Archive for June, 2008

Real Versus Nominal Stock Market Returns

Submitted by Gold Stock Prophet Blog
Because the price of gold seems to be going through what is known as the summer doldrums, which is basically a period where there is no trend and a time where it can be more difficult to make profitable trades, I have decided to focus this post on another topic [...]

The US Dollar, Agriculture Charts, and New ETFs

Submitted by Gold Stock Prophet Blog

The above chart is a daily chart of the US Dollar Index. As you can see, the Dollar recently broke out of a bullish triangle formation and is now trending up. This fact has put downward pressure on both gold and silver, and I think there is a good chance [...]

The Carry Trade, The TSX, and Oil Stocks

Submitted by Gold Stock Prophet Blog
If yesterday’s market activity could not compel me to write for this blog, then I don’t think anything would. Besides the obvious headlines you have probably already read regarding Crude Oil and the Dow Jones, there are many other interesting developments that I feel are going on behind the scenes [...]