May 1, 2013
Exclusive Interview: Peter Spina on Gold and Silver Investing
 For gold and silver investors, understanding the underlying fundamentals and economic factors that drive the demand and price direction of the precious metals is critically essential to the success of their portfolio. Peter Spina, the founder and CEO of GoldSeek.com and SilverSeek.com, understood this right around the time when technology was becoming more accessible to everyday people, and at the same time, gold and silver were increasingly becoming viewed as investment assets. With over 15 years of experience investing in gold and silver, and the mining companies in the space, Spina spends much of his time researching, consulting and investing into gold and silver stocks with a primary focus on micro-caps and junior mining/exploration companies. Equities.com spoke with Spina to get his thoughts on where gold and silver are headed, as well as to learn more about his sites. Spina (more)…
April 29, 2013
Futures Outlook: Cotton Revisited and New Potential Formations
 Futures Outlook for the Week of 04/29/13 I wrote about Cotton back in January while it was sitting around 78.55. My thoughts then were: “Cotton has been ranging between 80 as a ballpark on the high side and the 69 territory on the low end of things. As it has been a bit range bound and we’ve seen a bit of an effort for it to rally, I personally would like to see it rally and break through the 80 level.” Cotton did go ahead and break the 80 territory for you and rallied up to a high point last month around 94. We got a nice push upward out of it, but now let’s look at the charts and evaluate where it stands currently and what may happen next. Cotton Let’s look at the Daily chart first for some (more)…
April 25, 2013
Things That Make You Go Hmmm: Bulls Hit.
 I am a seller of gold. Just not yet – and certainly not anywhere close to this price. One day, long into the future, it will be time to sell gold – or, more likely, exchange it for something you want more – but it just ain’t time yet, folks – no matter what you’ve been reading. However, the past week has seen some truly amazing action in the gold (and silver) market – the kind of action that marks a shift in the status quo on a level so profound that it’s hard to understand it at the time. But, as the years pass, these moments in time get viewed through the glorious prism of hindsight, and then they take on their full technicolour hues. Friday, April 11th, 2013, began like so many before it, with gold at $1561, (more)…
April 24, 2013
Physical Gold vs. Paper Gold: The Ultimate Disconnect
 Here are some of the factors: George Soros cut his fund holdings in the biggest gold ETF by 55% in the fourth quarter of 2012. He was not alone: the gold holdings of GLD have contracted all year, down about 12.2% at present. On April 9, the FOMC minutes were leaked a day early and revealed that some members were discussing slowing the Fed $85 billion per month buying of Treasuries and MBS. If the money stimulus might not last as long as thought before, the “printing” may not cause as much dollar debasement. On April 10, Goldman Sachs warned that gold could go lower and lowered its target price. It even recommended getting out of gold. COT Reports showed a decrease in the bullishness of large speculators this year (much more on this technical point below). The lackluster price (more)…
April 22, 2013
Exclusive Interview: Rick Rule Talks Junior Mining Companies and Precious Metals Investing
 While the natural resources market may be taking a pounding, the economic environment surrounding this space may be creating a once-in-a-lifetime long-term opportunity to generate real wealth for many investors. According to Rick Rule, those that have the mental fortitude and discipline to capitalize on these opportunities can experience a dramatic shift in their financial trajectory. Those that don’t may just end up being victims of circumstance. Rule, of course, is one of the most prominent investment experts in the global natural resource arena. He founded what is now Sprott Global Resource Investments, and has a wealth of experience in creating value through structured investments and identifying global opportunities in oil and gas, mining, alternative energy, agriculture, forestry and water industries. Equities.com had a chance to catch up with Rick Rule to discuss his thoughts on the precious metals and (more)…
Futures Outlook for the Week: Wheat’s Potential
 Futures Outlook for the Week of 4/22/13: This week while looking at the markets, wheat caught my eye. I like the fact that it has had a pretty serious downward trend, but I like the consolidation on the daily chart even better. Wheat The Daily chart is where I would like to start our evaluation today. On the Daily chart, you can see the obvious downward trend as mentioned. What you will also notice is that the momentum at the beginning of the month tried to buck the trend. We saw an upward swing that wasn’t able to break the top line of this trend, but at the same point has not yet truly been forced back down into lower territory. This being said, you may now have a chance at a second bullish wave which could potentially become the (more)…
April 17, 2013
Interview: SSgA’s Kevin Quigg Discusses the GLD and Educated Investing with ETFs
Launched in 2004, the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) has become one of the most popular exchange-traded funds available in the market by a large margin. The fund seeks to replicate the performance, net of expenses, of the price of gold bullion. Given the popularity of gold over the past decade within the investment community, regardless of a long, short, or as part of hedging strategies, its no surprise that the GLD has become very critical to the market. To a larger extent, precious metals and commodities ETFs have provided investors with new options to position their portfolios in ways that were unavailable before. In a sense, these new investment vehicles have revolutionized the financial markets. Despite the growth and popularity of this industry, in many ways, it is still considered young and is definitely continuing to evolve. As more ETFs enter (more)…
April 16, 2013
One Resource Stock Bucking the Trend
 How many of the resource stocks in your portfolio have a chart like this the past 6 months?! Not only was Zenyatta Ventures (ZEN/ZENYF) the best performing stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange last year, but what if I told you the party is just getting started? You can see from the Gold Investment Letter blog that we recommended ZEN to subscribers last April in the .30’s. We also pounded the table to buy shares last August when the stock was under 20 cents briefly and have had a consistent and very bullish message all the way up (we’re up over 1,000% since August-people thought our $2-5 price target was crazy!). Frankly, I think this current chart is now again a screaming buy and looks to me like it’s about ready to take off once again. Here’s a summary for new (more)…
How to Trade This Gold Market: Long, Short, or Neither?
 Author’s Note: First of all, our hearts and prayers are with those who were hurt today in the Boston bombings, and their families; especially those families who lost loved ones today. Gold, silver, oil… all moving lower (in some cases, such as gold, a LOT lower). China reported slower growth than expected. Hard to figure how a miss of one-tenth of a point on data that no one believes is trustworthy anyway, would have such a huge push down on commodity prices. There are some who believe that the EU will require some member countries (Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, etc.) to liquidate state-owned gold to help pay down their debt. These and other not-so-obvious reasons are why gold selling has moved into a panic-driven fevered pitch. Fortunately, the CycleProphet forecasts for oil, gold and silver have all been bearish for weeks. Those forecasts have kept (more)…
Is Gold Still a Safe Haven?
 Late last week, gold started to go over the precipice, bringing other precious metals with it, and all were in what looked like a downward spiral throughout Monday in a frantic sell-off. On what was already a bad day for equities that saw losses of 1.79 percent on the Dow, 2.30 percent on the S&P 500, and 2.38 percent on the Nasdaq, gold prices dropped almost 9 percent against the dollar, down to $1,365 per ounce. The situation for both equities and commodities was only worsened with the shock of reports of explosions at the Boston Marathon that came in shortly before the close of trading. Typically gold, and to a lesser extent other precious metals, are considered a “safe-haven” investment. However, recent events have overturned the traditional scenario. Against many odds, stocks have soared in 2013. With investors seemingly (more)…
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