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Fedflationary fabrications

Alex — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:18:17 +0000

These press conferences with Federal Reserve Chairman Dr. Bernanke are becoming more amusing as of late: “We, the Federal Reserve, have spent 30 years building up credibility for low and stable inflation [..]” – Ben. S Bernanke Really? On what …

Caution! Market crash could be imminent

Alex — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:59:03 +0000

With growing uncertainty surrounding the European debt crisis, and the contagion spreading to much larger sovereigns, such as Italy, we now see risk aversion back on the table. US markets are down over 3%, the headlines seem to be getting …

Silver’s scary sell-off

Alex — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:21:05 +0000

Silver and silver-related assets were smashed across the board on Friday as the World Bank and IMF met in Washington, DC to discuss the worsening global crisis. Other commodities saw sharp declines as well. More silver was traded that day …

Twist, but don’t shout

Alex — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:30:19 +0000

(Updated at 4:25 p.m.) The Federal Reserve announced that it will begin selling shorter term US Treasury securities and use the funds raised to buy in to the 6 to 30 year space. They also indicated more easing in the …

An exercise in reckless monetary policy

Alex — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:05:02 +0000

The Swiss National Bank intervened in the foreign exchange markets today, effectively devaluing the Franc by over 8% in a single day. Through a combination of an aggressive monetary policy statement and direct foreign exchange purchases of other currencies (namely …

Risk off panic selling, Euro collapse and more

Alex — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:46:16 +0000

The world markets were roiled today by panic selling. The sell off was catalyzed by negative news on Italy’s solvency, accelerated further by margin calls on major institutions, forcing a major deleveraging across the board. Many are fearing a reemergence …

Precious metals outlook and thoughts

Alex — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:51:27 +0000

After the violent price swings we’ve seen in silver and the correction in gold, I remain cautiously optimistic that the precious metals sector is now in a bottoming phase and that the nominal paper values disconnect between physical values indicates …

Silver poised to make a move to $50 an ounce

Alex — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:03:46 +0000

Silver’s uptrend has been nothing short of astounding. The precious metal has more than doubled in the last year, and yet the rally seems to continue unabated, supported by fantastic fundamentals. The industrial and investment demand for silver products continues …

S&P 500 uptrend intact for now

Alex — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:09:31 +0000

The S&P 500's uptrend remains intact in a defined channel that found support today, during the stock market sell-off, at the 20 day moving average. The chart below shows the trend channel as well as the moving averages.

Is the rally topping out or just starting?

Alex — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:19:37 +0000

We've seen a significant gain since the bottom in March of 2009, up about 80% since those 666 lows. Now the market is facing significant resistance, even after the massive $600 billion QE2 plan to inject even more liquidity.