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Oct 06, 2009 01:00PM
Black Horse deposit has an Inferred Resource Now 85.9 Million Tonnes @ 34.5%
Rock Alert - Gold & S&P Breakout!!! |
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Originally published October 6th, 2009
The impending gold breakout has been so long in the making that it has engendered a "we'll believe it when we see it" mentality amongst most market participants. What this means of course is that most will miss out on the big easy gains that will accrue during the dynamic phase of the next major uptrend and will turn up late at the party, as usual. We ourselves have had lingering doubts engendered in large part by the perceived risk of a dollar rally, but these doubts are now dissipating for reasons that will be set below.
When you follow something on a day-to-day basis, or even an hour to hour basis, it is easy to slip into a situation where you "don't see the wood for the trees" and the best way to combat this natural tendency is to zoom out and look at long-term weekly or even monthly charts. So that is what we will do now.
On the 5-year weekly chart for gold we can see that everything is now in place for a MAJOR RALLY in gold to commence. It has managed to hold the high ground for weeks following its upside breakout from a Triangle, and is repeatedly pushing at the resistance approaching its highs. Yesterday's action was strongly bullish. With all moving averages in bullish alignment, THIS RESISTANCE IS ABOUT TO FALL.
Two lingering doubts that have beset us in recent weeks, and presumably not just us, have been the possibility of a sizeable snapback rally in the dollar, and the high Commercial short position and Large Spec long position. With regard to the former, we have already deduced that there is now no scope for a sizable dollar rally. This is because the US government and Fed have backed themselves into a corner where they only have one option, which is to print (money) - thus the much greater risk is of a dollar collapse going forward. The world is much more aware of this US predicament than at the time of the big dollar rally last year. With regard to the COT figures this is now thought to be a "red herring" which is putting a lot of traders off gold right at the time when it is due to explode upwards. This is because we are in an extraordinary situation and we now expect the Commercial short positions and Large Spec long positions and open interest to continue to expand rapidly and dwarf previous measurements as gold ascends rapidly, as happened in 2001 - 2002.
The key point to grasp here is that this rally is going to be BIG. The major consolidation in gold has been going on for about 19 months now, so gold has built up a tremendous amount of energy for its next move. This is the 5th attempt to break above the March 2008 high, the other 4 attempts, after March 2008 itself, occurring in July 2008, February and May of this year, and the attempt now in progress. Thus it should be quite clear that once gold breaks clear above the MAJOR RESISTANCE at this level, it is not going to settle for some pitiful $50 - $100 gain - it is going up at least $300 and very possibly of the order of $500 - $600 and this gain should be achieved in short order over the space of three to six months or so. Silver will go wild when this happens.
Before we close it is worth taking a look at gold in another major world currency, especially with the dollar set to disappear down the gurgler. So we will now examine a parallel 5-year weekly chart for gold in Euros, which is very similar to its chart in Swiss Francs. This chart is clearly strongly bullish with a major uptrend remaining in force. After a breakout and strong rally early in the year, gold reacted back on its Euro chart to the important support level shown in the vicinity of its rising 200-day moving average where it has stabilized and started to turn up in readiness for the next run. With its moving averages in bullish alignment and its MACD indicator having turned up and broken above its moving average, it is ready for this next run, which will be signalled by a breakout above 7.04, the importance of the resistance at this level being more clearly visible on shorter term charts. The position of the MACD near to neutrality provides plenty of leeway for a major rally.
To conclude, gold is in position to embark on a major uptrend here that is expected to result in it tacking on a 30% - 60% gain in the space of about 6 months. Silver should make spectacular gains during the same period and PM stocks, after finally overcoming resistance approaching their highs, should ascend upwards in an accelerating arc. TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T MISS THIS.
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Clive Maund
clivemaund@gmail.com
If all the highly informed people who’ve been waging a war the past six months against rising stock prices would just step back for a moment, they would perhaps understand better that their macro views are supported, not negated, by asset reflation. For it’s this asset reflation that hints at the singular and doomed strategy of our monetary policy, and its overlay on our collapsed economy.
