+1.44%-5.06%S&P2619.55+1.49%-5.16% The Metals: Gold gained $3.20 to...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort273,82882,95160,557158,650364,101493,035507,609Change from Prior Reporting Period -24,499-8,1142,9093,960-15,665-17,630-20,870Traders17091814857260192 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 42,28627,712535,321 -6,381-3,141-24,011 non reportable positionsChange from the previo...Read More
- Brexit uncertainty deepens as UK government in disarray- BOE warns of earlier and larger rate hikes for Brexit-hit UK- UK property prices fall second month in row, London property under pressure- No deal Brexit estimated to cost UK ?80bn according to government analysis- Transition period causing major uncertainty for UK and pound- Pound expected to fall as Brexit fears remain into 2018Editor:...Read More
The current volatility in global stock markets should pitch for a very strong case of the need to invest in physical gold to everyone. Gold is the only safe haven. The rest of them can be junk. Once again the debate between paper investment and safe havens. Gold as a safe haven is intended to safe guard against current global investment shocks. Selected stock investment will no doubt give much b...Read More
* Reappointment will reassure jittery investors* PM Abe has expressed "full trust" in Kuroda* Sets Kuroda on course for longest tenure ever (Changes attribution to source, adds details)By Takaya Yamaguchi and Leika KiharaTOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japan's government has decided to nominate Haruhiko Kuroda for a rare second term as governor of the central bank when his current one expires i...Read More
TOKYO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Japan's government has decided to nominate Haruhiko Kuroda as governor of the central bank for another term when his current one expires in April, a person briefed on the matter said on Saturday, a sign the country's ultra-loose monetary policy will remain in place.The reappointment, widely expected by financial markets and reported late on Friday by Japanese media, will...Read More
Gold is down despite risk aversion in the equities, but definitely not out and could witness a revival next week, technical charts indicate. Currently, gold (XAU/USD) is trading at $1314/Oz - down 1.39 percent from last week's low of $1332.60. The rising yield led risk aversion in the global equities is boding well for anti-risk currencies like JPY and CHF. However, gold, despite being a class...Read More
Gold´s decline reaches the 38.2% retracement of the December/January rally. The bearish potential of the bright metal increases, but break below 1,300.00 needed. Gold prices are the most stable across the financial world, trading this Friday marginally lower, but within Thursday's range, as the rout in global equities prevents the commodity from plummeting on increased dollar's dem...Read More