Gold Stocks

Looking to buy more physical Gold with one more price dip and looking to short the $%&@*! out of equities with one more price rise. I will be scaling into both positions. With Gold, it will be purchase of physical Gold starting at $1150. With the stock market, it will be primarily via puts on … Continue reading

  This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on July 16th, 2010 We live in an era of unparalleled confusion on monetary and economic issues. It’s almost like a shoot-out among the economists in the Old West, except that here you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys. You read so … Continue reading

Rick Ackerman’s pal Chuck is bullish. He too heard the “death cross” chants blaring far and wide, saw sentiment in the dumper, saw Robert Prechter and other D Boys broadcast far and wide and figured the fear was not sustainable. Now, at the dawn of — yawn — another earnings season, Chuck is bullish on … Continue reading

Anyone who has been following this blog knows that I tend to do the opposite of the mainstream. My latest rendition of contrarian investing occurred at the latest intermediate term bottom in stocks when everyone was bearish, with many calling for a crash. What was I doing? I was buying. I have been doing one … Continue reading

Chen Lin is an independent investor living the dream. Since December 2002, he’s turned slightly more than $5,000 into nearly $1M through value investing and exceptional market timing. Now he believes gold producer shares are poised for….

Tell this to a baby boomer or a middle aged person and they would be quite skeptical. Their neighborhood financial advisor or planner doesn’t advocate Gold. It is too dangerous. It could drop to $500. Gold stocks? Hell no! After failing to get you out of stocks not once but twice in the last ten … Continue reading

The long-term story for a gold and a gold mining stocks bull market is clear and easy to grasp: Dubious monetary policy and irresponsible fiscal policy with government debt rising all over the world are a surefire recipe for a surging demand in gold. Toss in stagnant or even declining supply, and you have all … Continue reading

Quick update, since this is obviously going to be a crazy day. The last month or so has been quite volatile for the stock market. One week we’re up 10%, the next week we’re down 10%. This is a market that can’t make up its mind where it wants to go. We are currently very oversold and … Continue reading

I believe we have recently added a much-needed element that will lead to much higher gold prices- boredom. General gold sentiment amidst near-record prices is muted and reminiscent of sentiment last fall when we broke out to new highs, backtested the breakout, then rocket launched for 3 straight months. It was the type of move that … Continue reading

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 near key resistance points we will most likely have some sharp movements this week so buckle … Continue reading