Silver futures in the May contract settled last Friday in New York at 17.16 an ounce while currently trading at 16.45 hitting a two week low finishing down about $ 0.70 for the trading week all due to the fact that the U.S. dollar hit a four - month high today putting pressure on the
whole precious metal sector.
These anomalies can be particularly interesting and profitable for investors — and there are several in
the precious metals sector as well.
In this article, we are going to explain and show you an interesting pattern that has been slowly forming over the past year in
the precious metals sector.
Andrew Kaip, managing director of mining equity research at BMO Capital Markets, says the stark reality is that
the precious metals sector is only part way through a down cycle and that structural issues will result in a fresh phase of consolidation.
The fundamentals for
the precious metals sectors could not be stronger.
He has worked as a geologist in
the precious metals sector in China, as an analyst and merchant banker, as Senior Vice President in the Mining and Metals Division for Standard Bank, and was formerly Deputy Chairman and CEO of China Mining Resources Group Limited.
Typically
the precious metals sector will, in general, move inversely to the stock market.
The fact that it has moved in correlation with the S&P 500 over the last three weeks suggests that either the precious metals «market» sees the recent move in the stock market as a «faux» rally or the smart money is selling stocks into this rally and moving capital into
the precious metals sector, or both.
I expect it to outperform going forward, assuming
the precious metals sector starts trending higher.
Summary
The precious metals sector is on a long - term buy signal.
Toward the end of last week, financial media goons, chart readers and analysts who rely on the CFTC's Commitment of Traders report for «insight» into market direction were all calling for a sharp pullback in
the precious metals sector.
It looked like a great bullish combination for
the precious metals sector, but was it really one?
On weakness in
the precious metals sector, I added a small amount to the Fund's precious metals positions, raising its overall exposure to a higher but still limited 10 % investment position.
I just rolled a Mining Stock Journal that will help you navigate
the precious metals sector and invest in junior (and some large cap) mining stocks.
Since 2001, it's been my experience that major moves higher in
the precious metals sector begin with gold taking off and tend to end with silver outperforming gold by a substantial margin.
Your annualized return is good but have you thought about giving it a boost with some stocks from
the precious metals sector?
Funds in the Precious Metals Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in the securities of companies in the Gold and
Precious Metals sector.
Just as investors from around the world are seeking energy assets in North America, it is the same for
the precious metal sector.
It has been a while since we've applied historical analysis to
the precious metals sector.
Days ago Gold reached its 5 - year trendline resistance but since then it has backed off while the rest of
the precious metals sector has taken a beating which accelerated into the weekend.
As China is the second largest consumer of gold in the world, that will be very bullish for
the precious metals sector.
Even though the exchange - traded funds for gold (SPDR Gold Trust, NYSE: GLD) and silver (iShares Silver Trust, NYSE: SLV) have been down for the year, the future is bullish for
the precious metals sector.
The OCM Gold Fund is managed by its long - time portfolio manager, Greg Orrell, who brings over three decades of investment experience in
the precious metals sector to allocating the Fund's capital through an active disciplined investment approach.
The Fund also seeks out special growth opportunities within
the precious metals sector.
Over the last five years,
the precious metals sector has been the worst - performing category, followed by energy sector funds, natural resources / commodities sector funds and emerging stock funds.
Andrew's experience in corporate finance includes advising issuers and investment dealers on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, both domestically and cross-border, with an emphasis on the mining and
precious metals sector.