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Dear Readers,
Stocks are breaking out. Gold is breaking out. Silver is breaking out. If this keeps up, the Dow may test 14000 - especially if it can rise and stay above last year's highs of 12800, which is the next resistance point. From a technical standpoint, the patterns are extremely bullish - but not bullish enough to pull the trigger on the market as a whole just yet. Gold and silver continue to climb, slowly but surely. Silver is now nearing its 65-week moving average and looking to climb higher. Both gold and silver stocks are breaking through, with many setting new highs since last month's lows. I've said for a few weeks now that we are in the midst of a major buying opportunity - especially in precious metals and related stocks. It's all happening right before your eyes. The recent rally was ignited by the Federal Reserve saying they will be keeping interest rates near zero until at least 2014. This was just another form of money printing via cheap capital which will lead us further into inflation in the future and further devalue the dollar. So while President Obama presented a sunny view in his State of the Union address, the Fed was forced to tell the truth about the ailing US economy in order to justify the low interest rates. Real inflation is already running north of 3%, but the Fed has once again conveniently come up with their own measure of inflation, which comes in just a tad below the Fed's arbitrary 2% "acceptable" target. The outlook is simple. Stocks will rise with inflation and the printing of more money but the returns may not necessarily beat out the real rate of inflation. That means that while your portfolio may rise, your real rate of return may actually be negative (see Everything Has Changed.) The strongest countries around the world, especially China, know that their holdings of US currency is losing value. That's why they're making smart attempts to beat the US' reckless spending habits. Countries such as Switzerland have already reaped the rewards of investing to protect against the devaluation of worldwide currencies (see The Central Bank Secrets.) They're beating the system. So should you. History tells us that gold is inversely correlated to real interest rates: Gold goes up when real interest rates are negative. The announcement by the Fed is a direct insult to anyone who earns, saves, and invests in dollars. It's no wonder why smart investors, financial institutions, and central banks are turning to gold and silver in ever-increasing numbers. The last 11 years have shown that gold's rise is inevitable. If you haven't allocated some of your investment capital to gold, I expect current prices to be about as low as they'll go for 2012 and beyond. And when you consider the reasons for gold's rise as I have mentioned over and over again... - the European debt crisis
- historically low worldwide interest rates
- possible hyperinflation
- devaluation of most currencies
- record gold-buying in China, and other strong countries
- continued requirements of new capital via QE
- highest worldwide debt levels ever
When money can be created from thin air, it's easy to see why gold prices will be much higher this year, and for every year after. It's not a matter of will gold go up, it's a matter of how high. Goldman Sachs just released a report calling gold a low-risk, high-return asset and predicts it will rise to $1940 this year. Morgan Stanley predicts a price of $2,175 a year from now. UBS calls for $2050 within 12 months. And Citigroup is calling for $2400. While these numbers seem don't seem far off, estimates from big banks have proven many times over to be conservative in past years. I see gold going much higher than $2000 within 12 months and stick with my prediction that gold will make its strongest gains this year (see The Last One Standing.) While 2011 proved to be a year of gold and silver accumulation, 2012 will prove to be a breakout year. The market is finally beginning to realise that the only real sector of growth and value is in precious metals. As I said last week, in order for the markets and the economy to continue what appears to be an uptrend, it's going to need more money. More money means more debt. And more debt means a growing inability to service it. A debt saturated society cannot grow. The fed just extended free capital for another few years. Next could be the announcement of more printed money. This will undoubtedly add to the rise in gold. Precious Metal Stocks Since last August stocks have outpaced gold. But this is now changing and gold is now starting to act stronger than stocks. This may be the next move up for gold, and thus a new trend for the stocks within the sector. There are numerous gold and silver stocks that are already breaking out, with many more to follow. In particular, I like a lot of the silver stocks - the space is extremely small with very few strong companies to choose from. There's a reason why every silver stock we have covered have shown readers possible returns of 100% plus. Right now, I have my eyes set on a silver explorer with one of the richest silver deposits in the world. Generally, I wouldn't cover more than six companies per year within the precious metals sector, but this year promises to be one with tremendous potential. I will soon be releasing new reports on companies that I will be buying this year. Your Suggestions If there are companies you think I should be looking at, simply reply to this email with the subject line: Company to Review. Obviously, any company we cover will get a lot of attention from investors, funds, analysts, and brokers. So please be sure that when suggesting companies for us to look at, they make sense.
Disclosure: I am long gold and silver through ETF's and bullion, as well as long both major and junior gold and silver companies.
Until next week, Ivan Lo Equedia Weekly 
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When Will Silver Reach a New High?
By Andrey Dashkov, Casey Research
In last week's Metals, Mining, and Money from Casey Research, Jeff Clark estimated that given the magnitude of the correction that started last September, it may take until May 2012 for gold to reach a new high. Let's take a look at how long it may take for silver to rebound.
It's a commonly known fact that silver is more volatile than gold. Already in this decade, silver has risen by a factor of 12 from its ten-year low ($48.70 vs. $4.07), while gold has seen about a sevenfold climb ($255.95 vs. $1,895).
This volatility - as you'll see in a minute - holds for corrections as well. On average, silver's retreats have been deeper and longer than gold's. The three big gold corrections we looked at last week averaged 22.8%. Take a look at the three biggest for silver, along with how long it's taken to recover and establish new highs.
The three biggest silver corrections in the current bull market average to 42.1%.
Our recent correction is the second biggest on record since 2001, but what really makes it stand out is the duration. The 2004 and 2006 declines took only five and four weeks respectively to reach their low points. And it was 31 weeks after the crash of 2008 that silver bottomed. Our current decline, measured from the peak reached on April 28, 2011 to its December 29, 2011 low, spans 35 weeks... quite the determined downtrend.
It also takes silver longer to recover than gold: gold's three biggest corrections required an average of 57 weeks and 6 days to regain their old highs, while it's taken silver's three biggest falls an average of 98 weeks and 4 days to catch up.
So how long will it take to recover from the 2011 slump?
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Increasing Volume to Uncover Institutional Buying
 One of the best ways to find stocks on the move that are grabbing investors' attention is to screen for stocks with increasing volume.
This is because increased volume shows investor interest. As more investors buy the stock, that stock's price should go higher.
But the individual investor, while important to the market, doesn't really have the firepower to affect volume the way that big institutional investors do.
And very few things can move a stock more than institutional buying.
Why is that?
For one, institutions have the ability of buying tens of millions of dollars worth of a stock and even hundreds of millions of dollars. And because their purchases are often so large, it typically takes weeks, if not months, for an institutional investor to build a position.
Given this commitment, considering it will also take several weeks or months to get out, you can be sure that these institutional investors have done plenty of homework to feel good about the fundamental prospects of the company.
This does not mean you can ignore your own analysis or the stock market as a whole. But screening for stocks with rising volume (along with prices of course) can put some fantastic stocks on your radar screen.
What Kind of Volume Increase to Look For
I prefer to search for at least two weeks of increasing volume along with rising prices. And in my testing I have found that 3 weeks performs even better.
One week volume spikes, however, will not get thru as oftentimes those can be driven by one day events. Instead, it's the successive volume increase, which shows true buying demand, that gives this set-up its value.
The volume increase also doesn't have to be huge. We're not talking about a several hundred percent increase. In fact, often those massive increases prove to be turning points.
What we're looking for are noticeable increases, like 10%, 20% or 50% increases, etc. But nothing outrageous, like a 10 fold increase. Remember, the last thing an institutional investor wants to do is call too much attention to himself, while he or she is in the midst of building a position. But if you know what to look for, you can see all of this happening in plain site. And get in for the ride as they flesh out the rest of their position.
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Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
 By: Peter Schiff
Friday, January 27, 2012 With its announcement this week that it will keep interest rates near zero until at least late 2014, the Federal Reserve has put another large crack into the foundations underlying the US dollar. In a misguided attempt to provide clarity and transparency, Ben Bernanke has instead laid out a simple road map for economists and investors to follow. The signposts are easily understood: the Fed will stop at nothing in pursuing its goals of creating phantom GDP growth, holding down unemployment, propping up stock and housing prices, and monetizing government debt. To do so, it will continue to pursue a policy of negative interest rates, while ignoring the collateral damage of unsustainable debt, virulent inflation, misallocated resources and credit, suffering yield-dependent retirees, and a devalued U.S. currency. Not surprisingly, precious metals and foreign currencies rallied strongly on the news - with gold up more than 4.3% and the Dollar Index down nearly 1.6% in the days following the announcement. The Dollar Index is now down more than 3.5% from its highs in mid-January. In coming to the momentous decision to extend the Fed's prior low-rate promises by another 18 months, Bernanke and his cohorts relied on a somber view of the economy that is at odds with the sunnier view presented the night before by President Obama in his State of the Union address. To justify holding rates so low for so long, the Fed is choosing to ignore the fact that CPI inflation is currently running north of 3%. Instead, it has conveniently chosen to look at a hand-picked alternative measure, the chain-weighted core PCE, which comes in just a shade below the Fed's arbitrary 2% target. How convenient. After some changes in key membership at the Federal Reserve's policy-setting Open Markets Committee, in which a few long-time hawks were put out to pasture, the Fed has now established itself at the extreme dovish end of the policy spectrum. Among other central banks around the world, it may now be outflanked only by some very profligate ones in South America and sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately, the FOMC has its hands on the wheel of the world's reserve currency, and therefore its decisions may lead the planet into financial chaos as long as other nations are content to follow the Fed farther and farther into a swamp of liquidity. To paraphrase Pete Seeger's protest of the escalation of the war in Vietnam, "we are waist deep in the Big Muddy and the damn fool yells 'press on.'" The only bright side of the announcement is...
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President Barrack Obama gave his State of the Union Address last week. But instead of talking about what really mattered, such as how they are going to tackle the insane deficit, all he offered up were stimulus programs, and expansions to entitlements. While he offered up trillions in potential savings, he never talked about how much he has been spending. As a result, the only way to pay down the deficit would be to make major cuts.
I am not sure if Obama will get a second term. Romney seems to have a strong grasp of the economy. But the last thing we would want again is to have a minorty government in the Whitehouse where nothing gets done. Obama, if you get a second term, please continue doing what you're doing...spend. The more you spend, the more money I will make in the short term to prepare myself when all of the spending eventually catches up and the dollar becomes worthless. As Obama impersonator Steve Bridges said: "We must rebuild our roads and our bridges, so the American people will have a place to live under...and jump off of." |
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