By George Leong, B.Comm. The key to buying stocks and stock market success is to always be on top of your outstanding positions, especially with any major changes in the underlying fundamentals. If you ignore the warning signs, you may as well go to Las Vegas and gamble away your capital. Buying stocks is not like…
By Dominic Picarda. The QE party is likely to keep going for now. As we belatedly learnt yesterday, US job-creation has fallen short of expectations recently. As such, the Fed will probably keep the printing presses clanking away at their current rate into 2014, which is good for stocks and gold. The more inflated the…
By Peter Schiff of EuroPac Capital It is rare that investors are given a road map. It is rarer still that the vast majority of those who get it are unable to understand the clear signs and directions it contains. When this happens the few who can actually read the map find themselves in an…
Britain’s energy prices have been a hot topic over the past month, political parties attempting to use energy prices as a political weapon, forced providers such as Npower and British Gas to raise prices by up to 11%. The recent deal between EDF and a Chinese consortium to build the first nuclear power plant for…
By Zak Mir. Gold: Likely second leg to June – August rebound Extended April RSI uptrend flags recovery argument April trendline target towards $1,550 50 day moving average at $1,343 the buy trigger Silver: Rising 50 day moving average at $22.46 dragging metal higher after recent Bear traps. Rising June price channel targets $26 and…
By Sasha Cekerevac, BA It is amazing how different investor sentiment can be around the globe regarding just one topic: gold bullion. Most of you are quite aware that the price for gold bullion here in America has dropped significantly this year. One could come to the conclusion that investor sentiment has left the precious…
Global, regional and local economies, despite the best efforts of bankers and politicians, are cyclical in nature, moving periodically from boom to bust and back again. Financial markets, which in their purest sense are a derivative of those economies, are also cyclical or, to be pedantic, the flows of cash in and out are as…
By Filipe R. Costa While most hedge funds have been heavy sellers of gold during the year, China has been happily accumulating as much as it can. They’ve been able to purchase a record amount of gold, without triggering a price increase, thanks to the Fed’s tapering threat, which made investors believe the central bank…
By Dominic Picarda. The key to successful trading is letting your profits run and cutting your losses. I am always baffled by those who seem to be forever looking for things to end in tears before the party is even fully in swing. I read one piece this morning suggesting that the overly bullish state…
European markets opened slightly positively today as investors decided to start the week in a profit-taking mood. It seems investors are now putting the concerns over the US budget behind them and are instead looking forward to a break from talks of a government shutdown. Furthermore, since this matter has been put to bed for…
