Dan Norcini

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• Silver Commitments of Traders - Halloween is Arriving Early This Year

  Published 23 April 2016 | viewed 0 times

  By that I mean, it just keeps getting scarier and scarier. My guess is that every speculator on the planet is long silver/short gold or…

• Economic Growth Remains Sluggish...Markets Remain Uninspired

  Published 24 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  This morning's Durables Goods report underscored just how moribund economic growth in the US remains. Additionally we learn that US business investment remains lackluster at…

• Bring on the Clowns

  Published 17 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Honestly, more and more that seems to be the best phrase to describe when waiting for these FOMC statements to be revealed. If we are…

• Gold Commitments of Traders: Worrisome

  Published 12 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  To sum up my view of this week's COT report in one word.... WORRISOME. I use that word because of what we saw happen to…

• GLD Continues To Add Gold

  Published 03 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The continued build in the number of reported gold holdings in the large gold ETF, GLD, is nothing short of phenomenal. This week alone, another…

• GLD Continues to Astound

  Published 22 February 2016 | viewed 0 times

  I can think of no better word except, "astounding", when considering what is taking place with the giant gold ETF, GLD and its reported holdings…

• Gold Knocked for a Loop

  Published 17 February 2016 | viewed 0 times

  This looks to me more like an overreaction to the down side in gold based off a sort of mini-panic out of the safe haven…

• Silver Workup

  Published 07 February 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Silver finally managed to push through its upside resistance just above the $14.50 level this week and attracted some additional upside follow through as the…

• HUI Now Confirming Gold Move Higher

  Published 03 February 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The comatose mining stocks finally came to life today and showed signs of some determined buying, something that has been missing in the recent leg…

• Nice Week for Gold: It's All about Sentiment

  Published 31 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  I wanted to take a bit of time in this post to discuss one of the most important things that those wishing to be successful…

• The Punch Bowl is Gone

  Published 17 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  It has been a long time since I put up this chart comparing the S&P 500 index with the size of the Federal Reserve's Balance…

• The Mysterious Mr. VIX

  Published 13 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  I must say that I continue to be amazed at how "CALM" things are in these equity markets in spite of the significant chart breakdowns…

• What's Up with the HUI and Gold?

  Published 11 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "UP" it was, but the intermediate term chart is certainly not that impressive, given the pandemonium that has been taking place since the start of…

• SP500 - Bend, Bend, Bend.... Break

  Published 07 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The S&P 500 has been bending over the last three trading sessions ( first three trading days of this New Year) but refused to break…

• Hedge Funds Remain Bullish Oil

  Published 04 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Just as the case with Silver, so do the hedge funds remain stubbornly long in crude oil. Here is the updated COT chart as of…

• Gold: Another Losing Year

  Published 31 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Here is a long term chart (monthly) showing where the price of gold ended last year ( 2014 ) and where it is ending up…

• Precious Metals COTs Feature Short Covering

  Published 28 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  As suspected, the gains seen last week in both gold and silver ( and copper for that matter) were primarily the result of short covering.…

• Yield Curve Flattening Further, Why it Matters

  Published 20 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  I am becoming increasingly concerned over the flattening yield curve. This curve enables us to get a first hand view of sentiment towards economic growth…

• Oh Oh Canada!

  Published 17 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  FOMC and Oil. That double whammy was too much for the Cando in today's session as the currency broke down into a fresh ELEVEN YEAR…

• Whither Silver?

  Published 14 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In a bit of a surprise today, crude oil somehow managed to pop high after falling below $35 at one point. It seems like it…