With the stock market under pressure and the S&P 500 ETF near it’s lows for the year it seems like a good time to take a look at the various sectors of the market in a search for value. The energy sector has been absolutely pummeled the past couple weeks so having been stopped out [...]
Over the years I’ve had much more success trading precious metals than the stock market. Even though they tend be more extreme or erratic than the stocks, they tend to move in more predictable patterns. The best market for trading in the second half of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011 was silver. After [...]
With stock market volatility (as measured by the VIX) trading at the bottom end of the range, many investors are looking to volatility ETFs for protection as well as profit. After all, if the market does get “shocked” from this level of complacency the VIX can shoot up 40-50% overnight! This is why so many [...]
Silver has gone up more in the past 7 days than it was actually worth 10 years ago. Crazy! I’ve been trading silver futures for years and I don’t recall a time where the market has been so energetic to the upside with so little volatility on the down side. The past couple weeks remind [...]
Many look to copper prices as the “Canary In The Coal Mine” or a leading indicator for stocks, commodity prices as well as the global economy. I’m not sure it’s quite that important but it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on because the price is sensitive to changes in economic expansion. Copper has been in [...]