Just so that I’m clear: there is no macroeconomic recovery occurring in the United States. What’s unfolding currently is snap-back from last year’s crash, which led us to the bottom of a spider-hole. The positive bits of macro data, dribbling out here and there, are really just about getting us back to zero. A kind of steady-state, expected to carry on for some time to come. And that’s a best-case scenario.
You can think of the US economy as a kind of defunct amusement park, over which the FED has poured trillions of dollars of syrupy goo. The caramel candy is there for tasting, but it doesn’t turn the machines back on. The ferris wheel is silent. Since WW2, Washington has always been able to call upon Housing and Autos as the two areas to stimulate, to pull the country out of recessions. Of course, we just did that in super-sized fashion 6-7 years ago, to extract ourselves from the last recession. So, it’s kind of sad to see policy makers trying this again. Failed thinkers promote failed playbooks.
Our society’s hierarchy rests in part upon the following assumption: that the intellectual capacity of the chairman of the Federal Reserve, with his PhD and his white papers, is superior to that of a mortgage broker from Orange County, California. I think we need an adjustment to this type of assumption. Because the spread I see opening up everywhere in the US economy is what I call the Prestige-Performance gap, whereby the assertions of our elite no longer comport with observable reality. If the chairman of the Federal Reserve will not allow that the greatest credit bubble ever has now burst, or that it ever existed, then this partially explains why he would think stuffing the banking system with fresh capital would revive the economy.
Asset reflation therefore, in equities and especially in gold, should be seen not as exuberance but merely as part of the same chaos in pricing unleashed by The Federal Reserve, starting earlier this decade. As so clearly outlined in the recent data on employment, credit demand, consumer spending, and our (in)ability to save there is little to no prospect for a sustained economic recovery for one simple reason: Americans are now trapped by their debt.
For those who recognize a rising stock market as evidence of disarray, what we should anticipate now is the recognition phase where the wider public finally comes to understand the nature of our inflationary depression. My marker has been 100 dollar oil and 15% unemployment in California. That should finally get the message across. But other combinations will do: 1300 dollar gold, 1300 on the SPX, and more problems with Commercial Real Estate will also suffice. Like the prestige-performance gap, the divergence between the economy and asset prices apparently has to become even more grotesque before people will understand.
* Da Rock's read o' dis issa............right should issa higher dan left shoulder..... =================================================================
Silver ETF: HL - Hecla Mining
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=====================da Rock issa using dese charts ta keep regular tabs ..........onna ma subjects o' interest ta moi.
ma interests are:
A. Gold/Silver Trends
B. Copper & base metals
C. Miners......wit possible big gains
Note: sum o' dese charts ta do wit ratios; report yestaday's numbers; da stock ones are up ta date!
*********** comments 'ere issa only fo' enfotainment reasons *************
*************************** Not financial advice ***********************************
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A. Gold/Silver Trends
Kitco Gold - 48 hrs:
Still waitin' fo' da delayed + June 12th break through $1000 USD
Got dat.....but now what???
Price o' Gold:
- Gold Price Daily
* Broke $1000 - now what???
Gold - Weekly
* Da answer issa 'ere inna da weekly moves.....
* Da Rock notes a assymetrical pennant...indicatin' Breakout ta topside comin'
GLD ETF
- usin' dis ta checks fo' Volume
HUI - Gold Bugs Index:
- Popular 15 unhedged Gold Miners
* HUI retreats from high...
* Gotta look back ta da Gold weekly ta understand dis........normal consolidation
Gold Stock ETF:
- 34 Gold/Silver Miners
*.....da Rock's waitin's fo' money moves ta Juniors........
HUI ta Gold Ratio
- Gold Stocks leads Gold inna Bull Run
* Stocks leadin's agin
* Ratio breaks 50 dma
GDM Bullish Percent Indicator:
- Trend indicator fo Gold Miners
...........Dis indicator..............breaks 50 dma
* RSI issa below 30.......where rebounds occur
* Note dat dis indicator since Jan 2009 has traced a risin' pennant formation.....Bullish fo' breakout ta da up side....Soon
Gold Corp - Big Gold:
- Unhedged anna inna Cannuckland
* Dis issa ma own proprietary indicator...........ma thoughts are
dis guy issa fully priced...........Glamourous but expensive........
..........Monies movin's ta Mids anna Juniors...........
