Stocks Are Mixed
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on current movements in the market.
USD Index futures are up 0.24% to 105.707 with the 10-yr. yield (- 0.55%) up to 4.375%, and the 30-yr. yield (+0.73%) up to 4.511%. Metals continue to correct, with gold (- 0.23%) down $6.15, silver (-0 .04%) down $0.011, and copper (- 1.61%) down $.068.
Oil is up 0.68% to $68.50. Stocks are again down a tad, with the DJIA (- 0.09%), S&P 500 (-0 .08), and NASDAQ (-0 .05%) all lower. Risk barometer Bitcoin is up 5.40% to another record high at $86,681. Bitcoin is now the top-performing asset of the year, up 103.30% year-to-date.
Gold and Silver
As painful as it was, I bit the bullet early yesterday and dumped all positions (shares and call options) in iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (SLV:NYSE) with a view to buying everything back after this "Trump Trade" runs its course. Using the chart below, if this plays out like 2016, then the precious metals should stay under pressure until mid-to-late December, after which I expect a decent rally to all-time highs as markets take recognition that the new administration can do nothing to solve the debt problem.
It might take until Trump's inauguration in January before the "honeymoon effect" wears off, but for now, I have to respect the market's judgment, and with gold and silver uptrend lines falling like rice at an Italian wedding, I refuse to stand in the way of the steamroller. There will be bounces, but for now, the direction is DOWN until all those positions bought as hedges before the election (and there were tons of them) are unwound. That would coincide with a low during the December tax-loss harvesting period.
Stocks
In the GGMA 2024 Trading Account:
Sold 100 Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ:NASDAQ) at $515.00 on-stop.This trade generated a 5.10% gain in two weeks, and when added to the profits generated by the December $525 calls, it takes me to "flat looking for re-entry."
I am going to target the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM:NYSEArca) which is the ETF covering the small- cap names on the NYSE and NASDAQ. It recently broke out after two years of underperformance. However, with a RSI over 75, I will wait for a pullback before taking a position.
Fitzroy Minerals Inc.
I communicated with Fitzroy Minerals Inc.'s (FTZ:TSX.V; FTZFF:OTCQB) management last night, who are in meetings in Zurich pitching the $0.20 funding round associated with the CIRO approval of the Buen Retiro acquisition. It is expected that a Letter of Consent will be emailed to all shareholders for signature, which will further clear the decks for the re-opening of the stock for trading. I do not yet have a timeline nailed down, but after downloading the 43-101 report for Buen Retiro from SEDAR, all that matters to me as a shareholder is that they close this acquisition because, with all the work done on this project, the cost to FTZ/FTZFF is "peanuts" with this asset being highly and immediately accretive.
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