August 5, 2020 | AG, Daily JAM, GDX, GLD, GOLD, Jubak Picks |
We've been here before. With gold and silver we're at that stage in a huge rally where Wall Street analysts rush to increase their target prices in order to keep ahead of the market and where the number of posts urging investors to get in now--And here's...
August 3, 2020 | Daily JAM, GLD, GOLD |
Spot gold hit an all-time high today to close at $1991.40 an ounce. In July gold rose 11%, the most since 2012. And now even investors and traders who never own gold are looking at the metal and say, "Should I buy? Will it rally some more?" In my opinion it's late to...
April 20, 2020 | Daily JAM, FXI, Perfect Five-ETFs, Stock Alerts |
Right now it's hard to find a good asset to use to diversity a low-risk portfolio such as my Perfect 5 ETF Portfolio. Gold works most of the time except when stock investors and traders use it as a source of cash to meet margin calls on stocks. Utilities work at least...
April 15, 2020 | Daily JAM, PANW |
Yesterday in my post "What do you do when the market is insane and you're not?" I argued that one of the dangers in a very volatile market with strong--and temporarily profitable--short-term trends is that we'll give in to the pressure to do something--and do...
March 25, 2020 | Daily JAM |
The South African government has ordered a three-week lockdown in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus that will shut down the country's gold, platinum, and paladium mines. Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW) the world's largest primary producer of platinum, and Anglo...
February 6, 2020 | Daily JAM, GOLD, Stock Alerts |
Gold is supposed to go up when investors and traders are looking for safe havens and hedges against market volatility. So it makes sense the gold and gold mining stocks are gaining as coronavirus stalks through the land. Gold closed up 0.99% today to $1570.50 an...
January 29, 2020 | AG, Daily JAM, GLD, GOLD, Perfect Five-ETFs, Volatility |
Gold held by ETFs (exchange-traded funds) hit the highest level in seven years on Tuesday as investors and traders piled into the traditional hedge against uncertainty and stock market volatility. Worldwide gold holdings in ETFs rose to 2,561.2 tons as of Tuesday, the...
August 14, 2019 | Daily JAM, GDX, IEF, Mid Term |
Last night I added Step #1 to my Special Report 5 Is Your Portfolio Ready for the Next Big? The post below is a cut and paste of the material I added to the Special Report. I'm posting it separately here to make it a bit more accessible. In my macro picture, I wrote,...
August 6, 2019 | Daily JAM, Special Reports |
Is a Recession coming? I don't mean "someday." Someday the sun will go nova but I don't need to price that in to my investment strategy. But a Recession in 2020 or 2021? That's something to take into account. And to prepare for to the degree possible. Or a Credit...
July 29, 2019 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
We don't know--precisely--what the Federal Reserve will do at the meeting of its interest-rating-setting Open Market Committee on Wednesday July 31. The odds on the CME FedWatch Tool say there's a 100% chance of an interest rate cut but there's still disagreement...
May 3, 2019 | Daily JAM, GLD, Perfect Five-ETFs |
Maybe investors are in love with the U.S. stock market--but global central banks are as enthusiastic about the U.S. Dollar. In the first quarter gold purchases by global central banks were the highest in six years. The move into gold seems to come from a desire to...
January 25, 2019 | Daily JAM, GLD, Morning Briefing |
Gold hit a seven month high on Friday, gaining more than 1%. Spot gold briefly broke above $1300 an ounce. Gold futures climbed 1.5% to $1,298.30 an ounce. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) climbed 1.46% to $122.86 on volume 10% above the daily average. The 52-week high...