Monthly Archives: December 2014

Pigmen Win Again

“The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians, they’re an irrelevancy. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything….

Gold & Silver Today

I  know it sounds weird on a day when gold bugs are being scattered back down Hamburger Hill, but gold (GLD) is still normal by its daily chart.  Sorry, but at 2:17 ET on Monday (of Fed week no less) it’s chart is still normal.  Indeed, I had been expecting a touch of the lower…

The Copper Denominator: Gianni Kovacevic

Gianni Kovacevic, the author of “My Electrician Drives a Porsche?” and executive chairman of CopperBank Resources Corp., takes a scientific view of historical, social and environmental trends in energy usage and identifies copper as the common denominator. As global energy usage increases, most of that energy flows through copper. In this interview with The Gold Report,Kovacevic…

Ask An Ex-Banker: Algorithmic Trading

Dear Mike, I spotted something on algorithmic trading on your blog, and finance and investment are a bit of a hobby of mine. I am sending you a press release about a Canadian trader who has worked out a successful trading technique based on an algorithm, and a new trio of former Harvard fellows have…

That’s One Crazy Chicken

It breaks my heart to see awesome short setups and not be able to find any shares. Nonetheless, I shared this idea – El Pollo Loco – as a short a couple of weeks ago, and it’s doing great. I haven’t made a penny off my idea, but I hope a few of you were…

Dividend Achievers Stock Analysis: Church & Dwight

The Dividend Achievers Index includes 238 businesses (at the time of this writing) that have increased their dividend payments for 10 or more consecutive years. To be eligible for inclusion in the Dividend Achievers Index, a stock must be a member of the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index, as well as meet certain minimum liquidity requirements. Over the next…

GDX Stinks

We have been noting the bearish state of the gold miners for all too long now; most recently in NFTRH 321. But at some point I have got to believe that given a continued fundamental improvement and clearing of tax loss season, an opportunity is coming. Meanwhile, here’s the last straw breaking on the short-term…