Gold •129 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 978.50 | -20.60 | -2.06% | |
WTI Crude •1 day | 70.38 | -1.98 | -2.74% | |
Gasoline •1 day | 2.013 | -0.041 | -2.00% | |
Ethanol •129 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •129 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 129 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 129 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 1 day | 73.87 | -1.76 | -2.33% | ||
Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.669 | -0.024 | -0.89% | ||
Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.239 | -0.048 | -2.08% |
Contributor since: 04 Apr 2011
Erik is an active trader, who has always taken a broad perspective when approaching the markets.
Larger Image During the final blow-off stage for silver in April of 2011, we caught our fair share of criticism and rebuke for pointing out…
The S&P 500 traded sideways this week and currently resides ~ 200 points above the Meridian. The market continues to follow the 1995 breakout trajectory…
Gold and silver hit the drop zone yesterday of the commodity comparative we had made with the previous downturn in 2008/2009. We added a TIP…
Among the better ways to get a quick 30,000 ft macro snapshot of the institutional footprint in the market is the monthly Bank of America…
Between the breakdowns in the US dollar and 10 year yields, precious metals have trapped the Johnny-come-lately and dogmatic bears and are surging higher this…
It's very easy to get lost in the minutia of monetary policy and have a semantic, or worst - academic debate on how it affects…
Across the short-term we are admittedly frustrated with the scenic route lower, but remain bullish for the fourth quarter in the precious metals sector. Despite…
The good news this morning is the country doesn't appear to be suffering the effects of Stockholm syndrome. Whew. The bad news, however - is…
Around the edges - our research has taken on greater binary implications with respect to future risk appetites in the markets. What we mean by…
While we often rode on the short side of the precious metals train over the past few years, we always kept a close eye on…
With one tiny omission to their script - the Fed shot the gorilla in the room, broke the dollar's back and gave credence to our…
It's hard to know exactly what you're looking at - when it's sitting right smack in front of you. There's a complexity up close that…
Larger Image Back in the beginning of summer (see Here) we speculated that the sentiment scales had tipped in favor of taking up a contrarian…
Apple's short-term precarious structure found a near-term catalyst yesterday as Tim Cook unveiled the latest iPhone device to overstretched sentiment and momentum. We will be…
Larger Image As yields continue to move with all the grace and gentility of your average 800-pound gorilla, we thought we'd revisit our Pole Reversal…
The long and short of things: Performance trends continued to shift last month. The baton was passed in the equity markets in August with the…
A journalist asked me recently about my background and the conversation sparked some reflection of why I approach markets the way I do and how…
Outsized gains were found in silver and gold this week. By most measures the precious metals sector is firing on all cylinders and continues to…
Despite an air pocket earlier in the week, conditions in the precious metals sector continue to improve. Most notably, silver has taken the baton and…
We continue to keep a close eye on the 2004 interest rate comparative, which describes the last time the Fed transitioned the markets from peak…