Tag: inflation
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Gold to trigger reversal pattern down to $2100?
The price of gold has defended and bounced off of two week lows, but my technical eyes have caught something. Once again folks, I trade the markets I see, not the markets I want to see. I remain long term bullish gold and silver, but am open to play downside moves. Let me present a…
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Bitcoin break sounds alarm for stock markets
In mid June, I wrote an article highlighting the important zones of play for Bitcoin. The major zones being $71,466 to the upside, and $61,832 to the downside. The chart above shows the price action of Bitcoin at that time. It was Fed week, and Bitcoin was bouncing at the interim support zone. In that…
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Bitcoin bounces at key support ahead of Fed decision.
This article will provide an update on the current technical set up on Bitcoin. Before we jump into the charts, let’s talk about some headlines making their way around mainstream financial media. The world’s largest cryptocurrency dropped to a one week low as traders and investors awaited CPI and the Fed decision. CPI for the…
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Stock Markets and Gold shaky as bond yields rise
Besides Nvidia carrying the Nasdaq, the other major US indices have been a bit shaky. We will jump into the charts below. And as usual, the prime suspect is the action in the bond markets. Of course this has a lot to do with the Federal Reserve and interest rate cuts. At time of writing,…
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Silver on the path towards $50 per oz?
This isn’t going to happen tomorrow or next week or next month, but from a technical standpoint, silver is on the path towards $50 per oz. Gold and copper yesterday (May 21st 2024) printed new all time record highs and the uptrend continues to remain intact. Metals are performing: Some are calling this a new…
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Are stock markets about to crash hard?
At time of writing the US stock markets are green for the day in an attempt to end four red days in a row. However, the green is slowly dissipating with a sell off. In fact, the Nasdaq has already gone red. My readers know that I like to rely on technicals. We will get…
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Silver tests key resistance zone as precious metals rip!
It has been a fun time for precious metal investors and bulls. In fact, many commodities have been on a rip. Coffee and cocoa have been ripping. Canola had a nice pop last month. Those who follow my work here at Equity Guru know about the inverse head and shoulders pattern we have been calling…
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Stocks sink as yields hit 2024 highs on rate cut bets cooling
In Q1 2024 everything was moving up on interest rate cut bets. Q2 2024 has started off sour. It seems rate cut hopes keep getting pushed down further. The 10 year treasury yield is rising as bets on the June rate cuts cool down. The market is still expecting a 62% chance of a cut…
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Bank of Japan raises interest rates for the first time in 17 years
By gawd they did it. They actually did it. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has finally raised interest rates for the first time in 17 years. Ending the world’s only negative rates regime. Truly a historic pivot. The BOJ raised its short-term interest rates to around 0% to 0.1% from -0.1%. The BOJ also announced…
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Gold hits record highs. Do not FOMO!
Gold prices against fiat currencies are printing new all time record highs. The only pairing which has not yet printed record highs is gold against the Swiss Franc, but it is almost in new record high territory. In this article, I will provide a technical game plan to play gold. But first off, let’s talk…
