….and now for the weather: While El Nino weather conditions may be less consequential to the stock market or the economy as a whole, we present here a fundamental forecast discussion along with some technical analysis that may factor into crop prices and energy markets over the next year. Lower…
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Economic global stagnation and commodity deflation remain in place. There are signs of strong underlying labor forces propelling the service sector higher despite the capacity excess weighing down the industrial sector and inflation. This sideways action in the price of most commodities has caused a higher than normal frequency of…
Gold Naturally Gold and precious metals have floundered the past year due to surplus Oil, accelerating commodity deflation and Chinese manufacturing weakness. Gold is 40% cheaper than 4 years ago. With rising middle eastern military conflicts, surging Chinese Gold reserve demand and the strongest seasonal 3 month period of the year one might have expected a strong demand…
Recent weeks have witnessed a near record number of commodities coiling sideways building up energy before potentially bursting out into new trends. The past 2 weeks have generated an unusual 5 losing signals in a row of false breakouts before the winning Coffee trade today. Patience has always paid off…
The markets are trendless since the Fed began speaking out of both sides of its mouth. They want to raise rates as soon as possible and state the US economy is strong, yet they saw too much economic weakness abroad. Global slowing led by China continues to pressure most commodity…