Cejay Kim September 9, 2015 Category: Research We are mired in almost the longest gold bear market in history. Since April 2011, the (HUI) Gold BUGS Index has declined more than 80%, while in the same period physical gold has declined 25%.Needless to the say, miners have experienced significantly more volatility than the underlying commodity. This is because gold producers are leveraged to gold pr...Read More
Cejay Kim September 9, 2015 Category: Research We are mired in almost the longest gold bear market in history. Since April 2011, the (HUI) Gold BUGS Index has declined more than 80%, while in the same period physical gold has declined 25%.Needless to the say, miners have experienced significantly more volatility than the underlying commodity. This is because gold producers are leveraged to gold pr...Read More
Cejay Kim September 9, 2015 Category: Research We are mired in almost the longest gold bear market in history. Since April 2011, the (HUI) Gold BUGS Index has declined more than 80%, while in the same period physical gold has declined 25%.Needless to the say, miners have experienced significantly more volatility than the underlying commodity. This is because gold producers are leveraged to gold pr...Read More
Cejay Kim September 9, 2015 Category: Research We are mired in almost the longest gold bear market in history. Since April 2011, the (HUI) Gold BUGS Index has declined more than 80%, while in the same period physical gold has declined 25%.Needless to the say, miners have experienced significantly more volatility than the underlying commodity. This is because gold producers are leveraged to gold pr...Read More
Cejay Kim September 3, 2015 Category: Research Since the 1950s, the S&P 500 has experienced ten bull markets and nine bear markets. The average length of a bull market has been 282 weeks, with the bear markets averaging 67 weeks.The most prolific bull market occurred during December 4, 1987 to March 24, 2000, when the S&P returned 549% over 642 weeks. To put that into perspective, the curr...Read More
Cejay Kim September 3, 2015 Category: Research Since the 1950s, the S&P 500 has experienced ten bull markets and nine bear markets. The average length of a bull market has been 282 weeks, with the bear markets averaging 67 weeks.The most prolific bull market occurred during December 4, 1987 to March 24, 2000, when the S&P returned 549% over 642 weeks. To put that into perspective, the curr...Read More
Cejay Kim September 3, 2015 Category: Research Since the 1950s, the S&P 500 has experienced ten bull markets and nine bear markets. The average length of a bull market has been 282 weeks, with the bear markets averaging 67 weeks.The most prolific bull market occurred during December 4, 1987 to March 24, 2000, when the S&P returned 549% over 642 weeks. To put that into perspective, the curr...Read More
Cejay Kim September 3, 2015 Category: Research Since the 1950s, the S&P 500 has experienced ten bull markets and nine bear markets. The average length of a bull market has been 282 weeks, with the bear markets averaging 67 weeks.The most prolific bull market occurred during December 4, 1987 to March 24, 2000, when the S&P returned 549% over 642 weeks. To put that into perspective, the curr...Read More
Cejay Kim September 3, 2015 Category: Research Since the 1950s, the S&P 500 has experienced ten bull markets and nine bear markets. The average length of a bull market has been 282 weeks, with the bear markets averaging 67 weeks.The most prolific bull market occurred during December 4, 1987 to March 24, 2000, when the S&P returned 549% over 642 weeks. To put that into perspective, the curr...Read More
Cejay Kim August 26, 2015 Category: Research 1.The divergence between commodities and the S&P 500 is at an all-time high. The recent flash crash of the S&P 500 suggests that we are nearing a closing of the gap.2.We continue to update this chart and wonder just how much longer this bear can last. The TSX Venture has now almost hit the record low it achieved during the 2008-2009 Financial Cr...Read More
Cejay Kim August 26, 2015 Category: Research 1.The divergence between commodities and the S&P 500 is at an all-time high. The recent flash crash of the S&P 500 suggests that we are nearing a closing of the gap.2.We continue to update this chart and wonder just how much longer this bear can last. The TSX Venture has now almost hit the record low it achieved during the 2008-2009 Financial Cr...Read More
Cejay Kim August 26, 2015 Category: Research 1.The divergence between commodities and the S&P 500 is at an all-time high. The recent flash crash of the S&P 500 suggests that we are nearing a closing of the gap.2.We continue to update this chart and wonder just how much longer this bear can last. The TSX Venture has now almost hit the record low it achieved during the 2008-2009 Financial Cr...Read More
Cejay Kim August 26, 2015 Category: Research 1.The divergence between commodities and the S&P 500 is at an all-time high. The recent flash crash of the S&P 500 suggests that we are nearing a closing of the gap.2.We continue to update this chart and wonder just how much longer this bear can last. The TSX Venture has now almost hit the record low it achieved during the 2008-2009 Financial Cr...Read More
Cejay Kim August 26, 2015 Category: Research 1.The divergence between commodities and the S&P 500 is at an all-time high. The recent flash crash of the S&P 500 suggests that we are nearing a closing of the gap.2.We continue to update this chart and wonder just how much longer this bear can last. The TSX Venture has now almost hit the record low it achieved during the 2008-2009 Financial Cr...Read More
Cejay Kim August 19, 2015 Category: Research No one wants to buy TSX Venture-listed companies. The numbers speak for themselves, from 2011 the total shares traded dropped from 64.5 billion to a measly 18.5 billion year-to-date. And the total value traded in those shares was down from C$42.5 billion to C$5.6 billion.You can thank the junior miners for that, who comprise 60% of the TSXV, or 1,154 of...Read More
Cejay Kim August 19, 2015 Category: Research No one wants to buy TSX Venture-listed companies. The numbers speak for themselves, from 2011 the total shares traded dropped from 64.5 billion to a measly 18.5 billion year-to-date. And the total value traded in those shares was down from C$42.5 billion to C$5.6 billion.You can thank the junior miners for that, who comprise 60% of the TSXV, or 1,154 of...Read More
Cejay Kim August 19, 2015 Category: Research No one wants to buy TSX Venture-listed companies. The numbers speak for themselves, from 2011 the total shares traded dropped from 64.5 billion to a measly 18.5 billion year-to-date. And the total value traded in those shares was down from C$42.5 billion to C$5.6 billion.You can thank the junior miners for that, who comprise 60% of the TSXV, or 1,154 of...Read More
Cejay Kim August 19, 2015 Category: Research No one wants to buy TSX Venture-listed companies. The numbers speak for themselves, from 2011 the total shares traded dropped from 64.5 billion to a measly 18.5 billion year-to-date. And the total value traded in those shares was down from C$42.5 billion to C$5.6 billion.You can thank the junior miners for that, who comprise 60% of the TSXV, or 1,154 of...Read More
Cejay Kim August 12, 2015 Category: Research As of June 30, 2015, the TSX Venture in aggregate has raised $1.7 billion in capital and is on pace to raise $3.4 billion by the end of the year. This is a 35% decline from last year and almost a 70% drop from 2011.The number of new issuers has also decreased substantially. There has only been 43 new listings year-to-date, versus the 122 in 2014 and 334...Read More
Cejay Kim August 12, 2015 Category: Research As of June 30, 2015, the TSX Venture in aggregate has raised $1.7 billion in capital and is on pace to raise $3.4 billion by the end of the year. This is a 35% decline from last year and almost a 70% drop from 2011.The number of new issuers has also decreased substantially. There has only been 43 new listings year-to-date, versus the 122 in 2014 and 334...Read More