NFTRH+; JNPR
Another old name from the go-go (bubble) days of tech. Previously we have highlighted BRCM (a successful trade) and more recently INTC. Here is another survivor from 2000.
Another old name from the go-go (bubble) days of tech. Previously we have highlighted BRCM (a successful trade) and more recently INTC. Here is another survivor from 2000.
NFTRH 296 noted “Platinum could get interesting if it breaks resistance”, which was shown by a weekly chart. I also noted that I was “jumping the gun” in buying PPLT before a would-be breakout in Platinum.
Gold-Silver Ratio
The gold-silver ratio is rising today, which is not a bad thing for gold stocks as long as it is rising in the context of gold out performing silver to the upside.
A snapshot of the current daily chart technical status of several ETFs…
GLD is bullish but in the equivalent resistance zone as noted for gold in NFTRH 296. MACD and RSI positive, with RSI close to over bought. Key support is at the MA 50 and 200.
I am taking profit (+8% from NFTRH+ highlight) on the most recent idea, Control4 (CTRL). The measured target is higher and others may want to go for it. I want…
The gold stock sector is pulling back today after HUI made a new recovery high of 242.53, just below our anticipated strong resistance zone of 245 to 250. Hopefully, traders have been taking some profit. What comes next for gold stock players is a game plan…
Bloomberg headline:
Jobless Claims Drop as US Consumers Gain Confidence
Economic deceleration is sure not on the front burner. Yet the US continues to try to inflate, as does a good portion of the developed world. Questions include… will we get rising inflation concerns and will this inflation and precious metals bounce foretell economic drudgery (or worse) to come? In 2000 when the great stock bull blew out and the gold bull began, things were about as good as they get for the economy.
Silver is continuing its breakout on the weekly chart (ref. the comparison to the CCI index in 2013). Silver vs. gold is continuing upward (a good sector leadership indication) but is getting very over bought now (traders be aware). Gold is breaking through its 50 and 200 day moving averages and approaching the key ’round number’ resistance around 1300 that we have been noting.
Within the context of a potential market blow off scenario that Fed policy seems bent on instigating, we continue to look for candidates that have not yet moved aggressively. On that note, CTRL, which can claim some of the ‘Internet of Things’ hype (iOt, another hype flavor added to last year’s 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing?) in the home automation space.
From Bloomberg:
“U.S. stocks retreated, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index falling a third day, as airline stocks tumbled after escalating violence in Iraq pushed oil prices higher while data on retail sales and jobs missed estimates.”
GDX is reviewed from a bigger picture weekly view after holding its ‘HUI 205’ parameter of 22 as support. This is defined as the bottom of a theoretical right side shoulder to a long potential Inverted Head & Shoulders bottoming pattern that is now about a year old.
A picture of GDXJ vs. GDX to go with this morning's ETF update. GDXJ leads the rallies and in breaking above the moving averages yesterday and today, it is leading…
Key ETF charts are a snapshot to current technicals, not comprehensive technical analysis.
GLD bumped above the lower end of resistance yesterday and is support for any continuing S/T rally activity. The big test is in the 123 to 125 area and the nose of the former Symmetrical Triangle.