Sunshine Profits

Opposite winds tend to neutralize each other, but they can also lead to extraordinary phenomena. Are storms and hurricanes looming over the market?The two crude oil benchmarks (Brent and WTI) had...

While the US dollar index rushes up without looking back, gold is running... out of power. What could the subsequent dollar highs mean for the precious metals market? In short, practically everything...

Friday’s analysis took a rather extensive form, so now I’ll briefly introduce today’s technical part.Practically everything that I wrote about the medium-term (bearish) outlook for...

With the Fed the focus of investors’ attention this week, the central bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points. However, while market participants initially put on brave faces, optimism...

With investors hitching their wagons to the Fed’s horse on May 4, they still believe that Chairman Jerome Powell can accomplish the impossible. Therefore, it’s all about following the man...

What decision could OPEC and its allies potentially make as we witness an economic slowdown in China, the world’s top importer of crude oil?Energy Market UpdatesCommercial crude oil reserves in...

The Fed has to react firmly with the U.S. economy still on fire and inflation galloping. It’s a decision day for the Fed, as a 50 basis point rate hike is likely a done deal. Moreover, while...

China is the world's second-largest consumer of crude oil and the world’s top importer of the commodity. In the face of adversity, is its economy likely to slow down?Crude oil prices ended...

Stocks extended their downtrend yesterday, but they rebounded and closed positive. So was it an upward reversal? Or, just another upward correction?The S&P 500 index gained 0.57% on Monday after...

Is it worth diversifying your portfolio with assets like shipping logistics and transport-related areas?They can surely provide a bit of a sea breeze. Today, let’s focus on stocks in another...

This week was all about earnings, as some of Wall Street’s heavyweights released their quarterly reports. Moreover, while mixed results caused sentiment to swing from one extreme to the other,...

With the GDXJ ETF suffering a mild drawdown on Apr. 27, the recent rout has calmed for the time being. However, with the medium-term fundamental outlook remaining profoundly bearish, the junior miners...

The S&P 500 slightly extended its downtrend yesterday, but at the end of the day it was higher. So was it a reversal or just another short-term bounce?The broad stock market index gained 0.21% on...

Despite the reality check, investors keep up their buying spree. Meanwhile, problematic events are starting to gain on gold, silver and mining stocks.With reality rearing its ugly head recently, the...

While investors’ optimism suffers a death by a thousand cuts, I’ve warned on numerous occasions that old habits die hard. As a result, while the financial markets teetered near a breaking...

After gold ran out of steam, the market was flooded by a wave of invalidated breakouts. Can anything keep the precious metals from nosediving?Remember when gold tried to rally above $2,000? It was...