by Chris Kimble | Feb 8, 2016 | Kimble Charting, Metals
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE S&P 500 has created a series of higher lows and higher highs for the past 5-years! Some would define this as a bull market. Gold Bugs Index (HUI) has created a series of lower highs and lower lows, for the past 5-years! Some would define...
by Chris Kimble | Aug 20, 2015 | Kimble Charting, Metals
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE This chart looks at the S&P 500/Gold Bugs ratio over the past 20-years. As you can see the ratio trended lower from 2000 to 2011, reflecting that the Gold Bugs index was stronger than the S&P 500 for over a decade. Over the past...
by Chris Kimble | Aug 12, 2015 | Kimble Charting, Metals
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE This chart looks at the S&P 500/Gold Bugs (HUI) ratio over the past 20-years. The ratio fell for almost 11-years (2000 to 2011), meaning it paid to be long gold miners and short the S&P 500 in a big way during this time frame. Over...
by Chris Kimble | Jul 21, 2015 | Kimble Charting, Metals
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Mining stocks had a rough day yesterday to say the least. Popular mining ETF GDX fell almost 11% yesterday, hitting all-time lows. Does falling 10% or more happen very often? The above chart looks at Gold Bugs Index (HUI) and looks at times...
by Chris Kimble | May 18, 2015 | Kimble Charting, Metals
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE When it comes to buy and holding senior gold mining stocks (GDX), they have been a place to avoid for the past few years. The same is even more true of Junior Mining stocks (GDXJ), as its performance has even been worse over the past few...
by Chris Kimble | May 12, 2015 | Kimble Charting, Metals
If the stock market would happen to head lower in price, where would be a good place to hide? Another question could be, what area that has done poorly could be acting better? The table below looks at the S&P 500, Bond ETF (TLT) and Gold Miners ETF (GDX) over the...
by Chris Kimble | Mar 25, 2015 | Kimble Charting
CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE The past year has been rough on the Euro/USD! How rough? The bottom section of the above charts looks at the 52-Week rate of change on the Euro, which reflects the Euro/USD has had the worst one year decline in its history. The decline has...
by Chris Kimble | Mar 11, 2015 | Kimble Charting, Metals
In 2011, I was pretty frank when I shared the following…”The Swiss Franc is suggesting Gold will be flat to down for years to come!” See post HERE Since that post, Gold has lost a third of its value and Silver around two-thirds. “Francly...