Sentiment

Canadian Wealth Managers Less Bullish on Gold

Feb 21, 2011

This comes from Reuters: The fading allure of bullion and gold stocks is tied to rising prospects for the global economy, said Howard Atkinson, the president of BetaPro Management Inc, which puts out a quarterly survey on adviser sentiment....

BCA Research on Gold Bull Market

Jan 29, 2011

Back to gold bullion, BCA Research argues that it is hard to make the case that gold is currently "a crowded trade". Many institutional and retail investors agree with the gold bull case but....

Spec Money Exits Gold & Silver but Remains Heavily Long Other Markets

Jan 24, 2011

There are many ways to measure market sentiment. We use surveys, put-call ratios, fund flows data and for commodities especially, the commitment of traders reports (COT). Lately, we’ve noted the improving sentiment picture for Gold. As a market weakens...

GTU Premium

Jan 14, 2011

This chart comes from Babak at TradersNarrative: The premium in GTU has dipped into the red for the first time since October 2010 and prior to that, late 2008. This is positive as it shows optimism is now quite...

Bullish Sentiment in Gold Abates

Jan 13, 2011

An upward sloping consolidation in Gold that began in October has, despite a lack of any real losses, been enough to improve various sentiment indicators. Mark Hulbert of MarketWatch gives an update on his Gold sentiment indicator: Consider the...

Update on Hulbert Sentiment Indicator

Nov 26, 2010

Quoting the Market Watch piece: Fortunately for the gold market, the HGNSI is not at overheated levels right now. It currently stands at just 40.3%, which means that the average gold timer is allocating 60% of his gold portfolio...

Technical Targets for Gold, Silver & the Gold Stocks

Sep 08, 2010

The precious metals sector is at an important juncture. Let’s take a look at the potential upside targets. First lets start with Gold. Gold has formed a bullish cup and handle pattern, which is more bullish than usual due...

UBS Poll of Central Banks & Sovereign Wealth Funds…

Aug 29, 2010

This nugget comes from Peter Spina and GoldForecaster.com UBS, in its annual poll of central bank and sovereign wealth funds found nearly a quarter of central banks believed gold would become the most important reserve asset in the next...

Hulbert Gold Sentiment Update

Aug 22, 2010

As per Mark Hulbert’s HGNSI, Gold market timers are now more short-term bullish. I base these comments on current gold market sentiment, as indicated by the average recommended gold market exposure among a subset of short-term gold market timers...