Silver Editorials & Commentary

Today’s chart shows why it can be so difficult to make money in a bull market, even when one “knows” how high a stock is headed.  We’ve been confident that Facebook will eventually hit 190, a Hidden Pivot target first aired here more than three weeks ago when the...

The U.S. and global economies are weakening. That weakness is visible in retail sales, housing, autos, industrial production, trade and real estate. Debt is too high and has reached, as it did in 2008, exhaustion levels. Perhaps the central banks of the world can “...

When the S&Ps took a bold leap on December 26 after plummeting 500 points earlier in the month, few could have imagined what would happen next. It were as though, missing an arm and a leg, a soldier had vaulted from a trench in the heat of the Battle of the...

Friday’s trading session was bullish, as stocks broke above their short-term consolidation following the first quarterly earnings releases, among other factors. The S&P 500 index broke above the 2,900 level. Will the uptrend extend despite some technical...

US Gasoline prices have shot up 15% to 30% or more over the past 4 weeks as the Summer Blend hits the markets and consumers continue to stay shocked at the increase.  In California, prices shot up from near $3 per gallon to over $4 a gallon over a 7-day span.

Having trouble making sense of the market?  Do you feel like you are living in some sort of a parallel universe where almost everything happening in the market seems to be the opposite of what you have learned should happen?  You are not alone so let’s try to make...

Large precious metals speculators decreased their bullish net positions in the Silver futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.

Without too much attention from traders, the SPY and QQQ are racing to attempt to establish new all-time highs in what may become the most exciting Spring/Summer breakout rally of the past 3 years.

Silver is on a major sell signal. Long-term – on sell signal. Short-term – on sell signals, consolidation in progress. Cycle is up. COT data is favorable for overall higher silver prices. 

Current investing model favors bonds, therefore, investors should be overweighed with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety.

The Middle East is heading for a crisis in its oil industry.  Unfortunately, the market doesn’t realize there is any danger on the horizon because it mainly focuses on how much oil the Middle East is producing rather than its exports.  You see, it doesn’t really...

Are these guys good, or what! On Wednesday, with Boeing shares getting clobbered, DaBoyz somehow managed to close the Dow six points higher on the day.  That may not sound impressive, but considering that Boeing is by far the most heavily weighted stock in the...

For the best part of a decade, politicians and investors have looked at the European Central Bank as a guiding light through uncertain economic times. They may need to adapt to a new reality. On three important questions for the future of the euro zone, the ECB just...

Our research team, at Technical Traders Ltd. alerted us to a Fibonacci technical pattern that is setting up in the US stock market right now.  This pattern suggests that volatility will increase dramatically over the next few days/weeks as intra-day price action...

Considering the dour outlook for Q1 earnings, the stock market’s exuberant run-up over the last month feels like Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade: “Into the valley of Death rode the 600…’  And yet, we know from watching the shares of Boeing, Apple (see chart...

Our researchers, at Technical Traders Ltd., believe this current upside price move is nearing the end of any immediate upside potential.  Yes, back in December 2018 and before, we called for an “Ultimate Low” pattern setup followed by an incredible run to new all-...

The recent recovery in Crude Oil has, partially, been based on increasing expectations of a global economic recovery taking place and the continued news that the US/China will work out a trade deal.  Crude inventories.  Just last week US Crude Oil inventories came...

Recently, Wall Street has been myopically focused on the IPO of a ride-sharing company called Lyft, which by the way, is hemorrhaging money. Since investors have become much less concerned about profits and valuations, this offering was an incredible 20 times...

Stocks extended their short-term uptrend on Friday, as investors' sentiment remained bullish following the monthly jobs data release. The S&P 500 index got closer to its last year's September record high. But will the uptrend continue despite some technical ...

There were several developments last week that taken together suggest that the short-term bearish scenario set out in the Gold And Silver Interim Updates about a week ago is not going to materialize and instead that the original grander scenario described in the...

The coming credit meltdown will be as bad as the great depression and the financial crisis: Deutsche Bank (Personally I think that they are underestimating the size of our problems and what we face will dwarf those two events)

Silver is on a major sell signal. SLV is on short term sell signal. COT data is favorable for overall higher silver prices.

Current investing model favors bonds, therefore, investors should be overweighed with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety.

As Tax Day approaches, millions of Americans are becoming increasingly filled with panic and dread. The Trump tax cuts may offer some relief. But not everyone will benefit greatly from them. A few could even see a higher tax bill for 2018 thanks to newly imposed...

– Silver bullion is the most undervalued precious metal, commodity and asset today. – Silver very rarely covered in the media and thus the fundamentals are not understood. – Supply demand fundamentals are very positive indeed as seen in recent report from Capital...

The stock market has been rising relentlessly since Christmas, riding on a crest of increasingly bearish economic reports. Maybe the hedge fund algos are anticipating that the Fed will soon start cutting rates. Data indicates foreigners and retail investors are...

The Fed’s surprise pivot away from any interest rate increases this year has boosted prices of stocks, high yield bonds and other risky assets in spite of nagging investor concerns about slowing global economic growth….. The quandary for the Fed is that easy...

Bitcoin’s sharp rally on Tuesday was being described by some as a ‘mystery surge’, but it is no mystery at all for anyone who has seen the film Night of the Living Dead. Buffs may recall that the movie’s flesh-eating zombies were activated by radioactive...

The timing of Lyft’s IPO last week could not have been better for Wall Street insiders, since they will have an opportunity to unload their shares into a veritable orgy of greed and ignorance. The stock market looks unstoppable at the moment, and it is making Lyft’s...

After performance results for the record books in the first quarter of 2019, the stock market is entering a very challenging period in April.

We think we are the only generation to be smart. In the 19th century, they did not have the internal combustion engine. In the 18th century, they did not have the railroad. In the 17th century, they did not have the piano. So, most people assume, they were dumb....

Stocks broke above their short-term consolidation on Friday and they got close to the recent local high. The S&P 500 index was the highest since the early October more than a week ago. But then the market traded within a consolidation. Will the uptrend resume...

Silver is on a major sell signal. SLV is on short-term sell signal. COT data is supportive for overall higher silver prices.

Current investing model favors bonds, therefore, investors should be overweighed with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety.

The major silver miners have rallied higher on balance in recent months, enjoying a young upleg. That’s a welcome change after they suffered a miserable 2018. Times are tough for silver miners, since silver’s prices have languished near extreme lows relative to gold...

While Mexico suffered the bloodiest year of violent deaths in 2018, even bigger trouble may be ahead for the embattled country.  For the first time in more than 50 years, Mexico has become a net importer of oil.  This is undoubtedly bad news for the Mexican...

If you were to tell the average American back in say the 60’s that in 50 years the US would be a “command economy” they would probably react as if you’d lost your mind. Back in those days the Soviet Union was a command economy with the government controlling...

Why is it that no one defends free markets, and socialism, despite all the evidence of its failures, comes back again and again? Unsurprisingly, the answer lies in politics, which have always led to a boom-bust cycle of collective behaviour. Furthering our...

Wednesday's trading session was slightly bearish, as stocks retraced some of their Tuesday's advance. The S&P 500 index was the highest since the early October a week ago. But then the market sold off. So was that sell-off a medium-term downward reversal or...

Fed "policy," such as it is, went all silly Monday when a little-known spokesman for the central bank said he expects one more rate hike in 2019 and perhaps another in 2020.  Didn’t Chairman Powell just finish saying that there would be no tightening this year?