Swen Lorenz

Is China Preparing the World For the Next Gold Standard?

Contrary to what many Fed and government officials may think, the effects of Quantitative Easing in the US shouldn’t just…

ZAK WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS: ENDING AUGUST 9th 2013: The 7% Rule

In 1997, well before he ‘sulked’ his way into Number 10, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer and resident of…

Zak Mir on a trio of gold miners – the lid is about to blow!

  Apart from being a good way of ensuring that I do not spend too much time at the local…

zak mir on “where angels (and SBM’s former editor) fear to tread” – AVM & precious metals

As I have stated on quite a few occasions over recent months, echoing the words of wisdom of the perhaps…

A reminder of our blog earlier this week as BBRY trades up 10% pre market on being taken private news

Is it time to go blackberry picking? “Blackberrys are in season right now as I can happily testify having eaten…

Carney’s market bluff

So, it seems that everyone was expecting Mark Carney this week, the new Bank of England governor, to put his…

Weekly roundup courtesy of spreadex

his week will likely be remembered for tight ranges, ultra-low volumes and the threat of tapering in the US doing…

chart du jour – do you believe history rhymes..?

What with Hindenburg omens, extended valuations, thin summer markets and the, sadlay, always wrong retail returning to the market, the…

day trade ideas – silver, copper & sugar – 08/08/13

Silver made it to the upper target of 20.30 & topped at 20.35. Immediate support is 20.05 but below here…

Overnight roundup courtesy of Spreadex – 09/08/13

European headline shares opened positively today tracking an optimistic finish to trading in Asia on Friday.  The optimism was fuelled…