Update; Precious Metals

HUI has declined to 215 and made a marginal lower low from the start of the bear flag in the 216’s.  We had been anticipating 210 as the critical support to a bottoming scenario.  So, given the proclivity of this sector to test limits, let’s keep that alive.

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Gold Contrary Indicators

gold.barA ‘White Paper’ article on contrary indicators in the emotion packed gold sector.  Make it them work for, not against you.

The gold sector is peopled by a high concentration of contrary indicators because it is a relatively (to the vast world of equities and bonds) small market that offers refuge from some of the damaging aspects of the spectrum of investment products that are supported by the manipulation of interest rates and printed (and digitally created) money supplies.  Thus, gold has moral high ground if an asset can be thought to have morality.

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How [They] Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the [Market]

How I [they] Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [Market]  paraphrasing Stanley Kubrick’s great cold war/nuclear paranoia film Dr. Strangelove (1964).

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The USA thrived during a 20th century rife with war, famine and depression.  This was a wealthy country however, founded on principles of self-reliance and valuing  thrift, saving and honest work for an honest return.  Add in unparalleled productivity and economically at least, the positives more than outpaced the negatives.

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Momentum: By Definition it is Hard to Stop

Excerpted from NFTRH 250 (August 4, 2013) Momentum: the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity. the impetus and driving force…

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