As gold has lost ground in seven of the past eight months, gold bugs have been looking for any kind of sign indicating a rebound for the metal. The recently established double bottom, $1350.00 for gold and $132.50 for SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), has sparked some optimism. But the violent sell-off last Friday, May 31, 2013, did anything but reinforce this optimism.
Monday, June 3rd, 2013, however, was a new day and ...
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Continue Reading →Since Apple, Inc. (AAPL) met its death cross (definition below) in December last year the stock has fallen over 21%, from $545.00 to its current $450.00 price level. When it occurred with Apple,this technical trend signal was so widely publicized that the media seems to now have a deathly (pun intended) fear of the event, regardless of its validity.
Before we look at gold and its impending death cross, the purpose of this article, let’s first define what a ...
Continue Reading →With the speculation surrounding gold recently, many investors are wondering whether to buy, sell, or hold. As with all investments, the answer grossly depends on your time frame.
First let’s take a look at where gold is currently, via one-year and two-year time frames:
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A number of factors, including a strengthening U.S. dollar, a stabilizing world economy, and the absence ...
Continue Reading →The healthcare sector has been performing significantly well as of late and has consistently outpaced the S&P 500 (SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF: SPY). When comparing the returns of the healthcare sector versus those of the S&P 500, healthcare has dominated on all recent time frames, including one year, year to date (YTD), three month, and one month. Here is a detailed look of these returns:
Shown by the graph below, the healthcare sector ...
Continue Reading →Since the election, all major indexes have turned sharply downward on the back of unresolved “fiscal cliff” issues. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are now approaching areas of significant support, leaving many investors on edge.
The S&P 500 is trading near support around 1,300. It was a fall through this support level that ignited the further crash in October, 2008. Since that crash, ...
Continue Reading →When Apple, Inc. (AAPL) hit $700 after 
the release of the iPhone 5 in September many wise investors felt that the stock was overbought and ready for a correction. But an over 20% fall through significant support at the $600 price level has come as a bit of a shock to even the savviest of investors. So when will Apple, Inc. find support?
Let’s first ...
Continue Reading →Gold and silver appear to be making their long-awaited comeback from their Q4 2011 fall. But do they have enough left in the tank to continue toward, and possibly surpass, their respective all-time highs? Let’s take a look.
Many believe that the price of gold and silver increases, historically. These charts, from Kitco.com, show this seemingly obvious long-term uptrend on a 10-year time frame:
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But as ...
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