Tag: Gold

"Political, Economic Potholes Along the Yellow Brick Road"

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MarketWatch has a piece today on the recent headline making noise out of the GOP about a return to the gold standard.

GOP's Gold Standard Idea Isn't Likely to Shine

"The gold standard, it is argued, would foster economic stability and prosperity, primarily by creating price stability, fixed exchange rates and placing limits government deficit spending as well as trade imbalances. It would also limit credit-driven boom/bust cycles through constraints on the supply of money."

Yes, absolutely.

"Opponents argue that the gold standard would limit the flexibility of governments and central banks in managing economies, restricting the ability to adjust money supply, government budgets and exchange rates. Opponents also point to the inflexibility of the gold standard, which may have contributed to the severity and length of the Great Depression." Continue reading ""Political, Economic Potholes Along the Yellow Brick Road"" →

MarketClub TV for 8/29/12: September could be a killer month for stocks

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Wednesday, the 29th of August.

In today's episode of MarketClub TV, we will be covering inflation and the bull market in the commodity sector. We will be examining crude oil more closely, given the fact that hurricane Isaac has now made landfall in Louisiana.

Why are the markets so quiet? Could September be a killer month? History has shown that September is the scariest month for Wall Street. Many traders remember September of 2008. Could this September be a repeat of the 2008 disaster? Europe and Ben Bernanke hold the keys to how September plays out.

We will be examining the nine major sectors and point out which ones are performing well, and which ones to avoid. We will be also looking at one index that is not performing the way it should be.

Now, let's analyze the major markets and stocks on the move using MarketClub's Trade Triangle Technology.
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Daily Video Update: Draghi drops out of JH, volume dries to a trickle, while traders savor the last days of summer

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Tuesday, the 28th of August.

It is official, European Central Bank head Mario Draghi has called off his trip to the annual Jackson Hole conference of central bankers. What that means is anyone's guess, his official reason was "because of the heavy workload foreseen in the next few days." Got it!

Just a reminder we have very thin trading conditions at the moment on the big board. Many traders are still on vacation, we have a convention, a hurricane, Jackson Hole and all kinds of other distractions this week. In a nutshell the markets are moving on very thin volume which can sometimes cause distortions in market activity and price action.

The key word this week is : CAUTION

Now, let's analyze the major markets and stocks on the move using MarketClub's Trade Triangle Technology.
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Gold Chart of the Week

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Each week Longleaftrading.com will be providing us a chart of the week as analyzed by a member of their team. We hope that you enjoy and learn from this new feature.

WEEKLY GOLD SERIES (August 27-August 31)

After three months of a painfully rangy trade, Gold Bugs were finally rewarded for their patience. Last week, after December Futures traded above $1630, the technical buy was on. Not only did the futures price test the 200 day moving average (what I suspected would be the short term target), it traded straight through before finally topping out over twenty dollars an ounce higher!  Furthermore, we begin this week with Gold printing another new high overnight.

It seemed last week that Gold prices were once again trading the fundamentals that once dictated direction. Here are a few factors that were baked into last week’s rally: Continue reading "Gold Chart of the Week" →

Daily Video Update: Hurricanes, iLawsuits, Conventions and Jackson Hole... it's going to be quite a week

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Monday, the 27th of August.

There's so much going on this week that I expect the sum of the markets will be overshadowed by the news. We have a hurricane heading towards the US, and a Republican convention in Tampa and Jackson Hole on Friday. Apple's iLawsuit win over Samsung gave Apple a 1 billion dollar judgement and made quite a splash on the smart phone market, with Samsung losing over 12 billion dollars when its stock opened in Asia on Monday morning. If all that was not enough, we still have to deal with Europe and the last trading week in August!

We will rely on pure market action and our Trade Triangle technology to point the way to profits. With many commodity markets in bull trends, there are going to be many trading opportunities.

GOLD now looks very interesting and we would pay close attention to this market. The REUTERS/JEFFERIES CRB COMMODITY INDEX is also in a bull trend and will be a strong indicator for signs that inflation is picking up and accelerating in the US.

Now, let's analyze the major markets and stocks on the move using MarketClub's Trade Triangle Technology.
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