Sentiment

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The following comes from Mark Hulbert at MarketWatch: Consider the average recommended gold market exposure among a subset of the shortest-term gold market timers tracked by the Hulbert Financial Digest (as measured by the Hulbert Gold Newsletter Sentiment Index, or HGNSI). When I wrote about gold sentiment two months ago, this average stood at 16.7%. … Continue reading

While the gold stocks have enjoyed a decent recovery, they have certainly lagged the broad market which has almost broken out to new highs. Should you be worried that a major shift is in place? Hardly. The fact is the broad market is in the latter stages of its a cyclical bull while gold stocks … Continue reading

Lately we’ve been writing about the precious metals stocks. In particular we believe the equities have made a multi year bottom and look ready for a solid 2012 and 2013. Part of the reason is the action in the metals (Gold & Silver) suggests an important bottom is in place and a rebound is underway. … Continue reading

According to Bloomberg, Gold traders are the most bullish they’ve been since 2004. The survey shows 21 of 22 respondents expecting Gold to rise this week. Gold is up 26% year to date and has benefited from the Euro debt crisis. According to a Bloomberg survey, the median estimate of eight of the ten most … Continue reading

Great Post from the Short Side of Long: I’m not really sure if you want to classify Gold and Silver as commodities or currencies – that is upto you. I am a strong believer that these two assets are in a secular bull market that will eventually go so high, even I will be surprised… … Continue reading

Gold and Silver Speculators Have Left the Building by Jordan Roy-Byrne We use a combination of sentiment analysis and technical analysis in market timing which often gets a bad name courtesy of mainstream retail nonsense. The dumb money tries to time the market while the smart money utilizes market timing to weigh risk and reward. … Continue reading

Was at a discount to NAV of 1% as of yesterday’s close.  CEF does not spend too much time with gold and silver bugs allowing it to go at a discount.  I am buying some to add to PM miner holdings.  What the hell, have you seen the sentiment in gold & silver lately?  Bombed … Continue reading

This material is an excerpt from a premium update Last week we wrote about Silver so this week we decided to provide an update on Gold. In looking at the price action and sentiment indicators we find that Gold is once again ripe for what is becoming an annual seasonal breakout. Gold has broken to … Continue reading

Mark Hulbert’s HGNSI (a sentiment indicator) was 74% at the recent all-time high. Now it is only 20%. Gold has remained firm as most assets- including gold and silver shares, have declined. Consider the average recommended gold exposure among a subset of the shortest-term gold timers tracked by the Hulbert Financial Digest (as measured by … Continue reading