We are pleased to relay to SBM readers that Zak Mir has today been appointed Editor of Spreadbet Magazine. Regular readers will know that Zak has his own particular style and is known for covering AIM and smaller company stocks – an area that many technicians shy away from. He is a number one best…
Despite the insistence of financial commentator Louise Cooper whom I interviewed in the latest edition of Spreadbet Magazine, that the authorities did the right thing in saving the UK 5 years ago, I will never be convinced that the Treasury / Bank of England were doing anything other than bailing out their friends in The…
If you have been reading either our blog or magazine over the last few months, then you’ll know just how vocal we have been about the mining sector and that we perceive, from an historic analysis perspective, that here is a generational opportunity to invest that has been forming during this period. It’s true that…
Well, it looks like yesterday may have been the reversal daythat the bulls have been looking for in gold & silver after the weeks of seeming terminal pain… The two precious metals rallied nicely off bottoms around $1180 & $18.40/oz respectively hit in overnight trade on Thursday out of Asia. Gold closed out at $1231/oz and, importantly,…
Investment Contrarian Guest Post The connection between economic growth and the stock market, best represented by the S&P 500, is a complicated affair. Many investors mistakenly believe that both need to be moving in the exact same direction at the exact same time. But nothing could be further from the truth. For evidence, take a…
Richard Whalen Richard Whalen’s interview snippet with Henry Smyth of Granville Cooper Asset Management Ltd. (GCAM). Henry is a former Coutts & Co. banker and a very astute observer of the global financial markets. RCW: Henry, the gold market has been taking a beating in the past few months. What do you see as the…
Earlier in the week I posted a chart, which indicated a possible Head and Shoulders pattern forming on the Dow. This fitted in line with my view that a major top is in place for US indices and the next significant move will be down. With the outlook for American QE having changed considerably since…
With gold now below its weighted average cash cost and rapidly approaching its marginal cash cost (see chart below) cnsolidation is likely to be kicked off in earnest over the next several months so choose your picks carefully – low EV/Reserves base measures and cash backed balance sheets will be top of our pick list…
Hedging is a controversial topic, probably as controversial as any I have written about. Nevertheless, I want to share my thoughts and hopefully add something new to the topic. It is general knowledge that the gold miners had adopted hedging during the long years when the gold price was moving sideways to downwards, culminating in…
After years printing money, it seems that the press at the US FED are finally running out of ink with “Helicopter” Ben Bernanke announcing last week that the party will be over by mid 2014. The seeming everlasting QE program will begin to be scaled back this year as the US central bank looks to…
