Tag: investments
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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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Why are investors not jumping in on Junior Miners?
It has been quite the year for precious metals. In recent months, the price action has been outstanding. We are talking about new record all time highs for gold and copper. Silver has had a nice pop, and in the next few days I will be putting out an article on silver’s path towards…
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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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Copper set to print new all time record highs?
Metals continue to perform! In recent weeks, I have spoken about the breakouts on the gold and silver markets. The precious metals have been taking the spotlight, but copper is now making its way around the mainstream financial media headlines. And a certain billionaire is the reason why! Before I jump into the fundamentals, let’s…
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Silver bulls maintain strong uptrend!
Ever since breaking out above $25.50, silver has been in a technical breakout. In my last article highlighting this break, I spoke about silver taking out a resistance zone which had been held since August 2021. The metals continue to do well in this current market environment… even with some pop in yields and the…
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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…
