Markets

Mar 18, 2015 at 12:25

Gold is challenging the key support area between 1143 and 1132. Hourly resistances can be found at 1175 (09/03/2015 high) and 1198 (intraday high).

Mar 18, 2015 at 01:18

While the Federal Reserve likes to talk about the rising threat of inflation, global central bankers are more concerned about low inflation or deflation ...

Mar 17, 2015 at 23:26

The markets have been very volatile. This has led to many questions and the most frequently asked questions follow...

Mar 17, 2015 at 23:18

Another day, another "unexpectedly" bad economic report. Lately it seems like a lot of what US government statisticians say comes as an unpleasant surprise for economists. The latter think a…

Mar 17, 2015 at 20:43

"Expect the worst and you won't be disappointed" is true enough, but it's a miserable way to go through life. For investors, expecting the worst is paralyzing, a reason to…

Mar 17, 2015 at 19:15

Briefly: In our opinion speculative short positions (full) in gold, silver and mining stocks are justified from the risk/reward perspective. We are keeping the stop-loss levels at their current levels,…

Mar 17, 2015 at 18:55

The FOMC meeting looms ahead, as the main driver of global gold prices, in the short term. The policy announcement will be made at about 2PM on Wednesday, and most…

Mar 17, 2015 at 18:50

In his 1969 brochure One Year Later: A follow-up of the Three Peaks and Domed House George Lindsay wrote that the pattern lasts roughly 2 years and 2 months from…

Mar 17, 2015 at 16:55

From my perspective, the made-for-public Western news copy regarding Ukraine and Russia is childishly slanted and one-sided. The level of so-called aggression by Russia cannot even remotely be compared to…

Mar 17, 2015 at 16:32

Headed into the end of last year, China's Shanghai Composite Index had become significantly extended, registering an unsustainable weekly RSI above 90. At the time (see Here), we expected the…