Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!
There is a conspiracy theory that 8 large traders, in large part, control and manipulate much of the gold and silver markets. The tale goes that these traders aim to keep gold/silver prices low by manipulating the market with their massive short positions. I never really bought into this theory – until yesterday. With the […]
I hope you’re enjoying Memorial Day weekend. I just rolled back into town a few hours ago from a short weekend trip to Las Vegas. My wife and I stayed at Imperial Palace the first night, and Trump International the second – talk about going from the outhouse to the penthouse! The new Trump hotel […]
Let’s look at a few opinions I’ve heard over the last couple of days: Chuck Butler at the Daily Pfennig believes at least 20% of the current price is speculation driven Jeff Clark at The Growth Stock Wire thinks it’s time to sell oil stocks now T. Boone Pickens (video posted yesterday) says demand is […]
Cattle’s looking good – I’m keeping an eye on the Feeder market also. Wish I still had all my Live Cattle contracts, but oh well – looking to add on a new breakout. Pork bellies are not looking good – same article linked above mentions too much supply on the market. Quite a breakout by […]
BP Capital CEO Boone Pickens thinks we’ll see $150 oil before the end of the year. He also bought 10 million shares of Yahoo, following his friend Carl Icahn into the deal. He also believes demand destruction in oil due the US slowdown is a non-issue, as the rest of the world is compensating for […]
Jeff Clark from Growth Stock Wire believes we may be at an inflection point for a downturn in the market. He sites a falling VIX, CNBC exuberance, a falling put/call ratio, and underperforming shares of Merrill Lynch as potential caution signs.
Hell, I really took it on the chin last week, particularly toward the end of the week. I wasn’t sure what to do – so I figured when in doubt, get out! Nothing seemed to be acting well – corn especially appears to be a disappointment. I’d rather sit on the sidelines and reevaluate, rather […]
Kevin Kerr recently started up a blog on his trading site. I’ve added a link here on the left. Crappy day today, winding down on a crappy week. Corn has been getting absolutely whacked on the good weather reports – I’m still in the trade, with a stop down at 578. Natural gas has been […]
Full article, with commentary on Jim Rogers’ current takes. If base metals continue to consolidate, he plans to buy more Rice prices must go much higher to cause supply to rise He expects the dollar rally to continue, because everyone is bearish (including him) He holds the currencies of commodity producing countries, such as Canada, […]
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