As we turn the page into the second quarter of 2018, a number of interesting themes remain across global financial markets. The first quarter of this year turned out to be quite eventful. We got the rate hike out of the Federal Reserve in March and the Fed is now forecasting an additional two moves in the…

U.S. economic growth was revised up from the previous estimate. The biggest gain in three years in consumer spending drove the expansion. Into the Headlines GDP increased 2.9% in the last quarter of 2017 compared with the previously reported 2.5%, per the Commerce Department. Although it surpassed the 2.7% reading expected by a Reuters poll,…

I have been calculating DeMark Sequential signals by hand for over a decade now. It’s one tool in my technical toolbox that I have found to be very helpful in identifying major trend changes. Last year I noticed we were approaching a long-term DeMark Sequential sell signal on the SPY ETF. That quarterly 9-13-9 sell…

The EIA has just released its production numbers for crude oil and natural gas. We think there are a few things that are worth noting about this report, given the recent price action we have seen in crude oil and natural gas prices:     As you can see, prices are beginning to rebound to…

The silver miners’ stocks have really languished since mid-2016, relentlessly grinding sideways to lower. With gold out of favor, silver and its miners have largely been left for dead and forgotten. This sector is deeply mired in universal apathy and bearishness. But since silver stocks can skyrocket when silver decisively rallies again, it’s important to…