It seems like the emerging markets have been struggling for a long time already. China, India and Brazil all topped out in the beginning of last November and had been struggling long before the U.S. market rolled over. Russia soared with QE2 then topped out in January and has given back all the gains. Now [...]
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 [...]
Ever since we asked whether or not precious metals had bottomed back in May we have seen a persistent uptrend in gold. Other than the last week of June gold prices have been extremely resilient even during times of declining silver and Euros. Silver has been in a bit of a funk comparatively after hitting [...]
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 [...]
