European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi may follow the U.S. lead and fire off his own bazooka. Requesting broader spending powers, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson famously told Congress that he needed “a bazooka” to head off the financial crisis. German magazine Der Spiegel reports that the ECB is now considering
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) SPAIN IS THE BEST PERFORMING MARKET August 17, 2012 Since July 24th bottom, the Spanish market is up about 25%. The up move continues this morning.
There are plenty of reasons to buy gold; buying gold just because Paulson and Soros bought gold is a fool’s game. For years, I have analyzed Form 13F Reports filed by institutional investment managers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). An institutional investment manager exercising discretion over $100 million
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert Gold and silver are running up on overnight comments from Chinese premier Wen that indicated higher likelihood of stimulus in China. Interestingly gold trading data from Shanghai overnight shows that Chinese investors dismissed Wen’s comments. However, American gold momo
The most recent run in gold and silver is based on the belief that the central banks all over the globe are once again about to ease. When the most recent run up started, there was sound basis for the belief as economic data was weak. However, the recent data
This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert Gold and silver are falling hard this morning. As of this writing gold is at $1596 and silver is at $27.65. The reason behind the fall is that economic data both from the U.S. and Europe has come out better
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) STIMULUS ADDICTS WAKE UP AND SMELL MORE BAD DATA FROM CHINA August 10, 2012 There is more bad data from China. Exports rose 1% in
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert As of this writing extremely aggressive buying is seen in gold. Dollar is weakening but not enough to justify the move in gold. The reason appears to be a rumor from Europe. If there is any credibility to the rumor, we
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert SYMBOL SMART MONEY BUYING IN MILLIONS OF $ SMART MONEY SELLING IN MILLIONS OF $ GLD 5.78 SLV 1.23 ABX 4.82 NEM 7.86 GDX 3.34 GDXJ 1.63 GG 0.62 SLW 0.02 PAAS 0.07 CDE 1.56 Smart Money in our parlance is
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) LET THE BATTLE ROYAL BEGIN August 3, 2012 For the second time in a row, a major piece of U.S. economic data came better than expected.