Silver Speculators Say It’s Time To Start Buying
BY JOHN RUBINO The gold futures market took a big step towards bullish — or at least neutral — in the past week. Speculators (usually wrong at big turning points) scaled back their … Read more
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John Rubino – Are Speculators the Dumbest People on the Planet?
from Financial Survival Network John Rubino returns… A listener question triggers an interesting debate about the Commitment of Traders (COT) Report. How can the so-called Speculators keep on losing every month? How … Read more
Near Record Gold Shorting By Speculators (And That’s Actually VERY BULLISH)
by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC Gold has failed to gain traction over the past couple months, normally a seasonally-strong time. That has really weighed on sentiment, leaving traders increasingly bearish. Gold investment … Read more
Michael Ballanger: Banks Continue To Smack Gold Speculators Around Like Common Farm Animals
by Michael Ballanger of Streetwise Reports “‘Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Sir Winston Churchill Throughout history, society has always canonized certain political, military, and … Read more
Here They Go Again—Fed “Stimulating” Wall Street Speculators Into Another Asset Bubble And Crash
…..the Fed is that easy monetary policy seems more effective in spurring asset values than it does in boosting prices of goods and services. The S&P 500 Index rose by … Read more
Largest monthly inflow to S&P 500 growth ETF ever! VIX short positioning by speculators is more extreme than it was just prior to the market selloff in Q4 2018.
Largest monthly inflow to S&P 500 growth ETF ever! Previous inflow extremes also preceded significant market selloffs. Record bullishness at near record valuations can never a good sign. Credits to … Read more
As Speculators Flee, Sales of New Houses in Australia Plunge to Lowest since at least 2001
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But first-time buyers cling to hope. Sales of newly built detached houses in Australia plunged 6.7% in December 2018 from November, to just 4,622 houses, according … Read more
We’re All Speculators Now
by Charles Hugh-Smith When the herd thunders off the cliff, most participants are trapped in the stampede.. One of the most perverse consequences of the central banks “saving the world” … Read more
Coffee Speculators Due For A Wake-Up Call?
by Dana Lyons Coffee speculators have never been more short the commodity; are they about to get burned? After enjoying a bit of a resurgence in recent years, most of the … Read more
Gold: What You Can Learn from Speculators’ Mistakes
Many Main Street investors would probably be surprised at how often the professionals on Wall Street are on the wrong side of major market turns. Gold is a prime example. … Read more
After Storm, Volatility Speculators Pull A 180
by Dana Lyons Non-Commercial Speculators in VIX futures have now flipped from their largest net-short position ever, to their largest net-long position. One of the key components, and perhaps drivers, of … Read more
Stock Speculators Risk Record Amount On Continued Calm
by Dana Lyons Non-Commercial Speculators’ net-short position in VIX futures just spiked to its largest ever. The proliferation in exchange traded products (ETP’s) has certainly marked a new era of investment … Read more
Stock Speculators Take Record Risk On Continued Calm
by Dana Lyons Speculators in VIX futures are presently holding their largest net-short position ever. There’s little doubt that the current period will go down as one of the least volatile … Read more
Will Record Short VIX Position Backfire On Speculators?
by Dana Lyons Speculators (a.k.a., “dumb money”?) are holding their largest net-short position in the history of the VIX futures contract. Every week, the CFTC releases their Commitment Of Traders (COT) … Read more