Is The Consumer “Recovering?”

Feb 11, 2011

Let’s breakdown the December trade deficit numbers released today.  For all of December, the trade deficit was $40.6 billion, roughly in-line with expectations and up $2.7 billion from November.  The media is already pointing to the fact that imports increased by $5.1 billon...

Gold & Investment in Failure

Sep 01, 2010

The US banking sector died in September 2008. It has not acted like a credit distribution apparatus in two years. The US Federal Reserve has served almost the complete function.......

Hoping for a Break

Jul 27, 2010

I want to discuss something that came up on the blog Friday. An anonymous poster hinted that we were going to see more gold weakness in the days ahead because big money was having to sell  positions. Folks, big smart money...

Gold, Oil and SP500 Trading Patterns

Jul 18, 2010

It was an interesting options expiration week for equities that’s for sure. We saw some very choppy price action with large waves of buying and selling as the bulls and bears fought for control. Both Gold and Oil closed...

Gold, Food, & Oil. Tactics Update

Jul 07, 2010

1.   For the past 6 months or so, I’ve tried to show the gold community the blood-relative link between GOLD and FOOD.  Here’s the wheat chart.  It’s been a cornucopia of profits for those who bought into the lows. ...

Dow, Gold & Oil are Breaking Out or Bouncing

Jun 20, 2010

Dow, Gold & Oil are Breaking Out or Bouncing Over the years we have seen the stock market make some pretty exciting moves for share holders. This year alone there have been some interesting events unfold causing wild market...

A Colorful View on SPX, Gold & Oil

Jun 17, 2010

It’s been a bright week so far for stocks and commodities. It appears that the down trend could have ended as of yesterday (Tuesday June 15th). In this mid-week report I figured I would bring back the 80’s colors...

Gold, Oil & SPX Trading at Key Pivot Points

Jun 13, 2010

Last week we saw the financial market including commodities move higher which was great to see. But the recent run up has brought both equities and commodities to their key resistance levels. With Gold, Oil and the SP500 trading...

Energy Dow & Gold: Technicals & Tactics – stewart thomson

Jun 10, 2010

June 10, 2010 1. Energy.  A subscriber sent me a note a couple of days after the oil leak started.  Some engineers were saying the only way to close the gulf oil leak might be with a nuclear bomb....

S&P-500, Gold & Oil Trend Trading Charts

Jun 09, 2010

Market volatility continues to shake things up making it profitable for traders who are quick to spotting key reversal points, manage risk and taking profits before it evaporates. On Tuesday we saw the market go up and down more...