Investing vs. Speculating in Gold and Silver Stocks

One thing that is intriguing about the precious metals sector is the vast composition of the companies in the sector. The entire equity sector can be divided in so many forms and ways. We can divide the gold and...

Why Gold Stocks Have Underperformed and What Lies Ahead

Gold is higher by 20% this year but the large cap gold stocks (GDX) are down 6% while the junior gold stocks (ETF) are down 25%. With Gold higher by 20%, we’d normally expect the gold stocks to be...

Major Catalysts Ahead to Trigger Next Breakout in Gold Market

In bull markets, corrections and consolidations are needed to periodically cleanse the market of extreme optimism and an overbought condition....

Gold Producers Lead while Developers and Explorers Lag

Back in August we wrote a piece titled: The Catalyst for Consolidation in the Gold Sector. We noticed that the large cap producers had begun to outperform the rest of the sector which consists of small producers, developers and...

Why Gold Stocks are Set for a Big 2012

Last week we discussed the concept of relative strength. Again, relative strength is the measuring of one market against another. There are perhaps 1000 mining companies and maybe 5% of them are worthy of your research and investment. Fundamental...

Gold Stocks to Retest Lows

Gold shares rebounded in line with other assets but the initial rebound has been met with more selling over the past few days. A retest of the recent lows is now inevitable. Just a few weeks ago, GDX staged...

Interim Peak in Bonds Coincides with Rebound in Mining Stocks

We’ve written about the importance of intermarket analysis. Movements in various sectors and asset classes influence each other. The Treasury market is the largest in the world and affects trends in other markets. Interestingly, Bonds at times move with...

Gold and Silver Stocks Maintain Long-Term Support

Now that we are past the Fed circus we can get back to reality. But what is reality? Is it inflation? Deflation? A repeat of 2008? What matters is the message of the markets and the correct interpretation of...

Amid Market Turmoil, Gold Stocks Find Heavy Accumulation

The collapse of 2008 remains fresh in mind. And yes, while collapse is the most overused word in the financial markets (next to bubble), 2008 was indeed a collapse for everything. Our beloved gold stock sector plunged roughly 70%...

Gold Consolidates Gains while Gold Equities Outperform

In only two months Gold surged from $1500 to $1900/oz. Over the past few weeks Gold has remained range bound from $1750-$1900. The longer Gold holds this range then the more optimistic we can be. That $400 move was...