Gold vs S&P 500:
- to be in Gold or Stocks
* lookin fo' direction
S&P 500 Index
- 500 Large Cap Universe inna USA
*SPX hassa neva looked back........recovery issa on track.......
* Recovery issa good fo' Gold.............
S&P500 Showin's da bottoming Head & Shoulders
* Bullish fo' recovery
TSX Composite
- Da Canuckland index
* Main pattern issa up..............
* TSX over 50dma
B. Copper, Commodities & Metals
CDNX Venture
- Proxy fo' ma Junior Golds/Metals
* Like everyting else........up ....anna...up
* Winter season should be good ta Venturites........
Continuous Commodities Index
- 17 key commodities
* Commodities issa da major theme fo' next 3 years
* check out sugar........shortages comin'
- Silver follows Gold; wit bigger gains
* Pullback means mo' opps.....
US Dollar:
- decoupled from Gold
* Oil anna commodities may move dependant upon US$
* Gold hassa broken free........supported by Chinese buyin'
Oil:
- onna up trend; inverse o' da USD$
* Da Rock sees oil stays @ $70 and consolidates
Oil Bullish Indicator:
Natural Gas
- Rockets from da bottom
* Lookit da Nat Gas rocket.........missed dat!!??
Ratio Oil/Natural Gas
- now at historical high
UNG - Natural Gas Fund
- may be bottoming
* Da Rock hassa decided ta stay aways from dis one
Coal ETF
- moves wit oil
* Will move wit oil moves.....................
Da Rock likes coal betta.................dan Nat Gas
Doctor Copper:
- Da Dr. leads anna predicts da economy usually
* Copper made a clear move to $3 anna now consolidatin'
Steel Stocks vs NYSE
- gives leadin' indicator o' economy
- gives leadin' indicator o' economy
* Da Rock sees steel ta be makin' big moves soon.......
* Infrastructure $$$ finally makin' itself felt.......
Shippin' Rates
- indicator o' world trade
Why Rates goin' down:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2009/09/18/too-many-ships-destined-for-the-seas.aspx
* Don't worry 'bout rates.........too many ships comin' on line...
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C. Miners; Juniors; Nano-caps
onna dis chart view CMM's up trend issa intact!
* see Ducimus' analysis o' dis CMM:
http://www.stockhouse.com/Bullboards/MessageDetail.aspx?p=0&m=26926533&l=0&r=0&s=CMM&t=LIST
Century Mining - da Rock's Fav:
- Hi-grade Gold mine inna Canuckland
* Dis issa a $5 stock sittin's @ 18 cents................
* $4 million Bridge loan closin Oct 2
* $20 million financin' closin' Oct 27
* Where does ya tink da Rock's .....got 'is bets....on???
Cliffs Natural Resources
- Iron Ore anna Coal miner
* CLF issa leadin' indicator..........wit Asian sales.................
* 50% o' facilites idle presently.............
* What happens wit mo' demand???
- Undervalued Silver Miner
* Now atta time o' year for revenue from Alaska................
* Next quarter........numbers gonna surprise............
* Got gold too..........inna Alaska
* Doubled already!!!
SLW - Silver Wheaton
- Silver royalties only; no minin'
* SLW's got 21 employees only.............
* All costs fixed...............so highly leveraged ta silver price
* Winner already
New Gold
- Biz combination wit WGW gonna create synergy
* NGD anna WGW combination movin's forward...................
* Dis is a 10 bagger from 'ere..................might take 2 years..........
* Steady upwards
Ring O' Fire - KWG
- Chromite, Diamonds, anna VMS Copper/Zinc/Lead/Silver fo' literally a few pennies
* Big Daddy Chromite........also gots rare earth metals.....anna PGE group metals...........Kin you say Rhodium............anna Platinum
* Debut distribution o' shares comin's
* Railroad comin'
* TSX comin'
Dis stock issa long term hold fo' $$$
Placer Gold Production - PRZ
- Hi Grade producer; 350 ton mill inna place
- $2Mil JV with EPL ta mine Gold
Sage Gold - SGX
- led by Nigel Lees; combinin' wit Consolidated Puma Resources
Phoenix Coal - PHC.To
- Illinois basin coal player lookin' ta increase production
Dats a wrap fo' Now!
HardRock