Post-FOMC

The Fed rolled over again, which was not surprising given global economic slowing, global monetary easing and a would-be firm US dollar's continued negative impact on US exporters and manufacturing. …

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Market Status, Notes

Stock Market Here is the current SPY chart from this morning's pre-market update, on which I had drawn a candle based on the pre-market's projection.  SPY opened around that level…

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Market Update

What a week; and I am not talking just about the markets!  I spent all day on jury duty yesterday and by the time they finally unshackled me I saw just how volatile things had been.  I also saw that my ‘bounce’ gains had evaporated into the close.

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Gold Ratios, Day 2

Friday we did them over at Biiwii and today we'll catch up with gold's ratios to other items here (where charty type posts are the norm) on day 2 of…

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Priority Update, Important Semi Data & Market Notes

[edit] I neglected to include the link and this quote... "Year-to-date, the bookings and billings reported in the SEMI North American equipment book-to-bill report indicate a solid year for the industry,"…

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Precious Metals ‘Bounce’ Targets

This post is not a call to action because all of our orientations are different.  For example, a trader would have played the bounce.  An investor - especially in light…

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Microcosm Expanding

NFTRH 353 introduced the idea of a Macrocosm, a planetary representation of elements that need to come into place for a real investment stance on the gold stock sector (as…

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Multi-Market Update

Add the US dollar to the list of items that are in question and on the move.  The green circles show the higher highs and higher lows made by USD since the May low.  In June it spiked down, tested that low and then shot higher.

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Silver Nears Target

For several weeks now, we (NFTRH) have been managing the potential for a bounce in the precious metals.  This was primarily based on over sold readings, a gold bug 'puke'…

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Gold vs. Commodities

Gold (GLD) vs. a grab bag of commodity funds...

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Post-Payrolls Happenings

I find it interesting that July Payrolls was pretty decent, the US dollar firmed (apparently with firming expectations of a Sept. rate hike), some stock markets and commodities are weak…

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Microcosm

Today is another microcosmic representation of the Macrocosm, whereby we note that for a day at least, things are going the way that the next market phase will go... as…

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Armstrong to Allow a Gold Rally?

Ha ha ha... well, with the way he commands the respect of reformed gold bugs it almost seems as if gold will not rally until Marty says gold will rally.…

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