Commentaries

From time to time, one of my friends simply says it better than I could ever imagine saying it myself. I have known Peter Gianulis, manager of Carrelton Asset Management for years. He is one of the deepest thinkers I know of when it comes to the markets. His fund also happens to have one … Continue reading

GSL #183 on the Junior Golds was just sent out to subscribers. Our model portfolio is up 7.7% for the year while GDXJ is down 11.6%. We deployed some cash two weeks back and those buys are all higher. In this update we provide a potential 9-month target for our Junior Gold Index. Learn More … Continue reading

Mark, Like most things, you’re reading my ‘handwritten’ computer notes. The capitulation zone can be best characterized as the point where those beating the grass (strong hands) are finding it difficult to locate snakes (weak hands) to scare. The big flush since April illustrates repositioning within the secular trend. These setups tend to foreshadow acceleration … Continue reading

First Majestic Silver (AG), makes a move above the 50 day moving average.  Many others in the PM sector need to get above the 50 for the ‘catch up’ move NFTRH has been speculating upon. I have been thinking silver and gold would decline a bit more as the stocks continued to diverge.  But … Continue reading

Updated version of a chart shown a few weeks ago when we ID’d bullish divergence and a potential short term downtrend breakout.  GDX diverged bullishly, broke the 60 min. downtrend and now tries to get above resistance.  If it holds, the short term target is 59. NFTRH subscribers, think about this in conjunction with the … Continue reading

The number, market cap and currencies of the constituents of the HUI, XAU, GDX, XGD and CDNX indices differ considerably from each other and, as such, each index presents a different picture of what is really happening in the precious metals marketplace. This article analyzes the make-up of each index to reveal the biases of … Continue reading

Murray Coleman of Barrons interviewed us in regards to the current situation in the metals and shares: Gold and silver futures finished on Friday at their lowest levels in six weeks. At the same time, popular ETFs investing in mining stocks closed higher on the week. That’s prompting some analysts to predict that the longer-term … Continue reading

It’s often said that commodity shares should lead the actual commodities. While this isn’t always the case, it often is at market turning points. Months back we noted the relative weakness in Gold and Silver shares and deemed it a reason for caution. It took more than a few weeks but our caution was vindicated … Continue reading

One of the functions of Gold Stock Trades is to help subscribers separate the daily chaff from the long term view of the economic grain. The markets will do what they have always done, which is to confuse, misdirect and obfuscate.

The Greek population is in constant revolt with another 48 hour national strike underway against ever expanding announcements of economic austerity though to date little of which has actually been implemented and therefore risks at the very a least a delay of the latest tranche of Euro 12 billion in what has now become … Continue reading