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By Adam Hamilton |
May 16, 2011
In a single week, the manic euphoria gripping silver recently was utterly obliterated. After promising such rapid wealth creation, this metal collapsed. New investors were left stunned, while leveraged speculators were slaughtered.
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By Adam Hamilton |
February 18, 2011
The inevitable periodic selloffs in the general stock markets indiscriminately hammer all stocks lower. But they pose a special magnified risk to commodities stocks.
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By Adam Hamilton |
February 14, 2011
Red-hot copper hit another new all-time high this week, extending its mighty upleg to a 66.6% gain since June. But this incredible bullishness, along with overbought technicals, actually suggests copper is on the verge of a major correction.
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By Scott Wright |
February 10, 2011
Based on what we already know about this industry's fundamentals, we can gather a general idea of the concentration of efforts. Simply put, there are places in the world where favorable geology and geopolitical climates line up as the most attractive.
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By Adam Hamilton |
January 31, 2011
Traders have to remember they are a zero-sum game. Every short has an offsetting long, and vice versa. It's easy to get bogged down and derailed in the COT, giving this report more credit than it deserves.
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By Adam Hamilton |
January 18, 2011
Silver's massive autumn rally has utterly captivated speculators and investors, their appetite for all things silver is insatiable. Interestingly a major driver of this metal's recent surge was stock-market buying of the flagship silver ETF, SLV.
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By Adam Hamilton |
January 7, 2011
Even if the climax of this secular bull isn't as massive as the late-1970s parabola for some reason, silver still has plenty of room to run higher. It could double or even triple from here, and still not get anywhere close to its all-time real high.
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By Adam Hamilton |
December 17, 2010
Technicians understandably fear silver has become wildly overbought. But an alternative perspective on silver's recent levels counters its extreme technicals. Compared to gold, its primary driver, silver actually looks reasonably-priced today.
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By Adam Hamilton |
December 10, 2010
At their highest levels in history, are gold stocks wildly overbought and doomed to correct hard? Provocatively, a strong case can be made that they actually remain cheap.
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By Adam Hamilton |
November 29, 2010
While often vexing, sharp news-driven moves can offer good opportunities for speculators. Although each news-driven event is different and unique, there are definitely tradable parallels underlying most of them.
