Strategies

I believe there is more opportunity in the silver market over the next two years relative to gold and, as such I'm now advocating accumulating a large overweight position in silver relative to gold because, over the long-term, there is such a great demand vs. supply situation developing....Before investing in silver, however, there are a number very important things that you must understand about the silver market. Let me explain. Words: 899

I can't predict the future, and neither can you. That's why I created the Gone Fishin' Portfolio. It's breathtakingly simple, works like a charm and has beaten the S&P 500 every year, while taking much less risk than being fully invested in stocks.

Fibonacci retracements are technical indicators that help predict when, and to what extent, price reversals are most likely to occur.

The REAL leverage in the precious metals arena goes to those companies with very large amounts of silver reserves in the ground and that leaves the real price rise advantage to the owners of those ounces in the ground, i.e. the little explorers.

With historic stimulus tailwinds and a series of bullish medium-term technical signals, it looks as though a new cyclical bull market is getting underway in global equities.

The popular seasonal stock market saying "sell in May and go away" conveys that the stock market tends to under-perform in the six summer months compared to the six winter months but is this indeed the case?...Is this typical period of weakness in the summer months only seen in U.S. markets, or does it exist in other countries as well?

Historically, over the last 50 years, there have virtually been no significant silver or gold rallies during a period when the USDollar Index has been rising - and that is exactly what it is doing these days.

It is important to know when the market opens and closes...[because] if you submit an order outside of regular stock market hours the order may not get filled until the market opens.

When trading any kind of asset the emotional temperature of the market is often just as important as more easily measurable qualities like supply and demand and candlestick charts show buyer and seller sentiment, and how this was affecting the price of the item in question.

I don’t like it when the market goes down OR up 10% a day so I personally plan to wait until there are a few days or weeks of stability even though I also think right now is a bargain. Below are my 6 rules for investing in a crisis market like we are now experiencing.