Hellmeyer Video Interview – Europe Inflation Gold

December 16, 2011

Here’s an interesting view on Europe and America from a European’s perspective. James Turk interviews Volker Hellmeyer who addresses quite a few issues Americans simply do not focus upon. So for those of you interested in analyzing the current situation from a different angle, this is a must see video interview. It never hurts to get exposure […]

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Kyle Bass Video Interview Japan Gold And MF Global

December 13, 2011

Actually I thought about going for ‘Stay defensive’ as an alternative headline choice. The stuff I read and watch makes me want to use that famous Shakespeare quote that ‘something is rotten in the State of Denmark’. The evidence that all is not well is overwhelming. Still, and that is a very important distinction to […]

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CBST Cubist Pharmaceuticals – Biotech Stocks Potential New Leaders

December 7, 2011

Current market action still doesn’t make me want to put on big positions or trade aggressively. That’s why I am spending a lot of time doing research, watching market related videos and why I do lots of scanning in order to find new ideas. One sector that is starting to provide some good looking charts […]

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Silver – Where To From Here?

December 1, 2011

Silver is a tough one here. As you can see in my updated long-term weekly silver chart annotations there are two possible outcomes. We could see a complete breakdown if the trendline is broken and the double top pattern comes into play. One could also interpret this as a complex bearish head and shoulders reversal […]

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When It Is Best To Do Nothing – Do Nothing

November 23, 2011

I could literally list thousands of quotes on why at times it is important to stand aside, why you need to know when it is best to do nothing and to stay in cash when the market is not conducive to trading big or trading at all. In my opinion it simply comes down to the […]

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A Trader’s Job Is To Protect Self-Confidence

November 17, 2011

Protecting one’s self-confidence is key to long-term market survival. If I had to sum up what’s going on in the markets in one sentence it probably would be the following: This is an extremely dangerous market, hence it is best to stay out. The current market environment is one of the most dangerous, treacherous and […]

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Eric Sprott Video – Governments Will Break Their Promises

November 9, 2011

Interesting video with Eric Sprott and James Turk. The key sentence of the entire interview is ‘Governments will break their promises’. What is happening right now will ultimately have consequences when it comes to pension plans and other promises made by governments. I obviously agree with that take. That is one of the many reasons […]

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Gold Mining Stocks Technical Picture Has Significantly Improved

November 8, 2011

T he technical picture for the gold mining stocks has significantly improved. There is simply no other way to interpret recent price action. It still isn’t an all clear, blue skies type of situation, but the technicals imply higher prices ahead. The key thing to monitor is how individual stocks deal with the vicious gap down […]

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CBJ.V CB Gold – Ross Beaty’s Lumina Capital Buys Into Colombia’s Potential Next Ventana Gold

November 1, 2011

Ross Beaty is back investing big bucks in Colombia. Last week, by means of his investment arm Lumina Capital, he initiated a position in CBJ.V – CB Gold. Just a few days prior to that private placement CBJ.V published drill results containing what can only be labelled ‘monster gold grades’. Drill result news: Vancouver, British Columbia: […]

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Bears Getting Killed

October 27, 2011

Easy headline choice for tonight’s post. The markets gapped up and then basically kept going up all day. Now comes the tough part of the analysis. This market has simply been way stronger than I had expected. Whenever that happens it is time for me to pause and reflect. It is time to reassess the […]

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