Grand Supercycle Favors Gold & Silver

Clif’s Notes: Grand Supercycle Favors Gold & Silver Source: The Gold Report  09/18/2009

A serious student of equity market cycles and stock charts, market technician Clif Droke pulls no punches about the fact that the 120-year Grand Supercycle bodes ill as it approaches its end. Although his analyses of charts and cycles suggest some bright days [...]

How a Kid With a Ruler Can Make a Million

A Lesson in Drawing and Using Trendlines September 24, 2009

The following article is adapted from a brand-new 50-page ebook from Elliott Wave International. Learn more about The Ultimate Technical Analysis Handbook, and download your free copy here.

By Jeffrey Kennedy

When I began my career as an analyst, I was lucky enough to have [...]

Important Earnings Reports

Sometimes Earnings Reports not only tell us how a specific company is doing lately, but can give us insight into how a complete sector is doing or how the entire economy might be affected.

This week we have some such Earnings Reports being released:

CAG .. Tuesday, 22-Sep-09 BMO … ConAgra and GIS .. Wednesday, [...]

the Real price of the DOW

How A Bear Can Be Bullish And Still Be Right

For some perspective on the current rally that began back on March 9th, today’s chart presents the Dow divided by the price of one ounce of gold. This results in what is referred to as the Dow / gold ratio or the cost of the [...]

the TED Spread

The TED spread (the difference between 3-mo. LIBOR and 3-mo. T-bills) has completely normalized. Currently it’s 19 bps (it’s close cousin, the OIS spread is down to 14 bps), which is the same level that prevailed during much of the 2001-2003 period. Easy money and weak growth expectations, coupled importantly with strong confidence in counterparty [...]