August 4th, 2020 will probably go down in history books, the day when the gold price first climbed above the USD 2,000.00 mark. But perhaps it will also lose significance, because the USD 2,500.00 and USD 3,000.00 mark may soon fall. Why? Quite simply because, as the money sup...
Mario Hose
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August 5, 2020
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MONTHLY BREADTH - MARCH 2000 Last week’s post looked at a weekly volume-based breadth indicator. With June in the history books, it is a good time to review the message from monthly breadth charts. As shown below, the monthly NYSE Advance-Decline Line peaked in 1998 and thu...
Chris Ciovacco
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July 3, 2019
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THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTHLY CLOSE As described in detail below, when the S&P 500 closed above the monthly Bollinger Band centerline at the end of January, it aligned the present day with favorable historical probabilities and also provided some distance from setups in the 197...
Chris Ciovacco
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April 4, 2019
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FOCUS TENDS TO BE SHORT-TERM Investors and traders have a tendency to fall into the recency-bias trap over and over. For example, after the S&P 500 closed at a new weekly high on Friday, July 12, it was easy to believe “the bulls are firmly in control”. Fast forward t...
Chris Ciovacco
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July 22, 2019
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I finished my latest book in January. It took another month to get the layout and a cover made just right for it. Since that time about ten thousand people have bought the book or downloaded the Kindle version for free. It is one of the highest rated books I have ever...
Streetwise Reports
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September 26, 2019
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When famed hedge-fund manager John Paulson speaks, people listen. And it's no wonder. Paulson made his way into the financial history books thanks to what many now call the "greatest trade ever." Paulson & Co. shorted the subprime mortgage market before the collapse ba...
Peter Krauth
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October 28, 2012
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The “Gold is a Bubble” crowd has been reawakened. CNN warned earlier this week: Gold is a bubble, resist its charms. Gold’s six percent fall in the last six weeks and the Amex Gold Bugs Index (HUI) nearly 20% decline have signaled ...
Andrew Mickey
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October 28, 2012
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Last week provided a glimpse into the future of the stock market. Only a glimpse. It is going to get a whole lot worse. On January 1, I said in an article I titled Beware the Stock Market , " As the Everything Bubble pops, the financial system will destroy most inves...
Streetwise Reports
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March 2, 2020
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Donald Trump has become only the fourth president in U.S. history to be the subject of a House impeachment inquiry. The details are still unfolding, and it’s an extremely divisive topic. If history is any guide, it’s highly unlikely t...
Frank Holmes
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September 30, 2019
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Ever since Sept. 19, 2008, when Hammerin' Hank Paulson appeared in front of the U.S. Congress on bended knee and begged those clueless politicians for a bailout—which he did successfully—the spread of moral hazard throughout the world has been a contagion that makes the...
Streetwise Reports
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January 21, 2020
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