I don’t think we’re done with this……….

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I don’t think we’re done with this……….

I don’t make a habit of pumping the most frustrating stock sector on the planet just for the sake of it. I have made a habit of discussing why, since 2003, the macro market backdrop has been adversarial to gold stocks much more often than not. By extension, internal indicators like the HUI/Gold Ratio have rightly been long-term bearish.
(more…)After the past couple of weeks, time to rest up………….
Amongst my watch lists is one I rarely bother viewing called Rates, where I’ve got 21 different interest rate charts. I wandered in there today and noticed something quite interest: rates seem to be forming their own very impressive topping patterns, similar to what happened before Covid.
If these patterns complete – – and, for the government’s sake, I hope they do – – it would seem to me interest rates are about to go into a free-fall.

Over the past couple of years, I’ve said good things about the relatively young company sweetgreen (SG), which is sort of a casual dining place that sells only salads. (I am personally very fond of their Harvest Bowl). Anyway, it hasn’t been easy, but the company definitely seems to be getting on its feet.
