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of Most Accurate Analysis
Our algorithms are showing aggressive short covering in gold and silver. Gold is up about $30 from its low. Almost all of it is shorts taking profits. There is no change in our stance, but we will be carefully observing to see if real buying comes in.
According to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics in China, inflation has slowed dramatically. Stay short on GLD and HL. Those not in these positions should stay tuned to the Real Time Feed for potential entry signals.
iWallet may be to iPhone 5 what Siri was to iPhone 4S. As the world is focused on the new iPad from Apple (AAPL) and most of the speculation centers around iTV, the next big thing for Apple may be iWallet. Apple already has millions of credit card numbers on file. Apple may introduce the next big killer app iWallet along with iPhone 5. On March 6, 2012, without much fanfare the United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Apple Patent Number 8,127,982. The patent is disguised under the title ‘Parental controls’ and perhaps this is the reason it has not received
Starbucks (SBUX) shares are getting ready for their next leg up. The stock is expensive at these levels, but the coffee giant keeps on innovating and big international expansion is still ahead. It is no secret that espresso coffee is very popular overseas. Starbucks has announced the first at-home, premium, single-cup machine called Verismo® for single-cup espresso beverages. Starbucks has entered into an arrangement with Krueger GmbH & Co. of Germany to market the machine, as well as coffee and milk pods. “The premium, single-cup segment is the fastest-growing business within the global coffee industry,” said Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman, president
Apple (AAPL) introduced a new Apple TV and the new iPad, but the stock price barely budged. However there are several important internals of trading in Apple stock that astute investors should be in tune with. The chart shows movement of Apple stock on prior event days. Our computers show that ratio of up ticks to down ticks was 0.99. This is slightly negative. On most days, Apple exhibits ratio of upticks to downticks well above 1.00. Ratio of up blocks to down blocks was 0.67. Block trades are an indication of institutional activity. This used to be a very important
One of my bedrock principles is to leave my opinions at the door and let the data speak for itself. There is widespread belief among American investors and a large number of proclamations that the Chinese and Indians are not selling gold and silver into the swoon. Hard data from Shanghai, China, shows that the foregoing belief of the gold bugs does not hold water. Since I write based on rigorous analysis of the data, the analysis is often less than popular. The following statement from one of the hate mails in response to my recent article Gold momo crowd
Emerging markets have staged a rip roaring rally in 2012. The rally has come too far too fast. Nothing fundamental has changed, it is just that in 2011 emerging markets were beaten down more than what could be justified based on fundamentals. From a technical perspective, such sharp rallies are simply corrective of the oversold condition and are usually not sustained. Probability is high for a pull back and consolidation. Wen Jibao, Prime Minister of China, has just lowered GDP growth target to 7.5%. This is the first target that
The number-one problem for gold and silver investors is that the world does not end very often. You must understand that unlike stocks, bonds and forex markets, gold and silver markets are not very deep. In plain English, this means that typically at any one time there are not enough buyers and sellers ready to step in with a large size without a big change in price. This is typically not the case with large cap stocks, Treasury bonds and major currencies. The price of gold and silver is moved by the marginal buyers and sellers at the fringe. Traditional