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Dave Skarica covers Gold, gold stocks, coal, and other energy commodities….

Our recent calls for a bottom have been proven wrong as precious metals plunged to another new low. Two trading rules we have is to always use a 20% stop and never add to a losing position. Note our previous article in which we said use the late May low for a stop. This helps … Continue reading

Hear our latest interview in which we discuss precious metals, intermarket relationships and what we can expect going forward….  

It’s been a tough road for precious metals but the path ahead has strong potential of being significantly profitable….

Last week in regards to Gold we wrote: We have the majority of sentiment indicators showing more pessimism than in 2008, an explosion in negative news coverage and news that major banks have downgraded their outlooks. Without knowing anything else, you’d expect Gold to be down considerably, yet it’s only off about 5% year to … Continue reading

We discuss our reasons for why a major low in the precious metals and mining stocks is at hand and why the long-term outlook remains strong. Go Here to Listen to the Interview  

Regarding gold stocks vs. Gold, we’ve learned two things….

The precious metals complex had a great rebound at the end of the summer but is now in the midst of a correction. Recently we wrote that the correction was nearing an end. We believe that to be the case. A short-term bottom could occur sometime this week. However, the precious metals sector was unable … Continue reading

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 silver stocks, the producers and non producers, the explorers and the developers, the royalty companies and … Continue reading

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 up 50% and more. Needless to say 2011 has been a difficult year for gold bugs. … Continue reading

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

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 explorers. Risk aversion, the Euro debt crisis and a struggling stock market has contributed to the … Continue reading