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The HUI Gold Bugs index has over the last 2 decades (encompassing both bull and bear markets) tended to bottom in July per stockcharts.com‘s data for the index. A seasonal average is not a directive, but it is a (+/-) guide to be factored. Last year gold stocks bottomed in May as we caught what would be a violent upswing. This year I expect the low to be in June or July.
They said today’s OpEx would provide some serious f*ckery. They weren’t kidding. I have 57 shorts, all profitable. Onward!
I am opening up the virtual bar very early today. I’ll likewise put a real post up relatively soon after the close. See you soon!
The company’s auditor, Ernst & Young GmbH, reportedly informed it that there was “no sufficient audit evidence so far of cash balances on trust accounts.” According to The Wall Street Journal, the amount of cash that was missing amounts to approximately 25% of the value of Wirecard’s balance sheet.
“There are indications that spurious balance confirmations had been provided from the side of the trustee respectively of the trustee’s account holding banks to the auditor in order to deceive the auditor and create a wrong perception of such cash balances or the holding of the accounts for to the benefit of Wirecard group companies,” Wirecard said in a statement.
It also said it is working with EY to clarify the matter of the missing money. The company also said that the delay in its auditor signing off on its accounts could mean that its loans amounting to about €2 billion could be called in early.
(more…)Most of this week has been like watching paint dry. Sure, there’s movement, but markets feel very “pinned” during the normal session. If we take a step back, however, there are two elements which I believe deserve attention: (1) the price gap still intact from last week; (2) the failure, in most cases, of the intermediate-term trendline from March 23rd. Here are some ETF examples:
