Investing: What’s Considered A Reasonable Return Based On Where We Stand Today?
…Intelligent investors…understand that the long-term is the only time horizon that matters [and] one of the best ways to plan for the long-term is by setting reasonable expectations. What’s considered reasonable based on where we stand today? Hint: Lower your expectations for future stock market returns in the U.S., expect higher returns in foreign equities […]
Ellie Mae Is Beating The “Trump Rally” – And You’re In It Already…
Dear Strategic Tech Investor, Even with the “Trump rally,” this remains what we refer to here as a “stock-pickers market.” That’s because if you’re investing in individual stocks you can’t depend on the rising tide – that Trump rally – to lift all boats. You have to find the right boats – you have to pick the right stocks. In […]
EUR/USD: Bullish, Faces Further Upside Pressure
EUR/USD: The pair faces further recovery pressure following its past week higher close. On the upside, resistance comes in at 1.0700 level with a cut through here opening the door for more upside towards the 1.0750 level. Further up, resistance lies at the 1.0800 level where a break will expose the 1.0850 level. Its weekly […]
As Retail Investors Flood Into Stocks, Professionals Are Dumping Speculative Longs
“Fear of missing out” is quickly becoming the go to phrase for what’s left of America’s stock market investors. As The Wall Street Journal reports, investors have poured money into stocks through mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in 2017, with global equity funds posting record net inflows in the week ended March 1 based on data going back to 2000, […]
Stock Bear Market Looming? Watch These 3 Leading Indicators
Global stock markets remain strong. The leading U.S. stock market indexes keep on moving near all-time highs. European stock market indexes refuse to go lower, and emerging stock markets touched multi-year highs very recently. Any sign of a stock bear market? Let’s revise our leading indicators in order to answer that question. In the U.S. there is a potentially very important event taking […]
Gold Snowed As Buyers Go Cold
Oh, were the price of Gold only to be rising with the local level of snow! Here in iconic Squaw Valley, wherein winter Olympians raced for the Gold back in 1960, this season’s official snowfall total stands at 623″ (16 metres), some 62% above the 384″ (10 metres) accumulated to this date in 2016. Were […]
Weekly Forex Forecast – Sunday, March 12
GBP/USD The British pound had a negative week, breaking below the 1.2250 level. I think that rallies at this point are to be sold, as we should then reach towards the 1.2050 level. I believe that there should be plenty of support in that area, however I also believe that the Article 50 being triggered […]
Silver Speculators Stand Firm Despite Poor Price Action
Last week I registered my surprise at silver speculators rushing to increase net long contracts to near multi-year highs. This move happened ahead of what was expected to be a parade of Fed-speak clearing the path for a March rate hike. The surge stood out even more given gold’s surge did not bring net long contracts anywhere […]
Charts Show Gold & Silver Prices Locked In A Sideways Move
The charts, for us, are the best framework for depicting where price is headed, or not headed, for PMs. Eventually, there will be a breakout, but no time soon, as the charts below so clearly illustrate. Written by Michael Noonan (edgetraderplus.com) Gold: Weekly Chart If you look at the weekly chart, it inescapably says price remains locked […]
When To Buy Gold Mining Stocks In 2017?
Is this a time to buy gold mining stocks? Or should gold miners be considered later in 2017 or even in 2018? Contrary to the overly bullish sentiment of January, we now observe a diverse sentiment. This author on Yahoo Finance for instance remains bullish and believes gold mining stocks are a buy in 2017. However, this […]
