Stock Indices

We see a run to the 1929-esque peak of 2,800 for the S&P 500 as a possibility and a bubble of that magnitude would likely be followed by a Newtonian reaction and we could see a crash that would lead to the scenario we outlined above...

Momentum is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the investment world but few people grasp how much it impacts the markets - in both directions.

The U.S. stock market today has never been more dangerous and overvalued, according to respected Wall Street market analyst John Hussman and, as such, it is prudent to reduce allocations to stocks and bonds and increase allocations to physical gold.

The Dow rose 1.8% in January 2017 and 3.3% in February. In the 27 times since 1945 when the Dow has gone up in each of the first two months of the year, the average gain for the entire year was 19.9%.

What you need to know is that current stock market valuations are not sustainable and that a great crash is coming. It may not happen next week or next month, but it is going to happen, and when it does happen, it is likely to make what happened in 2008 look like a Sunday picnic.

Look, I am not making this up, I am not dreaming up these patterns, I did not invent technical analysis. These are highly reliable, time-tested, documented patterns expressing the future for stock prices by the market itself.

The next few weeks should be quite interesting and potentially historic depending on how the market behaves once 20,000 is finally crossed.

Given the fact that the 5 gold juniors on our list today all have substantial Proven and Probable reserves, the greatest level of certainty for gold in the ground, many analysts forecast their stock prices to more than double within the next year.

The stock market does not turn on a dime... at least historically that's been the case. There was always a distinctive topping process going on before the bear finally struck. In every case you can look back and detect the same pattern: a marked deterioration of market internals and of interest rate based indicators before any crash so, if history is our guide, we should not expect this time to be different. So, what should we look for?

The Web is crawling with technical analysis (TA)...[and,] given its popularity, [begs the questions as to whether or not there] really is something to it. [Based on our research,] the short answer is no, not really, at least not in developed markets like the US or the UK... Furthermore, most of the popular TA indicators that are bandied around are nonsense jargon and should be ignored as useless noise. [Let us explain our position.] Words: 2143