Silver lining

Snap back rally potential in mining stocks and silver, bought 2/5 silver yesterday before the close at $14.58.  Whichever way you look at it, whether commodities have put in an interim top, or not, a rally is likely close at hand.

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Will the real interest rate please stand up

Talk of interest rates heading higher, well its about time.  The only question is how far under the real inflation rate that they will be held and for how long. Silver seems to have corrected nicely, bounced off the 200 dma a couple of times now, may move down to $15 briefly, silver seems to [...]

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Silver, Cotton, Sugar and Coffee

These commodities have two things in common, which are great for traders, they are price inelastic – per your economics 101 – demand will not change in line with supply shortages leading to price spike potential. The second is that they are in the lower end of their 30-40 year trading ranges.  So, looks like [...]

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Sunday Big Picture review Jan 2008

This is my first Sunday Big Picture review and I want to focus on the general state of the markets as we come to the end of a traumatic (for some) first month of 2008. One of my favourite sites for stock market commentary is Zealllc.com as the chap who writes there (Adam Hamilton) lives [...]

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