Almost Time to Take Youse Guys on Again

05Dec1:14 pmEST

The Big Picture is Still There

We have some slow-drip type of price action taking place in the early segment of holiday trading, as the indices flounder and commodities are correcting while the Dollar and Treasuries rise. On that note, I am still biding my time before adding back to a short in Treasuries (and thus a bet on higher rates, which was my biggest position by size...

04Dec12:54 pmEST

Genco Grows Up to Be a Strong Man

Just when everyone forgot about the baby shippers, heres comes Genco Shipping, GNK, (and Eagle Bulk Shipping, EGLE), surging above their respective 200-day simple moving averages (yellow line on daily GNK chart, below). What we want to see now is a few days of consolidation, starting with today's dip, which does not breach the 200-day below....

03Dec11:24 amEST

Weekend Overview and Analysis 12/03/23 {Video}

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01Dec12:56 pmEST

Coal and Other Goodies in Your Stocking

Coal, uranium, and of course the precious metals and miners on the move...

30Nov12:08 pmEST

Don't You Hurt My Precious!

Recall that we are talking about more than three years of sideways-to-down price action in the entire precious mining complex, be it gold, silver, and their derivative miners. Hence, when we see the sort of strength in the group that we have of late it is only natural to expect yet another trip to heartbreak city. Of course, those who trade...

29Nov9:54 amEST

Holiday Season Buyback Panacea for General Motors

A panacea for GM...or so it seems. Shares of downtrodden General Motors are rocket-shipping more than 10% off the open, as the firm announced a $10 billion buyback, boosted its dividend, and reinstated 2023 guidance after the UAW strikes. While it sure seems like this is the silver bullet for a lowly stock, I beg to differ. On the zoomed-out...

28Nov2:12 pmEST

List of Top Ten Holdings in GDX ETF

This seems highly relevant given the strong action of late and especially today in the senior gold miner ETF, GDX. Courtesy of Marketwatch.com. GOLD US Barrick Gold Corp 8.73 BBG000BB07P9 66,503,128 Stock 1,101,956,831 -- AEM US Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 7.54 BBG000DLVDK3 18,728,747 Stock 951,233,060 -- FNV US Franco-Nevada Corp 6.72...

27Nov10:06 amEST

You Can't Take a Picture of This

"You can't take a picture of this, it's already gone." - Nate Fisher, Six Feet Under The gold and silver metals are on the move higher this morning, as most folks are off enjoying Cyber Monday shopping online and/or still in a food coma or hangover from Thanksgiving weekend. But while holiday trading kicks into gear, we do have a serious...

26Nov10:14 amEST

Weekend Overview and Analysis 11/26/23 {Video}

The following video is a brief, condensed version of the full-length Weekend Video Strategy Session which I present each weekend to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. Please click here for more...

22Nov12:17 pmEST

Almost Time to Take Youse Guys on Again

Say what you will about equities this year. But the fact of the matter is that I have been very much in tune with the bond market, trimming an overweight TBT long (indeed, which had been my largest position by size, which is basically a bet on higher rates that I had been swinging for virtually all of 2023) last month. At issue now is whether...