I’ve been busier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, so I’ll just toss out this actually kind of cool comment cleaner for now.

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I’ve been busier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, so I’ll just toss out this actually kind of cool comment cleaner for now.

While I hold a special place (in my thoughts and in NFTRH) for the gold stock sector due to its counter-cyclical nature, it’s a big market out there and a strategic view of the macro helps with successful positioning. Following is a snapshot of some sectors/markets with general thoughts on each. I will provide one chart or graphic for each but not mark them up or get into too much technical or fundamental detail. There’s a weekend report for all of that stuff. For now, a brief review.
Gold/Silver Mining & Royalty
Gold miners have been fundamentally impaired by the inflationary macro as costs (energy, materials, humans) have outpaced product (gold) for well over a year. As with other markets/sectors, sentiment became overdone to the downside in September and from there (one of our key downside support targets at 230) we projected a bounce and with some stops and starts, the rally logically began.
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