Say Goodbye to the Election and Hello to Inflation

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Wednessday, the 7th of November.

The election is over and one half the country is happy and the other half of the country is unhappy. It's time to move on and focus on the markets and what we do best here at MarketClub, catching the big moves in stocks, futures, Forex and the futures markets.

If we continue down the same economic path of the last four years, stimulus after stimulus, inflation is going to come roaring back in a vengeful way. That is going to be a positive for gold and other raw commodities and real estate.

In regards to all the markets, we are going to rely on our winning Trade Triangles as they will show us the path to profits.

Now, let's go to the markets and see what our Trade Triangles are indicating.

Have a great trading day,
Adam Hewison
Founder & President INO.com and co-founder of MarketClub.com.

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Another Layer of Bureaucracy for Oil and Gas Exploration in the US?

On May 11, 2012, the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published proposed regulations governing "Oil and Gas; Well Stimulation, Including Hydraulic Fracturing, on Federal and Indian Lands." BLM is a latecomer to this party. Its belated meddling lacks practical or economic justification. Instead, the proposed BLM rule would drive oil and gas developers off federal and tribal lands. Complying with the rules is too complicated and costly. Producers can realize a much faster and much better return on their capital investment by developing oil and gas reserves on adjoining private lands.

Federal and tribal lands hold large reserves of oil and natural gas. At a time when the United States desperately needs to move toward, not away from, energy independence, it makes no sense to let bureaucratic meddling effectively place these valuable domestic reserves out of reach. The problems with BLM's approach are myriad. Continue reading "Another Layer of Bureaucracy for Oil and Gas Exploration in the US?"

Election Day Special

MORNING STARS RISING - CLASSIC BULLISH REVERSAL CANDLESTICK PATTERNS OCCURRING NOW IN GOLD & SILVER RIGHT AT SUPPORT LEVELS NEAR 200DAY MOVING AVERAGES.

Election Day has finally arrived here in the United States of America, so please exercise your civic duty: get out and vote (if you haven’t already) thank you.

Today was largely expected to be uneventful in the Gold and Silver markets as many traders were looking to avoid the event risk inherent upon the outcome of the U.S. Elections, but that has definitely not turned out to be the case.

After Friday’s massive drops of -$40 Gold and -$1.50 in Silver, which happen to be the biggest single-day spikes lower in the last 2 months, both markets blasted higher this morning with Gold putting on nearly +$35 and Silver around +$1.00 higher (intraday) before pulling back off the highs...

Let’s take a look at where the recent consolidation stands from top to bottom: Continue reading "Election Day Special"

Left or right it all comes down to today - Election day in America

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Tuesday, the 6th of November.

Yesterday, we invited users to vote on our own poll on who is going to win the 2012 presidential election. The poll  is presently indicating 54% for Romney and 46% Obama, a Romney win.

The poll on our MarketClub.com website currently shows Governor Romney with 50% and President Obama with 50%, a dead heat.

What do you think?

The markets are not indicating one way or another who is going to win the election. The equity markets are trading higher for the week, as is crude oil, gold, and silver, while the dollar remains on the defensive. Continue reading "Left or right it all comes down to today - Election day in America"

Look to Midtier and Small-Cap Gold Equities for Growth: Joe Foster

The Gold Report: In the first decade of this century, the Van Eck International Investors Gold Fund gave its investors an annualized average return of about 25%. How has the fund performed since we last talked in August 2010?

Joe Foster: Gold stocks have had a tough time in the last couple of years and the fund was essentially flat during that period. The stocks have underperformed the gold price, which is up about 38%, and that is reflected in the fund performance.

TGR: How has the fund performed against the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index (GDM), its benchmark index?

JF: Since our last interview in 2010 their performances have been similar, roughly flat.

TGR: How much does the fund have under management and how many positions does it hold?

JF: We have approximately $1.4 billion (B) in the International Investors Gold Fund and have 55 stocks in the fund.

TGR: As of May 2012, the Van Eck International Investors Gold Fund was allowed to invest in a wholly owned Cayman subsidiary, which lets it invest directly in commodities and commodity futures. How has that changed your investment strategy? Continue reading "Look to Midtier and Small-Cap Gold Equities for Growth: Joe Foster"