With analysts at most public PM websites now turning decidedly bearish, with the summer doldrums staring us in the face, with the new rate hike raising interest rates (on paper making gold less desirable as it provides no yield), and with the gold seasonals suggesting that “sell in May and go away” was the play, there is a definite bearish tilt to the sector right now. That’s why (among other things) we have a great risk-reward setup staring us in the face. Pining thinks it’s a great place to go long (with stops)! Here’s why:
A book on who lives and who dies when faced with life-threatening danger? What better place to glean a few lessons for trying to survive and thrive in the take-no-prisoners precious metals markets?
The GDXJ rebalancing will mean 2.6 billion dollars leaving small, selected companied in the junior miners. In addition, this rebalancing will mean JNUG isn't the gamblers tool it once was. If people leave JNUG, it will be felt strongly in GDXJ. The thesis of this piece is that this chain of developments has the potential to devastate the junior miners in the short run, coming on top of the effects of the GDXJ rebalancing.
We seem to have the makings of a major disconnect, and it is worth talking about: the mining indexes are raging, while the spot price "markets" are looking more and more like the ugly step-sister nobody wants to dance with. Billions of dollars are flowing into gold and silver miners, yet all the while PM "price" continues to lag, largely because it is set by the traditional flawed paper derivative dinosaurs. Regardless of how or why this is occurring (deliberate plan or free market), one thing seems evident: HUI is the new Spot Price, and Spot Price is Dead!
Don’t worry, disheartened Goldbugs- if you can pull yourself away from your shiny rocks for a few minutes, I have a killer stock play that will help ease your considerable pain.
Turd’s famous “TEOTGKE” hypothesis is that the great seventy-year Keynesian experiment subverting free markets and the law of supply and demand through easy money creation and central bank control of the economy is grinding to an ugly and inevitable end. I find it interesting that core parts of this idea, and indeed many of the central ideas that have animated the PM community for quite some time, are now leaking out into the wider consciousness in ways that are increasingly visible.
