The leverage in the economic system has become so extreme; investors have no idea of the disaster that is going to take place during the next stock market crash. The WILDCARD in the gold market is the retail investor, which will cause panic gold buying.
While the gold mining industry reports energy as only 15-20% of its total production costs, the total amount is much higher. The market underestimates the amount of energy consumed by the gold mining industry because of the way it is listed in their financial statements…
As investors’ bullish sentiment moves up to euphoric levels, the markets are reaching extreme leverage. This is terrible news because a lot of people are going to lose one heck of a lot of money. According to CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index, the market is now at the “extreme greed” level, and if we go by Yardeni Research on “Investor Intelligence Bull-Bear Ratio…
The oil market price is setting up for one heck of a fall. Now, could this large oil correction cause the next stock market crash? Time will tell. However, the indicators in the oil market are showing the largest net commercial short positions in history…
Chinese demand for physical gold investment surged in the first three-quarters of 2017 while Americans ditched the shiny yellow metal for increased bets on the crypto mania and stock market bubble market. Chinese gold bar and coin demand increased by 44% while U.S. physical gold investment demand fell by 55%.
In this update, Tom Cloud reviewed his calls on for the precious metals market last year and what he sees taking place in 2018. Tom discusses their price targets and the overall precious metals market.