Gold Hasn't Liked Trump

Investors have decided gold is not the place they want to be during the Trump administration. In the volatility following the election gold jumped about 2%, but it soon gave up that rally. Now it is actually down 4% from before the election results came out. There is a confluence of reasons why gold is…

Diversification Against Bubbles

When I say diversification against bubbles, I would argue the current state of the markets makes now the most difficult time to invest in many decades. I get asked what to invest in constantly by friends and family. While this would appear normal, the reason why I get asked this question is not. I make…

Silver, Gold, Havens Bid Ahead Of Critical Week For US Equities

We’ve talked quite a bit of late about bonds and stocks sending conflicting signals. In fact, the bond/stock mixed message was in many ways the most important takeaway from last week’s euphoric bounce off the post-Brexit lows. Here’s a look at how risk performed versus yields on US, German, and Japanese government bonds: Notice yields…

The Brexit, the brally, and the brutal reality

TheoTraders must zero in on where the risk is in the market. Let's look at a comparison chart of the bonds, gold, and stocks. This will help us determine whether or not risk is still on the table.

The Morning After: Surveying Brexit Damage

It all started at exactly 5:01 pm ET Thursday evening. That’s when the following headline hit the terminal: NIGEL FARAGE: LOOKS LIKE REMAIN WILL EDGE IT: SKY Hallelujah. This week’s risk-on sentiment was justified after all. They’ll be no “Brexit” on our watch. Take that, anyone long yen. Then, exactly one hour and 53 minutes…

Stocks, Bonds, Commodities, And Gold: Trading Brexit

The good thing about the Brexit referendum is it’s this week. That rules out the painful prospect that we’ll have to endure the type of summer we suffered through last year when there was a Greece headline every five minutes on market days and every 10 minutes on weekends. Sure, there’s some event risk here,…

Soros “Makes Bunch Of Big Bearish Bets;” Buys Gold, Miners

It really shouldn’t come as any surprise to market watchers that billionaire, philanthropist, Democratic donor, and breaker of the British pound George Soros has turned bearish on a few things. After all, Soros’ views on the prospects for China have been well known for months. Earlier this year, Soros indicated in an interview with Bloomberg…

It’s Cool To Be A Bear. Do You Want To Be Cool?

Earlier today, I asked the following question: “Where’s The Bull Market?” My point was simple. Central banks have indeed driven asset prices into the stratosphere and a kind of needlessly contrarian collective gamble has driven oil back near $50 even as the fundamental picture is so bad that crude is being stored offshore in tankers…

What do the Charts Say about this Sell Off?

What do the Charts Say about this Sell Off? The sell off today has left markets in a pivotal area. The S&P has been able to hold this level for the past month. What happens here could be the set up for the rest of 2016. We will also cover gold, oil, and RUT.

Markets Search for Next Catalyst

Markets Search for Next Catalyst On the surface it looked like a quiet day for stocks. However, other markets like gold and oil were selling off. Is gold and oil trying to give us a heads up as to the stock markets next move? Let's look at all the key markets to see where they…

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