Via Energy and Gold.com: Noted market technician and fund manager J.C. Parets is a long time friend of CEO.CA and EnergyandGold.com. We had the pleasure of sitting down with J.C. and picking his chart filled brain as to what he’s seeing right now across global markets and asset classes. As is his style, J.C. did… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: This morning’s stronger than expected monthly payrolls report has sent the US dollar index soaring and gold tumbling: US Dollar Index (December futures)   Gold (December futures) Gold smashed through minor support around US$1100 and now finds itself perilously close to making fresh 5+ year lows. The summer low at $1072.30… Continue Reading

by CEO.CA on Bay St. Legendary investor and author Jim Rogers urged students to scrap career plans for Wall Street or London’s financial district during a Nov. 4, 2010 speech at Oxford University’s Balliol College (one of his alma maters). He recommended studying agriculture and mining instead. “The power is shifting again from the financial… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Here’s the quick take on gold via Morgan Stanley:     Clearly a bearish view on gold from MS, also not a very deep view either. This is a classic example of what Howard Marks calls “first-level thinking”. All of the points mentioned are known and already discounted by the market;… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: The gold miners (GDX) have rallied a whopping ~35% in the last month. However, we have seen this movie before and watched many rallies quickly fizzle and the goldies slump to fresh all-time lows. In fact, just two months ago we watched GDX rally nearly 25% over a three week stretch only… Continue Reading

Students often study one subject at university, but end up shifting gears and graduating in a different field. It’s how Copper North president and CEO Harlan Meade accidentally discovered mineral exploration while studying chemistry. In Meade’s case, the twist of fate involved a summer job accident that left the young man with a fractured wrist,… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: A great deal transpired across markets last week and after sifting through a few dozen charts this morning it’s clear that a major transition may be underway. My friend J.C. Parets (@allstarcharts) has been bullish on the USD/CAD currency pair for at least a year so when he came out with… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Gold is ripping higher this morning amid heightened fears of global deflationary pressures and a slew of central bank rate cuts (Norway, Taiwan, etc.):   This morning’s move higher is highly significant because price decisively broke above last week’s resistance level ($1141) and buyers have not showed any signs of lack… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Gold finished the week strong with a nearly $40 rally between Wednesday morning and Friday’s close on the back of the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates on hold. The CFTC Commitments of Traders Report helps to explain the sharp reversal in gold after weeks of gold prices dribbling lower:… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: The Federal Reserve did not hike interest rates today – here are 5 key takeaways from the announcement: The following excerpt from the first paragraph of the Fed statement is a clear signal that China is very much on the Fed’s radar and likely played a significant factor in the decision… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: The yield on the 30-year Treasury Bond has rallied more than 35 basis points since late-August:   However, there is good reason to believe there isn’t much risk of more upside in bond yields regardless of what the Federal Reserve announces tomorrow: “Long [duration] bonds want the Fed to tighten. The… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: If we could only look at one chart it would have to be the following one: US Dollar Index (Weekly)   After peaking in March the US Dollar Index has spent the last 6 months consolidating between roughly 93 on the downside and 98 on the upside. A decisive resolution of… Continue Reading

Via Energy and Gold.com: Two charts that excellently illustrate the commodities bear market which has accelerated to record depths during the last few years:   Love them or hate them, precious metals exchange-traded products (ETFs, ETNs, etc.) soared to record levels in late 2012 following the ECB and Federal Reserve’s plunge into open-ended quantitative easing. More than… Continue Reading

Our final site visit in this whirlwind tour of the Yukon was to the most advanced and fully permitted development stage project in the Territory, Victoria Gold’s (TSX.V : VIT) Eagle Project, which is well supported by both Government and First Nations. The Eagle project has completed a Feasibility Study and finalized an Environmental Assessment.… Continue Reading

We are nearing the end of the Yukon site visits, but still have two more interesting projects to discuss. To catch up on last week’s site visits see here: ATC, AXR, WG, KAM, RK. The Yukon Media Tour has been all about mining, but the real focus has been on the de-risked development stage projects… Continue Reading