The Secret Word: Deflation - And the Next Five Years of Financial Turmoil

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The following is a sample from Elliott Wave International's new 40-page report, The State of the Global Markets - 2013 Edition: The Most Important Investment Report

You'll Read This Year. This article was originally published in Robert Prechter's July 2012 Elliott Wave Theorist.

In the first five months of 2012, there were 20 times as many Google searches on "inflation" as there were on "deflation." This is down from a

ratio of 50 times in June 2008. If any theme has been overdone over the past six years, it is the theme of inevitable inflation if not hyperinflation.

Inflation reigned for 75 years, from 1933 to 2008. People are so used to it that they cannot imagine the opposite Continue reading "The Secret Word: Deflation - And the Next Five Years of Financial Turmoil" →

How Green Are Gold's Blue-Chip Mining Stocks?

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Disenchanted with gold's lackadaisical performance over the last year, some investors are losing interest in the equities that are supposed to provide leverage to the metal's price movements. The press has added fuel to the fire by increasingly attacking gold-mining CEOs for rising production costs and weak stock prices. This has driven some investors to pursue ETFs or other vehicles as a replacement for gold stocks, while others have simply thrown their hands up and left the precious-metals space. Is this overreaction or rational decision-making?

We set out to objectively evaluate how gold-mining majors have been performing operationally in the current commodity bull market that started roughly at the beginning of 2002. We compare them against the S&P 500 – the mainstream "blue chip" index – to see if gold miners deserve the beating they've received. We also look at what may lie ahead for one of our favorite subsectors of the gold universe. Continue reading "How Green Are Gold's Blue-Chip Mining Stocks?" →

Weekly Futures Recap with Mike Seery

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We’ve asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Grain Futures--The grain market was sharply higher this week with soybeans leading the charge nearly $.60 higher trading above its 20 day moving average but still below its 100 day moving average which is at 14.96 which also serves as the next major resistance as weather concerns in South America as well as drought concerns persisting here in the United States Midwestern area propelling prices higher with corn futures for the March contract trading above its 20 day moving average but just an eyelash away from his 100 day moving average which is at 7.42 up over $.20 for the week hitting a 3 week high also continuing its bullish momentum on planting concerns here in the Midwest with certain parts are too dry with a lack of snow. Wheat futures continued their bullish momentum trading above their 20 day moving average but below their 100 day moving average which is at 8.55 a bushel up over $.40 this week at 7.95 nearly higher by $.12 as traders are now exiting short positions and possibly going long this market in case there are weather problems in Kansas which is the United States leading producer of wheat so prices could head back up to the $9 dollar level quickly if the drought persists. I have stated in many previous blogs I was bearish the grain market a couple of days ago and at this point I’m just advising to sit on the sideline and see if a trend really does develop and I would like to see a little better chart structure and prices hit at least 4 week high before I would look to possibly get long and I do believe you might see some consolidation of this latest move in the next week or two. TREND: HIGHER –CHART STRUCTURE: EXCELLENT Continue reading "Weekly Futures Recap with Mike Seery" →

Today's Video Newsletter: Crude Oil makes its move, Apple falters, and Facebook gets primed

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 18th of January.

Looks like gas is going to start getting more expensive, a lot more expensive. Yesterday, the crude oil market broke above some important key technical levels according to our Trade Triangles. Crude oil also broke through a long term negative trend line. We now expect crude oil to make its way up to the $100 a barrel level. This will translate into much higher gas prices at the pump.

Whether this changes the current positive market climate for stocks remains to be seen, but as always, we will rely on our tried and trusted Trade Triangle technology to show us the way.

We will also be taking a close look at Apple today. Should we see this stock close below $500 a share, it will be the first time that Apple has closed on a Friday below $500 in almost a year, not a good sign for this market. Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: Crude Oil makes its move, Apple falters, and Facebook gets primed" →

Chart to Watch - March Orange Juice

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We've asked our friend Jim Robinson of profittrading.com to provide his expert analysis of charts to our readers. Each week he'll be be analyzing a different chart using the Trade Triangles and his experience.

Today he is going to take a look at the technical picture of March Orange Juice Futures (OJ.H13.E).

I hope you are having  a GREAT week !

Orange Juice made a big move up off the last low, which put in a weekly and monthly green MarketClub Trade Triangle.

Orange Juice has made a sharp move lower off the high, and the move lower put in red weekly MarketClub Trade Triangle.

Orange Juice may be putting in a higher test of the last low right now, which would be bullish. Continue reading "Chart to Watch - March Orange Juice" →