Charles Del Valle on May 18 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
With the price of oil and precious metals falling so much over the last week, the question everyone is wondering is “will the drop continue”? Knowing the answer to that question will be pivotal for us in the weeks ahead. But before I get into the answer, let’s take a look at the broad markets. [...]
Charles Del Valle on May 11 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
Is the commodities-filled sky falling? That’s the question being debated across investing circles around the globe. But the answer – which is pivotal when your wealth is concerned – may not be as clear as it seems. Before I get into that though, let’s take a look at the markets and see what’s happened. First [...]
Charles Del Valle on May 04 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
Since the monthly issue hit your inbox yesterday, I’m going to keep today’s weekly short and sweet. With the silver market imploding after yesterday’s crash, we have some housekeeping to tend to. First, take a look at a chart of silver… As you can see, it’s gone “parabolic” since the year began. These types [...]
Charles Del Valle on Apr 27 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
It is said that investors “climb a wall of worry” during a market rally. Over the past few weeks I’ve shown you just how worried we are. From the end of QE2… to high gas and food prices… to insolvency of the EU… there is much too worry about. Yet, the market’s climb higher… The [...]
Charles Del Valle on Apr 20 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
It always seems like big things happen in the market when I’m traveling. Right now I’m in San Francisco, California with my wife. On Tuesday I attended a Hedge Fund conference sponsored by Citigroup. The highlight of the one-day event was a quip from an executive from CALPERS about his shock that his company had [...]
Charles Del Valle on Apr 13 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
A budgetary catastrophe was avoided on Friday. Somehow the Republicans and Democrats were able to agree on spending cuts of about $37 billion. That represents about 1% of the total budget. Yet, that measly amount of cuts almost shut the government down. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? It does to me and nearly everyone else who [...]
Charles Del Valle on Apr 06 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
It doesn’t seem to matter that Europe is on the verge of blowing up… or that Nuclear radiation is leaking in Japan… or even that the US is still engaged in Libya. The market just keeps moving higher. Up, Up and Away As you can see above, the Dow Jones has just barely closed above [...]
Charles Del Valle on Mar 30 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
“If China’s population doubles, I’m afraid crickets and ants are going to be on the menu around the world.” That’s the startling conclusion I came to while having lunch with James Davidson at the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. Not that we were eating crickets… Filet mignon, salmon, and chicken cacciatore were [...]
Charles Del Valle on Mar 23 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
Over the last two weeks the market sold off for the first time since January. So is all the selling over? And if not, what should you do about it? Let’s answer these questions today… But first, let’s talk about the importance of confirmation… waiting for a technical indication to buy or sell stock. Trading [...]
admin on Mar 16 2011 | Filed under: Alerts
Sometimes what moves the markets are the things you don’t anticipate… The “black swans”… And the Japanese earthquake definitely classifies as a black swan. Not only did a 9.0 earthquake decimate them, but they also felt the destruction of a devastating tsunami… and now a potential nuclear meltdown. To be sure, these kinds of big, [...]