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Analyst Articles

Much as we’d like to trade, our indicators, across the board, are mired in neutral, expecting little in the way of movement in the very near future. So we’ll stand pat for now. Despite our near-term neutral view of the markets, we remain extremely bullish on gold and gold miners… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 34.8% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 19.7% Average Holding Period: 220 days With the second-quarter earnings season in full swing, today we review some of our picks that reported results this week. Read More

Sell Carter’s Inc. (CRI) Reference fund Tiger Global Management has sold its entire position in Carter’s Inc. (CRI). The company reported strong second-quarter numbers and raised earnings guidance for 2014 and the stock rallied nearly 8 percent yesterday. In light of Tiger Global’s move, however, we recommend taking the opportunity… Read More

There’s a global rally in stocks underway today. Shares are getting a bump from some progress in Ukraine where separatists have handed over the bodies as well the jet’s flight recorders recovered from the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines MK17. They also now pledge to allow investigators access to the crash… Read More

Expectations for reduced tensions in Europe have prompted some traders to unwind long positions in gold in the past few sessions. The miners, and in particular the juniors, however, have outperformed. As a group they remain exceedingly attractive. We’re particularly keen on NovaGold Resources (NG) and Gabriel Resources (GBU.TO, GBRRF),… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 35.3% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 20.0% Average Holding Period: 220 days Yesterday, a Malaysian civilian airplane carrying 298 people crashed at the Ukrainian border with Russia, suspected of having been shot down by a missile fired by separatist militants with weaponry supplied by Russia. The VIX Index, a measure of implied market volatility also popularly known as the fear index, shot up 32.2 percent for the day. With the ramifications of the tragedy, which can be considered an act of war, unknown, stocks fell sharply as some investors reflexively reduced their exposure to risky assets. Read More

Janet Yellen is back on Capitol Hill this week answering congressional queries. To no one’s surprise she reinforced the view that the Federal Reserve will maintain an ultra-easy monetary policy for some time to come, due to persistent slack in the labor market (despite the 6.1 percent headline unemployment rate). Read More

Our stock market indicators have us on the sidelines at the moment, awaiting an opportunity to go long or short. Most likely we’ll get another chance to play a modest correction in share prices, but we’ll wait and see. Meanwhile, we closed out our position in the SPDR S&P 500… Read More

Although far from enjoying a robust recovery, Europe had recently been managing its financial problems well enough to avoid the frequent flirtations with disaster that characterized the region for a long time. However, like a warning to investors not to become complacent, the euro zone has returned to the spotlight. Read More

Sell to close the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) October 195 put option at the market. Our stock indicators have improved more rapidly than we would have expected in the last few days. And while still somewhat negative, they look to be headed toward neutral. At this point the prudent… Read More