Gold Chart of The Week

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 Report (April 22nd through April 26th)

Without any big news to play off of, most markets begin the week a bit flat. Traders this morning are trying to decide whether the only standout rally in the Gold is here to stay, or if it is an early stop hunt to begin the week. We won’t soon forget the Sunday overnight in the Metals last week when Gold continued a drop that we have not seen in over thirty years. So who can blame anyone for being once bitten, twice shy?

A scan across the board does not reveal much except for a majority of the market sectors making an effort to retrace the price action we experienced a week ago. Korea has been rather silent, the tragedy in Boston is seemingly on the mend, and the parade of FED Member interviews is slowly coming to a close. In the absence of these headlines, we will likely go back to trading the actual reports that are scheduled this week. Continue reading "Gold Chart of The Week"

Today's Video Update: The Market Bounces Back, But Concerns Persist Over Global Growth

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Monday, the 22nd of April.

After Last Week's Fall, The Markets Take A Breather
The DOW continues to remain positive, while the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 are in a neutral state at the moment. Our Trade Triangles have signaled that if you are an intermediate-term trader, you should be on the sidelines for both of these markets.

The DOW is another picture, where a clear line in the sand has been drawn. Should the DOW move below 14,434 this week, it will be a major exit signal to all intermediate-term traders to move to the sidelines. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: The Market Bounces Back, But Concerns Persist Over Global Growth"

Can Equities Cushion the Blow of Falling Gold Prices?

The Gold Report: Peter, can you give us your long-term view of the Eurozone as it lurches from bailout to bailout?

Peter Rose: Some major things have to happen in Europe and the sooner, the better. Unfortunately, I think it will get worse in the short term.

But from the mining industry perspective, these crises are bringing a lot of realism to certain governments. Greece has opposed mining, despite having quite good ore bodies, as do Portugal, Spain and Cyprus. Mining companies can generate real revenues, exports and jobs and contribute to the financial coffers.

In addition, the European Union has good rules of law. The tenures are pretty safe, there are pro-mining interests and there are deposits of strategic elements. If you compare the operating costs with Australia, the European infrastructure tends to be better; wage rates are significantly lower. It makes for a pretty compelling story.

TGR: You deal with many junior mining companies. In 2004, the junior mining companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX.V) averaged 27 million (27M) shares outstanding. Today, the average is 73M shares. Why have share floats risen so dramatically? Continue reading "Can Equities Cushion the Blow of Falling Gold Prices?"

Today's Video Update: Biggest Down Week For The Markets All Year

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 19th of April.

Biggest Down Week For The Markets All Year
To say it has been quite a week would be an understatement. The markets have been largely pushed into the background and have been dominated by the news coming out about the Boston bombings. Even the earnings season has taken a backseat to current events. The bottom line is that unless there is a massive rally in most markets, they will close out the week with significant losses.

Most Equity Markets Close Lower For The Week
The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ have both flashed negative weekly Trade Triangles indicating that a neutral position should be taken in both of these indices. Only the DOW continues to remain in a bull trend and that will change should we see the DOW dip below 14,395. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: Biggest Down Week For The Markets All Year"

3 Technical Tools That Predicted The Apple Implosion!

Let's dissect and analyze Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) today as it just moved below $400 for the first time since December of 2011.

In today's Trade School video, we're going to be looking at the stock of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in light of today's market action. I will be analyzing Apple using three very standard technical tools in a way that may be unfamiliar to you.

I will share with you exactly how you could have made money in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and how a certain combination of technical tools have produced some very positive results. This easy-to-use approach can be adapted for your own trading.

This simple approach can be used by everyone and allows you to disregard the fundamentals and earnings reports of any stock and still come out ahead of the game.

Thanking you in advance for watching this video on Apple.

Adam Hewison
President, INO.com
Co-Creator, MarketClub