TheDailyGold: Downside Risk in Precious Metals Increasing...

Published: Sun, 04/02/17

 
The Daily Gold
Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT, MFTA
 
 

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Sunday, April 1, 2017

 
 
Here are the actionable links from last week...
 

Video: Downside Risk Increasing in Precious Metals

Published Thursday evening. We explain why we see downside risk increasing and potential for losses for precious metals in Q2. 

Podcast: David Morgan's Latest Thoughts on Gold & Silver

Dave Morgan has a tremendous amount of experience in precious metals markets and he is a balanced thinker. Hear his latest thoughts and he also teases two stock picks near the end of the interview. 

Market Anthropology: Connecting the Dots

From Erik Swartz. He focuses on equities, bonds and the US Dollar in this missive. I disagree with his short-term view but form your own opinion!

Are Markets Overlooking a Clear & Present Danger?

From Lance Roberts. I like his work as he is very data-driven. 

US Credit Deterioriation is Picking Up

From Lawrence Mcdonald, a former trader on WallStreet. I have followed him for 2 years and he has called nearly every tradeable low in the miners. He recently said in passing that gold stocks would really run in 2018. That is unrelated to this link which is very important information. 



 

Premium Snippets...

 

Picture 1: TDG Junior Gold Index & #2 Junior Index 

These are two line charts (use only daily closing prices). The second index is like a junior version of the main index. The median market cap of the main index is around $550 Million while roughly $100 Million for the #2 index. 

Although both indices benefitted from news driven gains on the week, they both could not get above their 50-day moving averages. If not for the news-driven gains, each index would have closed around 3% lower on the week. The #2 index is on top, the main index on the bottom. 

The #2 index is at a massive confluence of resistance that includes the 50-dma, the 200-dma and the 50% retracement of the 2016 correction. A reversal this coming week would be very bearish and the same can be said for the main index. 






Saturday evening we emailed subscribers a 35-page update in which we discussed the bearish outlook for the second quarter. There are numerous technical reasons for that but we also think fundamentals for Gold may go negative for several months before turning back in favor of Gold and gold stocks. For the time being, if the bearish setups in GDX, GDXJ and our junior indices play out then the next buying opportunity could come close to the December lows. Depending on what index you look at that marks 18%-26% downside potential. 

Since the start of the year we've said the way to play this year is to buy value and weakness and not chase strength. We want to buy extreme weakness and technical support in the months ahead and definitely not chase strength. (The time to chase strength is when miners surpass the February highs).

The update also included a report on the latest addition to the model portfolio. It is a company that is stupidly cheap right now given its long-term potential. This company "ticks all the boxes" and I have to emphasize, is a great value right now. It could go a bit lower but we did not want to risk missing out. Management has a track record and a few big investors in the company are top level mining people. This is an example of a value we do want to buy even though we see downside risk for the sector.    

Dr. Jeffrey Kern, who we recently interviewed, had this to say regarding our stock-picking abilities:

I am simply a pure market-timer for a broad basket of gold stocks and precious metals. Jordan, on the other hand, has provided superior STOCK-PICKING abilities over the longer-term. I am familiar with most gold stock subscription services over the past 30 years. I rarely provide endorsements of any kind, but Jordan's ability to analyze individual gold/silver stocks has been among the top 5 services over the past decade. First and foremost, I respect his integrity.
 

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